Pitching or hitting depth. That’s why we’re collapsing right now. At the end of the day Jed built a team that is not a finished product. Our guys wore down and there’s nothing to replace them with. Like someone pointed out Drew Smyly is currently our only semi-reliable reliever
If we didn’t have by far the hardest remaining schedule of the WC contenders and if we didn’t lose every single potential tiebreaker I might be able to talk myself into having hope. I mean sure anything can happen in baseball and I’m not saying it’s improbable that the Cubs play 1 game better than 2 other teams over a 9 game span but it feels less and less likely that the team is suddenly going to turn it on overnight.
Yes we all understand that things happen up and down the lineup that lead to critical ABs being taken by slumping hitters. But it’s going to happen more frequently in the part of the lineup where the best hitters are hitting. And going to happen more often because the top of the order inevitably bats more. Having a hitter who has been top 5 in the league the last 2 months hitting 6th behind one of the worst is insanity
Is the bullpen still quiet? Is Ross going to let 3-4 runs score before he does anything?
I get it, everyone is gassed. But kyle isn’t fooling anyone and he looks like he has nothing left
Kyle at 81 pitches and has gotten hit hard the first 3 batters of the inning. If this is being treated like a playoff game someone should be ready to come in
Disagree. No one is going to walk 2 straight hitters to get to Swanson. 1 when you have an open base of course. But you’re either pitching to Bellinger or your pitching to Seiya