4/24 Cubs(Steele) vs Pirates(Brubaker) 1:20CST Marquee

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Hopefully Steele rebounds and we didn’t use all our runs yesterday.

[Derwood]

Oh look, guy who homered yesterday is out of the lineup today

[Irrelevant Dude]

Oh look, guy who homered yesterday is out of the lineup today

Called correctly by someone in yesterday's game thread.

[Bertz]

Heyward strikes out with two men on and a bad righty in the mound

 

Rinse and repeat

[Tim]

Heyward strikes out with two men on and a bad righty in the mound

 

Rinse and repeat

Hey now...he'll ground out meekly, too.

[UMFan83]

Heyward strikes out with two men on and a bad righty in the mound

 

Rinse and repeat

 

This really should have been the thread title

[Bertz]

 

Steele might just not be built to do 5+ innings. Probably better airing it out 2-3 innings at a time than trying and failing to pace for a full start.

 

I think when the reinforcements are ready I'd push him to the pen and let him do the Keegan Thompson role. Having a lefty and a righty ready to do that would be valuable as hell.

[abuck1220]

why is he still in

[Irrelevant Dude]

That's a hard 3 innings.

[Cubswin11]

Villar would be a below average defender on a beer league softball team

[Irrelevant Dude]

We have been spoiled by some really good defensive infielders over the past several years, and now we get to suffer through a terrible one.

[soccer10k]

Villar would be a below average defender on a beer league softball team

 

You mean 5 errors in 13 games is bad?

 

I miss Javy.

Edited April 24, 2022 by soccer10k

[Andy]

Villar would be a below average defender on a beer league softball team

He is an absolute butcher

[UMFan83]

How often do you see a team win 3 of 4 in a series but get outscored by 15+ runs?

[Irrelevant Dude]

I realize Andrelton Simmons is injured, but how do you even have a roster where your two reserve infielders are a guy who can only play 1B and another guy who can't play anywhere?

[17 Seconds]

there are so many complete nobodies on this team

[Ding Dong Johnson]

there are so many complete nobodies on this team

Including those running it.

[Irrelevant Dude]

He runs soooooo sloooooow.

[UMFan83]

What happened to all the offense?

[PackLandVA]

Villar would be a below average defender on a beer league softball team

He is an absolute butcher

 

Tim Anderson thinks your assessment is a bit too harsh.

[UMFan83]

Cubs hits the last few games:

 

5

4

4

7

23

5 (so far)

[Andy]

New rule - I don't want to hear from broadcasters that Nick Madrigal is a good guy to have up in a certain situation until his OPS is above .650.

 

Another horseshit AB from him

[UMFan83]

The high contact no strike out dude struck out with runners on 1st and 3rd and 0 outs in a 2 run game

[CubinNY]

Cubs are a bd team. Ross makes them a tiny bit worse.

[Irrelevant Dude]

New rule - I don't want to hear from broadcasters that Nick Madrigal is a good guy to have up in a certain situation until his OPS is above .650.

 

Another horsefeathers AB from him

For a guy who "doesn't strikeout", he sure does seem to have 2 strikes on him every time up