8/1: Cubs (Lester) @ Cardinals (Flaherty) 6:15, NBCSCH

[BigSlick]

thank god matt wieters just horsefeathering sucks

[UMFan83]

Why are we throwing Wong strikes with the horsefeathering pitcher on deck?

[BigSlick]

lmao lmao

 

fine whatever guys i'm done

[Edith Cox]

Should have faced the pitcher

[Cubswin11]

horsefeathering idiots, walk him

[Schwarber Fan]

Wong is hitting like .800 this series

[TMan92]

Pitching strategy

[Sammy Sofa]

[d_money]

Lifeless offense. They appear to be going through the motions. Maybe crazy Joe needs to bring in a magician, animals, a mime or whatever.

 

I just seriously can’t comprehend how a team can look so good hitting for long stretches and so anemic for other stretches. It’s been going on for 2 years now

I know, the line up includes mainly all the guys we were salivating over 2 years ago thinking of how much better each player will be as they gain PA’s - yet, they’ve regressed.

[Cubswin11]

Holy horsefeathers what a catch, Almora doesn’t make that. Heyward is the full time CF now.

[TMan92]

Lifeless offense. They appear to be going through the motions. Maybe crazy Joe needs to bring in a magician, animals, a mime or whatever.

 

I just seriously can’t comprehend how a team can look so good hitting for long stretches and so anemic for other stretches. It’s been going on for 2 years now

I know, the line up includes mainly all the guys we were salivating over 2 years ago thinking of how much better each player will be as they gain PA’s - yet, they’ve regressed.

 

No approach at all at the plate. In 2016 a lot of these guys wore pitchers out. Not anymore.

[Schwarber Fan]

Wow, what a play. And what a joke that that ball carried so much.

[OleMissCub]

[Sammy Sofa]

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Maybe we can get a hit and maybe score some runs.

[BigSlick]

Maybe we can get a hit and maybe score some runs.

we dont get those kind of miracles

[Derwood]

Bryant and Baez being ice cold at the same time is.....not great.

[bcl412]

We feel like the 2009 Cubs

[Sammy Sofa]

Pretty sure the Cubs would struggle to even score against fuckin' Joe Flaherty at this point.

[CubinNY]

I think I want Robel back.

[Cubswin11]

 

I just seriously can’t comprehend how a team can look so good hitting for long stretches and so anemic for other stretches. It’s been going on for 2 years now

I know, the line up includes mainly all the guys we were salivating over 2 years ago thinking of how much better each player will be as they gain PA’s - yet, they’ve regressed.

 

No approach at all at the plate. In 2016 a lot of these guys wore pitchers out. Not anymore.

Overall offense isn’t far off from 2016. 9.7% BB rate this year vs 10.4% then, 101 vs 106 wRC+ now vs then, .328 vs .333 wOBA now vs then.

[Tryptamine]

What an offensive Juggernaut this squad is. 14th in MLB in runs scored and continuing to fall.

[Edith Cox]

We've scored 9 runs in St Louis this year and are hitting 30-for-174 "good" for a .172 average.

[TMan92]

What an offensive Juggernaut this squad is. 14th in MLB in runs scored and continuing to fall.

 

A lot like last year

[itisallpartoftheplan]

“It’s big boy time” -Joe Maddon

 

Yet we can’t hit or score.