4/23 Cubs (Hendricks) @ Pirates (Locke) 11:35 CSN/MLBN

[jersey cubs fan]

Andrew Green ‏@andruwgreen 10m10 minutes ago

Vogelbach enters today leading @SLeagueBaseball in AVG (.432), hits (19), OBP (.519), SLG (.705) and TB (31), also 2nd in 2B (6) & XBH (8).

 

Maddon will teach him how to play SS

 

And then put him at 2nd when the game starts.

[halplm]

I'm not ready (yet) to give Maddon too much benefit of the doubt for the strangeness. We all know we have a short (and bad) bench, and having to play guys out of their positions to make it work is something we should not have to deal with.

 

Hopefully we make it work, because well... Kris Bryant... but I would much prefer they fix the bench.

[PrimeTime]

So Marte and McCutchen are both not in the lineup today? That helps.

[davell]

Bryant played CF in college and some scouting directors thought it'd be his best pro position coming out of the draft. This is far from some hair-brained "this may be cool, lets try it" type of move.

[jersey cubs fan]

Bryant played CF in college and some scouting directors thought it'd be his best pro position coming out of the draft. This is far from some hair-brained "this may be cool, lets try it" type of move.

we all know he played there before.

 

 

he hasn't in a long while though and therefore it is pretty crazy in respects to how crazy any decision in baseball can be

[Guest]

Wasn't it like 5 games in CF? I can't recall anyone saying it might be his best position, but it was definitely used to support the idea he could easily move to LF.

[Cubswin11]

We are talking about Kris Bryant, guys, he can come in and close out the 9th inning today if he [expletive] wants to

[Careless]

huh, I figured there would be even fewer people there this morning, but maybe a few more.

[treebird]

update on whether soler is wearing the gimp mask as soon as someone watching on tv can tell, please

[halplm]

We are talking about Kris Bryant, guys, he can come in and close out the 9th inning today if he [expletive] wants to

 

Of course, but he shouldn't have to.

[treebird]

that bunt is not a good look when it doesn't work.

[halplm]

NOOOO... Home runs, not bunts!

[jersey cubs fan]

update on whether soler is wearing the gimp mask as soon as someone watching on tv can tell, please

not sure but joe west has the st. bernard brandy barrel under his chin

 

 

soler has the mask on

[Banedon]

Rizzo...no.

[sneakypower]

gimp mask: confirmed

[jersey cubs fan]

take that walk petrified of the cold man

[Careless]

damn, smoked

[jersey cubs fan]

the mask caused Soler to come up very short in his slide into 2nd

[Grimson]

Nice patience by Bryant.

[OleMissCub]

BABIP!!!!! Damn you!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Chris Coghlan doesn't come within 20 feet of that.

[Careless]

wow. I do not think our previous LF would have had that. Or tried.

[KatJ]

Sounds like Denorfia just took away a triple.

[halplm]

hurray for catching fly balls!

[sneakypower]

there you have it, Maddon's a genius