08/28 CUBS (Hammel) @ Los Angeles (Kershaw) 9:10 CDT, WGN TV

[BrockLanders]

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[Guest]

Why in the world does Denorfia have a bat here

[Schwarber Fan]

Why in the world does Denorfia have a bat here

 

Makes no sense whatsoever

[UMFan83]

Golden Sombrero for Bryant

[BigSlick]

My suggestion: to win and not lose, IMO

[Guest]

broxton you fat idiot

[Schwarber Fan]

Hopefully a new winning streak starts tomorrow. Very disappointing to see virtually no life against the aces though. Won't fly in the playoffs.

[UMFan83]

Sucks when you get used to winning every game and then all the sudden you lose 3 in a row and score 4 runs.

 

Bring the dong party back tomorrow please

[Sammy Sofa]

West coast games are the worst.

[Andy]

broxton you fat idiot

Don't worry, clutch strikeouts are on the way

[ARCubsFan]

broxton you fat idiot

You'll never guess what happened next

[Andy]

Broxton hasn't been good in years so of course he gets 2 strikeouts to end that inning.

[Guest]

god, i hate rooting for them

[CubInOK]

Remember when we hit like 10 dongs a game?

[UMFan83]

Remember when we hit like 10 dongs a game?

 

Yup when we were facing right handers in extremely favorable hitting conditions.

 

I'm looking forward to a relatively normal looking lineup tomorrow for the first time since Tuesday

[UMFan83]

Giants with the bases loaded and less than 2 outs for the second straight inning. Let's see what magic the Cardinals have up their sleeves this time

[ARCubsFan]

Worthless, and our lead is down to 4.5

[UMFan83]

Ouch. Sucks to lose 3 games to the Giants and Pirates and 2 to the Cardinals in a span of 3 days. Tough week for the Cubs after it started on such a high note.

 

That said im still not really worried about the Wild Card at this point. Playoff odds only down 4% over the last few days and most of that was our % chance of winning the division going down.

[UMFan83]

One more thing: is there anyone coming up on 9/1 that we can try as a backup OF against lefties? I can't stand Denofria and I especialy can't stand him hitting freaking 2nd

 

The worst thing is, his OPS is 100 points higher against righties. A .583 OPS against lefties is not very good at all for the LHP part of your platoon

[BCVM22]

Of course it's Kelby [expletive] Tomlinson with the game-winning hit. It's not even a real name.

[ctcf]

I love fred but he needs to stop starting threads. It is clearly messing with the mojo.

[Derwood]

I love fred but he needs to stop starting threads. It is clearly messing with the mojo.

 

this is all seanimal's fault

[Little Slide Rooter]

If we'd won either of the last 2 games, it would have been gravy. Now we have Lester vs. Douche Face and Arrietta vs. Alex Wood. Let's win these 2 and get the [expletive] out of the hellacious vortex that is the NL West until next year.

[Soonernation]

This team just doesn't match up well with any kind of left handed power arm; definitely need to upgrade with another RH bat this offseason. Denorfia is a decent player but having him bat 2nd is not a good situation at all

[UMFan83]

This team just doesn't match up well with any kind of left handed power arm; definitely need to upgrade with another RH bat this offseason. Denorfia is a decent player but having him bat 2nd is not a good situation at all

 

How is he decent? He's below replacement leve or slightly above depending on who you look at. And the only reason he's 0.5 wins above replacement on fangraphs is because of his defense.