Good question. A 6 run lead in the 7th and you pull a reliever with 2 outs and a man on? Not a good way to show confidence in your bullpen if you're going with matchups in that situation.
No wonder bullpens get overused.
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No wonder bullpens get overused.
As I’ve said before to paraphrase Blazing Saddles, Joe Maddon has killed more arms than Cecil B. DeMille.
7 run lead and he is chewing through the bullpen.
You're taking bleacher report over fangraphs for baseball knowledge? This explains so much LOL
Would it be rude to try bunting against that crap vs messing up your swing trying to hit it? Javy was smart to go lefty
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That's how things work. In regards to the farm system... there's a reason the Cubs didn't improve at the deadline... they have no bait. That's how they ended up with guys like David Phelps and why they grasp at straws with guys like Cargo/Lucroy. At this point, the Castellanos pickup looks pretty good. Gets Einstein's batting average up to about .200.
He's just trying to keep it competitive for the rest of the sport. If he was batting much higher the Yankees and Dodgers would have to combine to compete. An average below .200 gets a lead in the division and that is without playing the bottom swill that runs through the AL.
Horrible night. Lots of 1st & 3rd and bases loaded with no outs and no results. Baseball can be maddening. The wins and loses streaks are tough to compartmentalize. When you look back at the whole season it all makes since but on a game by game or week by week basis it’s tough.
The only sport more frustrating to me is basketball. The streaks in basketball are all within one game and can be frustrating as anything else in my life. You can be up 15 and in 5 minutes be down 5. I throw more objects at walls during basketball than any other sport.
The only sport more frustrating to me is basketball. The streaks in basketball are all within one game and can be frustrating as anything else in my life. You can be up 15 and in 5 minutes be down 5. I throw more objects at walls during basketball than any other sport.
Hendricks sucked again, and looked like he didn’t even care.
Cubs just seem incapable of taking these games with the Reds seriously.
Cubs just seem incapable of taking these games with the Reds seriously.
To be fair, he never looks like he cares.
Cubs are terrible on the road and great at home no consistency.
Cardinals will catch them before they get home again.
Cardinals will catch them before they get home again.
Mike Montgomery with 7 shutout innings and 12 Ks tonight for KC. Obviously moving to the easier AL has helped him.
And Sonny Gray couldn't get anyone out pitching for the Yankees, but he seems to be flourishing in the NL Central.
Amazing, huh?
Sonny Gray is a stud but couldn't handle New York everyone who didn't trade for him was stupid! He was made for medium to small markets.
The same Sonny Gray who was 3rd in the AL Cy Young voting in 2015? Looks like he did ok in that league.
Check his stats. He was pretty much a "flash in the pan" in Oakland. His stats as a Yankee were average, at best.
There are probably hundreds of players that parlay 1 good year into a nice contract and are mediocre the rest of their careers. Gray is one of those guys to this point.
But you already knew that.
Try again.
With your description, doesn't sound like he would be a candidate to start any high pressure playoff game in the post season.
Calling everyone "stupid for not trading for him" is well... kind of stupid.
Isn't motivating the team on game day the job of the manager? This road loss thing isn't on the players or Jeb/Theo, it all on Joe. He should be fired for it now.
Typical KB. Need two runs to take the lead and he pads the stats with a meaningless extra RBI.
He’s so good at motivating them at home though. Obviously Joe is just saving all his best tricks to motivate the guys at Wrigley.
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