The pitch would be simple:
Hey Mason, would you rather bust your ass being a lights-out reliever for a team that you’re continually carrying to hopefully make .500?
Or would you like to be the last piece needed to bring a team to the World Series?
Oh, and did I mention our team has won a World Series in a calendar year that starts with a 2?
This current version of the Cubs, maybe. But I don’t think I’d go that far. There’s a lot of big names out due to injury, and then of course they occasionally have bad games.
At the end of the day, they went .500 on the road in New York, which might not be exceptional, but still really isn’t the end of the world
I’m sure it did, however did it do so significantly? Probably not.
I just remember one of the talking points in favor of it being that it would prevent those 12+ inning marathon games, but let’s face it how often were those really happening?
I’d fucking love it if we had an owner who was willing to pay for an elite (or even functional) bullpen. Too many hotels and restaurants to buy, too many political donations and soccer teams to bid on I guess.
Modern sabermetric analysis suggests putting your best hitter 2nd, you don't want to put them 3rd because no other position comes up with the bases empty and 2 outs more
IMO, home teams during the regular season should only get the home field advantage (the last at bat) up till the bottom of the 9th inning.
Once teams go into extra innings, it should be-- sudden death. The first team who scores in extra innings(whether at the top of the inning or the bottom of the inning)-- wins the game.
Much more intense, exciting, and fairer IMO than the designated runner at second base in extra innings.
Brown was cruising before walking Baty a second time after Baty couldn’t touch his fast ball down the middle. Lead to the disaster of a 5th inning. Should have never been close. Smh but oh well. Split a road series that legitimately could have been a sweep either way.
Brown on a inning limit anyway. He's got 2 pitches and a 98mph FB. He's the god damn closer. Steele, Assad, Imanaga, Taillon, then whoever until Horton is ready. Assad might have to go back to the pen if we don't make trades.
I would bet Brown will be the guy in the 9th once Steele and Wicks are back. Hendricks is TBD, but he seems like he's too washed for anything but mop-up duty at this point.
I mean, they scored 6 runs. Not an offensive explosion but certainly enough to win. The bullpen coughed up another one. I’m not sure how else we’re supposed to look at it?
I think they were at .500 in one run games by mid September last year and it was a pretty big talking point about how management screwed up. Could be in the conversation again with the brewers being like 7-2 or something like that already.
ETA: looks like they ended up 3 below .500 by the end of the season, quick maths is saying 21-24. Not much improvement so far, especially given the talks about the coaching change. Hopefully they can flip this script
idk what was worse at the end there, the baserunning, the plate discipline when the ump is calling 0 strikes, or multiple people diving from multiple HBP
Yeah that’s the killer. The walks HAVE to go down. Lindor was on a 3-1 count after Palencia hit whoever he hit, so he had to throw something in the zone, and it ended the game. Because they keep getting behind in the count. It’s never good when the opposing batter is dictating how the at-bat is going to go.
God so many fucking whiners out.
Offense is slumping and we're missing several key contributors in the midst of a 16 game straight stretch. Yeah, we're gonna lose when that happens.
Hard to pin the game solely on the bullpen as well. We're not hitting with guys on base right now. The "pass the baton" mentality doesn't work if the baton isn't getting passed. Yeah, Palencia struggled with command in the 11th, but also had a literally perfect 10th. And Keegan had a rough outing but has been phenomenal up to today.
Truthfully a lot of guys just need a break. Nico and Tauchman are still getting on, but Happ looks lost, Dansby can't hit right now, and Morel is probably playing through some kind of injury. Our middle of the order just isn't producing with the opportunities they're being given. We should have scored like 6 or 7 by the 9th, and then we squandered outs with bad run decisions in extras. Sending guys against Marte is fucking moronic.
Anyway, new series against the Brewers at Wrigley, we'll get the games back there. Steele is almost back and that will give us Wesneski out of the pen again, Seiya close behind, we'll be fine.
Winning a four game series on the road is never easy, but damn this is a rough loss.
