The Chicago Cubs have gotten off to a so-so start to the 2022 MLB season, as they are currently sitting at 6-7, good for a fourth-place tie in the National League Central alongside the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 2022 season has officially kick-started the era after Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and Anthony Rizzo, with new and old faces, such as Seiya Suzuki and Wilson Contreras, to give Cubs fans something to get excited for.

For all the excitement, Chicago has been decidedly mediocre on the field, which raises questions about their potential as contenders. No one in Chicago wants to see this team become sellers at the deadline again, but that's where this level of play will get them if it sustains for the better part of the year.

Overreactions, such as that one, are commonplace at this time of year in the MLB. However, baseball is a marathon, not a sprint, which will give the Cubs plenty of time to turn things around. With just two weeks of baseball played in the 2022 MLB season, it's time to release our Cubs overreactions.

3 Cubs Overreactions Two Weeks Into 2022 MLB Season

3. Kyle Hendricks is broken

Kyle Kendricks has been a mainstay in the Cubs' rotation for the last several years. From 2016 to 2020, the southpaw never registered an ERA above 3.50 while hurling at least 177 innings in three of those campaigns. While Hendricks ate his usual amount of innings in 2021, his ERA, 4.77, and WHIP, 1.34, were not what Cubs fans have grown accustomed to seeing from him. His trademark command simply wasn't there. Two weeks into the 2022 MLB season, and it appears that Hendricks has yet to find such command, judging by his 6.08 ERA and ghastly 1.95 WHIP. Fortunately, it hasn't been all bad for the lefty, as he is currently on pace to post the highest strikeout rate, 26.5 percent, of his career. If Hendricks finds his command, there's a reason to believe that this could be one of his best seasons yet. However, the fact that it's taken him an entire season- and the beginning part of 2022- to do so is more than a little concerning.

2. Seiya Suzuki will run away with the Rookie of the Year award

Suzuki certainly looks the part of the early favorite, judging by his otherworldly 1.263 OPS, including four homers and 12 RBI, in 13 games this season. Coming off of a 38-homer season in Japan, many expected Suzuki to find success in the majors. They just didn't think it would happen this quickly. What's arguably the most impressive part of his game is his patience at the plate, as he owns a 14:13 strikeout-to-walk ratio. This is a guy who is determined to wait for his pitch and knows what to do with it when he sees it. While he certainly won't run away with Rookie of the Year honors, there's a decent chance he will secure the award by season's end.

1. The post-Rizzo, Baez, Bryant era won't be productive

This is way too soon to judge. 13 games into the season and the Cubs are 6-7 and have scored one more run than they've allowed. They are the definition of a mediocre baseball team. Wouldn't they have been a better team with one or two of those players still on the roster? Probably, though management clearly wanted to go in a different direction. Heading into the season, the Cubs were ranked as having the 18th-best farm system by MLB.com. While they are certainly going the retooling route, they are likely to be good enough that fans will still want to flock to Wrigley Field to see them play. Anything could happen in the NL Central too.