The 2016 Cubs: SPLOOGE SPLOOGE SPLOOGE

[ChuckD]

What was your favorite moment of the Brian Matusz Era?

Between sending down La Stella in favor of Coghlan, giving Matusz a start because fuck it why not, and using Joel Peralta at all it feels like the Cubs are using the rest of the season for roster tinkering rather than winning which is pretty fucking dumb considering their lead is now longer even remotely close to insurmountable

Meh, they had to call Matusz up or let him walk. Given that he's a LHP, had good numbers from 2013-15, and was effective in his minor league rehab, it was worth giving him a shot.

[SKO]

What was your favorite moment of the Brian Matusz Era?

Between sending down La Stella in favor of Coghlan, giving Matusz a start because fuck it why not, and using Joel Peralta at all it feels like the Cubs are using the rest of the season for roster tinkering rather than winning which is pretty fucking dumb considering their lead is now longer even remotely close to insurmountable

Meh, they had to call Matusz up or let him walk. Given that he's a LHP, had good numbers from 2013-15, and was effective in his minor league rehab, it was worth giving him a shot.

So stash him in the pen, give him some opportunities as a LOOGY. Starting him was just dumb

[Saul Goodman]

What was your favorite moment of the Brian Matusz Era?

Between sending down La Stella in favor of Coghlan, giving Matusz a start because fuck it why not, and using Joel Peralta at all it feels like the Cubs are using the rest of the season for roster tinkering rather than winning which is pretty fucking dumb considering their lead is now longer even remotely close to insurmountable

Meh, they had to call Matusz up or let him walk. Given that he's a LHP, had good numbers from 2013-15, and was effective in his minor league rehab, it was worth giving him a shot.

So stash him in the pen, give him some opportunities as a LOOGY. Starting him was just dumb

And they made Justin Grimm join Tommy La Stella in the Sent Down To Make Room for Trash club.

[Saul Goodman]

Damn. Felix has been clowning Rizzo tonight.

[ChuckD]

What was your favorite moment of the Brian Matusz Era?

Between sending down La Stella in favor of Coghlan, giving Matusz a start because fuck it why not, and using Joel Peralta at all it feels like the Cubs are using the rest of the season for roster tinkering rather than winning which is pretty fucking dumb considering their lead is now longer even remotely close to insurmountable

Meh, they had to call Matusz up or let him walk. Given that he's a LHP, had good numbers from 2013-15, and was effective in his minor league rehab, it was worth giving him a shot.

So stash him in the pen, give him some opportunities as a LOOGY. Starting him was just dumb

Why? The beginning of a home game is as low-leverage as it gets.

[Wheezer]

What was your favorite moment of the Brian Matusz Era?

Between sending down La Stella in favor of Coghlan, giving Matusz a start because fuck it why not, and using Joel Peralta at all it feels like the Cubs are using the rest of the season for roster tinkering rather than winning which is pretty fucking dumb considering their lead is now longer even remotely close to insurmountable

Meh, they had to call Matusz up or let him walk. Given that he's a LHP, had good numbers from 2013-15, and was effective in his minor league rehab, it was worth giving him a shot.

So stash him in the pen, give him some opportunities as a LOOGY. Starting him was just dumb

You know, this is krayzee talk, but there is this "showcasing" thing right before the deadline.

P.S. What's Wood doing in LF again? I've been suffering from sudden bursts of being barely able to stay awake.

[Saul Goodman]

What was your favorite moment of the Brian Matusz Era?

Between sending down La Stella in favor of Coghlan, giving Matusz a start because fuck it why not, and using Joel Peralta at all it feels like the Cubs are using the rest of the season for roster tinkering rather than winning which is pretty fucking dumb considering their lead is now longer even remotely close to insurmountable

Meh, they had to call Matusz up or let him walk. Given that he's a LHP, had good numbers from 2013-15, and was effective in his minor league rehab, it was worth giving him a shot.

So stash him in the pen, give him some opportunities as a LOOGY. Starting him was just dumb

You know, this is krayzee talk, but there is this "showcasing" thing right before the deadline.

