8/30 Pirates (Kuhl) @ Cubs (Hendricks), 7:05 PM, WGN MLBN

[Cubswin11]

Joe's lineup wheel must have fallen off the hinges

 

[David]

this kuhl guy is a righty, which makes it much weirder

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Day off for the veterans, rewarding Javy and Soler for big nights where they had a terrific approach at the plate and big opposite field hits. Nothing about Kuhl's repertoire screams Javy/Soler-friendly to me.

[Cubswin11]

With a long flight home from LA and a long game last night I have no problem giving Zobrist and Fowler the night off. Keep them fresh and healthy with a huge lead, just a weirdish lineup is all. I wouldn't mind seeing Rizzo get a day off soon too, to be honest. His timing seems a bit off and could probably use a breather.

[David]

Rizzo JUST got a day off. And he's hitting .313/.353/.344 in his last 7 games, .343/.362/.433 in his last 15, so I'm not seeing any signs of any recent issues aside from the fact that he hasn't donged in the last week.

[UMFan83]

Rizzo JUST got a day off. And he's hitting .313/.353/.344 in his last 7 games, .343/.362/.433 in his last 15, so I'm not seeing any signs of any recent issues aside from the fact that he hasn't donged in the last week.

 

Only 1 HR in August though. I think overall he is fine, this is not even close to a slump but perhaps a bit of a power outage.

[philosophizer75]

It's pretty indicative of just how refined a hitter Rizzo is that he can maintain MVP caliber numbers everywhere else while only hitting one HR in an entire month.

 

He's so good.

[mul21]

Is this thing going to start on time? I saw Len's tweet about the rain an hour or so ago and that made me wonder.

[Cubswin11]

Is this thing going to start on time? I saw Len's tweet about the rain an hour or so ago and that made me wonder.

Yeah, the field doesn't look like it's in the best shape but it seems to have not rained for a good 30-45 minutes

[TruffleShuffle]

good that tripp gibson is at third tonight. third base umpires generally will do the least damage.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

did someone say Rizzo doesn't dong anymore?

[UMFan83]

Rizzo JUST got a day off. And he's hitting .313/.353/.344 in his last 7 games, .343/.362/.433 in his last 15, so I'm not seeing any signs of any recent issues aside from the fact that he hasn't donged in the last week.

 

Only 1 HR in August though. I think overall he is fine, this is not even close to a slump but perhaps a bit of a power outage.

 

Make that 2

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

I can't believe that is only Rizzo 2nd home run in August.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

that's the ugliest pretty slide I've seen in a while

[ScrubMD]

Atta boy, Russell. Spike that bastard if he's going to block the plate.

[Cubswin11]

Russell/Cervelli were lucky not to really hurt their leg/ankle there. Also Montero couldn't possibly be slower

[TruffleShuffle]

that's pretty consistent with the scouting reports on bell's defense.

[NotSoSober]

Can't believe he was able to get to 2nd there

[Cubswin11]

Lol

[Gilby]

That was a weird AB. KB very uncharacteristically swung at ball four like six times then just ran the fastest time from home to second in MLB history. Edited August 31, 2016 by Gilby

[Ding Dong Johnson]

baby polanco

[Cubswin11]

Where the hell was that?!?

[bcl412]

Harrison just got professered.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Harrison just got professered.

couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

[TruffleShuffle]

no josh no