Chicago Cubs Baseball News | Time For a Youth Movement?
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The Chicago Cubs drop another close game. This time 6-5 to the Reds Friday at Wrigley Field. We've seen this all before. The bullpen blows another lead and the Cubs offense mounts another rally but can't get The Big Hit. Why pitch hit Nick Magrical for Patrick Wisdom? Mick Gillispie talks about the Cubs loss and previews todays game.
Cubs vs Reds 6:15 CT
Justin Steele (0-2, 4.45 ERA) vs Hunter Greene (3-2, 3.06 ERA)
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Mick Gillispie has covered the Chicago Cubs since 2007 and has been a fan of the team since the 1984 season. He has broadcasted spring training games or been heard on Cubs.com, MLB.com, 670 The Score, WGN, CSN-Chicago and Marquee Sports Network. He is an award winning play-by-play voice for the Tennessee Smokies Cubs Double-A Affiliate. He has also hosted many forums over the years at Cubs Convention including Down on The Farm.
Man you hit the nail on the head glad to see happier doing better the pen is the main malfunction there are some guys need to go and some to keep how ever you can’t keep giving up games like you can not get them back you have the young guys go go other teams are doing well give them a chance milt
How do they not have Madrigal bunt in that situation? He’s a ground ball double play machine. Barely escaped the DP. Really bad send at third.
Yep, Madrigal should have never went home and challenged De la Cruzs' arm. It's maybe the best in baseball. He was out by 4 feet.
Madrigal is not a good fit on the roster, and he hasn’t been since he arrived
Because Counsell doesn’t bunt
Counsell isn’t a fan of the bunt….not many managers are anymore. Unfortunately, it’s become a lost art.
It was a bad call by Willie Harris, and he took responsibility for it, but with the offense struggling with runners in scoring position lately, it was a send he had to make.
what would you do to make this team better and make them start to winning games?
get rid of Wisdom, Madrigal, Smyly
The bull pen is horrible but often times Counsell puts players like Hendricks and Smyly in high leverage spots when other pitchers are available, like Hodge. Counsell is more concerned about the future than winning today. Maybe Ross wasn't such a bad manager after all.
All that situation required was letting wisdom swing for the fences. Had he struck out, oh well. Atleast there is a chance. But it's not fair to pick at certain players when the other guys are just as bad.
MIL is playing pretty good right now...they're 11 above 500
Know you like him, but gotta hold Jed accountable Mick. These guys aren't stars, just lot of mediocre talent. We gotta bring up our farm....enough with the aging veterans on the cheap. With you on madrigal pinch hitting....that is just crazy....why?
The Cubs seem to lack "heart!" They don't play as a group but as individuals. Who's the leader on this team? Where's our Rizzo?
That’s what I keep saying! They don’t look like a unit.
It's not all Madrigals fault. You guys.... Always looking for a scapegoat.. The answer is right there in front of you. The team has lost confidence and self belief and that only comes from one person. The manager. He may be the best thing since sliced bread but he's not a people person. He looks very unapproachable to me. Always glaring, terrible body language when the players pass him after at bats,. He just turns his back on them. Watch him, really watch him.. I dont care what you say, counsell is fine when he's got ace closers, bullpen etc. I haven't seen him smile once.
Something about these losers aren’t so lovable anymore
Can we please DFA these guys that can't hit, run the bases, or throw strikes? I don't even want these guys to be an option for Craig. Sign the hitting/pitching coaches or Craig to player contracts if needed.
We will bounce back, we're just getting the losing out of the way early in the season.
Noticed cubs are fat and slow, while the brewers are fast and fit.
may not oplay tonight due to rain all day in CHicago
Mick, how do you think the players feel about playing 23 on 26 everyday? They have to realize, even if they never admit it, that there are 3-5 players who should not be on the team. To those who say they can option Madrigal, no, just get him out of the organization all together.
It’s just time. You are right
send down Madrigal, bring up Vazquez.
Why are the Chicago Cubs so timid about calling up young prospects and actually PLAY6ING them. Are they afraid of hurting Swanson"s feelings if they give him some time off and putting in Luis Vasquez at shortstop? Aren't we all getting tired of watching Swanson strikeout or hit feeble ground balls in the infield? DH him, Start PCA in CF with Belli at 1B, Platoon Morel and Busch at 3B, but DO SOMETHING before it's too late. Championship teams make those moves necessary to win ballgames.
