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Listened to Rizzo mic'd up in tonight's game. He loves the game.
Reminded me of an essay I read when he was coming up. In Mexico, on bus ride to the next game he was talking up staying loose. He liked the freedom of that Mexican development league-- giant bat flips and stupid in-game chatter. Advised his seatmate to lighten up and enjoy the ride. In Mexico. He was having fun then.
In this article his: “You’re going to have ups and downs, and it’s how you carry yourself through these times that makes the good times sweeter.” sounds like he hasn't changed much.
He's easy to to like, and he had very good night tonight.
So there's that.
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Is it 19 additional days that Nico will be sent down to AAA later his season?
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Who could have predicted that pairing a soft-tossing rotation constructed with 4-5 inning starters and an erratic bullpen would go so horribly wrong?
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Now that Davies and Pederson are returning to MLB level production and the current Cubs squads potential appears to be a few games over 500 if everyone is healthy- can/should the Cubs trade these veteran guys?
Joc is 12-27 since coming off the IL on 4 May and Zachs ERA over last 3 starts is 1.10 (2 ER over 16 1/3 innings)
A few caveats - already expecting that Cubs will be selling off Bryant and Kimbrel for some magic beans prior to trading deadline assuming they are healthy and continue their torrid production. Neither player - Joc nor Zach) is part of Cubs long term solution. In addition, despite 25% fan capacity opening for Wrigley and expected full openings for late in year - Wrigley is probably not going to draw much more than a million fans this season so expect more historical losses crap. Recent fan surveys say about 1/3 state theyre willing to attend a MLB game if venues were fully open and covid under control.
Im not one for tanking future seasons as the new CBA will likely limit/hinder teams ability to drastically lower payroll and given the Ricketts Wrigleyville real estate, media/gambling and other investments, they need butts in Wrigley but losing these non essential players may allow spending on 2022 and other future roster additions
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And how different would the 2020 Cubs be if they were able to hold onto Caratini?
Having Vargas and his 140 BA as a DH really doesn’t strike fear in any opposing pitcher over age 16
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Offsets the historic losses
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Concerned with Heyward being removed from game last night, maybe Cubs should have received something more than $1 to offset the cost of either ice for Heyward’s hamstrings or another healthy outfielder
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This pitcher Short at Iowa is interesting, hitting 101?
