Brewers (Rea) vs Cubs (Taillon): 7/23/24, 7:05pm

[UMFan83]

PCA is just so overmatched right now. I’m sure TT will have some logical explanation but not sure why Amaya was PH for instead of PCA

[mfcubs22]

Pinch hitting Mastro for Amaya, and not PCA, was such a bad decision. 

[Andy]

Just now, Cuzi said:

PCA has a long way to go.

That bad strike 1 call totally took him out of the AB.

This team is the same as it ever was

[Tryptamine]

Nico is the master of taking the hittable pitch and then swinging at the pitching out of the zone and putting it in play.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Chicago Al said:

My God PCA wtf was that…

Not sure it qualifies as a "sword". More like a broken sword, maybe?

[UMFan83]

9 baserunners, 0 runs. 
 

[mfcubs22]

Sell!

[Derwood]

I'm starting to think Counsell isn't the answer

[abuck1220]

continues to be insane that a professional sports league continues to be adamantly in favor of missed calls. just 100% absolutely on board with easily correctable mistakes deciding games. 

[JHBulls]

Nice! Now I know who these hitters will horsefeathers over tomorrow. Justin Steele. 

[Tryptamine]

7 runs over the last 5 games. I want every available FA dollar invested in bats this offseason. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Derwood said:

I'm starting to think Counsell isn't the answer

That's a bad take.

[I owned a Suzuki]

1 minute ago, mfcubs22 said:

Pinch hitting Mastro for Amaya, and not PCA, was such a bad decision. 

I am generally not that critical of managerial moves....but this one was beyond bad. 

[abuck1220]

oh and counsell was absolutely terrible that game. my goodness. 

[PackLandVA]

Just now, Tryptamine said:

7 runs over the last 5 games. I want every available FA dollar invested in bats this offseason. 

That most likely will be the case.  Unfortunately, the bats won't be high caliber.  

[squally1313]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

That's a bad take.

I don't think Counsell is bad. But I think it's a fine take in that managers aren't the answer to any substantial question, and counting on the person in that role to have some outsized tangible impact is probably dumb. But then again the difference in salary is a rounding error, so whatever. 

[Cuzi]

4 minutes ago, Andy said:

That bad strike 1 call totally took him out of the AB.

This team is the same as it ever was

That's nobody's fault but his own. There's no excuse for swinging at that curveball. That was never a strike and he swings at it every time.

[UMFan83]

Absolutely asinine that Taillon gets the loss today in a game where he pitched 7.1 dominating innings, allowing a single earned run that wasn’t even scored while he was in the game. Not that W/L matters but completely unfair to him. What a disaster of a season. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

I know it's not happening, but this team needs Juan Soto at any cost next year and then figure the rest out around him.

[mfcubs22]

3 minutes ago, PackLandVA said:

That most likely will be the case.  Unfortunately, the bats won't be high caliber.  

Soto. 

JK. But I’ll dream of a trade for Vlad.

 

[Cuzi]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

I know it's not happening, but this team needs Juan Soto at any cost next year and then figure the rest out around him.

It wouldn't be hard to fit him in. Pick your spot, LF or RF. Trade Morel. Suzuki becomes the DH.

[Cubs206]

9 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I'm starting to think Counsell isn't the answer

Counsell is literally a cold dead fish 

[chibears55]

17 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Taking money off the books for the sake of taking it off the books isn't getting you anywhere.  That performance has to get replaced somehow, and expecting and of the Cubs SP prospects to jump in and replace Taillon's innings next year is completely unrealistic.

I already said they can use it towards a bat but they can also put it towards an under 30 SP

Taillon not exactly an innings eater, he's replaceable.

 

[Cubs206]

Signing Counsell was a bad take as was giving the GM job to Jed 

[Cuzi]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

I already said they can use it towards a bat but they can also put it towards an under 30 SP

Taillon not exactly an innings eater, he's replaceable.

 

Taillon has been a top 30ish pitcher in MLB for a year now? Why are you so damn eager to just dump that for any ol' thing? What exactly do you envision is a better use of resources?