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Personally, I think Seattle has done well with the draft over the last few years, particularly in the first rounds. I didn't mind the way the Cubs have drafted over the last few years, but I don't believe we have any legit or as they call "aircraft carriers" in the selections. We haven't done well in the 2nd round picks either recently. It seemed like drafting Ferris was a great selection, but he got traded. There were two issues with the Cubs over the last few seasons. One, there's no true identity on how we are drafting players in the first round. Theo went with college hitters (Bryant, Schwarber, Happ, etc.), while Seattle has gone with college pitchers (Gilbert, Hancock, Kirby). We know what to expect when we watch Seattle on TV. I don't like the future of the Chicago Cubs, I'll be honest. I think we're putting too much stock into defense particularly up the middle guys. For the bullpen, it's Palenica and then it's just a bunch of guys that we hope that can get outs, and that's been a problem for years. Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati have good young starting pitchers that can light up the radar gun. Yes, I totally understand that selecting high up in the draft has awarded them that. But they have good farm systems now (along with MIL), which is something the Cubs don't have. So, the issue with the Cubs that being stuck in the middle of the MLB in 2022-2024 ish has hurt us a little bit, and we're paying for it. Not drafting well and not developing players adds insult to injury.

Yes, and go hire someone from the Seattle's front office to replace Jed.

I think he had like 3 homers the first two weeks.

Rolison vs Goodman AKA, a West Tennessee battle between these two

Jed got caught. He and Breslow from Boston are operating at the same level. Just a bunch of B/C level players in hopes that one of them catches fire, and gives the team the chance. The team is just average. The 10+ game winning streaks were pretty much a fluke. Having 3 walk off wins against Cincinnati in a row is something that doesn't really happen. We played Philadelphia at the right time. But the lack of firepower on the offense and pitching is killing this team. The lack of identity of the organization is hurting as well. Someone mentioned it, we're last in the MLB in velocity. We have nothing that scares anybody across the MLB.

Their stats are weird. Not very good in starting pitching, not very good in offensively hitting, but they're legit in the bullpen from what I've. It's weird, but I don't see it being sustainable for a 162.

You're becoming an idiot with that post. One, since the beginning of the previous road at Texas, the Cubs have scored 4 or more runs in just 3 games (11 games total). The Cubs pitching knows the offense isn't doing well. The Cubs pitching staff knows the offense is leaving a crap ton of base runners on base. The Cubs pitching staff knows the 2-5 hitters can't hit with RISP. There's a crap ton of pressure when it comes to pitching knowing the offense can't score. Add that with a 2 bogus errors, then there's nothing Cabrera can do.

Feel bad for Cabrera. Catcher's interference on the strings of the mit, Hoerner getting out at 3rd base, and now this.

Bench him

Just curious to as to why the Hoerner challenge was overturned but the challenge at Texas wasn't. Those types of plays at Texas screws the Cubs because there was evidence to overturn the call, but elected not to.

Something tells me we're going to have an ejection tonight.

Minnesota 5 Milwaukee 4 Final

Absolutely not.

I think that's the weird. They signed him like around Thanksgiving, giving him a 2-3 year deal. For a guy that throws 90 MPH, it's tough because hitters can sit on either fastball or slider. And if that sit on the slider, they still have enough time to react to Phil's fastball. I truly believe it was an odd signing.

Just don't want Jed to wait until July 30th to make a move. The need to get starting pitching is there. That needs to be addressed not necessarily ASAP, but sooner than later.