Fowler on third, Contreras on first, 1 out. Rizzo hits a short fly to left, Fowler can't go home, but for some reason Contreras had gone with contact. Left fielder throws to try to double up Contreras but the throw is offline, allowing Fowler to score. Contreras is then caught trying to advance to second.
Trying for third probably wasn't the worst decision, especially with the ball dying against the ivy, but I wouldn't recommend trying against Heyward/Baez. He may be safe if Zobrist is out there.
While I'd love the Cubs to get Odorizzi or something, I think the price would be way too high. At this point, I doubt anything else huge happens, unless the Rangers cave and give the Brewers Gallo for Lucroy while waiving his option for next year.
This was fun, hopefully Arrieta can take the next step forward in getting back into form and they can keep rolling, especially since the Marlins aren't going to be any help.
See Cubs, [scoring runs]>[not scoring runs] Alright, cutting boy vs. chomp... Yeah, I don't have a great feeling about this, but the Sox suck, so who knows. Also, the Cubs should wear throwbacks for this game.
it's so weird to me hwo a guy like this ends up in a trade at all (like, "we'll only do this trade if you throw in 23 year old mediocre A baller RASHAD CRAWFORD), but then i guess i probably would've thought the same about josh donaldson 8 years ago. I mean, at least Donaldson was like a first round pick. Although maybe Crawford was, too. I don't even know who he is. 2012 11th round. Donaldson was an actual prospect when he was traded, but nobody expected him to become an MVP caliber player.