4/11 Cubs @ Pirates - 12:05 PM

[Bertz]

Cubs next 22 games are brutal

 

3 @ Milwaukee

3 vs Atlanta

3 vs Mets

3 vs Milwaukee

4 @ Atlanta

3 @ Cincy

3 vs Dodgers

 

The Cubs are either going to get their horsefeathers together, or they're going to be out of it by Cinco de Mayo

 

Maybe we’ll get more value starting our sell off in June vs July

 

It's really possible. I think if nothing else, the Cubs have 10 (!) guys in their walk year that depending on performance could be attractive trade chips.

 

KB

Rizzo

Baez

Joc

Kimbrel (club option)

Davies

Arrieta

Chafin

Workman

Tepera

 

If the team is out of it, you probably want to clear the deck a bit in June or early July so you're not juggling ~5 trades the week before the deadline.

[Schwarber Fan]

How does KB’s drive not go? Ugh

[Schwarber Fan]

Great AB, Javy.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Cubs next 22 games are brutal

 

3 @ Milwaukee

3 vs Atlanta

3 vs Mets

3 vs Milwaukee

4 @ Atlanta

3 @ Cincy

3 vs Dodgers

 

The Cubs are either going to get their horsefeathers together, or they're going to be out of it by Cinco de Mayo

 

Maybe we’ll get more value starting our sell off in June vs July

 

It's really possible. I think if nothing else, the Cubs have 10 (!) guys in their walk year that depending on performance could be attractive trade chips.

 

KB

Rizzo

Baez

Joc

Kimbrel (club option)

Davies

Arrieta

Chafin

Workman

Tepera

 

If the team is out of it, you probably want to clear the deck a bit in June or early July so you're not juggling ~5 trades the week before the deadline.

Brothers has a nearly 8:1 KBB, could be interesting

[Tim]

 

Maybe we’ll get more value starting our sell off in June vs July

 

It's really possible. I think if nothing else, the Cubs have 10 (!) guys in their walk year that depending on performance could be attractive trade chips.

 

KB

Rizzo

Baez

Joc

Kimbrel (club option)

Davies

Arrieta

Chafin

Workman

Tepera

 

If the team is out of it, you probably want to clear the deck a bit in June or early July so you're not juggling ~5 trades the week before the deadline.

Brothers has a nearly 8:1 KBB, could be interesting

Not in his walk year.

[Bertz]

 

It's really possible. I think if nothing else, the Cubs have 10 (!) guys in their walk year that depending on performance could be attractive trade chips.

 

KB

Rizzo

Baez

Joc

Kimbrel (club option)

Davies

Arrieta

Chafin

Workman

Tepera

 

If the team is out of it, you probably want to clear the deck a bit in June or early July so you're not juggling ~5 trades the week before the deadline.

Brothers has a nearly 8:1 KBB, could be interesting

Not in his walk year.

 

Yeah we have him next year as well. I imagine with so may walk year guys, they won't really shop guys controlled beyond this year except for Kimbrel. But Brothers, Trevor Williams, and Contreras are all only under contract through next season so they'd likely be available at least theoretically.

[Bertz]

Jason Adam's early season wobbliness is gone, so that's one positive from this weekend?

[We Got The Whole 9]

 

It's really possible. I think if nothing else, the Cubs have 10 (!) guys in their walk year that depending on performance could be attractive trade chips.

 

KB

Rizzo

Baez

Joc

Kimbrel (club option)

Davies

Arrieta

Chafin

Workman

Tepera

 

If the team is out of it, you probably want to clear the deck a bit in June or early July so you're not juggling ~5 trades the week before the deadline.

Brothers has a nearly 8:1 KBB, could be interesting

Not in his walk year.

True but there would be heavy interest if he proves to be a versatile multi-inning high-velo LHP. He should be shopped.

[Tim]

Brothers has a nearly 8:1 KBB, could be interesting

Not in his walk year.

True but there would be heavy interest if he proves to be a versatile multi-inning high-velo LHP. He should be shopped.

