10/2/18 NL WILD CARD Rockies (Freeland) @ CLERBS (Lester) 7:00 CST ESPN

[Andy]

Why in the name of horsefeathers is Zaidman doing the 5th inning play by play when Len is sitting right there

[Gilby]

On the radio today I heard them say Chili was a Maddon choice and their job security is connected, but I had it in my head that Chili was mostly the FO and Hickey was more connected to Joe.

[Jaxbro]

Hope they can accidentally score a run or two before Jon goes full red face and implodes

[Brian]

Jokes on the Rockies for wasting their best starter on the Cubs lineup

 

yeah they are going to do real well with 2 worthwhile starters against the Brewers and they both pitched the last two days

[UMFan83]

Why in the name of horsefeathers is Zaidman doing the 5th inning play by play when Len is sitting right there

 

I’m sure it’s contractual

[Andy]

like they’re for sure firing chili like immediately right? like this isn’t crazy knee jerk fan stuff...he’s 100% gone?

 

I mean it’s hard to compare the offensive numbers from last year to this year and look at the % of PA taken by players on the team in 2017 and not fire him. I’m sure Theo has some fancy advanced statistics that tell him how much Chili sucks too

If there's any truth to the idea that Joe's on the rocks, there's no way Chili comes back.

[Irrelevant Dude]

lester is at 56 (i think that is close) pitches through 4. he could realistically go 7 (maybe even 8) and the cubs are down 0-1.

 

that's not even an optimistic take. it's an observation.

If the Cubs are still trailing, he likely doesn't take his next at bat.

 

No way if still 1-0

Barring a home run in front of Lester, his next at bat will either be with runners on in the 5th, or leading off the 6th. He can't be allowed to take either of those at bats.

[Andy]

On the radio today I heard them say Chili was a Maddon choice and their job security is connected, but I had it in my head that Chili was mostly the FO and Hickey was more connected to Joe.

The reports are Joe wanted to dump Mallee and get Chili, although the FO wouldn't have done it if they didn't want to.

[gflore34]

Is it a case of everyone trying too hard now? Maybe we'll see some crappy hit or play will open the floodgates.

[imb]

3 hitting coaches in 3 years sounds like a totally stable thing to have happen

[TMan92]

Two things we needed to improve on last year. Better at bats and not walking people. Got worse.

[Cubswin11]

 

what makes you think it would be "based off playoff performances" in maddon's case? It's more likely (assuming this report is real, who knows) that they want to get rid of maddon but are wary of doing it if the cubs make an extended run in the playoffs again. Losing the division lead and then dropping 163 and the WC game at home would just allow them to more easily cut Maddon loose without too much scrutiny.

Based off the post I replied to and the other article today of it being based on how the playoffs go? If they want him to go fine, I’d completely get it. But the reason being how the playoffs go I 100% don’t buy.

 

"gone if" does not mean "gone because"

If they want him gone I think he’s gone. How the playoffs go don’t matter short of a WS win.

[r_mack]

3 hitting coaches in 3 years sounds like a totally stable thing to have happen

Eventually you have to blame the hitters. The team wasn't good under Mallee last year in these games.

[Cubswin11]

Big horsefeathering dick Jon. Putting the team on his back

[Andy]

3 hitting coaches in 3 years sounds like a totally stable thing to have happen

It'd be 1 in 4 years if we weren't horsefeathering stupid enough to fire Mallee for no real reason. Can't let one mistake beat you twice.

[NotSoSober]

Long [expletive] Lester should beat everyone in this lineup over the head with a mallet

[ConstableRabbit]

Jon is shoving.

[Andy]

Jon Lester is a horsefeathering god. Talk about delivering on all the hype when he signed

[raw]

If the Cubs are still trailing, he likely doesn't take his next at bat.

 

No way if still 1-0

Barring a home run in front of Lester, his next at bat will either be with runners on in the 5th, or leading off the 6th. He can't be allowed to take either of those at bats.

 

Have you seen the bullpen? If it's still 1-0 and he's not losing it.....tough decision. Especially if leading off the 6th. All the PHs are LH.

[UMFan83]

Regarding Joe getting fired, there are a lot of little reasons why but I wouldn’t be surprised if his comments about Addison was what pissed Theo off enough to really piece together all the reasons and really consider his job security.

[Brian]

Jon Lester is treasure that doesn't deserve this horsefeathers

[soccer10k]

like they’re for sure firing chili like immediately right? like this isn’t crazy knee jerk fan stuff...he’s 100% gone?

 

I mean it’s hard to compare the offensive numbers from last year to this year and look at the % of PA taken by players on the team in 2017 and not fire him. I’m sure Theo has some fancy advanced statistics that tell him how much Chili sucks too

 

Jesse Rogers wrote in a story about the bats today that they've gotten better in situational hitting. I don't know what he was looking at but I looked up BA/OPS with runners on, RISP and RISP with 2 outs and they all got worse except for BA with runners on, which went from .256 to .269.

 

I imagine most situational stats got worse since our offense as a whole got worse.

[Gilby]

horsefeathers yeah Jon

[UMFan83]

Really sucks that I can’t enjoy this performance as much as I should because of how bad the offense is

[bcl412]

I think I’m okay with losing as a series of hard it balls into Milwaukee shifts will make me lose my mind