***Official 2024 Chicago Cubs Thread***
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Miller has been close to perfect. Wesneski does well other than giving up a dinger to the first guy he faces. Hopefully Brown becomes our closer for the foreseeable future. Smyly has done well as of late.
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I would push back against that by stating that even during the winning, the defense was shaky, and the bullpen was still near-bottom-of-the-league bad. Those things have not appreciably changed, but the offense fell off a cliff and the starting pitching went from incredible to just good.
Aaaaaaaaand Ben Brown has a stress reaction in his neck. Going to be while before we see him again.
I have a stress reaction in my neck all the time. Don't see me skipping work.
I think we need to come to realization that playoffs aren’t happening this year.
Yeah, I'm not trying to pump sunshine or anything.
Even if the replicate last year, or even if they make the playoffs, it doesn't mean this team isn't flawed. But I definitely think there is a path to a spot in the playoffs and a relatively "successful" season when its all said and done.
I think they'll slip in, get destroyed and act like it was a successful season.
It's June 14th and they are 1 game out of a playoff spot after a horrific month.
Frankly, by just watching how the team responds (or doesn't respond) in clutch situations, it's obvious to me that they will flounder for the rest of this year. It's unfortunate, and I hope they prove me wrong.
I don't know why they don't try Miller as the closer. It can't be worse than anyone else they have tried there. He is the most consistent bullpen arm they have.
This offense is completely pathetic! 6 total hits in the last 2 games. I can't believe how many day to day players on this team are right around .200 average!
We don't have talent.
We've got a collection of slightly above replacement level players that all have huge holes somewhere in their games that we've overpaid and put ourselves into luxury tax and 40 man hell with.
It's another Jed failure. Spend money on a bunch of slightly above average guys because the back half of a big deal might look bad. Heyward, who every other team in the league would have signed to that deal, gave him irreversible PTSD on acting like a big market POBO.
