6/30 stupid cubs (arrieta) @ redsox (peavy) 6:10cdt csn

[treebird]

welcome to gam thread i am treymon

 

cubs are back they took day off for pride

 

maybe they will play good on this road trip and inspire pride in all of us

 

just kidding they will lose

[DiamondMind]

I just heard someone in line at krogers say "Im not sure the young cubs are ready for the big stage of boston"

 

what does that even mean!?

[jersey cubs fan]

pants will be peed, lines will be forgotten, but it will be adorable.

[imb]

adorable castro singles to rf, runs to third as base coach desperately tries to stop him

 

lake lines a single up the middle and runs directly into the outfield

[Sammy Sofa]

Arrieta walks a bunch of guys and poops his pants; Rizzo magically has a body to scale with his face.

[DiamondMind]

1. Chris Coghlan (L) LF

2. Ryan Sweeney (L) DH

3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

4. Starlin Castro ® SS

5. Luis Valbuena (L) 3B

6. Welington Castillo ® C

7. Nate Schierholtz (L) RF

8. Junior Lake ® CF

9. Darwin Barney ® 2B

 

 

1. Brock Holt (L) RF

2. Daniel Nava (S) LF

3. Dustin Pedroia ® 2B

4. David Ortiz (L) DH

5. Mike Napoli ® 1B

6. Xander Bogaerts ® 3B

7. Stephen Drew (L) SS

8. Mookie Betts ® CF

9. David Ross ® C

 

Gametime Forecast: 80°F • Partly Cloudy • 0% PoP

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1. Brock Holt (L) RF

http://i.imgur.com/ywk0WMm.png

[DiamondMind]

when is schierholtz going to be fired into the sun

 

take a guess who is dead last among qualified outfielders in OPS

 

 

ITS SCHIERHOLTZ

 

[coldsteel]

Ryan Sweeney, Designated Hitter. That's what I'm talkin bout.

[treebird]

jesus, i didn't realize how bad he was doing. he got off to that really bad to a really bad start, but then he heated up a little after that and i just assumed he had leveled off. not even close. .512 ops in the month of june.

 

lake, olt, baker, and barney don't really belong in the major leagues (unless you're in the al and want to carry barney as a glove who gets literally zero at bats in close games). probably coghlan too. schierholtz and sweeney aren't far from joining them.

 

hopefully we figure out how to fill out the bottom half of a roster by the time we're good enough for it to matter.

 

EDIT fixed messed up quotes

Edited June 30, 2014 by treebird

[Gilby]

I'm kind of curious why Lake has been playing CF so much lately, even when Ruggiano and Sweeney have both been in the lineup.

[SouthSideRyan]

How bad has Ryan Sweeney been? He has worse numbers than Darwin Barney.

 

How bad has Darwin Barney been? He has worse numbers than Mike Olt.

 

Mike Olt has a .224 OBP

[jersey cubs fan]

How bad has Ryan Sweeney been? He has worse numbers than Darwin Barney.

 

How bad has Darwin Barney been? He has worse numbers than Mike Olt.

 

Mike Olt has a .224 OBP

 

To be fair, it looks like .338 when he looks at the scoreboard.

[Andy]

hopefully we figure out how to fill out the bottom half of a roster by the time we're good enough for it to matter.

The funny thing is, if we'd figured out how to fill the bottom half of a roster this year, we might just have been good enough for it to matter.

[rawaction]

I'm kind of curious why Lake has been playing

 

Fixed.

[rawaction]

How bad has Ryan Sweeney been? He has worse numbers than Darwin Barney.

 

How bad has Darwin Barney been? He has worse numbers than Mike Olt.

 

Mike Olt has a .224 OBP

 

To be fair, it looks like .338 when he looks at the scoreboard.

 

Hilarious.

[Clem Fandango]

Ryan Sweeney, Designated Hitter. That's what I'm talkin bout.

 

http://i.imgur.com/iHdqqdL.jpg

[Clem Fandango]

Hypothetical question out of boredom:

 

The Cubs, in a bold maneuver, call up Alcantara, Bryant, Baez, and Manny. Despite it being too early for Baez, maybe a little too early for Bryant, and Manny being more or less a below average bat at the MLB level at this point in his career... do the Cubs become legit contenders for the 2nd wild card?

Edited June 30, 2014 by The Logan

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Hypothetical question out of boredom:

 

The Cubs, in a bold maneuver, call up Alcantara, Bryant, Baez, and Manny. Despite it being too early for Baez, maybe a little too early for Bryant, and Manny being more or less a below average bat at the MLB level at this point in his career... do the Cubs become legit contenders for the 2nd wild card?

 

 

Nope. Learning curve to MLB is steep as heck and they are too far back.

[SouthSideRyan]

Hypothetical question out of boredom:

 

The Cubs, in a bold maneuver, call up Alcantara, Bryant, Baez, and Manny. Despite it being too early for Baez, maybe a little too early for Bryant, and Manny being more or less a below average bat at the MLB level at this point in his career... do the Cubs become legit contenders for the 2nd wild card?

 

No. Even if Manny isn't toast, he'd be a pinch hitter only. If we didn't sit on our hands all offseason, maybe they could have made things mildly amusing in this scenario.

[Gilby]

Hypothetical question out of boredom:

 

The Cubs, in a bold maneuver, call up Alcantara, Bryant, Baez, and Manny. Despite it being too early for Baez, maybe a little too early for Bryant, and Manny being more or less a below average bat at the MLB level at this point in his career... do the Cubs become legit contenders for the 2nd wild card?

 

I don't think so. Alcantara would help and Bryant would too after a rough start with a lot of strikeouts. Javy and Manny though would range from 2012 Josh Vitters (or, I guess, Mike Olt now) to replacement level.

[Guest]

If the standings reset at the all-star break like the Midwest league, then probably. But those improvements are those that bring the team up to 'potentially playoff caliber if things break right' not 'infusion that helps to bridge a 10 game/10 team gap'.

[Gilby]

Why don't we wear those awesome new uniforms anymore?

[Sammy Sofa]

Only winners deserve those uniforms.

[Elwood]

Helluva catch, JD.