As the old saying goes, chicks dig the longball. I guess that must mean the Cubs aren't very attractive right now.
Last season, the Cubs hit 148 homers, good for 20th in the MLB. They entered 2012 without Aramis Ramirez or Carlos Pena on the roster, who combined for 54 homers in '11.
In their place are Bryan LaHair and Ian Stewart. The former hit 38 homers in 129 games in Triple-A in 2011, but had just 195 major league at-bats before '12. Stewart hit 53 homers for the Rockies from 2008-10, but didn't have any last season in 136 plate appearances.
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Thus, it should come as no surprise that the Cubs are not trotting around the bases often this season.
But did anybody expect just five homers in the first 16 games? Even the Pirates have seven dingers, and their offense has been historically bad to start the season.
Heck, there are even single players that have as many or more homers than the entire Cubs team. Check out the list:
--Dodgers OF Matt Kemp: 9
--Rangers OF Josh Hamilton: 7
--Yankees OF Curtis Granderson: 6
--Rangers C1B Mike Napoli: 6
--Cardinals OF Carlos Beltran: 5
--Twins OF Josh Willingham: 5
--Orioles OF Adam Jones: 5
--Orioles OF Nolan Reimold: 5
--Orioles C Matt Wieters: 5
--Cubs AAA 1B Anthony Rizzo: 7
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Yep, that's right. Anthony Rizzo, one of the Cubs' top prospects, has more home runs by himself than the entire roster of Cubs players in 16 games.
Cubs batters have had 528 at-bats so far this season, which means they are hitting a homer once every 100 ABs.
Wow. Though, maybe that just means they're due and we could expect five home runs alone tonight.