Chicago Cubs: Daniel Murphy leading offensive resurgence

Chicago Cubs: Dominant beginnings

As mentioned above, Daniel Murphy currently has five games on his Chicago Cubs resume. Not an enormous sample size to play off of, however, within this sample size, Murphy has been nothing short of phenomenal.

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Since being traded to Chicago, Murphy is hitting .368/.368/.684 with two home runs and five RBI. Murphy also has scored a run in every single game as a Chicago Cub. What is incredibly intriguing and promising about Murphy is that he has struck out only twice since his arrival.

Looking more in-depth, Murphy is posting a video game-esque .445 wOBA and a 182 wRC+. These are numbers which you would expectedly see in MLB the Show, however, to see them in real life is mind-blowing. Nevertheless, they are real, and it is exciting.

Murphy has also posted multi-hit games in every single game as a Cub, except for one. However, he hammered a home run in that game so he can be let off the hook. For as much fun as it is to talk about Anthony Rizzo as the greatest leadoff hitter of all time (jokingly, of course), Daniel Murphy is not far behind him if he can keep this surge going.

The offense has been everything Cubs fans know it can be, over the previous five days. The team is on a five-game winning streak, and they are averaging 7.4 runs per game in this span. Over the past week, the club has also hit 12 home runs and ten doubles. It has been exciting to watch the addition of Murphy mesh well with the rest of the lineup to create runs once again.