For every ball Madrigal hits that goes above 15 feet above the ground, he should be benched for 1 future game. He needs to get the extreme Willie Mays Hayes treatment.
Only thing decent about that is it was hit solidly and he went with the pitch and didn't roll over on it. Happ just looks so lost right now and RH is his worse side so a day off would have been ok too.
I know that baserunners have an advantage now in the stolen base department, but I don't know if there is a team in the history of baseball as bad at throwing out attempted basestealers as the Cubs are this year.
Kyle just has so little room for error due to his arsenal. It is truly incredible he has had as much success in his career as he has had. Unless he finds his elite control again, I have little hope for a revival. That makes me very sad to type.
Probably the only way you can justify playing him over PCA at the moment. I still would like to see PCA in the lineup. Never know what you will see from him on any given day. That kind of excitement that prime Javy used to provide.
As soon as I saw that the LF wasn't cutting that ball off, I knew it was an easy triple. Probably the fastest Cub baserunner since Campana? I don't count Billy Hamilton because he was never truly a Cub. Maybe Terrence Gore? But boy is he fast. It would just be gravy if he could hit .240.