Chicago Cubs: Daniel Murphy leading offensive resurgence

In a stretch which saw the Chicago Cubs score five runs in five games, the team made a late-season acquisition in Daniel Murphy. Now, fresh off his first week as a Cub, Murphy is leading an offensive resurgence in Wrigleyville.

Last week, the Chicago Cubs set out on an arduous journey. The teams’ schedule did them no favors as they found themselves diving headfirst into a stretch of twenty-three straight games, without a day off. Needing to find some firepower, they decided to bring Murphy into the picture.

Before the trade which brought Murphy to the Northside, the team had hobbled to a 2-3 record in their previous five games, including five straight games in which they scored one run in each game. Now, however, the script has completely flipped.

Daniel Murphy has been bringing the offensive firepower and is showing what his contributions can mean for this lineup come October.

Chicago Cubs: The streak continues

The Cubs officially announced the acquisition of Murphy last Tuesday, the same day the Cubs fell to the Detroit Tigers 2-1, in the first of their lengthy 23-day sprint. Another frustrating performance marred by a lack of offense. Infuriating, to say the least, but turned out not to be a harbinger of things to come, however.

The following day, the first game for Murphy in a Cubs uniform, the offense erupted for eight runs in a victory. Nonetheless, it was only a matter of time before it happened. However, it was made clear that the newest addition helped to light a fire under the offenses tails’. Murphy went 2-for-5, scoring a run and adding an RBI. An auspicious debut, resulting in a win.

Murphy has now been with the Cubs for five games. The team has not lost since Murphy arrived. In an impressive display as an offensive juggernaut, Murphy is doing everything he can to help remind people how dangerous this Cubs team can be. Following a dominant 9-0 series sweeping finale versus the Cincinnati Reds, the team is on a roll and only beginning to pick up steam. On days Daniel Murphy finds himself in the lineup, the Cubs do not lose. Let’s hope he can continue to rake.

Chicago Cubs: Steamrolling toward October

The Chicago Cubs find themselves at home for one more series before hitting the road for the remainder of this long stretch of games. A test is about to land as the New York Mets, and Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom fall with it.

It will provide the Cubs with a chance to continue to show what this offense can do when everything is clicking, against top-of-the-line pitching. The hope is that they will continue to produce asinine, offensive numbers, however, to continue to swing the bats well enough is all fans can ask for.

A significant advantage skewed the Cubs direction is that of which Daniel Murphy has seen the New York Mets, a bunch. Unfortunately, Murphy does not produce great numbers against both Syndergaard or deGrom. However, he does have a career .390/.448/.714 line against the Mets and will look to build on that.

After that, its anyone’s guess as to what Daniel Murphy will continue to do. All Cubs fans can do is sit back, relax, and hope to watch his encore.