Cubs are gonna fall to 3-7 in the their last 10 games with a semi-hot Reds team coming to town this weekend
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Descalso is worthless, dude couldn't hit his way out of a paper sack
And then DeCrappyo comes up next and strikes out. Those two shouldnt be playing, much less in the lineup on the same day.
I half way think he might retire, but you know what helps people cope with anxiety? Tens of millions of dollars in a guaranteed contract.
no kidding, dude has already given up 6 runs in 4 innings and you have a runner in scoring position. dump his arse!!
Well, he might be as good a hitter as anyone else on the team right now.
I was kind of okay letting him hit especially after Gonzalez effed up, but take him off the mound! Bring out someone else for the 5th.
Boo!!!!
The way today's game is going, Kimbrel is going to have to throw 3 innings.
If Kimbrel is even vaguely effective. this bullpen just got a lot better. Strop has been up-and-down as a closer, but he has had a 5-year run as a very good, borderline elite set-up guy. As Ron Coomer pointed out, you can now flex Cishek into leverage situations. Kintzler has been good. When Edwards comes back, you have a lot of arms you can toss around from the 6th on.
All I've ever maintained is that Theo has had way more misses than hits on his transactions. And the farm system is nearly barren.
Cubs fans seem content with that single WS title and have pretty much looked past all Theo's blunders.
But I do credit him with doing what I thought was a no brainer... Kimbrel.
Way more misses than hits?
Hits
- Traded for Rizzo
- Traded for Hendricks
- Traded for Arrieta/Strop
- Picked up Hector Rondon in Rule 5 draft
- Signed Lester
- Traded for Montero
- Signed Ross
- Traded for Fowler
- Signed Fowler
- Signed Ross
- Signed Lackey
- Traded for Chapman (yes, that's a hit)
- Stuck with Javy
- Signed Zobrist
- Traded for Montgomery
- Traded for Hamels
- Traded for Wade Davis
- Signed Edwin Jackson
- Heyward's contract....sort of. It's too much and he won't provide equal value, but he has been a valuable player.
- The Quintana trade...Holy hell
- Yu Darvish
- Morrow
- Poor pitching development overall
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Today’s hitting star Caratini was a throw in, too. Good grab.
We will see about the pitching. There seems so be a bubble rising towards AA and beyond.
When does Theo pull the plug on the Carlos Gonzalez experiment.
He is awful. Descalso and Gonzalez both need to go to strengthen the bench as the trade deadline approaches. I’d dump Gonzalez now and pull up Zagunis as a stop gap move, or see if Robel Garcia can replicate any of his AAA power in the majors. He at least can play two positions passably versus Descalso’s limited abilities at 2nd.
He is awful. Descalso and Gonzalez both need to go to strengthen the bench as the trade deadline approaches. I’d dump Gonzalez now and pull up Zagunis as a stop gap move, or see if Robel Garcia can replicate any of his AAA power in the majors. He at least can play two positions passably versus Descalso’s limited abilities at 2nd.
I agree about the rising pitching bubble, but to date there's no way to give anything other than a bad grade on pitching development. I'll add Edwards as another good trade addition.
See, no credit. He didn’t fold. He just kept grinding away. That’s a real competitor.
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