Is it Sweeney? He's been hitting the ball hard, but into a lot of bad luck. Schierholtz is batting 5th, Sweeney 6th and then Castillo. Sweeney/Castillo/Schierholz would be fine, too. Ugh, yeah, Nate has been wretched.
Hasn't he been OK? Compared to like Olt or Lake, yeah. But not really. Even just as a bench guy? he's been replacement-level despite being completely shielded from lefties, and sporting a .371 babip...he's basically useless Oh well. That Klingon name goes a long way with me.
I'd prefer it to being [expletive], but I wouldn't say I'd have zero problem with yearly agony. It take several years of that for me to start getting bothered by it.
We're busy discussing whether the best team, hottest team, or whatever wins in the playoffs, while the Cubs look to be miles away from having a chance at even an expanded playoff situation. Man, thank God you're here to give us the cold slap of reality. In case you missed it: 2014 Chicago Cubs 9 17 .346 5th of 5 10.0 I was fooled by all of this talk of best and hot teams.
We're busy discussing whether the best team, hottest team, or whatever wins in the playoffs, while the Cubs look to be miles away from having a chance at even an expanded playoff situation. Man, thank God you're here to give us the cold slap of reality.