Irrelevant Dude

A right hand cramp? Really? That can't be a thing an MLB pitcher leaves a game for.

So, 4/5 of the opening day starting rotation on the IL, plus the other guy who was supposed to have already been back but is nowhere close to returning, plus the top AAA pitching prospect, plus the closer. Cool.

And I think this is a major problem for MLB. It isn't fun to see star pitchers constantly getting injured. Teams are doing what they have to do to complete in the modern MLB landscape, but I would argue that it isn't making the sport better. I just don't know what a possible solution could be. How do you ever go back to a world where guys aren't maximized for short term gain and then discarded for the next guy who can come in and do the same thing?

What is the magical future you speak of? I will believe it when I see it.

Obviously that doesn't occur until he is right on the cusp of being ready to pitch in games.

You mean like they did a few years ago? Jed doesn't get another rebuild.

How's next year's draft class looking?

We all know about Grace and the slumpbusters. There are other stories you hear from Rizzo, Ross, and others about the things that went on in that clubhouse. Does this team not have the guy or guys to shake things up and do something crazy to loosen the team up in times like these? It sounds silly, but maybe there's something to that. Have a few beers before the game, wear your underwear on the outside of your jerseys, I don't know... Whatever they are doing clearly isn't working.

Feel free to throw tomatoes, but I think Cohen and JD have been better together recently. Not QUITE as awkward.

Michael Lorenzen tonight is: A) An unhittable pitcher B) A better hitter than anyone in the Cubs lineup C) All of the above

He can try that, but he will miss the one guy sitting in the corner of the basement who is actually the brains of the entire operation.

Tough break to have to face Lorenzen. Nothing you can do

Tonight alone

Uhhh... The one where you have to tag up on a caught ball?

Just awful baserunning by Alcantara. He got bailed out on the previous play and then made another mistake on the next one.