Petition to save Fred’s legacy by removing his name from these awful lineup threads

[Sammy Sofa]

I don’t know how Happ got so bad.

 

[Derwood]

That bullpen implosion was completely expected

[Derwood]

Schwindel just made it a save situation

[Schwarber Fan]

Davies over Arrieta? Don’t care they Jake pitched yesterday, his career is clearly over anyway.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Hendriks is a real douche, eh?

That was my impression after watching him pitch in the ASG.

[Andy]

Was at today's game. Actually had a reasonably good time considering. However, Kyle Ryan walks too many, doesn't strike out nearly enough, and gives up home runs. Why exactly is he a major leaguer?

[Cubswin11]

Was at today's game. Actually had a reasonably good time considering. However, Kyle Ryan walks too many, doesn't strike out nearly enough, and gives up home runs. Why exactly is he a major leaguer?

For the tank

[Schwarber Fan]

If Kyle Ryan grew out his hair, he’d at least give us some Travis Wood nostalgia.

[Bertz]

Was at today's game. Actually had a reasonably good time considering. However, Kyle Ryan walks too many, doesn't strike out nearly enough, and gives up home runs. Why exactly is he a major leaguer?

For the tank

 

Yeah I think it's this. He's got a lot of funk to his delivery, but it appears going from 90 MPH on the fastball in 2019 to 89 the past two years was enough to take him from effective to garbage. Just goes to show how thin the margins are.

 

I am starting to think we'll need to add a LH reliever to the shopping list for this winter. Because while we seemed flush early this year, that depth has been decimated

 

- Steele was too good and will now hopefully be in the rotation

- Wieck is good, but his heart problems are a bit scary, and he's fairly split neutral regardless

- Ryan and Brothers are pumpkins again

- Marquez and Carraway were not nearly as close as we thought back in March

- Bryan Hudson and Brendon Little will probably be factors, but neither is so dominant or so close to MLB that you can pencil them into the April bullpen

 

It's not a tough situation, just bring back Chafin or someone comparable, but just something to keep in the back of our minds as we (rightfully) focus on the big names at SS and in the OF this winter.

[Tim]

If there is one thing I'm confident about this management group, it is their ability to stock a bullpen