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In other scores, Marlins are up 1-0 in the 5th inning of Game 1 of their doubleheader against the Dodgers Diamondbacks are up 3-2 over the Padres in the 3rd Brewers and Rangers just started -
Annoying to give up a run on a well placed grounder, stolen base, and 2 groundouts but either way nice job today Steele.
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Morel the only Cub without a hit today. At least he didn't strike out this time. Hard to say about someone who delivered 2 gigantic hits over the last week but he's really struggling, now 4 for his last 47 with 21 K. Actually the fact that he delivered 2 big hits during that stretch is encouraging, he's able to not let this slump get to him mentally.
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Cherished number 3 hitter Ian Happ delivers with an RBI single
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Really nice inning for Steele after the leadoff double
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Nothing like starting an inning by botching a fly ball for a double.
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^^ And I should clarify, I was referring to the first Bellinger HR since he just hit a 2nd one. Clearly Belli saw me put him on the list of slumping Cubs yesterday and he's taking it personally.
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I just saw the Bellinger HR, did that Royals OF really try to scale the wall to rob it? lol, did he not realize there's a basket? It was pretty impressive how high he got but hes just asking for an injury.
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He’s actually hit well in a small sample size since his return from injury as others pointed out recently. 6 HR in 42 PA and an OPS over 1.000 despite a .188 BABIP. But he’s been hurting us on defense quite a bit and with Candelario, Bellinger, Madrigal and now Mastrobuoni as corner IF options it just doesn’t make sense to play him other than a backup DH for Morel imo. We’ve seen enough of Wisdom over the last 3 seasons to know who he is and I’m not sure there’s a roster spot available for who he is.
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11-9 is a bit deceiving. That stretch started with a 7 game winning streak and they are 4-9 since that streak ended including yesterday’s win. Their offense though has been really good as of late, not a great time for a team with a struggling starting staff and slumping offense to face them.
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I had a feeling we’d see a Wisdom DFA today in a “Ross can’t stop hurting the team by playing him so I have to remove that option for him” but I guess I was wrong.
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Not necessarily. Theoretically Tom doesn’t care how much dead money is on the payroll as long as Jed stays on budget. Yes it’s possible Tom has given Jed a 2024 budget high enough to not have to worry about the $10m owed to Mancini and Barnhart next year but it’s also possible that these are moves Jed had to make for this year and he’ll pay for it when constructing next years roster. it’s probably more of the former than the latter as it seems inevitable the Cubs will go into the tax next season.
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This is crazy, albeit League 2 crazy. Wrexham was down 4-1 at the half, managed to equalize 5-5 on the final play after a free kick deflects back to a Wrexham player for the goal. Also Tim Ream got a red card today lol
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Pretty sure Barnhart caught a lot of Stroman starts. Guess that’s why he’s not needed anymore. as TT eluded to, Tucker is owed 3.25m next year
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Well its official everyone we wanted to lose tonight won. There'd be days like this mama said..but she didn't tell me they would involve losing to the Royals.
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Supposed to be gaining ground during this stretch not losing it haha
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Brewers now lead 6-4, Marlins up 1-0. Not shaping up to be a great day for our Cubs
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Reds win on a walkoff HR so the Cubs fall 1 GB the Wild Card. Rangers have a slim lead over the Brewers
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I know it’s preseason but the Panthers look like complete trash so far lol why don’t we draft Caleb Williams and then just alternate series with him and Fields or maybe keep him as a backup in case Fields gets hurt?
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Doesnt sound promising. He also says he has no idea how he injured it which seems odd. Something doesn’t seem right about this whole thing. Stroman is a strange cat but seems bizarre even for him to walk up to the press box during a game to tell reporters about his injury. Is it possible he got hurt in an unusual way or there’s some sort of disagreement behind the scenes about what’s going on?
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They forgot how to hit
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I pointed that out at the end but guessing you didn’t read all the way or couldn’t help yourself and pointed it out anyways. Let me rant as part of my emotional comedown please lol. Regardless of what date they started on, they are all in the middle of struggling right now. Gomes is the only one my arbitrary starting point might be unfair since he had 2 hits today and might be coming out of it
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One loss to the Royals isn’t the end of the world, it’s more about the continuing trend of offensive struggling. This is a game that the Cubs easily win if the offense is performing even average. These slumps can last all month like they did in May or it could be over tomorrow. That’s part of what makes it frustrating.
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Slump tracker: Morel - 4 for his last 44 (.090) Happ - 5 for his last 32 (.156) Bellinger - 2 for his last 15 (.133) Swanson - 3 for his last 32 (.094) Gomes - 5 for his last 32 (.156) Madrigal - 2 for his last 18 (.111) Wisdom - 5 for his last 36 (.139) Amaya - 3 for his last 21 (.142) Tauchman - 1 for his last 13 (.076) Barnhart - 2 for his last 12 (.167) Hoerner, Seiya and Candelario are doing fine Also I realize there are a billion things you can pick apart about this including using a variety of arbitrary starting points for all these slumps, I don't care, I recognize it but I'm not in the mood lol
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Bellinger now in a 2 for 15 stretch our 3 runs were scored on an error and 2 well placed ground balls. That’s the best we could manage hitting against pitchers with ERAs all over 4
