Good lord get in the damn box bro.

all that just to K. Fug off, go sit down.

Of course Cubs can develop a hitter in Armstrong 

18 minutes ago, HaroldSouthside said:

I realize that he has been a major league manager for 40+ game and that is a very small sample. He is friendly, he is likeable and he seems to consistently make lousy in game decisions and it all comes down to risk management. I expected more, his reputation was he is quite bright. He won't be here in 2 years. 

PS - I don't blame him for the head scratching lineups, I assume a lot of those decisions are not solely his. 

Replaced by Jirschele or Santos?

10 minutes ago, Soxfest said:

Of course Cubs can develop a hitter in Armstrong 

He's on a heater but doing a bit of a look at his stats just now he's going to regress. He has the same chase rate as Sosa.

Vargas continues to impress.

Smith 2.25 era for the game so far.

18 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

New Miguel Vargas hot takes:  Miguel Vargas is so damn good they're gonna change the name from Baseball to Vargasball!

Eh

Having PCA's speed/athleticism makes up for a lot of his flaws though.

Fucking weak ABs

12 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Replaced by Jirschele or Santos?

He got years to figure it out, because he isn't getting fired anytime soon.

That didn't take long....

1-2-3 Sox 

Not making Horton work hard that inning.

6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

He got years to figure it out, because he isn't getting fired anytime soon.

Love how the towel is thrown in after a few rookie mistakes while managing a rebuilding team. People need to Relax with the hot takes

7 minutes ago, JoshPR said:

Love how the towel is thrown in after a few rookie mistakes while managing a rebuilding team. People need to Relax with the hot takes

I will be honest, seeing as literally nothing has changed with line up management and roster usage, it tells me that a lot of these things are happening above the field manager.  When it comes to Venable, I would look to better defense and smarter base running as ways to measure what he is actually responsible for.

13 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Replaced by Jirschele or Santos?

Will they hire from within? It would be a very cheap option, so it makes sense.

Between the 2 I'd take Santos. 

 

7 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will be honest, seeing as literally nothing has changed with line up management and roster usage, it tells me that a lot of these things are happening above the field manager.  When it comes to Venable, I would look to better defense and smarter base running as ways to measure what he is actually responsible for.

Agreed

7 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will be honest, seeing as literally nothing has changed with line up management and roster usage, it tells me that a lot of these things are happening above the field manager.  When it comes to Venable, I would look to better defense and smarter base running as ways to measure what he is actually responsible for.

I'm not willing to say he's part of the solution but at least Veneble appears to not be part of the problem. Small progress. 

Smith has actually lowered his ERA from 2.08.

5 7 6 1 1 5  2.05 era 

that has to be it for his day

10 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'm not willing to say he's part of the solution but at least Veneble appears to not be part of the problem. Small progress. 

When it comes to line up construction and playing time one of two things happened.  Either they found a Pedro clone, or Getz was highly involved with both managers in these aspects, because nothing has changed.

Palencia in

Can he do it again?

Smith recovered very nicely after he got out of that big inning.  Will be interesting to see how long his stuff lasts this year, as he is another who doesn't have much of an innings history underneath him.  He's already over halfway to a career high for IP in a season.

This is how last year's edition lost so many games. Poor fielding/bad decisions/bad luck blew up into a big inning and offense too anemic to overcome it. For the most part, this year the team has played way cleaner. So disappointing, but I think this is a blip.