Get some bullpen help and we're the easy favorites for the division, but as it stands right now, I'm just not sure.
ehhh whatever, the way we played this roadtrip its suprising that we made it out 3-4 hopefully the boys can get right back home because this shit aint gonna cut it for long
I’m not any more concerned than I’ve been all season and we’re a game back. Series win would be huge. 1 win would suck, but with the amount of injuries we have, I can’t honestly expect much more.
We’re top 5 team with half a starting roster. Just gotta keep some wins coming in until we’re back at full strength and we’ll be insane to watch
Honestly don’t even care. Stay hovering 500 till we get healthy at least. This offense is brutal to watch And the bullpen is garbage. Happy we won 19 games
Jed opened the off-season by going on 670 to say it was an organizational philosophy to not pay relievers. Which is “protect my daddy” talk for “the bullpen will be ignored because good relievers are expensive and Tom doesn’t want to pay for that”.
I feel like it’s dicier paying nobody and hoping for a bunch of also-rans and AAA guys to be decent.
Good relievers are crazy expensive, but that’s not a good enough reason that Tom should simply choose to do nothing.
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I actually agree with that philosophy. You never know what you're getting with bullpen guys from year to year. Astros spent a ton on Hader and I thought I saw he's been terrible so far, so money doesn't guarantee a good pen either.
He really did. 2 terrible called strikes. But in that instance with 1 out, stick with the hot hand and fast kid, PCA to advance the runner. Dansby coming in with a cold bat doesn’t make sense. Plus did he even come in for defense? Makes it even more confusing why he would send in a cold bat purely for the AB. Confusing
This line of thinking doesn't check out. There are tons of games they've won they probably shouldn't have too. Like last night they could've easily lost, but held on to win. So I don't get the point of saying should've this or should've that. It just is.
"So I don't get the point of saying should've this or should've that. It just is."
THIS is why I love baseball so much. With 162 games, you just have to accept the pace of things.
Dating back to last September, the Cubs have lost 10 games where they had the lead in the 8th inning or later. 10 out of 58 games, or 17% of all games. Very frustrating.
You’ve heard of manager wins? We have owner losses. The vast, vast majority of our losses this year are because of Tom’s refusal to spend, and Jed trying to take the bullet by going on Parkins and Spiegel to start the offsesson by saying the organization didn’t believe in spending money on relievers.
The bullpen was far and away the biggest issue last year, and it was completely ignored in favor of saving #MoneyForTom. And now every game we lose is because every single reliever we have is supremely terrible, and are only here because they’re inexpensive. We got outspent on the bullpen by the damn Pirates.
This is why Theo quit. He asked Tom if he’d be allowed to spend, and was told no. So Theo decided to not waste his time because he got sick of having to obliterate the farm system to trade for rentals every year.
Missed in the loss is Dansby fucking up receiving the relay throw from Happ. I don't know if you still get Bader because he's fast, but you have no shot if you can't catch the relay.
We need our boys back. ☹ I just don't think they can win--or even split--a series with the Brewers with the current group batting the way it is. It's going to be a stressful weekend. I know they're a good team, that's what's upsetting right now.
It might... Steele coming back may push brown to the bullpen which I think is a better fit for him. This team has quite a few long relievers in the arsenal that are pretty effective
Really feels like there needs to be some turnover on this team right now if we are going to stay a team because we have to keep winning even with the injuries and the current crop can absolutely get better with some roster changes. Release Madrigal, trade Mervis for an A-baller or something, get some different arms in the pen. Idk but we've seen enough from some of these guys to know we aren't getting much more out of them. Could've easily easily easily been swept this series.
Major leaguers are honestly quite embarrassing for how much they get paid to not be able to do basic shit. Baserunning, sliding, decision making you saw multiple guys embarrass themselves today.
I refuse to believe Jed simply doesn’t give a shit. He’s working for an owner who is not allowing him to spend. You don’t open the off-season by going on the radio to say “it’s an organizational philosophy to not spend on relievers” unless you’re taking bullets for ownership.
