The 2018 Play Like It's 2016 Cubs

[Saul Goodman]

One of my favorite things that Javy and Willson have been doing is appealing their own check swings to the first base umpire. It's a preemptive strike against the home plate umpire making the call without asking for help and it's genius.

[Saul Goodman]

Back to owning the Reds. That's more like it.

[Saul Goodman]

Alec, you're no Ryan O'Malley.

[Yeti]

Alec, you're no Ryan O'Malley.

True story: He's my boss's cousin.

[Saul Goodman]

Guys I've thought a lot about this and when it comes to the last five games of the season, winning ,,, it's good. The Cubs should win imo.

[Saul Goodman]

Lol

[CubFaninHydePark]

I didn't think I'd ever miss the 2017 bullpen.

Boy, I was wrong.  The front office really fucked up this season.

[Tonker]

I didn't think I'd ever miss the 2017 bullpen.

Boy, I was wrong.  The front office really fucked up this season.

They lost their top two guys to injury, so every single pitcher in the pen is two spots higher in the pecking order than they should be.  They also lost Darvish, which means once every time through the rotation you get a four-inning start from Monty.  And the schedule over the last month has given nobody any breathing room.

Stupid fucking front office.

[Quality Start Machine]

I didn't think I'd ever miss the 2017 bullpen.

Boy, I was wrong.  The front office really fucked up this season.

They lost their top two guys to injury, so every single pitcher in the pen is two spots higher in the pecking order than they should be.  They also lost Darvish, which means once every time through the rotation you get a four-inning start from Monty.  And the schedule over the last month has given nobody any breathing room.

Stupid fucking front office.

Yeah, the stupid front office should have anticipated one of the premier setup guys in the game suddenly being unable to hit the broad side of a barn with his pitches, or two guys who have been pretty dependable all year having rough outings on the same night.

[CBStew]

I didn't think I'd ever miss the 2017 bullpen.

Boy, I was wrong.  The front office really fucked up this season.

They lost their top two guys to injury, so every single pitcher in the pen is two spots higher in the pecking order than they should be.  They also lost Darvish, which means once every time through the rotation you get a four-inning start from Monty.  And the schedule over the last month has given nobody any breathing room.

Stupid fucking front office.

Yeah, the stupid front office should have anticipated one of the premier setup guys in the game suddenly being unable to hit the broad side of a barn with his pitches, or two guys who have been pretty dependable all year having rough outings on the same night.

162 games in a season, half of which are played on the road and mostly at night, are a grind.  All teams have the same issue, but that goes a long way to explain what is going on in the Cubs' bullpen.  Some of these guys would have been wise to get their Business Administration degrees instead of majoring in P.E.

[Yeti]

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[Saul Goodman]

Hey, remember last season how the Cubs signed Chris Coghlan but he never made it back to the MLB team?  See? 2018 could have been worse.