5 key takeaways from the Chicago Cubs' Sunday win over Colorado Rockies

For the third straight offseason, the Cubs largely ignored the massive hole in the lineup that is the leadoff hitter. Since Dexter Fowler departed after the World Series season, the team has had a rotating ball of failure batting leadoff. Sunday, that failure continued, as the team tries to figure out who will attempt the job full time in 2019. Ben Zobrist got the call and proceeded to go 0-for-3 with a strikeout. He's having a lousy spring anyway, hitting just .192 so far.

Jason Heyward wants to prove he's not a waste of a contract or a roster spot. So far this spring, he's not accomplishing that. The right fielder, who is among the highest paid players in baseball, went 0-for-3 on Sunday, and has lowered his average to a miniscule .125 so far. It's not even that he's not getting hits, he's not making remotely solid contact. We're now just 11 days from the regular season and it's already looking like another lost year for the still young player.

If there is going to be a leadoff hitter who sticks this season, it's going to be Albert Almora. While several Cubs had bad days, the center fielder had yet another good game. On Sunday, he went 2-for-2 with a run scored. That was one of just two runs scored for Chicago.

The Cubs are hoping one of the newest additions to the pen is finally going to pay off. He's had a bad spring, but had a decent Sunday afternoon. After a rocky start, Kintzler ended up pitching 1 2/3 innings and allowed two hits, struck out two, and allowed no runs.

Brian Duensing had a terrible 2018. He's followed that up with a pretty bad Spring Training. On Sunday, he allowed four hits and four runs in just a third of an inning of work.