6/5 Cubs score first again

[Irrelevant Dude]

 

Through yesterday afternoon he was 5 for 12 since returning from the DL, so even though I understand the irritation I think he's currently better than his season line.

If he's not going to walk, not going to slug AT ALL, and not going to do anything special on defense, he pretty much HAS to go 5 for 12 to provide any value.

 

Yes, Madrigal's performance since returning is not long term sustainable, my point is it is a noteworthy improvement and not currently the most pressing offensive problem at the moment(Heyward, Simmons, Rivas).

Rivas is another issue altogether. I still like him, and I'm not sure what happened, but he needs a reset badly. His offense has completely disappeared and it is insane to carry a defensive replacement first baseman on a Major League roster. Get him back to Iowa and see if he can figure things out again.

[UMFan83]

If he's not going to walk, not going to slug AT ALL, and not going to do anything special on defense, he pretty much HAS to go 5 for 12 to provide any value.

 

Yes, Madrigal's performance since returning is not long term sustainable, my point is it is a noteworthy improvement and not currently the most pressing offensive problem at the moment(Heyward, Simmons, Rivas).

Rivas is another issue altogether. I still like him, and I'm not sure what happened, but he needs a reset badly. His offense has completely disappeared and it is insane to carry a defensive replacement first baseman on a Major League roster. Get him back to Iowa and see if he can figure things out again.

 

It is insane but also Schwindel is so so so so bad at 1B

[UMFan83]

Pretty damn cool of Lester:

 

A few days before his start against the Cardinals on Sunday night, Justin Steele was called into his manager’s office to get advice from a fellow southpaw. While watching one of Steele’s previous starts, former Cubs pitcher Jon Lester noticed something he wanted to pass along to his old teammate, Cubs manager David Ross.

 

“Rossy called me into his office and said Lester called him and had a few tips for me,” Steele said. “One of the main things was establishing the four-seam command, down and in to righties on that inner third of the righties. He said establishing that would kind of open up everything else, and I took that into my next bullpen and was really focusing on that and then took it into the game tonight.”

[cl smooth]

Good God Schwindel. At least 1 run directly pinned on his frying pan at first base

 

this is gold right here.