They could use a couple more like him. This is a guy Rail should like. He was only brought up out of necessity when the AAA Shortstop got hurt.This kid looks like a really good old school baseball player:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hoerne000nic
They could use a couple more like him. This is a guy Rail should like. He was only brought up out of necessity when the AAA Shortstop got hurt.
Crazy because the run differential pretty much recognizes the difference in player skill too. Brewers roster is clearly inferior to the Cubs, but thanks to the opener strategy and some good ole magic they are in a good spot at the moment. Kind of a waste though, hard for them to win more than a WC game in the playoffs with no Yelich.
On talent alone the Cubs should have won the division, if they don't even make the WC, that would be pretty bad
Almora is a player who needs a change of scenery bad. He hasn’t been the same since hitting the little girl in Houston. Maddon is totally selling out defense in search of more offense with mixed results.maddon keeps putting swarber in the lineup . Put castellanos in left alomar in center and heyward in right. ... Castellano cannot play the field but he CAN hit better than swarber. Why have 2 bad fielders in the OF with castellano & swarber ?
Almora is a player who needs a change of scenery bad. He hasn’t been the same since hitting the little girl in Houston. Maddon is totally selling out defense in search of more offense with mixed results.
Almora is a player who needs a change of scenery bad. He hasn’t been the same since hitting the little girl in Houston. Maddon is totally selling out defense in search of more offense with mixed results.
i did not know about the girl but i agree he is trading one for the other. I just think he is coming out short with the move. This could be theo's fault of not moving swarber.
actually Schwarber has had a decent year. They have tried various players at leadoff and none have worked out, Almora being the biggest disappointment.
They know he stinks as a fielder. He’s been one of their best hitters for 6 weeks also. Bottom line is they fell in love with the players they drafted. Coupled with poor FA signings, you now have this. Happ, Almora, Russell, and Bode have let them down far more than Schwarber.swarber stinks in the field... cannot hit.....only a slugger.....
They know he stinks as a fielder. He’s been one of their best hitters for 6 weeks also. Bottom line is they fell in love with the players they drafted. Coupled with poor FA signings, you now have this. Happ, Almora, Russell, and Bode have let them down far more than Schwarber.
The cubs have scored 0-1 runs in 21 games. They have also scored 10+ 21 times.
That is what this Cubs team reminds me of, those Nats teams. They were basically built for the regular season.Washington was like that in a recent year. May have been 2017. I remember their average runs and median runs per game were different by 1.5 runs.
Dodgers one of the leaders in run differential but 4-11 in one run games.