I agree. If he would keep his head in the game at all times, quit swinging at breaking pitches out of the zone, and run full speed out of the box, he'd be one of the top 5 players in the game. I keep waiting for him to get it, especially knowing that he sees Rizzo play everyday.
You are way too quick to pull the trigger. Glad you aren’t the GM! Idiot!
Amazing, truly amazing. Won 3 games in a row now by 1 run.
I feel that it's a little bit of both. They don't have a bad team, but they aren't a really good team. They're back around 0.500, which is the team I expect them to be at the end of the season (not accounting for a KB trade, of course).
Yes they did, they went from the oldest starting staff to more of an average staff age wise. They upgraded the OF which needed a facelift and Bryant has finally fixed his swing which is what I was saying three years ago. Plus we got rid of a lot of dead weight in Darvish, Q and let Lester go, as much as Lester was a warrior, his arm was toast. We have more flexibility with the lineup where we can plug Bryant all over, interchange players in the infield. As lame as the NL is so far, we have a very good chance of winning the division which I have been saying since March and looking at the landscape, we could win a series or two in the playoffs.
4 in a row by 1 run now!
4 in a row by 1 run now!
Trading Yu should answer that question.
Yu was dead weight? Yikes! Second in Cy Young last year, equally as good this year. How you feeling about Zach Davies?
The entire National league is roughly around 500. There is no dominate team. If we had last years team in here now, we would be worse off but not by much. The division is average and I believe the way the NL is that we could slide in to more of a contender. Adbert is coming on and Davies/Hendricks are pitching better. We could have the best starting staff in the NL Central. Especially when Jake comes back. Our staff is light years better than last years staff.
The Cubs have the second worst ERA for starting pitchers in MLB. Starters are second to last in WHIP in MLB. Starters are last in MLB in batter average against. How it is light years better than last year's staff?
And then, of course, being the Cubs, lost the next 2 games by 1 run.
Hey I know it's way, way early but as of now the Cardinals are playing over .600 ball and the Cubs are a game under so there is little evidence to think they have a very good chance of winning the division.
Who knows how all this will play out but I would think they would still be in the wild card chase at the deadline, the question being what you have stated, is it worth going all out to try and make the playoffs, and what assets do you have to trade.
I don’t think this is a farm system that can afford to be buyers, at least to any significant degree, at the deadline. I know the thought is to sneak into the playoffs and anything can happen but the starting pitching, uggh. I am willing to watch young guys for a few years to rebuild the system.
I think the front office's priority will be to improve the long term outlook of the franchise, rather than try to chase a wild card birth. I think they have done a reasonable job of putting together a competitive team with very limited resources this offseason. (especially the bullpen, which I assumed would be terrible) The quarter of a billion dollar question is, what is the salary budget moving forward?
