Otto
Lynch Syndrome. Know your families cancer history
Jon Lester?
They were loaded with good young talent and some really solid players. 2015 was KBIB's first year but he was a highly touted prospect that made an immediate impact as an all-star and ROY winner. The 2015 season is probably the one where you could say Maddon did a good job getting the most out of his team and exceeded expectations. 2016 they were stacked with a lot of guys having career years they haven't replicated. They won it all so yeah, pat on the back there.
Prospects are just that.. until they actually perform. Lester best season was 5 years previous, and wasn't all that great in '15. Arrietta was pretty good in '14, but prior to that he was horrible. Hendricks was going into year 2, with a good sowing in '14. Montero hit poorly in '13 and '14.
I don't think anyone looked at the 2015 Cubs roster at the beginning of the season and said they were "loaded"
2017 and 2018 were pretty big failures though.
Another division win in 2017 92 wins, from a team that is being implied that they over achieved the year before. And an improvement on the wins in 2018, coming very close to another division, 4th straight playoff appearance... despite their former MVP missing almost half the season, their #2 starter playing only 8 games, and their 1st and 2nd closers missing significant time... ya big disappointment... some people just cannot be pleased I guess.
There's no shortage of teams that would love to experience this level of "disappointment"