He plays a bit of 1st base too. Obviously the concern is where you’d put Bush and or put Suzuki in left DH Ballesteros move Hoerner and Dansby over and put Happ at 2B where he has experience which will be a net negative defensively, The net positive from the offense without Berti and Turner will more than compensate ideally.
Plus, you have an awful bench and a guy ranking in Iowa, you want to find a way to use it to your advantage.
Zero homeruns. 2 doubles and a 516 OPS on almost 200 ABs, -.8 WAR. I take issue with Turner still being on the ML roster because a 40 YO, soon to retire DH hitting below the Mendoza line is our best option?
inexcusable to go into year 3 with a black hole at the hot corner. I just hope they keep Busch in the lineup vs lefties for now on. He’s your everyday 1st baseman and it’s time team him like one. It’s not like he’ll do any worse than Turner, he’ll be better even vs lefties.
You’re putting Nico at shortstop. You have a guy raking in Iowa, try to find a spot for him with below replacement level production from the hot corner. At worst the net benefit is neutral.
it was a question not a statement.
Do you bring Ballesteros up and put Busch and 2B or 3B? This team needs to score runs to win and I’m sick of seeing these automatic outs like Berti and Turner in the everyday lineup.
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This is also the worst bench I can remember. Busch Suzuki and Kelly were going to regress from their 900 OPS+ pace, not a surprise the scoring is down ever since Carson Kelly remembered he’s Carson Kelly and not babe Ruth.
third base, rotation and pen are trending as expected. 88 wins it is, although it’s still the cubs we’re talking about l.
What’s his hard hit rate? I guess I’m going off last year when I had more time to watch games. Cubs don’t have any pen arms with nasty off speed stuff so throwing 100 mph with location is the next best thing.
Palencia has the Stuff that misses bats that our pen has lacked since??? It’s the bench that’s worrisome. Berti Turner brujan Lopez and formerly Workman with a -.7 WAR, 226 slugging% and a combined 525 OPS. They need to boost their depth before the position players are worn out playing every day out of necessity
Bullpen typically is good for a nice 3-4 game stretch only to implode all in one inning at any given moment. At least they chose a good day like Sunday when the offense is useless and it’s moot.
What possible logic can you extract from trading bellinger to dump salary and vetoing a Bregman deal if the goal isn’t to retain Tucker? Other than a playoff mandate for Jed by ownership I’d be shocked if they don’t make a big offer.
Trading for Tucker in the first place raises the bar of expectation from fans and will piss off marquee subscribers letting him walk around which is half of his revenue.
hipe his wife green lights Chicago.