8/12 Good/Bad? Cubs (Lester) @ Dumb-Uniformed D-Backs (Corbin) 7:10 CDT

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Still .001 better by winning percent.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Is Zobrist done, or are we blaming everything on the wrist injury? I was hoping we'd get at least a couple good years out of him before he turned into complete dead weight.

[FlyTheW]

This is my least favorite Cubs team of my lifetime. 2004 was bad but they won 89 games in a tough division. This team is going to bumble their way to 84 wins in the worst division in baseball. Kyle Schwarber might actually suck, Addison Russell might be a rapist, nobody can hit in the clutch. I thought there was no way this team was going to piss me off after last year but by God they're doing it.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I, too, hate the only Cubs players to win a World Series in any of our lifetimes.

[17 Seconds]

just get this season over with

[17 Seconds]

This is my least favorite Cubs team of my lifetime. 2004 was bad but they won 89 games in a tough division. This team is going to bumble their way to 84 wins in the worst division in baseball. Kyle Schwarber might actually suck, Addison Russell might be a rapist, nobody can hit in the clutch. I thought there was no way this team was going to piss me off after last year but by God they're doing it.

 

what the horsefeathers is wrong with you

[soccer10k]

This is my least favorite Cubs team of my lifetime. 2004 was bad but they won 89 games in a tough division. This team is going to bumble their way to 84 wins in the worst division in baseball. Kyle Schwarber might actually suck, Addison Russell might be a rapist, nobody can hit in the clutch. I thought there was no way this team was going to piss me off after last year but by God they're doing it.

 

Not that it's any better but Russell was accused of domestic violence, not rape.

[soccer10k]

Is Zobrist done, or are we blaming everything on the wrist injury? I was hoping we'd get at least a couple good years out of him before he turned into complete dead weight.

 

I would guess it's a bit of both getting older and the wrist.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

This is my least favorite Cubs team of my lifetime. 2004 was bad but they won 89 games in a tough division. This team is going to bumble their way to 84 wins in the worst division in baseball. Kyle Schwarber might actually suck, Addison Russell might be a rapist, nobody can hit in the clutch. I thought there was no way this team was going to piss me off after last year but by God they're doing it.

preach it, sister!

[Derwood]

I'm pretty sure FlyTheW is either a toddler or was in captivity his entire life.

[Sammy Sofa]

Is Zobrist done, or are we blaming everything on the wrist injury? I was hoping we'd get at least a couple good years out of him before he turned into complete dead weight.

 

I would guess it's a bit of both getting older and the wrist.

 

Whatever the reason, the answer clearly is to keep batting him cleanup as the team struggles to muster any kind of consistent offense in the middle of an annoyingly tight division battle.

[We Got The Whole 9]

The division isn't as bad as the records make it seem, actually.

 

The Reds, Cubs, and Cardinals rank in the top 10 for position player WAR, the Brewers are 16th and the Pirates are 22nd

 

The Cardinals, Pirates, and Brewers have top 10 rotations, we are 16th (though 7th in the 2nd half), and the Reds are dead last

 

The Cardinals, Cubs, and Brewers are just outside of the top 10 for reliever WAR and the Pirates are 18th, while the Reds are awful again

 

So yeah the Reds have awful pitching but these are very talented teams