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

[UMFan83]

7-9 and now comes 14 games against the Braves, Brewers, White Sox, Dodgers and Padres. We might be 10-20 by the time that stretch is done with

 

you know this team is going to finish with a bad record, right?

 

Pretty sure that’s what I’m saying here, yes

[soccer10k]

Ortega's baserunning really horsefeathers that inning. Should have had a triple to begin with and then botched the suzuki double

 

100% guarantee Javy scores on the Suzuki double. Of course Javy’s probably at third already anyway but still.

 

And as long as we’re comparing to previous players, 100% chance Rizzo tries to score on that play and gets thrown out by 15 feet.

[Bertz]

Lost in everything else the bullpen was stellar today.

Seems pretty definitive at this point that Jed and co. can do the Rays' style build a bullpen on the fly deal.

[Cubswin11]

David Ross remains a moron

 

[Irrelevant Dude]

It's annoying that Madrigal is bad. What a waste of an opportunity to get a real prospect. Instead we get a poor man's Nico Hoerner.

[UMFan83]

It's annoying that Madrigal is bad. What a waste of an opportunity to get a real prospect. Instead we get a poor man's Nico Hoerner.

 

Madrigal is annoying tf out of me right now but not ready to call him a waste of an opportunity yet. It's been 3 weeks after missing the last ~4 months of last year. He's been a .300+ hitter literally every single season in college, the minors and pros, so hitting .220 this year would seem like a huge outlier. Hate using BA here but given the consistency over a 6 year period I'm guessing it is a bit immune to luck. If he can resume hitting .300 he will at least be serviceable as a player.

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[Cubswin11]

It's annoying that Madrigal is bad. What a waste of an opportunity to get a real prospect. Instead we get a poor man's Nico Hoerner.

 

Madrigal is annoying tf out of me right now but not ready to call him a waste of an opportunity yet. It's been 3 weeks after missing the last ~4 months of last year. He's been a .300+ hitter literally every single season in college, the minors and pros, so hitting .220 this year would seem like a huge outlier. Hate using BA here but given the consistency over a 6 year period I'm guessing it is a bit immune to luck. If he can resume hitting .300 he will at least be serviceable as a player.

He doesn’t hit the ball hard, is not overly fast, doesn’t hit for power or take walks. Him turning in to a pumpkin wouldn’t be the craziest thing with his profile. His batting average skill doesn’t seem like a true skill, it’s under 400 career MLB PAs. I think he sucks though since pre-trade and never was a fan.

[UMFan83]

It's annoying that Madrigal is bad. What a waste of an opportunity to get a real prospect. Instead we get a poor man's Nico Hoerner.

 

Madrigal is annoying tf out of me right now but not ready to call him a waste of an opportunity yet. It's been 3 weeks after missing the last ~4 months of last year. He's been a .300+ hitter literally every single season in college, the minors and pros, so hitting .220 this year would seem like a huge outlier. Hate using BA here but given the consistency over a 6 year period I'm guessing it is a bit immune to luck. If he can resume hitting .300 he will at least be serviceable as a player.

He doesn’t hit the ball hard, is not overly fast, doesn’t hit for power or take walks. Him turning in to a pumpkin wouldn’t be the craziest thing with his profile. His batting average skill doesn’t seem like a true skill, it’s under 400 career MLB PAs. I think he sucks though since pre-trade and never was a fan.

 

All I’m saying is that he has enough of a profile to give him more than 3 weeks before giving up on him especially after missing so much time with injury

[Cubswin11]

 

Madrigal is annoying tf out of me right now but not ready to call him a waste of an opportunity yet. It's been 3 weeks after missing the last ~4 months of last year. He's been a .300+ hitter literally every single season in college, the minors and pros, so hitting .220 this year would seem like a huge outlier. Hate using BA here but given the consistency over a 6 year period I'm guessing it is a bit immune to luck. If he can resume hitting .300 he will at least be serviceable as a player.

He doesn’t hit the ball hard, is not overly fast, doesn’t hit for power or take walks. Him turning in to a pumpkin wouldn’t be the craziest thing with his profile. His batting average skill doesn’t seem like a true skill, it’s under 400 career MLB PAs. I think he sucks though since pre-trade and never was a fan.

 

All I’m saying is that he has enough of a profile to give him more than 3 weeks before giving up on him especially after missing so much time with injury

Idk how much forgiveness he should be given with the profile. What exactly is his profile? Like he’s a 5’7” slappy dude with no other talent, he’s likely bad and was a terrible trade target.

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[UMFan83]

He doesn’t hit the ball hard, is not overly fast, doesn’t hit for power or take walks. Him turning in to a pumpkin wouldn’t be the craziest thing with his profile. His batting average skill doesn’t seem like a true skill, it’s under 400 career MLB PAs. I think he sucks though since pre-trade and never was a fan.

 

All I’m saying is that he has enough of a profile to give him more than 3 weeks before giving up on him especially after missing so much time with injury

Idk how much forgiveness he should be given with the profile. What exactly is his profile? Like he’s a 5’7” slappy dude with no other talent, he’s likely bad and was a terrible trade target.

 

Well was a top 40 prospect at the start of last year, so apparently people who scout these things saw something they liked in him. He then had a 112 OPS+ in 200 AB last year. Not great but fine for a rookie. Now 44 ABs into his Cubs career and he’s unsalvageable? I’m not anointing him a savior just suggesting that 3 weeks is not a lot of time to make a determination either way.

[Sammy Sofa]

Went to the game; my first Cubs game in about 3 years and my first time back in Chicago in over 2 years. It horsefeathering sucked!

[sneakypower]

He doesn’t hit the ball hard, is not overly fast, doesn’t hit for power or take walks. Him turning in to a pumpkin wouldn’t be the craziest thing with his profile. His batting average skill doesn’t seem like a true skill, it’s under 400 career MLB PAs. I think he sucks though since pre-trade and never was a fan.

 

All I’m saying is that he has enough of a profile to give him more than 3 weeks before giving up on him especially after missing so much time with injury

Idk how much forgiveness he should be given with the profile. What exactly is his profile? Like he’s a 5’7” slappy dude with no other talent, he’s likely bad and was a terrible trade target.

give him some time to get right, and fulfill his destiny as Aaron Miles