We are playing like we don’t belong in the postseason. Gonna be a long off-season for our manager in Chicago if we don’t get out of the series.
We are playing like we don’t belong in the postseason. Gonna be a long off-season for our manager in Chicago if we don’t get out of the series.
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To be fair, they’ve seen some insane pitching.
PCA is becoming a liability at the plate
How’s Tucker been doing in the playoffs? Have not seen his totals yet.
Member PCA MVP chants? I member.
Happ, smh
One could say that we’re doing the same thing as the Yankees. Gotten killed twice, can’t score. Embarrassed on the road by division rivals. One great young pitcher (theirs won ‘em a WC round, ours of course hurt right before a chance).
I have zero doubt the Yankees will pay for a top free agent. I also have zero doubt we won’t. And that’s the difference. They actually put their money where their mouth is about trying to win. We act like we have to outsmart everybody and win a spreadsheet.
What the hell happened to The Cubs Way? Theo Epstein finally brought this franchise to the level it should have been at for 70 years, and then the moment a 95 win team (2018) struggles down the stretch the cheap ass owner institutes a self imposed cap. 2 years later Theo walks, and it took 5 damn years to get to this spot. And God knows what the heck they’re gonna do after one more loss when this supposed all-in year failed.
Is this what testicular torsion feels like?
Getting out managed by his old bench coach. Tuck PCA Happ terrible and we burned Rea who should have started today. Counsel keeps scratching his head… bad look. Coming from a cub fan
Please let Tucker walk away. Completely useless.
Does Matt Shaw know he gets to do a fun little photoshoot at the White House if they win everything?
Honestly, this is how I expected it to go. The bats have been slumping the entire second half, and the pitching has been mediocre as well. It doesn’t help that our pitchers are throwing fastballs right down the middle of the plate and the Brewers have jumped on those. It looks like a Dodgers-Brewers NLCS.
The Cubs are going to go exactly as far as this lineup can carry them. I hate to say it, but Ian Happ is not a guy who can lead a team deep into the playoffs. Same with Seiya, same with Tucker, same with Swanson. The lineup has too many all-or-nothing hitters who can light up mediocre pitching, but can’t get it done against better pitching. Combined with the fact that Counsell seems to lose about 50 baseball IQ points the moment the marquee says “playoffs” on it, the Cubs as constructed have an uphill battle. And spending 400M on another decade of Kyle Tucker isn’t going to move the needle in a positive direction.
Is it possible to get the Brewer’s manager and pay him a record amount?
I’ve gotta say, that does not look like a championship lineup. Do better.
I know losing to the Br*wers in the playoffs is bad but let’s keep in mind we have a great opportunity to reinvest. I’d say let Tucker test free agency and use the money to sign an ace and bring up the ginger for a full time role in the outfield next year.
We need the pitching we were too cheap to go get. Pitching is the difference in the playoffs.
I had to turn it off. It was so upsetting to watch.
Yeah we’re cooked. Idk what happened to the offense after the ASB but they just collectively stopped hitting for the most part.
Not the first time in recent memory. 2018 was the same way. I remember a stretch in I think August of that year where we only scored a single run in five consecutive games, all on solo homers.
This is the exact reason why we should have gotten a better starter than fucking Mike Soroka at the deadline.
Tom Ricketts: “I see nothing wrong here.”
This may be a bit of a hot take but I think if they got more hits, especially with runners on base. They’d have a chance to win.
Jk…but real talk, the cubs are pretender contenders this year. They played at the optimal peak of what this roster construction could. Jed can hang his hat on making the playoffs and “earning” his extension and ol Tommy boy can justify raising ticket prices as “we are just getting started” so he can fund further turning Wrigleyville into his Disneyland. While he spends free agency adding a #3 starter, bat bench, and a gaggle of reclamation pitchers. And we’ll eat it up. This is the way.
Punchless man. We get our three runs and then pack it in.
PCA swings at every turd they throw in the direction of the plate.
The Brewers are a better team with better pitching and guys that are totally motivated to slay the monster! Losing Horton was huge. Shota clearly isn’t right. Not having Tucker 100% to protect others in the lineup also huge. Offensive numbers typically go down in the post season because everyone has a 1-2 (at least punch) plus a solid bullpen. Cubs fans tend to have unrealistic expectations and jump off the bandwagon fast. There is a lot of upside from this team and a looming salary cap. That said if we take the next 2 at home there is a shot that we, not the Brewers, will lose to the Dodgers in the next round.
Honestly, we shouldn’t have made the playoffs. We got lucky. But we go to Wrigley where maybe something will happen in favor of the Cubs. Shota needs to walk. Half the guys in the sub are bandwagon fans