DH this weekend...we might as well just bat the pitcher

[Hacking Out Machine]

There are a million things wrong with this team offensively, but when you consider their alternatives for a DH this weekend, it really hits home how horrifically pathetic this bench is. How any GM could look at this bench and see anything resembling any offensive usefulness, I have no idea.

 

Generally, as a hitter, in order to be effective, bare minimum you need to be able to do at least one of the following well:

 

1. Hit for average

2 Hit for power. (The THREAT of a pinch homer possibility is vital)

3. Be able to get on base.

 

Ask yourself if any Cubs bench players can do any of the above. I'm not talking all three, not two, just ONE of the following.

 

Bynum: No to all 3

 

Perez: A resounding NO to all 3

 

Mabry: On his best day, he has moderate power. Maybe 1/2 of 1. NO for the other 2.

 

Blanco: NO to all 3.

 

Hairston: Used to be able to walk, but now that he's been influenced by this organization, he is now a NO to all 3.

 

Theriot: Has on base skills(at the minor league level), but certainly is woefully deficient in the other areas.

 

I guess my point is this: Basically, none of the bench players Hendry has collected are worth anything. Every one of them could be replaced by about 200 different guys in triple A. Actually, you could probably IMPROVE the bench by randomly grabbing AAA players, excluding Iowa. I never thought I'd see a bench worse than last year's Cubs bench, but this one has surpassed it in suckitude.

 

When you flood your organization with guys whose only redeeming values are the ability to run 90 feet without falling down and making feeble contact, I guess it's inevitable that your bench is going to stink.

[soccer10k]

I would definately be in support of Z batting for himself and probably Maddux as well.

[halplm]

Guy's it's the DESIGNATED HITTER... you have to put your best hitter there... it's like... a rule. Don't worry who you have to replace him with on the field... that will work itself out...

 

end dusty logic...

[goonys evil twin]

Guy's it's the DESIGNATED HITTER... you have to put your best hitter there... it's like... a rule. Don't worry who you have to replace him with on the field... that will work itself out...

 

end dusty logic...

 

Blanco is one of the few Cubs with any good history against Buerhle. He and Barrett should both be in the game.

[halplm]

Guy's it's the DESIGNATED HITTER... you have to put your best hitter there... it's like... a rule. Don't worry who you have to replace him with on the field... that will work itself out...

 

end dusty logic...

 

Blanco is one of the few Cubs with any good history against Buerhle. He and Barrett should both be in the game.

 

He's batting 0.61... I don't care how good he's been against Buerhle... and 3 for 12 is not that good...

[goonys evil twin]

Guy's it's the DESIGNATED HITTER... you have to put your best hitter there... it's like... a rule. Don't worry who you have to replace him with on the field... that will work itself out...

 

end dusty logic...

 

Blanco is one of the few Cubs with any good history against Buerhle. He and Barrett should both be in the game.

 

He's batting 0.61... I don't care how good he's been against Buerhle... and 3 for 12 is not that good...

 

With some of them being homeruns.

 

Look, there is no good option for DH since they got rid of the one RH threat off the bench.

[halplm]

Guy's it's the DESIGNATED HITTER... you have to put your best hitter there... it's like... a rule. Don't worry who you have to replace him with on the field... that will work itself out...

 

end dusty logic...

 

Blanco is one of the few Cubs with any good history against Buerhle. He and Barrett should both be in the game.

 

He's batting 0.61... I don't care how good he's been against Buerhle... and 3 for 12 is not that good...

 

With some of them being homeruns.

 

Look, there is no good option for DH since they got rid of the one RH threat off the bench.

 

This is true, of course :)

 

I'd just not have picked Blanco as the extra guy to put in there... ever... I mean I'd have neifi in there first... ok, bad example...

[goonys evil twin]

Cubs notes: DH gives lineup extra hitter

 

 

That's the dumbest headline I've ever read.

 

It's like saying, pitcher is guy who pitches.

[sweetpeteman]

Cubs notes: DH gives lineup extra hitter

 

 

That's the dumbest headline I've ever read.

 

It's like saying, pitcher is guy who pitches.

 

Hmm, I thought it was dumb because they're not really adding any hitters.

[BigbadB]

Considering their just going to bunt anyone who does get on base over, and since the pitchers are probably the best bunters on the team (outside of Pierre), why not just go with a pitcher?

 

It's not my strategy, but if small ball is the strategy which is pretty apparent, doesn't it make sense?

[rynefan]

There's nothing good AT ALL coming off the Cubs' bench. I dread seeing Blanco in there. The bench is not deep enough. I do hope they bring up Womack ASAP. He's like Lofton. He can get stuff started at least. Change something. Change ANYTHING!

[cubs121]

There's nothing good AT ALL coming off the Cubs' bench. I dread seeing Blanco in there. The bench is not deep enough. I do hope they bring up Womack ASAP. He's like Lofton. He can get stuff started at least. Change something. Change ANYTHING!

womack? womack no please no!

[Chris]

There's nothing good AT ALL coming off the Cubs' bench. I dread seeing Blanco in there. The bench is not deep enough. I do hope they bring up Womack ASAP. He's like Lofton. He can get stuff started at least. Change something. Change ANYTHING!

 

:-s

[Roast]

There's nothing good AT ALL coming off the Cubs' bench. I dread seeing Blanco in there. The bench is not deep enough. I do hope they bring up Womack ASAP. He's like Lofton. He can get stuff started at least. Change something. Change ANYTHING!

 

:-s

 

I Call, and raise you a WTH?

 

 

He plays for the reds now, dude.

[Outshined_One]

There's nothing good AT ALL coming off the Cubs' bench. I dread seeing Blanco in there. The bench is not deep enough. I do hope they bring up Womack ASAP. He's like Lofton. He can get stuff started at least. Change something. Change ANYTHING!

 

:-s

 

I Call, and raise you a WTH?

 

 

He plays for the reds now, dude.

 

Check transactions Roast.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

ahahahahaha

[BigbadB]

Only thing I recall Womack getting started is losing streaks.

 

Womack, like Lofton? I don't think so.

 

Womack- .273/.316 AVG/OBP lifetime

K. Lofton- .299/.373 lifetime