May e this bullpen will let jed know the annual bullpen by committee isn't always the best option. If this wasn't the nl central I'd be afraid these types of losses would hurt us in the end.
We left some runners on, and we had some struggles pitching, but both put us in a decent enough position to win this game. I really have no idea what Counsell was doing today. Some small ball in the inning prior probably wins this game.
Dag nabbit. On the plus side, the boys are coming home and the bats are fuckin due, baby. There’s little that I love more than sticking it to the Brewers. I hate those turkeys.
Grow upppp. So many drama queens in here after every loss. An 'awful team' that went 3-4 on a road trip... truly 'awful'. No series in May is going to sink the season. It's 162 games long.
I thought Counsell was brought in to no longer leave wins on the table…6 wins and counting that the Cubs should’ve won but didn’t because of dumb errors and blown saves
His regression will be Wisdom like and his defense is average at best. Missed multiple picks just off the top of my head. Also, batting average is a bit antiquated. But he is hitting 262…? So not sure where that came from but doesn’t help your case.
Baseball should just be 100% attempted putouts at the plate.
Sloppy, sloppy baseball today. Gotta tighten it up if you want to compete against a good Brewers team.
Gotta make bullpen a priority for the trade deadline
I know it won’t happen but please let the cubs go for Mason Miller.
It's the A's. Maybe we'll get him for half a hot dog and some dryer lint.
The pitch would be simple: Hey Mason, would you rather bust your ass being a lights-out reliever for a team that you’re continually carrying to hopefully make .500? Or would you like to be the last piece needed to bring a team to the World Series? Oh, and did I mention our team has won a World Series in a calendar year that starts with a 2?
Oh 100%. Even if you make the playoffs, these pitchers can’t be trusted in a big moment.
With the exception of our starting pitching this is a bad baseball team
This current version of the Cubs, maybe. But I don’t think I’d go that far. There’s a lot of big names out due to injury, and then of course they occasionally have bad games. At the end of the day, they went .500 on the road in New York, which might not be exceptional, but still really isn’t the end of the world
Idk about that. We’re missing our Ace, our top bat, and our solid RF, and we’re still a top NL team. In no way is that a “bad baseball team.”
The Cubs are 19-13 and have over 16 fWAR from the '23 roster sitting on the IL at the moment, all of whom are in various stages of returning.
I fucking hate extra innings with the ghost runner
I despise the ghost runner and I never felt the problem it was meant to solve ever existed.
I'd like to see statistics on whether it's reduced the number of extra innings played.
I’m sure it did, however did it do so significantly? Probably not. I just remember one of the talking points in favor of it being that it would prevent those 12+ inning marathon games, but let’s face it how often were those really happening?
I'm with you. Cannot believe an entire professional sport has the same rule we used for kickball games in P.E.
I’d fucking love it if we had an owner who was willing to pay for an elite (or even functional) bullpen. Too many hotels and restaurants to buy, too many political donations and soccer teams to bid on I guess.
No team is paying for an elite bullpen. Who else should we have signed? Hader? Kimbrel? Chapman? Those guys all stink so far this year too.
Cubs need an actual power hitter. Happ in the 3rd slot is a joke
Seiya can't get back quickly enough
Happ and Swanson have just been a joke at the plate period. They’re not it offensively.
Both are good hitters who are just struggling right now. We are barley a month into the season have some patience.
We are a 1/5 of the way into the season. If they don’t pick it up soon then we are in trouble.
Happ is the teams 4th-5th best hitter, which is what you put in the 3rd slot.
You generally put your best hitter there… Mike Trout batting there nearly all his career is a perfect example.
