All he needed to do is make the fielder chase him for a second.
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It wasn’t, but certainly every game takes on more and more importance.
A little. I thought the day off in Arizona would help. Losing Candelario seems to have really impacted the line up, too.
Idk, Candy was hitting sub .200 his last 100 AB's. Probably missing his glove more.
I’ve been a light Ross defender most of this season. On the whole, I think he does a little more good than bad, but if Hoyer thinks he has someone better he can replace him with, fine. I like the fact that the players like him, I think he helps draw FA interest and he hasn’t lost a clubhouse during some pretty difficult situations.
All that said, I think a good chunk of what we’re seeing now falls right at Ross’s feet (with a share to Jed for roster construction). I get that he is trying to roll with the guys he thinks are the best 9 most days, but as @lucas80 and others have noted, he’s just running these guys into the ground. It’s also having a compounding effect, which we saw in the extra inning game on Saturday - bench guys are getting very little reps, so when you need them, they’re not ready to step up.
I know I had my stretch this year where I somehow because the Miles Mastrobuoni podcast, but I’m going to use him as an example. When Dansby and Madrigal were out in July, Miles actually stepped up and played pretty well for a couple weeks then he rightly went back down to Iowa when those guys came back. He was recalled August 19 and from that time forward before Saturday, he had a whopping 2 plate appearances in almost a month. You’re then in a HUGE game with massive playoff implications and you start using your bench deep in a game and not to defend anything (he actually hit the ball pretty hard), but you’re going to a guy for literally the third time in a month.
I don’t need Rossy to go back to the Maddon days of using 5 almost completely different lineups every week, but I am a believer that every bench guy should get 1 start every week to 10 days. Dansby shouldn’t sit 2x per week, but a day off every 2-3 weeks would absolutely be good for him. Having some variability also opens up the possibility that a guy on the bench goes on a brief heater like we saw from Tauchman this summer - if Bellinger doesn’t go down, then maybe we never see Tauchman in Chicago or maybe he’s the OF version of Rios/Torrens/Mastrobuoni and never plays.
Some of this is on Jed for not giving a deeper roster, but Ross still has to work with the roster he has and make sure he’s keeping all the guys fresh. It would certainly be easier if 90% of their games weren’t close and down to the wire, but you’re still going to have times like Saturday when you need a guy off your bench to step up and get a hit or make a play and it’s helpful if they’ve seen a live pitch in the last couple weeks.
All that said, I think a good chunk of what we’re seeing now falls right at Ross’s feet (with a share to Jed for roster construction). I get that he is trying to roll with the guys he thinks are the best 9 most days, but as @lucas80 and others have noted, he’s just running these guys into the ground. It’s also having a compounding effect, which we saw in the extra inning game on Saturday - bench guys are getting very little reps, so when you need them, they’re not ready to step up.
I know I had my stretch this year where I somehow because the Miles Mastrobuoni podcast, but I’m going to use him as an example. When Dansby and Madrigal were out in July, Miles actually stepped up and played pretty well for a couple weeks then he rightly went back down to Iowa when those guys came back. He was recalled August 19 and from that time forward before Saturday, he had a whopping 2 plate appearances in almost a month. You’re then in a HUGE game with massive playoff implications and you start using your bench deep in a game and not to defend anything (he actually hit the ball pretty hard), but you’re going to a guy for literally the third time in a month.
I don’t need Rossy to go back to the Maddon days of using 5 almost completely different lineups every week, but I am a believer that every bench guy should get 1 start every week to 10 days. Dansby shouldn’t sit 2x per week, but a day off every 2-3 weeks would absolutely be good for him. Having some variability also opens up the possibility that a guy on the bench goes on a brief heater like we saw from Tauchman this summer - if Bellinger doesn’t go down, then maybe we never see Tauchman in Chicago or maybe he’s the OF version of Rios/Torrens/Mastrobuoni and never plays.
Some of this is on Jed for not giving a deeper roster, but Ross still has to work with the roster he has and make sure he’s keeping all the guys fresh. It would certainly be easier if 90% of their games weren’t close and down to the wire, but you’re still going to have times like Saturday when you need a guy off your bench to step up and get a hit or make a play and it’s helpful if they’ve seen a live pitch in the last couple weeks.
3 games in Arizona over the weekend, and PCA didn't start. It's a huge CF, and they threw three mediocre righties in the series. Oh, PCA got in, but he didn't start. That's Rossy being Rossy.
The AZ fall league invitees appear to be heavy on high caliber hitting prospects. Canario, Alcantara and Triantos. The pitchers are basically named to me. Not much familiarity with them.
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The Cubs will send eight prospects in total to the AFL.
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I’m excited about Hull and Romero. I don’t know much about the others.The AZ fall league invitees appear to be too heavy on high caliber hitting prospects. Canario, Alcantara and Triantos. The pitchers are basically named to me. Not much familiarity with them.
Chicago Cubs Arizona Fall League Roster Reportedly Includes Alcántara and Triantos - Bleacher Nation
The Cubs will send eight prospects in total to the AFL.
Off-topic, but it's been a long time since I actually Lol'd at a baseball play.
Getting it done tonight so far.
The boys must have went to the Mark Grace School for Slumpbusting after last weekend.
The boys must have went to the Mark Grace School for Slumpbusting after last weekend.
In only 36 ABs, Jared Young is tied for 4th on the team with 3 triples.
Just one game. Need to keep the bats going. 10 of their runs were a result of 4 HRs. This time of year the wind can blow in a lot of nights and will need some hits with RISP.
He’s athletic enough to fix it over time, but GD, Jordan Walker is a really, really, really crappy defensive OF right now. Terrible angles, bad reads, awful diving decisions. He’s just terrible.
No, but at least they had worked to position where they have a chance to weather that 5-game losing streak.
They went to a bar on Sheffield and smoked cigarettes and banged married women trolling for jocks?
Whatever works! I say that because I saw it in action a few times. Grace and Paul Assenmacher on the prowl was a funny thing to see.
Why did you stop bitching about Suzuki? Keep the charade up, Sally, don’t back down.
Down on the Farm, congrats to the Tennessee Smokes for winning Game 1 of their Division Series. Especially impressive given all the guys who started the season at A-ball (Shaw, Alcantara, Horton (W), McGeary, Ballesteros, Pagan, and others).
On to Chattanooga for Game 2 tomorrow and Game 3 on Fri if necessary.
Hopefully the Big League club can turn things around and finish the season strong so they can have a postseason of their own.
On to Chattanooga for Game 2 tomorrow and Game 3 on Fri if necessary.
Hopefully the Big League club can turn things around and finish the season strong so they can have a postseason of their own.
When was he injured and trying to play through something? His last 10 games or so were especially brutal.
What an absurd statement. Was Canario going to stop the Brewers from going 20-9 over the last month?
