4/30 Madrigal is making me feel evil things

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Nicky 3 Strikes

I'm not sure it accomplishes anything to send him down, but does he have any options remaining?

 

Yes, he can be optioned

[jersey cubs fan]

It's frustrating that Schwindel turning back into a pumpkin is a bit of a no-win scenario even if you can see it coming. The poor production and opportunity cost of finding someone better/more permanent is obvious, but his age and track record means there wasn't another way that isn't simply trading him for nothing or benching/demoting him(which isn't great for morale/player reputation).

What do you mean? He’s a non entity that got his taste of th big leagues and will be gone soon. The cubs won’t take a morale hit by moving on. It’s not like they’d be unfairly screwing over a guy.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It's frustrating that Schwindel turning back into a pumpkin is a bit of a no-win scenario even if you can see it coming. The poor production and opportunity cost of finding someone better/more permanent is obvious, but his age and track record means there wasn't another way that isn't simply trading him for nothing or benching/demoting him(which isn't great for morale/player reputation).

What do you mean? He’s a non entity that got his taste of th big leagues and will be gone soon. The cubs won’t take a morale hit by moving on. It’s not like they’d be unfairly screwing over a guy.

 

To be clear, I'm not talking about trading him creating that type of reaction. The guy had 200+ PA(his first real MLB opportunity) with a .403 wOBA, following AAA seasons with .403 and .411. Keeping him on the bench or sending him to AAA because of yet unseen regression probably wouldn't be well received on the player side.

[soccer10k]

13 runs in 6 games. 6 runs came in 1 game so the other 5 we scored 3 once and 1 in each of the other 4.

 

Solid work.

[jersey cubs fan]

It's frustrating that Schwindel turning back into a pumpkin is a bit of a no-win scenario even if you can see it coming. The poor production and opportunity cost of finding someone better/more permanent is obvious, but his age and track record means there wasn't another way that isn't simply trading him for nothing or benching/demoting him(which isn't great for morale/player reputation).

What do you mean? He’s a non entity that got his taste of th big leagues and will be gone soon. The cubs won’t take a morale hit by moving on. It’s not like they’d be unfairly screwing over a guy.

 

To be clear, I'm not talking about trading him creating that type of reaction. The guy had 200+ PA(his first real MLB opportunity) with a .403 wOBA, following AAA seasons with .403 and .411. Keeping him on the bench or sending him to AAA because of yet unseen regression probably wouldn't be well received on the player side.

I cannot imagine the world where other players would be upset if the Cubs didn’t keep handing starters time to Frank Schwindel.

[squally1313]

This team is so, so bad.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Brewers just completely dismantle our hitters. I feel like they pull a rope-a-dope on us to begin the season. Then they take off the kid gloves and beat the living horsefeathers out of us over and over.

 

And I'm beside myself at what they have done with Eric horsefeathering Lauer. Stearns and staff are running circles around the Cubs.

[mias_tisg]

I pretty much stopped watching the Cubs - Suzuki is hitting under .300 now? Really is another Seiya Fukudome

 

Edit: I’m kidding btw

Pitchers learned to just throw him strikes and he'll sit there and look at them

[soccer10k]

I pretty much stopped watching the Cubs - Suzuki is hitting under .300 now? Really is another Seiya Fukudome

 

Edit: I’m kidding btw

 

I watched some of the first few games because it was baseball and baseball being back is good. But my interest in following the 2022 Cubs faded quickly. There's just so little to actually look forward to.

 

I do appreciate them falling apart right away this year rather than stringing us along for 3 months like last year giving us hope they might be decent only to completely horsefeathers the bed in late June/July. Saves me a lot of time this way.

[mias_tisg]

The main problem is the lack of pitching developed over the last decade really. But doesn't help that the front office bought into what Schwindel and Ortega did at the end of last season.

[Derwood]

I pretty much stopped watching the Cubs - Suzuki is hitting under .300 now? Really is another Seiya Fukudome

 

Edit: I’m kidding btw

Pitchers learned to just throw him strikes and he'll sit there and look at them

 

And he clearly has a hole in his swing at the top of the zone

[Backtobanks]

I think Jed legit thought this would be a ~74 win team this year (unless they gutted at the deadline). Is this still going to be a retool if its clearly trending towards a 100+ loss team in July? Then what do you do especially if Davis is still OPSing under .700 in Iowa?

 

This team was on a pace to win 50 games over a full season after the trade deadline. Adding Suzuki and Stroman certainly helped, but I never thought they were anywhere near a 74 win team.

[OleMissCub]

It's frustrating that Schwindel turning back into a pumpkin is a bit of a no-win scenario even if you can see it coming. The poor production and opportunity cost of finding someone better/more permanent is obvious, but his age and track record means there wasn't another way that isn't simply trading him for nothing or benching/demoting him(which isn't great for morale/player reputation).

What do you mean? He’s a non entity that got his taste of th big leagues and will be gone soon. The cubs won’t take a morale hit by moving on. It’s not like they’d be unfairly screwing over a guy.

 

Correct, and I’m pretty sure we already have his replacement with Rivas.