7/2 Cubs (Hendricks) @ Pirates (Musgrove) 6:05 NBCSC

[itisallpartoftheplan]

0-4 4 K’s for Bryant!!

[TMan92]

And another great at bat by Bryant

[Cubswin11]

Well, at least they knocked Vasquez out for the next two days. Go win the next 4 in to the break.

[17 Seconds]

I'm out

[NotSoSober]

Well, at least they knocked Vasquez out for the next two days. Go win the next 4 in to the break.

lol. that's the spirit. not even duke (is he still alive) would be optimistic about this team

[Cubswin11]

Well, at least they knocked Vasquez out for the next two days. Go win the next 4 in to the break.

lol. that's the spirit. not even duke (is he still alive) would be optimistic about this team

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Well, at least they knocked Vasquez out for the next two days. Go win the next 4 in to the break.

lol. that's the spirit. not even duke (is he still alive) would be optimistic about this team

 

His last post was about horsefeathering the Cubs and Russell. Right when they activated him.

[soccer10k]

HEY GUYS IT'S OKAY BECAUSE AT LEAST THE BREWERS AND CARDINALS LOST.

[Sammy Sofa]

PackLandVA

Derwood

soccer10k

 

The massacre continues.

[cl smooth]

if you need some new blood for a gameday starter, i'm willing to sacrifice my well-being for a cubs winning streak*.

 

* starting tomorrow.

[squally1313]

 

Already happened per Len

 

I think that was just Joe’s annual midseason team meeting unless I missed something

Yeah it was like his annual “State of the Team” type thing he does every year going in to the break/half way point.

It's actually worse than that. The players held a players only meeting on Monday (typically hitters and pitchers will meet in two groups before each series, this one was all together)....which led to the 18-5 game. Then Joe had his ASB meeting last night before the game...which led to this one.

 

In the grand scheme of things, Joe's management of Monty this year is like 37th on my list of complaints. But it's getting incredibly frustrating how poor his decisions are in that area.

[Sammy Sofa]

if you need some new blood for a gameday starter, i'm willing to sacrifice my well-being for a cubs winning streak*.

 

* starting tomorrow.

 

I'm adding you to the list, dammit. NO ESCAPE.

[BigSlick]

 

I think that was just Joe’s annual midseason team meeting unless I missed something

Yeah it was like his annual “State of the Team” type thing he does every year going in to the break/half way point.

It's actually worse than that. The players held a players only meeting on Monday (typically hitters and pitchers will meet in two groups before each series, this one was all together)....which led to the 18-5 game. Then Joe had his ASB meeting last night before the game...which led to this one.

 

In the grand scheme of things, Joe's management of Monty this year is like 37th on my list of complaints. But it's getting incredibly frustrating how poor his decisions are in that area.

Joe's management of the bullpen has been bad, but he's also had to deal with a really bad bullpen situation, personnel wise.

 

His management of the position players has been similarly bad, but he's also been given zero bench.

[squally1313]

Yeah it was like his annual “State of the Team” type thing he does every year going in to the break/half way point.

It's actually worse than that. The players held a players only meeting on Monday (typically hitters and pitchers will meet in two groups before each series, this one was all together)....which led to the 18-5 game. Then Joe had his ASB meeting last night before the game...which led to this one.

 

In the grand scheme of things, Joe's management of Monty this year is like 37th on my list of complaints. But it's getting incredibly frustrating how poor his decisions are in that area.

Joe's management of the bullpen has been bad, but he's also had to deal with a really bad bullpen situation, personnel wise.

 

His management of the position players has been similarly bad, but he's also been given zero bench.

 

Why put Maples in the fourth inning the night after our bullpen got wrecked if you're going to have that short of a leash on him (groundout, walk, strikeout, single). And how many times does it have to be proven that Monty is not a loogy, has been much worse against lefties this year, and is much better coming in for a clean inning. It was a really bad decision that led to the game getting put away.

 

And Theo deserves most of the blame for putting players of no value at the end of the bench. Joe deserves the blame for giving Russell essentially the same amount of PAs as Bote since Russell came back. Play your best players.