***Official 2023 Chicago Cubs Thread***

[ISUCubswin]

Another, A ******* NOTHER questionable Rossy bullpen decision.

Wesneskis ONLY problem this year is lefties. And he ******* has him start an inning against lefties.

Is that from above? Basic ******* analytics tell you if he’s in the bullpen and lefties are up, Wesneski should not be pitching

 

[ISUCubswin]

A loss tonight is 100% on Ross. What the **** is he doing.

 

[chuckd4735]

Going to be disappointing if they don't at least tie the game here.

 

[chuckd4735]

Horrible at bat by Morel.

 

[NoCreativity]

Absolute dumpster fire at bats by Morel and Happ there. They both let perfect strikes go right down the middle then swung at garbage.

 

[chuckd4735]

Absolute dumpster fire at bats by Morel and Happ there. They both let perfect strikes go right down the middle then swung at garbage.

Happ was making him throw a pitch, which wasn't horrible after walking Hoerner on 4 pitches.

Morel was trying to hit a homerun when all he needed to do was get a hit.

 

[NoCreativity]

Happ was making him throw a pitch, which wasn't horrible after walking Hoerner on 4 pitches.

Morel was trying to hit a homerun when all he needed to do was get a hit.

Yeah, completely ridiculous, all we needed was a sacrifice fly or any kind of contact and instead hes trying to jack it out of the stadium.

Then for some reason he's sitting offspeed stuff with 2 strikes after 4 straight fastballs. Makes no sense at all.

 

[ISUCubswin]

Bump Happ down.

Move Hoerner to a run scoring position in the lineup.

Learn how to manage a bullpen.

Things they should’ve learned in May still biting us

 

[CycloneErik]

Mike Schmidt says that's a bit excessive.

 

[clonebb]

Home plate ump was atrocious tonight. Killed our momentum several times with runners on base with horrible calls. So frustrating.

 

[clonebb]

Wissnostrikeskim should be cut from the team tomorrow. He is as worthless as Smyl who also need to go.

 

[ISUCubswin]

Wissnostrikeskim should be cut from the team tomorrow. He is as worthless as Smyl who also need to go.

He’s pretty damn good against right handed hitters, but when you have a ******* manager who, in the heat of a playoff race, puts him against all lefties, he’s not going to get the job done. Every fan watching the game knew what was going to happen when it was 2-2.

 

[RoseClone]

Another, A ******* NOTHER questionable Rossy bullpen decision.

Wesneskis ONLY problem this year is lefties. And he ******* has him start an inning against lefties.

Is that from above? Basic ******* analytics tell you if he’s in the bullpen and lefties are up, Wesneski should not be pitching

Absolutely the dumbest. Whoever made this call should have to answer why.

 

[Clonefan32]

As Brett Taylor pointed out, having Madrigal bunt with a high SO guy like Morel coming behind was dumb as well. Ross is clueless.

 

[CyState85]

Cubs are 29-11 in the last 40 games that Tauchman has started. They are 3-7 when he hasn’t started since that streak began.

 

[Cyforce]

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Cubs are 29-11 in the last 40 games that Tauchman has started. They are 3-7 when he hasn’t started since that streak began.

So you're blaming Suzuki?

 

[Cyforce]

Plain and simple, 3,4,5 was 0/13. Ballgame.

 

[CyState85]

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So you're blaming Suzuki?

Blaming a Cubs right fielder for being overpaid? I’d never do such a thing! Suzuki, Heyward, Fukudome, Bradley—-it’s been a joke for the last 20 years since Sosa left to find a guy that can play the position at an average level and hit in the middle of the lineup.

 

[ISUCubswin]

Curious if there’s any shot Ross would be receptive to adding a strategist to the dugout and take that control out of his hands.

Make him a glorified bench coach paid as a manager but a yes man for a true strategist.

 

[chuckd4735]

Plain and simple, 3,4,5 was 0/13. Ballgame.

Offensively, it was a bad series. Lots of runners left on base. Pitching continues to impress. Alonso had 10 RBI's, and the Mets had 17 runs in the series.