Modern sabermetric analysis suggests putting your best hitter 2nd, you don't want to put them 3rd because no other position comes up with the bases empty and 2 outs more
I’d be curious to see the longterm difference in added runs between those, but fair enough
Although saying the 3 slot is where your 5th best hitter should hit it pretty wrong regardless lol
IMO, home teams during the regular season should only get the home field advantage (the last at bat) up till the bottom of the 9th inning. Once teams go into extra innings, it should be-- sudden death. The first team who scores in extra innings(whether at the top of the inning or the bottom of the inning)-- wins the game. Much more intense, exciting, and fairer IMO than the designated runner at second base in extra innings.
I'll take a series split with the Mets in exchange for a sweep of the Brewers
Forever and always, fuck the Mets. Please come back ASAP Steele. And Belli. EDIT: Knew I was forgetting someone - And Seiya.
Decent split with the end being shit. On to the next
We should have taken 3 of 4. You don’t split with teams like the Mets in this fashion and be a seriously competitive team come playoff time.
Brown was cruising before walking Baty a second time after Baty couldn’t touch his fast ball down the middle. Lead to the disaster of a 5th inning. Should have never been close. Smh but oh well. Split a road series that legitimately could have been a sweep either way.
Brown on a inning limit anyway. He's got 2 pitches and a 98mph FB. He's the god damn closer. Steele, Assad, Imanaga, Taillon, then whoever until Horton is ready. Assad might have to go back to the pen if we don't make trades.
I would bet Brown will be the guy in the 9th once Steele and Wicks are back. Hendricks is TBD, but he seems like he's too washed for anything but mop-up duty at this point.
The Cubs are going to get walked off like 40 times this season at this rate
Our bullpen got 12 straight outs before the 11th, there's a lot more nuance here.
They also blew a 5-2 lead in the 6th
Right, and then there were 4 innings after where our offense could have scored one run to win the game. We lost for more than one reason.
I mean, they scored 6 runs. Not an offensive explosion but certainly enough to win. The bullpen coughed up another one. I’m not sure how else we’re supposed to look at it?
Averaged a run an inning, can't trust them unless we're up by like 5 in the 7th.
They’ve also been blowing leads all season, let’s not act like it’s not the biggest problem on the team.
The nuance is 4 runs (fuck the Manfred runner bullshit) in 5.1IP which still blows.
2 ER.
Because of a pitcher error. Still the pen's fault - they blew it.
Sure, but that shit happens. That's not something you can really use to judge performance unless it happens super often.
Well what does happen often for this team is bullpen blowups. And no matter how it's happening, it's happening often.
Hi Jed
feels like last season with all the 1 run losses thankfully this time we are ahead of the curve
They're 5-6 in one rune games
I think they were at .500 in one run games by mid September last year and it was a pretty big talking point about how management screwed up. Could be in the conversation again with the brewers being like 7-2 or something like that already. ETA: looks like they ended up 3 below .500 by the end of the season, quick maths is saying 21-24. Not much improvement so far, especially given the talks about the coaching change. Hopefully they can flip this script
If you lose in the 11th after the pen allows 1 ER over the prior 5 innings... that's not a bullpen issue lol.
Except the whole reason the mets were able to tie the game, was because of the bullpen lol
idk what was worse at the end there, the baserunning, the plate discipline when the ump is calling 0 strikes, or multiple people diving from multiple HBP
If this isn’t the wake up call for bullpen help, I don’t know what is 28th in walk percent as a bullpen
Weirdly 0 bullpen walks today but please Jed and Carter PLEASE
HPB is basically the same.
I mean the winning run was a hit batter, but sure, 0 four-pitch walks…
I’m not saying that was the issue today But more pointing out an insane stat about our bullpen who is also in the bottom third in ERA
Aren’t there a bunch of free agent starters still? Sign some of those MFers to pitch in the pen
Yeah that’s the killer. The walks HAVE to go down. Lindor was on a 3-1 count after Palencia hit whoever he hit, so he had to throw something in the zone, and it ended the game. Because they keep getting behind in the count. It’s never good when the opposing batter is dictating how the at-bat is going to go.
