Agreed. I want him on the team and in the lineup. I am dubious that he could have landed a huge haul from an AL team at his peak hype level post-2016, and right now, he provides above average offense at a relatively cheap contract.
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Agreed. I want him on the team and in the lineup. I am dubious that he could have landed a huge haul from an AL team at his peak hype level post-2016, and right now, he provides above average offense at a relatively cheap contract.
It's entirely possible that maybe Theo tried to shop him, but couldn't get the haul he was looking for.
Kimbrel will pitch for Des Moines tonight. It is not out of the question that if he does well, and feels good tomorrow he'll join the team on Friday. Interesting shuffle when that happens. As far as I can tell Kyle Ryan is the only guy on the 25 man roster who can be optioned to make room for Kimbrel, and he has been an effective lefty. Demoting him leaves only Montgomery as the only lefty in the bullpen. I suppose they can send Alzolay down if Hendricks is going to be ready for his next turn, but that only buys you a few days.
My guess is Brad Brach gets a lat strain.
My guess is Brad Brach gets a lat strain.
Alzolay got f'ed by the home plate ump. Worse pitches called strikes in the bottom of the 5th than the ones he didn't get in the top.
Yeah, very curious timing. He has enough to worry about, and you open yourself up to missed signals with a new guy at bat.
I'm thinking the Cubs need to add another bat. Descalso/Russell/Almora/CarGo are completely useless at the plate.
Probably because a professional baseball player should be able to put down a bunt
How about a rookie pitcher making his first start in the majors? A rookie who has spent the last two years rehabbing injuries. Is he the best guy to do a suicide squeeze with?
Cubs fans have Theo Einstein to thank for that hot mess.
Meanwhile... Torres and TLS will be playing in the ASG.
Where are we at on cutting Daniel Descalso? Al Yellon at BCB had a piece yesterday saying it is time to let him go. With his remaining salary and $1 million buyout the Cubs would be out about $2.5 million. Could they really do worse at this point?
I'd be fine with it. Getting a middle infielder in the offseason made sense with Russell's suspension, but now that it's in the rear-view mirror, Descalso is giving nothing (and really, neither is Russell). Russell gives a backup option at SS and Bote gives depth at 2B and 3B.
A certain Yankee troll will gloat about how the Cubs should have kept LaStella, but I still firmly believe that getting a guy who could play SS was far more important than keeping a weak glove/great pinch hitter on the roster. I'm happy for TLS and what he's doing with his change of venue, but he simply wasn't going to get that chance in Chicago.
The Cubs should be able to find a relatively cheap bench bat on the trade market in the next few weeks, which is a need right now.
By the way, what's the latest on Zobrist? I'm assuming he won't be back, but the Cubs were talking as if he would eventually be a couple weeks ago. I think this team really misses him. Not because he was having a spectacular season, but because he just goes up and gives you consistent, professional at-bats. If he were to make it back, I'd like that bench a lot better with Zobrist in Descalso's place.
Remember at the beginning of the year when we had a logjam of capable infielders? Now we have Javy and a bunch of junk.
I didn’t like the idea at first but I’m starting to think they may need to go after Whit Merrifield from the Royals. He checks off a lot of boxes.
I didn’t like the idea at first but I’m starting to think they may need to go after Whit Merrifield from the Royals. He checks off a lot of boxes.
I know what you're saying. The number of times a mere fly ball would be effective, or even a ground ball to the opposite field is indicated, but no, they are so inefficient in such situations lately.
The Cubs have 4.5 more years of Yu Darvish at $21M per. After Milton Bradley and Todd Hundley, he is a solid #3 on my all-time least favorite Cubs list.
aren't you thrilled we traded la stella so we could pick up cargo and descalso.
if this is the crap theo is gonna do, then there isn't much point. we don't really have much to trade anyways. well unless we really want the farm system to collapse.....
that should be our pitchers top priority down in the minors, learning to bunt!
hell we have guys already in the majors and they dont even know how to run the bases
