I probably over-read your Moises comment, so all good there. Agree with the rest. Busch was a SS, but even before the draft, always projected more on the 2B or potentially 3B path. I don’t want a team full of DHs butchering all over the field, but to some extent, you get the bats and figure the rest out. Busch could absolutely be a solid 2B.
Jed's tenure as the boss doesn't give me confidence he'll get into a bidding war. Alonso isn't much with the glove, but at age 30 the power will stick around for awhile. The Cubs are the team "sources", will report are in a bidding war in order boost his price.
I'd be SHOCKED if Paredes is on the team next season. He has been a disaster and there will no longer be a need for a warm body to play 3B, especially one who isn't very good at it and can't hit, either.
Swanson isn't going anywhere, so SS isn't really an option. Give Shaw the shot at 3B and have Triantos get ready for 2B.
I seem to be in the minority, but I think Alonso’s bat is going to age really poorly. He’s going to get a big deal and I think whoever wins that prize will regret it in fairly short order.
Explain to me again why we traded Christopher Morel for this bum. Morel took heat for not being a good fielding 3B but he was improving.
1st start off the IL, and he made them look stupid bad. I guess you don't get to face Domingo German every night.
I was walking back to our parking spot and a guy was walking with his kid and he said, "Well, we get to watch the Bears lose tomorrow, too".
Still haven't scored an earned run through 5 innings today. Still, they lead 2-1, thanks to a Gleybar Torres error.
5 back (really 6) with 19 games left. Not out of it yet.
Especially with the DBacks slumping a bit, I still think the target is 88-89 wins to get in. That’s a 16-3 or 15-4 finish. Need to go on a tear ASAP. The end isn’t here yet, but I can see it from where I stand.
I'd like to think there's still a chance, but yeah, they need to catch fire immediately with the Dodgers next 3. The Yankees I kind of expected, but dropping 2 out of 3 at home to the Pirates hurt. Agree on the target number of wins, trouble is how to get there. Of the 19 games left, 6 of those are against the Dodgers and the Phillies, there's probably your 3-4 losses there. The rest of it (Rockies, A's, Nats, Reds) all sounds doable, but the Cubs still have had trouble getting 3-game sweeps against lousy teams all season.
It is possible that they don’t have to get to 88/89 if 2 of the 3 teams really fall back, but that’s hard to count on at this point. 88 or 89 would give them a really good shot and even starting that kind of a tear could put a lot of pressure on the Mets and DBacks.
Hey, that’s not a prediction by any means. It’s simply the math of what they’d need.
