8/22 - Cubs (Smyly) vs Detroit (Olson): 5:40pm, Marquee

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Ross traded 2 outs for 4 runs instead of taking out Smyly to start the inning. Genius.

[Derwood]

horsefeathers you Drew Smyly

[Dfan25]

Ross is costing this team games in the middle of a playoff run 

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Drew Smyly being bad (lately) doesn’t make Wesneski good (and/or really exposes how nebulous and loose a term “better” is) or put Wicks on regular rest for his ML debut in a pennant rate 

My vote would be Wicks. If he can handle the innings load then give him a shot. Cannot, under any circumstances, be Smyly again. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Starting Pitcher that had been getting rocked, was demoted from the rotation and didn't do anything to prove he deserved another chance, and was inserted back into the rotation anyway.

 

Y'all reap what ya sew

 

 

[profisme]

Smyly's performance was the most predictable of outcomes this evening.  DFA him and bring Wicks up please.  

[squally1313]

These game threads are insufferable lately

[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Drew Smyly being bad doesn’t make Wesneski good (and/or really exposes how nebulous and loose a term “better” is) or put Wicks on regular rest for his ML debut in a pennant rate 

You are comparing 10 ERA bad vs. Wesneski bad. Smyly couldnt get through 4 innings in like 6 of his last 9 starts and generally looked awful.  It was a poor choice, but even if you want to say ''hes a veteran and he'll figure it out", Ross gave him an extreme amount of rope tonight.  And you can't retroactively declare Wicks not prepared to start when they've known they needed a starter tonight for almost a week.

[PackLandVA]

Does Ross determine if a minor leaguer gets called up.  I’m sure he can voice an opinion, but isn’t ultimately on Jed to make roster moves.

[UMFan83]

Just now, TomtheBombadil said:

It’s less about Smyly moving forward and more Wicks was literally an impossibility tn. We’re like 3 weeks removed from totally definitely selling for The Future to demanding a MiLB debut on short rest to save the pennant…It’s a little much! 

I agree there are issues with calling up Wicks out of the blue.  No one was projecting him to start this season, hes not on the 40 man, he's only been at AAA for a spell.  It's just an option.  I would have gone with Wesneski personally.

[UMFan83]

Just now, TomtheBombadil said:

What I’m saying is Wesneski is terrible and Wicks isn’t making his debut on short rest at the start of 24 games in 24 days 

So who should make the next start in your mind?  Smyly again?

[abuck1220]

huh. tigers took out their starter once it became clear he was toast. 

[Rex Buckingham]

Dansby lookin good tonight

[squally1313]

Cubs are going to win, crybabies

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Alls I know is: I’m not falling over myself to start Wesneski down the stretch and teams have until 8/31 11:59 PM ET to get the 40 in order for playoffs 

I'm not exactly jacked up about suggesting Wesneski either.  But I'd much rather have him start than Smyly for a variety of reasons.

But seriously, ignoring how bad the options are, who are you starting the next turn in the rotation?

[WhyCantWeWin]

This offense has a lot of fight in it, hopefully Ross stops trying to blow the game. 

[Tryptamine]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

Cubs are going to win, crybabies

Win or not, starting Smyly is stupid

[SOFNR]

Just now, squally1313 said:

Cubs are going to win, crybabies

Are you really whining that people are complaining about Drew Smyly giving up 7 runs in less then 4 innings? Personally I'll keep cheering for the cubs offense while also recognizing throwing out an awful pitcher over and over is a bad idea. 

[chibears55]

Gonna need Wesneski to get them through 7 tonight 

[Jason Ross]

Getting Wicks to start tonight probably would have been a difficult task with his rotation spots in Iowa.  But they have plenty of time between tonight and Smyly's next turn to get that in order.  Wicks is the pitcher I'd go with here.  His changeup is a great pitch, he's going to get ground balls, throws a lot of strikes and he's got a real good mentality on the mound.  The Cubs should be working on figuring that out tonight.  They don't even had a full 40-man currently.  Get Wicks on the 40,  I wouldn't expect him to be a star right out of the gate, and probably never, but there's a pretty good arm there.  He's got as much upside as anyone they could put in there.  

[SOFNR]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

Gonna need Wesneski to get them through 7 tonight 

lol. No they don't. But it's certainly never good to go to your bullpen in the 4th. Especially when the outcome was this predictable.

[Tryptamine]

Completely useless against lefties

[Irrelevant Dude]

I didn't think he had any shot at a triple off the bat there.

[Jason Ross]

Great job by Wes to get out of that.

[SOFNR]

Nice recovery from Wesneski.