If Castro is so [expletive] useless that Maddon has to hit and run with him up every single time to avoid a DP (which doesn't even always work), why are we playing him?
So us not getting a run in from 3rd with 0 out against Nelson while Milwaukee gets one in from 2nd (and counting) against Arrieta might end up the difference in the game.
Honest to God, I'm not saying he needs to be fired but it's incredible how you don't even hear a whisper of this from anyone even as everyone in baseball agrees our offense is bad.
It seems almost impossible for me to imagine us outbidding the Dodgers for Price. The Cubs likely wont have to. in 2016 the Dodgers will have the following Kershaw,Wood,Ryu,Anderson. They aren't going to grab both Price and Greinke just to shove a low 3ERA pitcher like Ryu out the door. The Nationals literally just did this with Tanner Roark like 5 months ago
Yeah, I'm not sure what a comparable cost to us would've been, but that LA gets a guy like Wood (who rumor has it they're going to flip for Price, but they shouldn't), and they're in our league with their infinite resources, [expletive] sucks.
He's having a terrible season. Will be interesting to see the angst from us if/when he goes on a tear with STL It's adorable that you included the 'if'.
Yeah, now the Cubs can blow games in the 8th instead of the 9th. I'd rather use Rondon in the highest leverage spots. Several guys should be able to handle the bottom of the order with a 2-3 run lead. To be fair, today's 9th was the high-leverage spot with Reyes, Arenado and Gonzalez with a 1 run lead. I agree with your hypothesis, though. Still should be someone better than Motte in the 9th.
RD of -3 for the series and we win the series. Not ideal but they all count the same. Now hopefully the Brewers unload some people and we beat up on them this weekend before the PIT/SF stretch that will go a long way towards determining our season.