Chicago Cubs 2026
I know the Cubs are short of arms, but Roberts has been particularly awful. Not sure how Counsell can justify bringing him in when in a good position in extras. Roberts and Maton are both awful....at least Maton is unavailable. Too bad.
Edit: Counsell and Roberts bailed out by......Wicks???
Edit: Counsell and Roberts bailed out by......Wicks???
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Jordan Wicks for MVP.
6-1 road trip. Hard to believe given the injury disasters, but true.
I guess $35MIL a year isn't enough to hustle. But at this point it pains me to say, he's still a better hitter than Shaw.
Not so sure. Bregman has almost 3 times as many AB with not a great deal more HR and RBI
AB Avg OPS HR RBI
Shaw 130 .246 ,737 4 20
Breg 322.239 .671 6 27
AB Avg OPS HR RBI
Shaw 130 .246 ,737 4 20
Breg 322.239 .671 6 27
So are.our best two active pitchers are the scrap heap pick ups we used to beat the Brewers? Wowsers.
There you have it. Pretty clear at this point.
even a blind dog can find a bone
At this point, after a 6-1 road trip, take the W's and get to the All Star break when guys should start trickling back.
If they can get Taillon, Cabrera, Brown and Palencia back after the All Star break, they'll be in really good shape.....all things considered. I assume they'll add a significant arm at the deadline.
I have absolutely no clue how they've managed to navigate this absolutely unheard of slew of injuries, but....they have.
With Suzuki’s improved defense this year, the Cubs would be much better with Shaw at 3d and the money spent on Bregman available to buy a pitcher - or at least pay for all the medical bills. I didn’t understand the Bregman signing at the time, and really don’t understand it now.
Poor doggie. Let's just give him as good a life as possible. Let him find the bones, but not so easily as to take away his joy in the finding.
Every good dog deserves favor.
If Counsell and Hottovy can somehow keep this glued together until the All Star break, they deserve their flowers. What they've have to navigate with the pitching staff and the hockey line changes to this IL is insane. The team is in really, really good shape given what's occurred.
80% of the starting rotation out
The closer out
Long relievers have been starting, middle relievers have been pushed into high leverage roles, it's been a revolving door to and from Des Moines.....yet they they are, squarely in the thick of things.
Not with Shaw on IL.
Kevin Alcantara and Gavin Hollowell Return as Matt Shaw and Ethan Roberts Hit the IL
Kevin Alcantara and Gavin Hollowell are back. Two more Cubs hit the IL. This is going to be remembered forever as the injury season, man.
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I also hope we as a fanbase can give Seiya some love after the 10th inning, 2 RBI single against Milwaukee to clinch the series.
It's wild... It's June and the number of pitchers who haven't spent time in the IL is somewhere around zero... maybe Shota, Webb, Rea? We've had 48 different players appear in a Cubs uniform this season. 31 guys have pitched. (including Cason Kelly)
61 roster moves in June alone...
Considering all that, you'd think we'd be in full "sell mode", but we are still hanging around relevancy.
Or the home runs in each of the first two games of the series. The Cubs don't have a player that has been consistently good offensively all year. All that said, 2, 3, 4, 5 in the order have left a lot to be desired. The biggest disappointment, to me, is Bregman.
I don’t understand them signing Bregman then and definitely not now. All you have done is block Shaw from playing everyday. After watching Bregman not hustle to first base in the last game I definitely don’t like the signing. What a waste of money! This is why I never get too excited about baseball versus the other sports. Too many fat contracts that are given out to players who are past their prime and will never live up to the money they make. They always get paid for what they have done and not what they will do. To make matters worse the team has to eat the contract in order to get rid of the underperforming player. No other sport does this.