Cubs offense has been elite with runners in scoring position

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00:00Speaking of the runners with scoring position numbers, the Cubs have three.

00:06Nico Horner's got 26 hits with runners in scoring position.

00:11Seiya Suzuki's got 24, and so does P. Crow Armstrong.

00:16That is the three top in baseball with hits with runners in scoring position.

00:21That's how you get it done.

00:22When you look at the runners in scoring position stat for the Cubs,

00:25so the Dodgers are out of this world with runners in scoring position.

00:30Their OPS, team OPS, not just an individual, but team OPS with runners in scoring position, over 900.

00:37In second place is the Cubs.

00:38Their team OPS, over 800.

00:41More than 100 points over the third place team in Major League Baseball when you talk about team OPS.

00:46But to your point about runners in scoring position, Nico Horner, third in all of baseball.

00:50Third in all of baseball with a 433 batting average with runners in scoring position.

00:54It's not just him.

00:55You look up and down the lineup, other guys.

00:58Michael Bush, he's batting .357.

01:00That's 19th.

01:01Pete Crow Armstrong, Seiya Suzuki, they're tied 21st in Major League Baseball with .353 averages with the runners in scoring position.

01:08They have a lineup of professional hitters.

01:11It's the thing that when I talk about, hey, the Sox might be getting some help with like a Mike Taugman or Andrew Bennington.

01:16The Cubs have one through nine guys who can make something happen.