Chicago Cubs 2024

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hiberto

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hiberto
champaignchris said:
Absolutely brutal offensive series. Several guys need to find their swings again.
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yep the offense has been struggling for a bit now. it's a shame we've wasted many great starting pitching performances already because we had no offense.
 
#458      

bdutts

bdutts
Houston, Texas
bdutts
I think everyone other than Hoerner, Busch Tauchman have been brutal. At least Morel has slugged some.
 
#461      

bdutts

bdutts
Houston, Texas
bdutts
I think the Morel at third base experiment should be over. He looked bad in the field today.
 
#462      

suburbanILLINI

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suburbanILLINI
bdutts said:
I think the Morel at third base experiment should be over. He looked bad in the field today.
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#463      

DRS

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DRS
bdutts said:
I think the Morel at third base experiment should be over. He looked bad in the field today.
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Today yes, but he has been improving this season. Has a cannon arm and has made significant improvement on the routine plays. yesterday was bad he deserves credit for being better this season, whether he a long term answer this, I doubt it, but I think he is getting close to serviceable. I would be blown away if the experiment is anywhere near over.
 
#464      

Illiniaaron

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Geneseo, IL
Illiniaaron
Glad they won yesterday but three errors and Horner was out by a mile at home and the catcher dropped the ball. The fielding and base running has not been good. They aren’t a fundamentally sound team at this point.
 
#465      

Mr. Tibbs

Mr. Tibbs
southeast DuPage
Mr. Tibbs
Illiniaaron said:
Glad they won yesterday but three errors and Horner was out by a mile at home and the catcher dropped the ball. The fielding and base running has not been good. They aren’t a fundamentally sound team at this point.
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maybe Counsell needs to start some extra 9am practices on the weekends like our h.s. coach would do
 
#469      

bdutts

bdutts
Houston, Texas
bdutts
Illiniaaron said:
Glad they won yesterday but three errors and Horner was out by a mile at home and the catcher dropped the ball. The fielding and base running has not been good. They aren’t a fundamentally sound team at this point.
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The defense is really killing them. They were quite good defensively last year (until the last few weeks) so I'm not sure what's happening.
 
#470      

bdutts

bdutts
Houston, Texas
bdutts
DRS said:
Today yes, but he has been improving this season. Has a cannon arm and has made significant improvement on the routine plays. yesterday was bad he deserves credit for being better this season, whether he a long term answer this, I doubt it, but I think he is getting close to serviceable. I would be blown away if the experiment is anywhere near over.
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He might be "better", but he's still below average defensively. I'd prefer he learn how to play the outfield or become a full time DH.
 
#474      

KBLEE

KBLEE
Montgomery, IL
KBLEE
bdutts said:
He might be "better", but he's still below average defensively. I'd prefer he learn how to play the outfield or become a full time DH.
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They already have too many OFs as it is. No need to increase the log-jam. Factoring in bat + defense, he's still the best option at 3B.