Cubs fans/media are incredibly whiny right now, Not even really talking about here, mostly twitter and radio. Calling Counsel a colossal failure, Tucker a bust that they dont even want to resign (when 2 months ago they were saying the Ricketts would be cheapasses if they didnt offer him $500m). Not just random twitter users, radio guys, beat guys all questioning everything assuming that they know better than the guys doing it for a living. I'm not saying that we might not have an outside perspective that has merit, but in general Craig knows what he's doing. 1908 laid out a perfectly reasonable argument for why Shaw didn't play today.
Bottom line is we came into today 6 games out in the Central and 6.5 games up in the WC. Division was super unlikely, the WC is super attainable barring historic collapse. How do you prevent collapse? By keeping guys fresh. I'm not saying I love the job Craig is doing necessarily (especially being pantsed by the small market team he was stolen from despite IMO a superior roster) but like this is the kind of stuff we hired Craig for. To prevent what happened in 2023. Now we're in the position where only a collapse worse than 2023 would keep us out of the playoffs, so lets maybe let the man do his job.