We are getting what we paid for. Pitchers that we acquired at the trade deadline haven’ t done much since coming here.
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I think Kittridge has been a solid pick-up. Having Palencia go down didn't help the situation. The offense has been non existent since the All-Star break. You can't continue to ask the bullpen to be perfect over 5 innings each day.
This team is cooked. Suzuki and PCA aren’t going to get back even close to what they were in the first half. Tucker may not even play. The pitching is average. It will be a very early exit. I had some real hope early on but that was a different team offensively and I had assumed the FO would bolster the pitching staff at the deadline.
I'm glad we finally made the playoffs again, but the way we are finishing the season right now feels so much like how the last 2 seasons have been where the offense just fell off a cliff and could never get momentum going in the right direction. The pitching for the most part has not been the issue. When you lose 2 games in 3 days 1-0 and struggle to score more than 4 in several others in the past month there is only so much the pitching can do to keep you in the game. Right now the offense has been in a prolonged slump and will be facing the best pitching a team has available to throw at them once the playoffs start so there will be no games where you can hope to get out of it facing the 4th or 5th guy in a series.
Keep going back to questioning how the Cubs have been managing injuries over the past few years. All teams deal with injuries but seems like we've been finishing seasons with guys banged up because we choose to let them play through them vs resting them with an IL stint to properly heal. Swanson and Nico both had offseason surgeries after last season for playing through it and they both had prolonged slumps as a result. Makes you wonder if they both were a result from not shutting them down for a bit during the season.
Keep going back to questioning how the Cubs have been managing injuries over the past few years. All teams deal with injuries but seems like we've been finishing seasons with guys banged up because we choose to let them play through them vs resting them with an IL stint to properly heal. Swanson and Nico both had offseason surgeries after last season for playing through it and they both had prolonged slumps as a result. Makes you wonder if they both were a result from not shutting them down for a bit during the season.
May or may not be anything for Horton but, if it's something more serious, what a **** season for injury luck.
Steele misses the whole year with TJ
Assad misses most of the year with an oblique
Morgan aquired in the offseason and then has been out or just not right all year with an elbow issue
Amaya in the midst of a breakout has been hurt almost all year
Taillon missing almost two months in the middle of the year
Soroka hurt immediately after trading for him
Tucker goes down with a calf right before the playoffs
Palencia same story but with a shoulder
Horton now has a back issue a week before the playoffs in the midst of a massive hot streak
Just snake bit to say the very least.
Steele misses the whole year with TJ
Assad misses most of the year with an oblique
Morgan aquired in the offseason and then has been out or just not right all year with an elbow issue
Amaya in the midst of a breakout has been hurt almost all year
Taillon missing almost two months in the middle of the year
Soroka hurt immediately after trading for him
Tucker goes down with a calf right before the playoffs
Palencia same story but with a shoulder
Horton now has a back issue a week before the playoffs in the midst of a massive hot streak
Just snake bit to say the very least.
Don't forget Tucker's wrist injury that led him to change his swing and his hitting tanked. He finally was starting to come around hitting and then injures his calf.
Win today and tomorrow, and the Magic number for home field is 1. Padres have the tiebreaker.
Haven’t watched for a few months since I canceled Marquee but I’m glad to see the Cubs are just like I left them.
Fun baserunning by PCA. Maybe this play and this game can get things going again.
CycloneErik
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I don't know who's better? Matthew Busch or Michael Busch.
Kind of like Jeff Prohm was just as bad as Steve.
Karl Ravech is not having a good night.
Kind of like Jeff Prohm was just as bad as Steve.
Karl Ravech is not having a good night.
CycloneErik
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Karl Ravech is God awful and the reason I'm thrilled ESPN is getting out of the baseball business. That Sunday Night group is BRUTAL.
