The Chicago Cubs’ decision to give All-Star shortstop Dansby Swanson a seven-year, $177 million deal in the offseason is proving to be a good one early on. Swanson is off to a great start of his 2023 campaign and even made a bit of history with just four games under his belt.
Swanson finished Chicago’s 7-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night with three hits, which he has now done in three of the first four games of the season. According to MLB Network’s Sarah Langs, the 29-year-old player is the first player to do this for the Cubs franchise since 1901.
And as it turns out, there is more to his great start. Swanson has 10 hits, in 17 plate appearances, throughout the first game four games of his stint with the Cubs. This makes him the player to have his second-best start of the spell with the franchise. Only utility man Emilio Bonifacio started his Cubs’ stint in a better way, having 11 hits in 2014.
Despite Swanson entering 2023 on a tear, the Cubs have been rather underwhelming. They opened their 2023 campaign with a 4-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before losing three straight.
