hrubes20 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 22 minutes ago, Blazer026 said: Same, except I didn't think we were going to sign Darvish so I was fine with keeping him once we did that. I'd rather see Almora get the majority of the time in CF though. Against LHPs, for sure. With Zobrist looking much better than he did in 2017 so far, I’m fine with the OF they had yesterday against RHPs. Meatball/Heyward/Zobrist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) Haha. Braun got loudly booed at home, due to it being Wrigley north. Edited April 7, 2018 by hrubes20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 How the hell was that not overturned there? His toe pretty clearly got in before the tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer026 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Surprised by Wilson this year. Hopefully he can keep it up, was total trash last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Just now, Blazer026 said: Surprised by Wilson this year. Hopefully he can keep it up, was total trash last year. Yeah, he’s been the Detroit version so far. Which is obviously the version they traded for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Suspense Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Opening day postponed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, tribar said: Opening day postponed. Yeah, it was a bummer. Hopefully Rizzo can be back tomorrow though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Suspense Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, hrubes20 said: Yeah, it was a bummer. Hopefully Rizzo can be back tomorrow though Doesn't sound like he will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 14 hours ago, tribar said: Doesn't sound like he will be. You're right. Retroactive 10-day DL stint. They brought up Efren Navarro while Rizzo is out. Zobrist and Caratini will still be getting the starts at 1B, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Yuck. Chatwood threw too many 4-seamers today. It allowed too much contact from the Pirates and they were poking singles through all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer026 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Any of you guys ever listen to the radio broadcast? I laugh every time Coomer pronounces Contreras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 5 hours ago, Blazer026 said: Any of you guys ever listen to the radio broadcast? I laugh every time Coomer pronounces Contreras. I do when I’m in the car. Ron and Pat are solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lions017 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) This early start just really reminds me of last year. I was hoping to see this team start off strong. I'm hoping that it's just a small sample size, but so far I feel like the lack of an effective leadoff hitter has definitely hurt the lineup. I expected Happ to keep mashing. Edited April 11, 2018 by Lions017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 5 hours ago, Lions017 said: This early start just really reminds me of last year. I was hoping to see this team start off strong. I'm hoping that it's just a small sample size, but so far I feel like the lack of an effective leadoff hitter has definitely hurt the lineup. I expected Happ to keep mashing. Yeah, the .500 start is very similar to 2017's April. It was May of last year that was so terrible though, IIRC. The other teams in the division are so flawed right now, that I'm not worried. I think the leadoff hitter thing is a tad overblown. Cubs still scored the 2nd most runs in the league last year, despite having a black hole at leadoff. I think it was more glaring, because Fowler was just a really good hitter, regardless of where he hit. Losing an OBP close to .400 will hurt any lineup. The big issues in the lineup stem from the inability to hit with RISP. They were really bad last year there, and have started out 2018 poorly there as well. Getting plenty of baserunners, but not getting them in. Some of that is bad luck so far, as the Cubs have the 5th best hard hit rate in baseball as a team, and the 6th highest LD rate, yet are 20th in team BABIP. That's without a healthy Rizzo as well, so there's certainly room for optimism. I've been on the "Trade Happ" train for awhile, but even I didn't think he would look as clueless at the plate as he does right now. Painful to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Damn. El Mago is en fuego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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