Someone has to pitch in the pen next year, too. Heck, if he's really *this* fixed, make him the closer after trading Kimbrel and then you have the option of getting extra value for him if you trade him later.

[Andy]

Brothers has a nearly 8:1 KBB, could be interesting

Not in his walk year.

 

Yeah we have him next year as well. I imagine with so may walk year guys, they won't really shop guys controlled beyond this year except for Kimbrel. But Brothers, Trevor Williams, and Contreras are all only under contract through next season so they'd likely be available at least theoretically.

Kimbrel is in his walk year too. (He might have an option.)

[Tim]

Not in his walk year.

 

Yeah we have him next year as well. I imagine with so may walk year guys, they won't really shop guys controlled beyond this year except for Kimbrel. But Brothers, Trevor Williams, and Contreras are all only under contract through next season so they'd likely be available at least theoretically.

Kimbrel is in his walk year too. (He might have an option.)

Vesting option for him, but he'll definitely be traded if we're out of it at the deadline and he's still mowing people down

[Schwarber Fan]

This is beyond absurd. Bote hits bullets to the left side all weekend that get gloved every time, and this bum trickles one off Javy’s glove for a double?

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Rex Brothers only has pitched against the Pirates this season. Will be interesting to see just how effective he is when pitching against a non-college team. Hopefully better than the Cubs overall have been against said team.

[UMFan83]

Cubs live RD is -11 which is 3rd worst in the NL woo hoo

[OleMissCub]

I predict we see a reversion this season back to the 2011ish game threads where it was just Fred talking to himself.

[UMFan83]

Exactly half of the Cubs 26 runs over 9 games have come via HR. The Cubs have hit 11 HR this year, 9 solo shots and 2 HR with one man on

[d_money]

Rizzo, Bryant and Baez = 10 LOB, 1 for 9. One helluva core.

 

Season to date...if you want the big contracts - this is probably not the best way to convince the FO you are deserving.

[UMFan83]

[Schwarber Fan]

This team will now proceed to not score the rest of the game. Same movie every season since they won it all, with increasing frequency each year.

 

 

This was supposed to be just another classic overreaction by me. How the F did it actually happen? Ridiculous.

[d_money]

 

Obviously bad that this happened but also that’s alot of baserunners in scoring position. Clearly all that needs to happen is dialing up some Clutch/TWTW

A classic change of scenery may be best for the careers of Baez, Bryant, Rizzo and the Cub organization.

[Derwood]

It's amazing that all these lousy free-swingers collectively avoided tripping over their own dicks in the same year to win a ring.

[sweetpeteman]

It's amazing that all these lousy free-swingers collectively avoided tripping over their own dicks in the same year to win a ring.

 

I have a hot take on this: It's not they're free-swingers, it's that they're free-swingers trying not to swing and ending up swinging at the wrong pitches. Going into this game they were tied with the Padres with the lowest swing percent at 42.7. They were also the 4th lowest contact percentage. Seems like they aren't swinging and when they do swing, it's terrible.

 

Working the count is great and taking pitches and making pitchers work is great in theory, but I don't think this team has the talent to do it and needs to actually be a little more free-swinging, and that this has been a part of the issue for the past few years.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's amazing that all these lousy free-swingers collectively avoided tripping over their own dicks in the same year to win a ring.

 

I have a hot take on this: It's not they're free-swingers, it's that they're free-swingers trying not to swing and ending up swinging at the wrong pitches. Going into this game they were tied with the Padres with the lowest swing percent at 42.7. They were also the 4th lowest contact percentage. Seems like they aren't swinging and when they do swing, it's terrible.

 

Working the count is great and taking pitches and making pitchers work is great in theory, but I don't think this team has the talent to do it and needs to actually be a little more free-swinging, and that this has been a part of the issue for the past few years.

 

Exactly. Schwarber was kind of the personification of that for me; this team hasn't had an issue with finding or developing guys to be willing to take plenty of pitches...but that patience too often translated to absolutely garbage contact over the last few years.

[17 Seconds]

i like to call it fake patience. brute forcing their way to walks instead of doing it by actually having good at-bats. the result is hideous.