Theriot needs to start every day

[seanimal]

The Cubs strongest lineup has Theriot at SS and Pie in CF and Floyd in RF

 

defensively the Cubs strongest defensive lineup has Cedeno at SS, and Pagan in RF with Pie still in CF (and Blanco behind the plate)

 

This tells me that the Cubs need to get rid of Izturis, Jones and find a PH-C so they can insert Blanco in later innings.

 

Defensive replacements aren't necessary in every single game. If you can afford it, it doesn't hurt, but doing things like removing Barrett in the 8th inning of every game is the definition of insanity.

 

 

This may be off topic, but is anyone else a little puzzled about how Lou has handled our bench in several of our closer games this season? In both of our extra innings games, it seemed that Lou burned through our bench a little too fast, leaving nobody to pinch hit (besides marquis) in crucial spots later on. I understand that Soriano was out and our bench was a little thin, but having no one on your bench in two different spots was interesting to me.

 

If by burn through the bench you meant use the players available to him to win the game as soon as possible.

[CubinNY]

Couldn't this have gone in the other Theriot SS thread?

 

This has nothing to do with whether he should play SS specifically.

 

The Cubs strongest lineup has Theriot at SS and Pie in CF and Floyd in RF

 

defensively the Cubs strongest defensive lineup has Cedeno at SS, and Pagan in RF with Pie still in CF (and Blanco behind the plate)

 

This tells me that the Cubs need to get rid of Izturis, Jones and find a PH-C so they can insert Blanco in later innings.

 

I think Murton in RF makes for a stronger line-up than Floyd.

 

Pagan isn't on the team and shouldn't be. Ever! A pinch hitting catcher is a waste. If he could hit worth a crap, he would be starting as a catcher.

 

Pagan is hitting .239/.261/.343 in Iowa. He sucks, he's always sucked and the Cubs bought his contract for $10,000.

[CubColtPacer]

The Cubs strongest lineup has Theriot at SS and Pie in CF and Floyd in RF

 

defensively the Cubs strongest defensive lineup has Cedeno at SS, and Pagan in RF with Pie still in CF (and Blanco behind the plate)

 

This tells me that the Cubs need to get rid of Izturis, Jones and find a PH-C so they can insert Blanco in later innings.

 

Defensive replacements aren't necessary in every single game. If you can afford it, it doesn't hurt, but doing things like removing Barrett in the 8th inning of every game is the definition of insanity.

 

 

This may be off topic, but is anyone else a little puzzled about how Lou has handled our bench in several of our closer games this season? In both of our extra innings games, it seemed that Lou burned through our bench a little too fast, leaving nobody to pinch hit (besides marquis) in crucial spots later on. I understand that Soriano was out and our bench was a little thin, but having no one on your bench in two different spots was interesting to me.

 

I just think there were some strange circumstances in a couple of those games. There were 3 games that emptied out the bench-the SD 14 inning game, the first Atlanta game, and the Milwaukee extra inning game. A lot of Lou's moves have been to protect pitchers because his starters have not gone very long into these extra innings games.

 

SD game-Miller goes 5 innings. Izturis pinch-hit for him in the 6th.

Cotts then pitched for 2 innings. After Blanco hit last in the 7th, Lou double-switched so Wuertz could also pitch multiple innings-and Wuertz did do that.

2nd substitution was in the 9th-Eyre had come on to replace Wuertz, and Floyd pinch-hit for him with 1 out, 1 on in the 9th.

Howry then came in and pitched a couple of innings.

When it came time for the 12th, Howry was done-but the pitcher's spot was due up in the bottom of the 12th, and the next pitcher in Dempster had to pitch a couple of innings. So rather than waste an out Lou double-switched again and put DeRosa in.

Dempster then pitched a couple of innings, and when he was done Ohman was the only guy left-so Lou did one more double-switch and put Daryle Ward in so Ward could bat in the bottom of that inning.

When Ward doubled, they pinch-ran with Marquis only because they desperately needed the run to tie the game at that point.

 

I won't go detailed through the other couple because that was really, really long. I really don't see anything wrong with Lou's moves in the game I outlined above. The Milwaukee game had a couple bad things against it that Lou had to contend with at all. Floyd against a left-hander, Blanco, and Izturis were all in the game, and they all happened to bat with runners in scoring position late, and it made sense for Lou to replace all of them in the late innings. When no runs were scored in either of the situations, Lou ran out of players in the 11th. I don't think the team will have as much of a problem with this with Theriot at SS, because that's one less player that you have to pinch-hit for. On any days with Theriot at SS and Barrett catching, I doubt they will almost ever run out of players.

[inari]

You don't even know how happy I am to hear Lou say that Theriot will be at short this weekend. I'm heading to St. Louis in a couple of hours and I was terrified I'd have to see Izturis.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

You don't even know how happy I am to hear Lou say that Theriot will be at short this weekend. I'm heading to St. Louis in a couple of hours and I was terrified I'd have to see Izturis.

 

Swing by and pick me up.