Astros (Teng) vs Cubs (Rea): 5/23/26, 1:20pm

[Papa Cub]

2 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

This team is just not good. They're a mediocre team that is going to sit somewhere around 80-85 wins.

I said something around 75-80 to start the year. 
Do they have promise? Of course they do. They showed that during those two 10 game streaks they had; however, what I’ve been saying is they are either on fire or straight horsefeathers - no middle ground with them. That isn’t a sign of a healthy team. Yes, baseball is about ebb and flow - but between the pitching (SP&pen), and their bats being this hot or cold, I don’t see them winning the division that’s for sure. I really hope they can turn it around - this is brutal 

[Derwood]

8 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Counsell gonna really shake things up tomorrow and bench Suzuki for Happ and Amaya for Kelly 🙄🙄🙄😂

How many players do you think are on this team?

[mk49]

10 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Counsell gonna really shake things up tomorrow and bench Suzuki for Happ and Amaya for Kelly 🙄🙄🙄😂

But, Shota pitches better with Amaya.

[Tryptamine]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

How many players do you think are on this team?

I mean, maybe give Ramirez/Alcantara more than 2 PAs in the cumulative 3 games they've been up?

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, Derwood said:

How many players do you think are on this team?

If he really wanted to shake it up, he plays Alcantara,  Ramirez, and Conforto tomorrow. 

Benching Happ for Conforto wasn't much of a shakeup to the lineup.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

No "shakeup" is gonna cure this team. t's not a thing. Draw names out of a hat, throw darts at the lineup card, who cares. Play better

[UMFan83]

Can Joe Maddon be invited to the game tomorrow and bring along a petting zoo?

[Derwood]

15 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

If he really wanted to shake it up, he plays Alcantara,  Ramirez, and Conforto tomorrow. 

Benching Happ for Conforto wasn't much of a shakeup to the lineup.

AAA players aren't saving this team

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, Derwood said:

AAA players aren't saving this team

Who said they would ?

They brought them up, Counsell mentioned shaking up the lineup, then shake it up and play them. 

 

[Derwood]

6 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Who said they would ?

They brought them up, Counsell mentioned shaking up the lineup, then shake it up and play them. 

 

So putting inferior players in for the sake of "shaking things up" accomplishes what, exactly?

[Tryptamine]

16 minutes ago, Derwood said:

So putting inferior players in for the sake of "shaking things up" accomplishes what, exactly?

Wont be any worse than the superior players are accomplishing

[PeanutPunch33]

Conforto has been the best hitter on this team and it feels like he's not playing enough.

Ballesteros is the only young prospect on this team with legitimate upside as a hitter and he's not playing enough.

Instead we watch the overpaid underperforming vets sucking the oxygen out of this team.  Not really sure what the solution is anymore tbh.  They've put all their eggs into this core.  

[chibears55]

58 minutes ago, Derwood said:

So putting inferior players in for the sake of "shaking things up" accomplishes what, exactly?

We'll see.. 

Point is why bring them up if theyre not going to play, im not talking about starting every game for now on, but theyre here. Counsell the one who wanted to shake this up, then play them.

These two kids aren't Nicki lopez where you just sit them until whenever, they need AB, and if not with the Cubs then send them back to Iowa and bring up 2 other kids to sit on bench.

This offense needs a spark right now, play them for a couple games and see if they can provide some, or he can just continue with what hasn't worked for the last 2 weeks and stick with the same guys.

We've seen kids come up plenty of times and reignited an offense/pitching/teams over the years to get them rolling,  it wont hurt to see if one or both can do that for them now that theyre here.

 

Edited 8 minutes ago by chibears55

[Derwood]

Counsell has never played his bench players much. He rides or dies with his starters