If Soto's foot doesn't catch Paulino's? If Soto's passed ball doesnt lead to a run? (I'm not trying to pick on Soto, I swear) If our best starter pitched like an ace? If our best reliever pitched like the shutdown pitcher he is? There are a lot of what ifs. It's really not a big deal. Teams lose games all the time. This particular loss we just happened to have multiple failures from our normally reliable players.
Not as close as it looked/sounded. Nady caught it at the edge of the track. Proverbial extra biscuit for breakfast and all that. I don't think it was that close, but then again Nady did move in quickly at the last second to catch it. Looks like the wind got some of it.
It's still an extremely small sample size. Marmol should come in for the 9th if the Cubs don't score here. He has only pitched once since last Sunday so he should be good for 2 innings.
Marmols situational usage: May 14th. Came in up by 4, pitched 2 innings May 11th. Came in up by 2, pitched 1 inning May 10th. Came in up by 5, pitched 1 inning May 9th. Came in up by 2, pitched 1 inning May 6th. Came in up by 6, pitched 2 innings