7/12 Cubs (Darvish) vs Pirates (Archer) 1:20 NBC Chicago/MLBN

[Brian]

3 run homer or weak ground ball that gets through?

[BigSlick]

score. some. friggin. runs.

[BigSlick]

oh good our hero daniel descalso is first off the bench again

[BigSlick]

super honest, earnest question: how bad does daniel descalso have to play before he gets dfa'd

[Brian]

I think I miss Jose Macias

[Cubswin11]

Good job Yu!

[soccer10k]

As has been the case, the offense does exactly enough to make sure Darvish gets a no decision.

[BigSlick]

i dont understand how a collection of very good hitters can be so bad for so long (going back like, a month or so in play)

[Brian]

ffs it's the 7th inning of a tied game after 4 days off, you can use the back end of your bullpen.

[Sammy Sofa]

super honest, earnest question: how bad does daniel descalso have to play before he gets dfa'd

 

This FO seemingly almost never wants to admit a mistake by dumping a player.

[Cubswin11]

Kyle Ryan is firmly in Justin Wilson territory for me where I know he’s getting decent results (and even the underlying stuff says it isn’t totally fluky) but I will never trust him in a big spot/close game.

[BigSlick]

i know a lot of our relievers have "good" stats but i also hate nearly all of them

 

Cishek is also a guy who i also used to love who i'm pretty sure is determined to lose every game he enters now

Edited July 12, 2019 by BigSlick

[Cubswin11]

super honest, earnest question: how bad does daniel descalso have to play before he gets dfa'd

 

This FO seemingly almost never wants to admit a mistake by dumping a player.

Someone needs to stage a fight with him, like Jake and Montero in 2017 so Theo has no choice but to cut him.

[Schwarber Fan]

Can’t wait for that blown strike 3 to decide the game.

[Sammy Sofa]

Kyle Ryan is firmly in Justin Wilson territory for me where I know he’s getting decent results (and even the underlying stuff says it isn’t totally fluky) but I will never trust him in a big spot/close game.

 

Well, I guess that's true even for Joe since he just horsefeathering pulled him with 2 outs after giving up a hit, and apparently it's TOO MUCH to the face the Pirates' horsefeathering #7 hitter.

[muntjack]

I think I miss Jose Macias

 

Descalso has a lower wOBA than Macias' legendary 2005.

[Sammy Sofa]

What cracks me about Descalso is that the only thing propping up his Fangraphs' value from being even more catastrophic is how he's defensively valued to this point better (actually a positive value!!!!) than he has been at any time in his entire career except for his 11 game rookie season in 2010

[Brian]

RESET THE METER

[NotSoSober]

clutch

[Schwarber Fan]

Mr. Clutch!

[soccer10k]

We scored?

[BigSlick]

hell yeah

[We Got The Whole 9]

JFC finally

[Sammy Sofa]

[Andy]

God bless Pittsburgh right fielders