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Stick. A . Fork. In. Them.
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Anyone else come to the conclusion that this just simply flat out sucks? Back to back shutouts in a playoff race? Lol, blow it the **** up this off-season
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I wonder if everyone on The Score will still talk about how bad the Brewers pitching is....shutting down the Cubs. 
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I wonder if everyone on The Score will still talk about how bad the Brewers pitching is....shutting down the Cubs.
Their pitching is god awful. This is a very bad Brewers staff. It's embarrassing the Cubs are going to be shutout 2 times vs. them.
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They are not good. Blow it up.
Keep: Rizzo, Bryant, Contreras, Baez, Castellanos. Get rid of everyone else, especially Addison Russell.
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I'm not sure that's "blowing it up" then.
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To blow it up you have to get rid of someone that’s relevant and would get us something in return
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You keep your 4 core guys. You can still "blow it up" by keeping those 4. The Cubs have churned out these same guys, Almora, Schwarber, Russell, Heyward, etc for years now.
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Cardinals finally lose. Cubs 3 GB going into Monday.
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Nobody is taking Heyward. Almora and Russell get you a bag of used balls. Schwarbs gets you a bag of new balls.
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Then the Cubs are screwed. Their idea of blowing it up doesn't include Bryant, Baez, Rizzo, Contreras. That's "nuking it all" to them.
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They need a real lead off. That is all it takes. The blow up is not a thing.
Heyward produces in the 6 hole.
Schwarber has been far better out of the lead off.
Every issue steams from Joe pushing guys into failed roles.
The biggest core issue this team needs is a new manager. They do not need this musical chairs method of management. Then Theo and Jed need to attain a line up staple at lead off. Even if it means trading Bryant for Betts and extending him after.
Heyward produces in the 6 hole.
Schwarber has been far better out of the lead off.
Every issue steams from Joe pushing guys into failed roles.
The biggest core issue this team needs is a new manager. They do not need this musical chairs method of management. Then Theo and Jed need to attain a line up staple at lead off. Even if it means trading Bryant for Betts and extending him after.
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So Javy leads off today, walks twice, and still not good enough? Of course, he jammed his thumb and neck so there will be some excuse to not put him back there.
I just want to know how long it takes for Madden to figure out that you only get full Kimbrel in save conditions, not holds for wins or just plain holds.
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Walking x2 in a game doesn't make him a lead off.
Mookie Betts: .300/.373/.516 career mark.
Rickey Henderson: .279/.401/.419 career mark.
See something in common. They are above .270 BA and they both are .375-.400 OBA.
Javy's career mark is .270/.310/.484
This is why you are your moniker.
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So even when he does take walks, the biggest argument against him, he is still not good enough. we dont have a mookie betts or rickey henderson, You can only compare him to the options on this team.
How about lets not try to find someone so Nico can do it when he makes the team in may of 2021.
You might as well say lets keep Heyward up there, he looks like dexter fowler. (What are Heywards numbers at leadoff again?)
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Best lead off on the team is Rizzo.
Not even close.
TL like banging the whole team can't score Bs with Rizzo leading off but that was a team wide issue caused by a high GB rate.
The reality is that they have 3 staple RH bats that need to be split up.
Rizzo
Nick
Bryant
Schwarber
Baez
Heyward
Contreras when back.
Russell and Happ at 2B
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If the musical chairs thing was to blame, Theo would call Joe up to his office and tell him he will be provided with the lineups from now on.
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No I believe that they do not interfere. They evaluate results and make decisions based off of it.
Basically if they want a type cast manager then they will hire one.