The only team in baseball to play a defensive specialist RF everyday. If things go bad this year for the Cubs, Heyward is in for a lot of boos.
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The only team in baseball to play a defensive specialist RF everyday. If things go bad this year for the Cubs, Heyward is in for a lot of boos.
Yes. And, David Ross sandwiched his time with the Red Sox and that story.
1. My 1:30 am posts aren't always the most lucid.
2. I can't decide if you blame Theo for that, or did Theo allow Terry Francona to let the team go soft? It seems to me he's making several moves designed to pen in Joe Maddon. I also recall that Theo had one foot out the door when the beer and chicken thing hit in Boston. It's possible to either assign blame, or say he was not in control of that situation.
3. Lackey to me seemed to be a strong presence in 2016. That seemed to be missing last season. The team won a lot of games, but at the end of the season they scuffled. True that the Brewers surged, but the Cubs were flat. Did a different clubhouse make up, or more attentive manager change that?
4. My 2:30 in the afternoon posts aren't always my most lucid.
5. If given the chance I'd love to have beer and chicken with Lackey and Lester.
Probably not enough boos to make him decide to opt out of the rest of his contract.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs...6763#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=566763
The starting lineup. Gotta wonder if Schwarber is dinged up.
The starting lineup. Gotta wonder if Schwarber is dinged up.
Lefty starter. I think KS deserves a shot to prove his value, but Zagunis is on the roster to smash lefties.
Enjoy the tacos, Brian. I never heard anything about him having an injury, or some mechanical issue. He just looks to be done.
Lefty, righty debate aside, the first guy up from Iowa this year should be Webster.
Somebody wearing an ANF hat and cheering for the good guys right behind home plate.
Javy doing Javy things. LOL at all you guys who wanted to trade him away for a LOOGY three years ago.
Unless that was me.
Unless that was me.
Schwarbers best at bats of his career came against Andrew Miller. The ball he put on scoreboard was against a lefty. All off season the front office talked about him being more than lefty slugger, a complete hitter who doesnt just hit homers. With that, I expect him to get starts over Mark Zagunis. He shouldnt be a platoon
I don’t totally disagree, but Zags just smoked a double against the lefty SP to drive in a run. He is on the roster to do that one thing.
Outcome bias. If we want to get back on top, Zagunis isnt taking us there. Schwarber can.
I agree. However, Schwarber hit 25 HRs off RHP last year, 1 off LHP. His OPS was .859 off RHP last year/.654 off LHP. He will see ABs vs lefties this year, but it may be selective for a bit.
Are you going to spend the whole game picking away at why one guy isn't starting when the Cubs are up 7-2?
And, just to be clear, I am not what you consider a stat savant, but Schwarber's splits against lefties are pretty meh, aren't they? Since he hasn't distinguished himself to at least be average against lefties you need to go with the guy who smokes lefties.
Are you going to spend the whole game picking away at why one guy isn't starting when the Cubs are up 7-2?
And, just to be clear, I am not what you consider a stat savant, but Schwarber's splits against lefties are pretty meh, aren't they? Since he hasn't distinguished himself to at least be average against lefties you need to go with the guy who smokes lefties.
If people are going to respond to me i am going to respond back.
My point is simple, the Cubs front office spent the whole off season talking Schwarber up as just hitting (not over thinking) and getting back to being the player he was when he was first called up. I dont think sitting him opening up day is a good start to that. When he was first called up they let him hit lefties.
Zagunis has 24 career at bats and has a career average of .105. He doesnt smoke anyone.
Zagunis doesn't exactly have a large sample size at the MLB level. He played his way onto the roster because of his ST. The Cubs have said this year is important, and it's time to produce, not be a prospect. The stats say Schwarber isn't as productive against lefties. So, do you turn this year into a developmental year, or try harder to win?
And, now you have a switch. In comes Schwarber to face the righty. I can live with this. If Schwarber doesn't like it, he can produce more in his chances against lefty, including during ST when some of these decisions are made.
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Oh, don't worry. He'll hit a meaningless homer in the 8th inning.
Cubs face another lefty on Monday in Atlanta (Sean Newcomb). Let's see what happens then (without the DH).
And, Schwarber just PH for Zagunis too.
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