9/18 Cubs (Mahle) vs. Reds (Lester) 7:05 WGN

[TMan92]

Right at him. Of course.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Dammit, I thought that might fall.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

horsefeathers these losers

[soccer10k]

Well I’m good for a couple days. Win the first two against the Cards and I might pay attention again.

[Old Style]

Baseball is stupid.

[Derwood]

Losing the season series (and the Wrigley series) to the Reds would go a long way towards explaining why the team (might) miss the playoffs

[abuck1220]

really finishing strong here fellas

[17 Seconds]

every single person in the stadium knew the cubs were going to lose

[TMan92]

.780 XBA on the Hoerner out.

[Schwarber Fan]

Brewers are absolutely winning the next 4 so they’re all must wins. Ian Happ should be starting for Heyward tomorrow.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Remember when Pedro Strop was asked to pitch in a tie game in the 7th?? I love Pedro forever, but he is among the bottom 3 of pitchers I want to pitch right now. Edited September 19, 2019 by itisallpartoftheplan

[TMan92]

It is all on Hendricks. We aren't going to score horsefeathers tomorrow.

[Cubswin11]

 

hot take

How so? If we lose we probably have to go 8-2, 7-3 the rest of the way with 5 of the wins needing to come vs the Cardinals to get in, which seems incredibly unlikely. The VBs schedule sets them up much better to play 1 game better from here on out for the WC.

 

Because baseball. It's pointless to try to project a 10 game stretch of games when bad teams beat good teams all the time

Sure, but it’s hard to see us getting in going 5-5 or even 6-4. Especially since some of those losses would be vs the Cardinals who the Brewers could jump for the division and then the Cardinals jump us for WC2.

[abuck1220]

can’t get one hit by tommy mahle when the season is on the line and that’s all you need to know about that.

[17 Seconds]

in a couple of weeks,which of theo/ptr will be the first one to point out that they were in a playoff spot before baez and rizzo got hurt?

[PackLandVA]

I think the Cubs have the pitching advantage in 2 games and a push in another.

 

Hendricks at home is equal (at worst) to Flaherty. Mikolas sucks and Yu is infinitely better. Q is up and down, but the Cubs pound Wacha. He sucks donkey balls too. Hudson v Cole - YIKES!

 

Get tomorrow and they win the series.

[TMan92]

10 more games of this nonsense.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Well, I suppose it's now fortunate for the Cubs that they are playing the Cardinals seven of the last 10 games. The Cubs aren't really winning any series against many teams right now, so at least they still have a chance to get oddly lucky by somehow winning six of seven against the Cardinals and making the playoffs.

 

If they don't, the season is over, but at least they have one final chance.

[Cubswin11]

in a couple of weeks,which of theo/ptr will be the first one to point out that they were in a playoff spot before baez and rizzo got hurt?

That will definitely be brought up, probably by everyone. The injuries to Hamels, Baez, Rizzo, Bryant, Willy and Kimbrel certainly played a big role in likely falling 2-5 games short here. It’s hard to argue they didn’t, I also think turnover is coming and Theo knows he has to do better.

Edited September 19, 2019 by Cubswin11

[Bryants Disco Ball]

in a couple of weeks,which of theo/ptr will be the first one to point out that they were in a playoff spot before baez and rizzo got hurt?

That will definitely be brought up probably by everyone and the injuries to Hamels, Baez, Rizzo, Bryant, Willy, Kimbrel certainly played a role in likely falling 2-5 games short here. It’s hard to argue they didn’t, I also think turnover is coming and Theo knows he has to do better.

 

I think this is a 100 percent spot on take, word for word.

 

It did hurt, but changes also are coming.

[17 Seconds]

in a couple of weeks,which of theo/ptr will be the first one to point out that they were in a playoff spot before baez and rizzo got hurt?

That will definitely be brought up, probably by everyone. The injuries to Hamels, Baez, Rizzo, Bryant, Willy and Kimbrel certainly played a big role in likely falling 2-5 games short here. It’s hard to argue they didn’t, I also think turnover is coming and Theo knows he has to do better.

 

the point is that they will have blown it to the brewers without yelich. baez/rizzo is a bigger combined loss, but I dont want to hear about injuries if the brewers come back on us again without their superhuman player.

[TMan92]

Just hope the Reds can do this to the Brewers. I doubt it but it can happen.

[Cubswin11]

in a couple of weeks,which of theo/ptr will be the first one to point out that they were in a playoff spot before baez and rizzo got hurt?

That will definitely be brought up, probably by everyone. The injuries to Hamels, Baez, Rizzo, Bryant, Willy and Kimbrel certainly played a big role in likely falling 2-5 games short here. It’s hard to argue they didn’t, I also think turnover is coming and Theo knows he has to do better.

 

the point is that they will have blown it to the brewers without yelich. baez/rizzo is a bigger combined loss, but I dont want to hear about injuries if the brewers come back on us again without their superhuman player.

Well you’re going to hear it because it is partially the reason for falling short. Javy missed the final 6 vs the Brewers (we won 1 of them and they had Yelich for all them). Now no Rizzo too. The injuries I mentioned to all above are a factor, they aren’t the main factor but it’s going to be rightfully brought up.

[PackLandVA]

They're not really playing much different without Javy, and now Rizzo, than they have all season. Score runs in bunches for a few games, then have zero offense, regardless of the pitcher. Be dominant with the starting staff, then struggle to make it through five. Pen is lights out, pen can't hold a lead.

 

They've been incredibly consistent at not being consistent in any phase of the game the entire season. Doesn't really matter who's hurt, or who isn't.

[Cubswin11]

They're not really playing much different without Javy, and now Rizzo, than they have all season. Score runs in bunches for a few games, then have zero offense, regardless of the pitcher. Be dominant with the starting staff, then struggle to make it through five. Pen is lights out, pen can't hold a lead.

 

They've been incredibly consistent at not being consistent in any phase of the game the entire season. Doesn't really matter who's hurt, or who isn't.

A lot of that is just baseball being baseball, maybe we do a little more of it than other teams but every fan thinks their team does it too much. Missing Javy for ~20 game now has impact, don’t know how you can think otherwise and missing him and Rizzo combined for the final dozen or so definitely matters. Again it’s not the main reason, but it’s a contributor (especially in the final month here).

 

But it’s the shitty, .500, play with a flawed roster, poor lineups and bad moves from Joe from May-July that has us in this garbage spot more than an injury in the final ~20 games. Don’t be a bunch of assholes for such a large chunk of the year and you can probably survive and still get in the playoffs dealing with something like this.