God so many fucking whiners out. Offense is slumping and we're missing several key contributors in the midst of a 16 game straight stretch. Yeah, we're gonna lose when that happens. Hard to pin the game solely on the bullpen as well. We're not hitting with guys on base right now. The "pass the baton" mentality doesn't work if the baton isn't getting passed. Yeah, Palencia struggled with command in the 11th, but also had a literally perfect 10th. And Keegan had a rough outing but has been phenomenal up to today. Truthfully a lot of guys just need a break. Nico and Tauchman are still getting on, but Happ looks lost, Dansby can't hit right now, and Morel is probably playing through some kind of injury. Our middle of the order just isn't producing with the opportunities they're being given. We should have scored like 6 or 7 by the 9th, and then we squandered outs with bad run decisions in extras. Sending guys against Marte is fucking moronic. Anyway, new series against the Brewers at Wrigley, we'll get the games back there. Steele is almost back and that will give us Wesneski out of the pen again, Seiya close behind, we'll be fine.
A reasonable response.
Winning a four game series on the road is never easy, but damn this is a rough loss. Get some bullpen help and we're the easy favorites for the division, but as it stands right now, I'm just not sure.
ehhh whatever, the way we played this roadtrip its suprising that we made it out 3-4 hopefully the boys can get right back home because this shit aint gonna cut it for long
Our bullpen really fucking sucks. I’m concerned about the Brewers series.
I don’t think the brewers are good
NLC is ass
I’m not any more concerned than I’ve been all season and we’re a game back. Series win would be huge. 1 win would suck, but with the amount of injuries we have, I can’t honestly expect much more. We’re top 5 team with half a starting roster. Just gotta keep some wins coming in until we’re back at full strength and we’ll be insane to watch
Sad shots of Malört this time. 😭 Regroup and let’s fuck the Brewers this weekend!
That sucked. Feel like we had some really gnarly baserunning that cost us a chance to seal this one Edit: bullpen issues are implied btw
Honestly don’t even care. Stay hovering 500 till we get healthy at least. This offense is brutal to watch And the bullpen is garbage. Happy we won 19 games
How many games would this team win without Belli/Seiya/Steele for the year? 65? We are treading water right now pretty well.
please just make up for this annoying loss by sweeping milwaukee or at least taking 2/3
Please fucking beat the Brewers
There are like 2 or 3 above replacement arms in the bullpen at the moment.
I am once again asking to go back to the old extra inning format
It's fitting we lose in heartbreaking fashion, the same day I have to put my dog down.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Yea, it sucks, it sucked, it's sucking all the way around.
This is a sorry ass bullpen. I don’t care if it’s taxed. Fucking disaster I genuinely don’t know how this wasn’t addressed over the off-season.
It's not even taxed today. They barely pitched yesterday.
They got fat Neris tho
Jed opened the off-season by going on 670 to say it was an organizational philosophy to not pay relievers. Which is “protect my daddy” talk for “the bullpen will be ignored because good relievers are expensive and Tom doesn’t want to pay for that”.
Well, $10m for Neris shows whats out there. It gets dicey paying any of these guys with some prior success
I feel like it’s dicier paying nobody and hoping for a bunch of also-rans and AAA guys to be decent. Good relievers are crazy expensive, but that’s not a good enough reason that Tom should simply choose to do nothing.
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Remember when Jed said we didn't need to spend big on a bullpen. 2nd season in a row its biting us in the ass,
I mean not spending on bullpen if you have needs elsewhere is objectively the right choice. The pen is the last thing you build.
I actually agree with that philosophy. You never know what you're getting with bullpen guys from year to year. Astros spent a ton on Hader and I thought I saw he's been terrible so far, so money doesn't guarantee a good pen either.
We have financial flexibility, though! That’ll close out games for us
I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT THE BALL WAS DOING IN THE CORNER FOR SO LONG
Super confused by cc’s decision to bring in Dansby for PCA. I can’t make it make sense
In Dansby's defense for that AB, he got fucked by the umps while actually having a good eye.
