3 way-too-early overreactions from the Cubs’ poor showing in the Tokyo Series

The sky is falling. The season is over. We're in store for another disappointing season as Chicago Cubs fans. At least, that's the dominant narrative online after Craig Counsell's club dropped both games of the Tokyo Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers this week.

Nothing makes you feel ready for a day quite like watching your favorite team look laughably outmatched on the international stage at 5 a.m. But that sentiment doesn't mean the Cubs are doomed. Here are 3 overreactions to the Cubs' lackluster showing at the Tokyo Dome against the reigning World Series champs.

The Cubs' offense remains broken - despite the Kyle Tucker signing

Counsell and players alike noted the experience of the past week, getting to open the 2025 MLB season overseas and all the excitement and fanfare that came with it. But at the end of the day, watching Chicago's at-bats, it felt eerily reminiscent of the same sporadic offense we saw last season.

As a team, the Cubs slashed .172/.274/.219 in the two-game series, scoring just four runs and striking out in 32.8 percent of their at-bats. At one point, they had actually gone 0-for-27 between the end of the opener and the start of Wednesday's game, the equivalent of a no-hitter, before snapping to behind Jon Berti's three hits.

But the Cubs' 2-3-4 hitters - Seiya Suzuki, Kyle Tucker and Michael Busch - combined for one hit, a ninth-inning double from Tucker in the series finale - hardly the heart-of-the-order production the team will need from them this season. Instead of rising to the occasion in his return to Japan, Suzuki went 0-for-8 with four strikeouts out of the two-hole in the order.

Does this mean the offense is, once again, broken? Absolutely not. Tucker turned in several good at-bats and seemed to be dialing in on his timing more and more with each AB and Suzuki has shown he can ride the ups and downs to strong end-of-year numbers. It's mid-March and the Cubs' offense was tasked with two very tough matchups in Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki - take a breath, let the guys make some adjustments back in Arizona and let's get ready for March 27.