Not that it horsefeathers matters, but we are benching our best hitter so that we can give Tauchman, and his .575 OPS over the last month, the most ABs today. Craig Counsel is just the unenthusiastic version of David Ross.
Letting your starting pitcher go more than 93 pitches. Tyson Miller. Hayden Wesneski. Hell, even Colten Brewer. I’m far from a CC hater, but that move was perplexing.
And that doesn’t ALSO mean Hoyer hasn’t failed everyone.
The bullpen is bad, magnified by the offense’s inability to score runs, and contrasted with tremendous starting pitching to produce the maximum amount of annoyance. Oh, and I have quite a bit of money on the Cubs over 84 wins.