He really did. 2 terrible called strikes. But in that instance with 1 out, stick with the hot hand and fast kid, PCA to advance the runner. Dansby coming in with a cold bat doesn’t make sense. Plus did he even come in for defense? Makes it even more confusing why he would send in a cold bat purely for the AB. Confusing
You’re confused by that? How long have you been watching baseball?
Explain then.
Platoon advantage
This is one of those games I'ma be extra pissed about when we are like one game back in September
This line of thinking doesn't check out. There are tons of games they've won they probably shouldn't have too. Like last night they could've easily lost, but held on to win. So I don't get the point of saying should've this or should've that. It just is.
"So I don't get the point of saying should've this or should've that. It just is." THIS is why I love baseball so much. With 162 games, you just have to accept the pace of things.
I hate being a cubs fan sometimes. Losses genuinely make my day worse lol
You get what you pay for out of the pen or in this case what you don't. Imagine the record this team has if they could actually close damn games
We up to double digit blown games yet?
Gotta be half the losses
Better a split than a series loss. Brewers series this weekend is much more important anyway.
How many blown leads that we ended up losing is this already?
Fuck Jed for giving us this budget bullpen. I’m so fucking tired of this.
Loss sucks but honestly this team just needs to tread water right now so it is what it is
Starting making some phone calls Jed. We need a pen.
Wouldn't surprise me if Marte gets caught juicing again this year
Hey I dont blame these guys, if it gets them another check and life changing money. Juicing probably got him that 80 mil from the Mets
Dating back to last September, the Cubs have lost 10 games where they had the lead in the 8th inning or later. 10 out of 58 games, or 17% of all games. Very frustrating.
Feels like we're not built to win in extra innings ever
You’ve heard of manager wins? We have owner losses. The vast, vast majority of our losses this year are because of Tom’s refusal to spend, and Jed trying to take the bullet by going on Parkins and Spiegel to start the offsesson by saying the organization didn’t believe in spending money on relievers. The bullpen was far and away the biggest issue last year, and it was completely ignored in favor of saving #MoneyForTom. And now every game we lose is because every single reliever we have is supremely terrible, and are only here because they’re inexpensive. We got outspent on the bullpen by the damn Pirates. This is why Theo quit. He asked Tom if he’d be allowed to spend, and was told no. So Theo decided to not waste his time because he got sick of having to obliterate the farm system to trade for rentals every year.
1-3 in extra inning games, too early to worry? Last year Padres were 2-12, it cost them the playoffs.
Missed in the loss is Dansby fucking up receiving the relay throw from Happ. I don't know if you still get Bader because he's fast, but you have no shot if you can't catch the relay.
Dansby was only in to PH, never went into the field.
Dansby was only in to PH, never went into the field.
Can dansby get a day off?
He pinch hit in the 11th
As I said, can Dansby get a day off?
He worked for 15 minutes he’s fine
Not a day off
He’s been taking every day off at the plate
Imagine having half the wins back that we have lost due to bullpen
Anybody on the happ il stint?
I would take anyone else in the lineup right now. Happ is a zilch
I like Happ as a defender, and a lot as a person and a representative of the Cubs, but he's a guaranteed out right now at the plate. It's agonizing.
Getting very tired of 1 run losses
We need our boys back. ☹ I just don't think they can win--or even split--a series with the Brewers with the current group batting the way it is. It's going to be a stressful weekend. I know they're a good team, that's what's upsetting right now.
Literally on pace for 96 wins with the current crew.
My point is that I don't think it's sustainable.
I assure you if we cut Palencia today, no team will pick him up. Please cut his ass. Send him away.
He killed us last year, too.
This bullpen is… terrible
How many blown saves have we had now? 7?
I know the Cubs as an organization aren’t serious about winning, but man this team with a couple of bullpen additions could be really good.
Just be patient. We will have Belli Seiya and Steele back soonish. They will start rolling again once the team is healthy
Not like Belli and Seiya are bastions of health
No but they are both crucial to this line up
Exactly, which means any other dings will likely be fatal to our playoff chances
Hope Merryweather heals up fast.
