Who's the Cubs' Game 1 playoff starter? 'I want that,' one contender for the role says

The Cubs have the bats to win the World Series. They’re leading the major leagues in runs per game. They’re bashing everything that isn’t nailed down over outfield fences. Alex Bregman is piping hot, joining National League MVP frontrunner Pete Crow-Armstrong in spearheading a crooked-number fest. Offensively, this team is — for now, anyway — set like a clock. Once shortstop Dansby Swanson is up and running again — any time in September will do — the big leagues’ best defense should be good to…