A recent flurry of loud moves by the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers' signing of Kyle Tucker has overshadowed the strong offseason turned in by Jed Hoyer, Carter Hawkins and the Chicago Cubs. But that hasn't soured Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter's view of the North Siders.
In his pre-spring training MLB power rankings, he's got the Cubs as the #2 team in all of baseball - behind only the reigning back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers. Not a bad place to be with pitchers and catchers reporting in a matter of weeks.