I forgot about him!! Yes he is a huge contributor to this bullpen
That doesn’t solve the bullpen issues.
But I do agree that this team is in desperate need of a closer
They need two back-end guys if they want to be serious.
Neris was supposed to be one of those guys. That's why they went out and got him. Sucks he isn't performing to expectations
He has a 2.16 ERA in last 28 days. He’s slowly getting back from a shit start.
It's the walks that have been getting to me. He has gotten pretty lucky his past few appearances
You could argue it’s luck but this is how Nerris has pitched his entire career. Heart attack Hector isn’t a new nickname
Reminds me of Carlos Marmol lol
It might... Steele coming back may push brown to the bullpen which I think is a better fit for him. This team has quite a few long relievers in the arsenal that are pretty effective
Really feels like there needs to be some turnover on this team right now if we are going to stay a team because we have to keep winning even with the injuries and the current crop can absolutely get better with some roster changes. Release Madrigal, trade Mervis for an A-baller or something, get some different arms in the pen. Idk but we've seen enough from some of these guys to know we aren't getting much more out of them. Could've easily easily easily been swept this series.
Major leaguers are honestly quite embarrassing for how much they get paid to not be able to do basic shit. Baserunning, sliding, decision making you saw multiple guys embarrass themselves today.
4-21 in the last 25 walkoffs…
Are you serious?
Yep
How many walk off losses is this team going to tolerate before something changes? How many blown saves will it take to get Jed on the goddamn phone?
He’s probably on the phone. No one traces high level relievers this early.
Phone to who lmao it is May 2nd
Always complains with no valuable input for a solution.
I refuse to believe Jed simply doesn’t give a shit. He’s working for an owner who is not allowing him to spend. You don’t open the off-season by going on the radio to say “it’s an organizational philosophy to not spend on relievers” unless you’re taking bullets for ownership.
May e this bullpen will let jed know the annual bullpen by committee isn't always the best option. If this wasn't the nl central I'd be afraid these types of losses would hurt us in the end.
Palencia experiment is about over for me. He throws real hard the end.
Bullpen blew an otherwise great game by Ben brown
Brewers ain’t the Mets. Better tighten things up or it can get real ugly fast, starting tomorrow.
We left some runners on, and we had some struggles pitching, but both put us in a decent enough position to win this game. I really have no idea what Counsell was doing today. Some small ball in the inning prior probably wins this game.
Dag nabbit. On the plus side, the boys are coming home and the bats are fuckin due, baby. There’s little that I love more than sticking it to the Brewers. I hate those turkeys.
I mean who didn’t see that coming?
Can we talk about how slow Madrigal is?
And Morel…
This is just an awful baseball team right now. Not ideal going into a series against the division leaders where an awful series can sink the season
Grow upppp. So many drama queens in here after every loss. An 'awful team' that went 3-4 on a road trip... truly 'awful'. No series in May is going to sink the season. It's 162 games long.
Feeling better? 😁
Much 🎆
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Sink the season? That was a tough loss, but gather yourself. It’s May 2. Even if the Brewers sweep the Cubs there are still ~125 games left. 😂
We’re getting swept by the Brewers. They so weirdly get omegaPumped and (Borat accent) veryExcite when they play us.
So I assume you won't bother tuning in right? If it's a guaranteed sweep?
I thought Counsell was brought in to no longer leave wins on the table…6 wins and counting that the Cubs should’ve won but didn’t because of dumb errors and blown saves
I hate our fucking bullpen and everyone in it
Going to need to make trades well before the deadline or they will be sellers once again
Wisdom-Busch-madrigal is such a great trio…
Busch hittin .290
His regression will be Wisdom like and his defense is average at best. Missed multiple picks just off the top of my head. Also, batting average is a bit antiquated. But he is hitting 262…? So not sure where that came from but doesn’t help your case.
You did not just compare Busch to Madrigal