P.S. What's Wood doing in LF again? I've been suffering from sudden bursts of being barely able to stay awake.

Joe Gonna Joe.

[Wheezer]

What was your favorite moment of the Brian Matusz Era?

Between sending down La Stella in favor of Coghlan, giving Matusz a start because fuck it why not, and using Joel Peralta at all it feels like the Cubs are using the rest of the season for roster tinkering rather than winning which is pretty fucking dumb considering their lead is now longer even remotely close to insurmountable

Meh, they had to call Matusz up or let him walk. Given that he's a LHP, had good numbers from 2013-15, and was effective in his minor league rehab, it was worth giving him a shot.

So stash him in the pen, give him some opportunities as a LOOGY. Starting him was just dumb

You know, this is krayzee talk, but there is this "showcasing" thing right before the deadline.

P.S. What's Wood doing in LF again? I've been suffering from sudden bursts of being barely able to stay awake.

Joe Gonna Joe.

This is the ESPN Sunday feature game, right? I can scarcely imagine what's been running through their heads between Matusz showing up to start and Free Baseball to end.

[SKO]

Hahahaha that was fucking nuts

[Saul Goodman]

Hahahaha that was fucking nuts

I think that might be my favorite win of the year. When Matusz left in disgrace I thought they had no chance.

[SKO]

I still think the Matusz thing was dumb and that being forced to exhaust the entire pen probably negates the gain from giving the starters an extra day of rest, especially if Hendricks has to throw like 115 pitches or something today, but I think the less we speak of Brian Matusz from here on out the better.

This bullpen is legitimately great now, Heyward is maybe, maybe coming around finally, Jake has looked pretty Jakeish for three straight starts barring one inning against the White Sox. I still don't think Theo will sit tight today, either. Things are looking good.

[Quality Start Machine]

I can't help wondering if Wood's catch in LF will be like Ross' IP/HR against the Phillies last season, something to loosen everyone up so they can tear the National League several new assholes in August.

[Oleg]

I still think the Matusz thing was dumb and that being forced to exhaust the entire pen probably negates the gain from giving the starters an extra day of rest, especially if Hendricks has to throw like 115 pitches or something today, but I think the less we speak of Brian Matusz from here on out the better.

This bullpen is legitimately great now, Heyward is maybe, maybe coming around finally, Jake has looked pretty Jakeish for three straight starts barring one inning against the White Sox. I still don't think Theo will sit tight today, either. Things are looking good.

To those of us who weren't farting fire on Twitter with every Cubs loss or misplay, things were always looking pretty good.

[SKO]

I still think the Matusz thing was dumb and that being forced to exhaust the entire pen probably negates the gain from giving the starters an extra day of rest, especially if Hendricks has to throw like 115 pitches or something today, but I think the less we speak of Brian Matusz from here on out the better.

This bullpen is legitimately great now, Heyward is maybe, maybe coming around finally, Jake has looked pretty Jakeish for three straight starts barring one inning against the White Sox. I still don't think Theo will sit tight today, either. Things are looking good.

To those of us who weren't farting fire on Twitter with every Cubs loss or misplay, things were always looking pretty good.

To be fair TJ Brown declared the season basically over on this here board like two weeks ago. I was never *that* far gone

[Oleg]

I still think the Matusz thing was dumb and that being forced to exhaust the entire pen probably negates the gain from giving the starters an extra day of rest, especially if Hendricks has to throw like 115 pitches or something today, but I think the less we speak of Brian Matusz from here on out the better.

This bullpen is legitimately great now, Heyward is maybe, maybe coming around finally, Jake has looked pretty Jakeish for three straight starts barring one inning against the White Sox. I still don't think Theo will sit tight today, either. Things are looking good.

To those of us who weren't farting fire on Twitter with every Cubs loss or misplay, things were always looking pretty good.

To be fair TJ Brown declared the season basically over on this here board like two weeks ago. I was never *that* far gone

Yeah...shit's getting weird.