Phillies (Sanchez) vs Cubs (Taillon): 7/4/24, 1:20pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Happy Fourth!

[Eeyore]

I get off work at 2. I'm looking forward to listening to the Cubs throw 20 on the Phillies during my drive home.

[cl smooth]

I’ll be in attendance this afternoon. Please horsefeathers WIN A GODDAMN GAME!

Edited July 4, 2024 by cl smooth

[LBiittner]

1 hour ago, TomtheBombadil said:

 

Tom, that is probably the best thing you'll ever post. 

[CubinNY]

I’ll be drinking 16 oz PBRs grilling chicken, hotdogs, and hamburgers and listening to the game floating in the pool. Team ‘Merica horsefeathers yea!

[KCCub]

40 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Sanchez has to be “due” to get rocked, right? He’s coming in with a streak of 16 scoreless including a CG shutout last time out. He gets some chase but isn’t a big bat misser 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The scale for Hard hit % is a little wonky because he's K'ing a lot more recently too, but there's at least a slight indicator we've hit the 'darkest before dawn' point with PCA at the plate

[JHBulls]

4 hours ago, TomtheBombadil said:

 

Counsell needs to show that to the team before todays game as a rallying cry.

And in just over 3 hours from now, they will be 10 games under 500.

[Geographyhater8888]

They looked the part in April. They’re the most expensive 88 win ceiling team of all time but how do you make sense of this team wide offensive face plant?

Edited July 4, 2024 by Geographyhater8888

[Bertz]

5 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

They looked the part in April. They’re the most expensive 88 win ceiling team of all time but how do you make sense of this team wide offensive face plant?

It's like 80% catcher, 15% 3B, 5% PCA

[Geographyhater8888]

9 minutes ago, Bertz said:

It's like 80% catcher, 15% 3B, 5% PCA

Amaya certainly defeats the purpose of the universal DH.

[Eeyore]

27 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

They looked the part in April. They’re the most expensive 88 win ceiling team of all time but how do you make sense of this team wide offensive face plant?

This isn't a face plant. This is who they are. Last year they had a good second half of the season.

[Cubs206]

Morel would not be on the MLB roster on the other 29 teams. Completely impotent. 

[JHBulls]

Swanson gets paid $177 million because he saves some runs in the infield. Brilliant. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

34 minutes ago, Bertz said:

It's like 80% catcher, 15% 3B, 5% PCA

As bad as the Catcher position has been, it takes a LOT of guys playing poorly to end up with an offense this bad.  Good teams can overcome a few players not hitting, but the Cubs have more than a few.  Swanson has been bad overall outside of a short hot streak.  Nico hasn't hit anywhere near as well as he needs to if he is going to be the long term answer at 2B.  Morel was supposed to hit enough to make up for his glove, but hasn't been hitting at all.

I don't know what makes nearly an entire offense perform below expectations, but if you listen to Steve Fifer from Milwaukee (who was on the Score last weekend), he blames Counsell and says he isn't a good offensive manager.  I'm certainly not buying that a manager has that much impact and I think his assessment was more sour grapes. 

Ultimately, this team's performance has to fall on Hoyer.  It is simply unacceptable for any team, let alone one with the payroll of this Cubs team, to be playing such awful baseball.

[Geographyhater8888]

Moving dansby down to 7th really lit a fire under his a**. Much needed wake-up call.

Edited July 4, 2024 by Geographyhater8888

[Cubs206]

How much of it is 26 guys all regressing and failing or their coaching and scout staffs being completely unable to motivate, coach and correct these bums. Or all of the above. 
 

if an entire class flunks it could be the teacher. 

[KCCub]

Just a nice easy swing to the back of the bleachers on a hanging breaking ball.

[Michael Busch Light]

We aren’t even competitive when the Phillies are missing half their lineup 

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Michael Busch Light said:

We aren’t even competitive when the Phillies are missing half their lineup 

In the land of the skunks, the man with half a nose is king... or something like that.

[Geographyhater8888]

Screw OPS and strike out pitchers. Fill your rotation and pen full of sinker ballers with solid defenders up the middle. That’s the winning ticket. Phillies have no clue what they’re doing.

[Derwood]

6 minutes ago, Michael Busch Light said:

We aren’t even competitive when the Phillies are missing half their lineup 

The 2nd Tier guys on the Phillies are better than the Top Tier guys on the Cubs

[JHBulls]

Shoot this team out of a cannon if they can’t score a run with 2 on and 0 outs, for the second inning in a row. 

Edited July 4, 2024 by JHBulls

[Geographyhater8888]

Is this the inning where they score their token runs?

[Derwood]

4 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Is this the inning where they score their token runs?

yep