Sorry, but anyone who thinks this team is going to win the division is completely delusional. The Brewers have a great offense, unlike the Cubs. They need to do a full-blown youth movement right now. There's no reason to wait anymore. If they lose 100 games with the kids playing, no big whoop. Point to 2025, and get a couple of decent power hitters and shut down relievers in the offseason. Hoyer better not trade any more prospects trying to shore up this failed team. I don't think I've disliked a Cubs team more-- well, besides last year, but it's basically the same team.
Something I have noticed is that all the Cubs…I mean ALL…are either whiffing or fouling fastballs down the middle. Not fouling them straight back. That means you’re right on them. I mean fouling them off…oFF…as in they are OFF. All of the Cubs hitters are doing this consistently now, no matter who is pitching…from Skeans to their worst reliever. I remember the Cubs hitters fall into this several years ago…and they never banged out of it. They had a very good offensive team and they suddenly fell into a season long slump where they couldn’t square up a fastball. It did not end for the whole season.
Those late rally’s always end up running into a buzz saw of someone like Madrigal coming up and GIDP, which he did aside from the guy making it a slow play. Or they run into a dumb baserunning error, which Madrigal/Willie Harris did…
They should have kept Ross and dismantled the team. At least they looked and played happier then. You screwed their manager and now they’re screwing you.
The Cubs desperately need an everyday catcher. Gomes can be a solid backup defensive catcher for the rest of the season, but, I don’t see Amaya as the catcher of the future. He struggles with passed balls and wild pitches and he’s just not hitting. And, I haven’t been impressed with the catchers in the Cubs farm system. It might be time to trade some of the minor league talent for a catcher who can stick around for four or five years…maybe longer.
I’m also disappointed that Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins haven’t been as proactive as I had hoped. I know the team has had a ton of injuries, but, there are still noticeable holes to fill and they’ve done, pretty much, nothing.
Goodmorning mick there has to be some young giy in double A that can get outs in the majors.i remember jack mckeon bringing all the young guys in the marlins system back in 2003 and you saw how it work out for them..at this point,counsel have roll the dice.
They can't play fundamental baseball
Mick seems like Jed's plan is to trust that his team's offense will figure it out like they did last year at mid season. May be relying too much on the hope that some of these(pitchers) in recent acquisitions may magically translate into instant immediate future at the major league level after some grooming at AAA Iowa.
Can this team realistically hold out until reinforcements arrive after the All star break?
Nobody should ever run on Elly De LA Cruz
He's playing worse defense this year than last. It was a poor decision to run but he's not elite.
Thanks for the show Mick! LET'S GO CUBS!!! ⚾️✌️💙🐻
WE WON!!!!!
Go Cubs!
The cubs are done. They were in such a good position in the beginning of may and now they have buried them selves.
Too early to say they're done. They're not the white Sox
@@chicubs5574 mark my words, they’re done. They have blown to many games and the can’t even get a two game winning streak together. Milwaukee just has to maintain what they are doing, the cubs need to do something massive to dig out of there hole. With this bull pen it’s over.
“They are who we thought they were and we let ‘em’ off the hook!”
If it's any consolation Richard Lovelady is getting pounded with the Rays...
Happ gave them a chance, not PCA. We don't usually hit this Cincy pitcher tonight.
I told my wife that Madrigal would be out at the plate as the play unfolded, I don’t know what he offers this team. He’s not fast, terrible base runner( that wasn’t the first blunder on the base pash for Nick, there have been many) and he is the weakest hitter in the league. I thought Craig left Smyly in too long. Cubs won’t win the divisional race unless the bullpen gets figured out.
How many blown saves have to happen before management does something even if it's wrong.
We can’t bitch about the bullpen because we knew what the bullpen was from last season and they didn’t do anything about it.
Honestly it feels like we’re losing on the margins there’s 1 or 2 moments that we need to be smart in that we’re just not succeeding at, it could be madrigal getting thrown out at home again it could be bullpen selection needing a better plate appearance they’re just not answering at the right time
I’m no Madrigal fan…if it were up to me he and Mastro would’ve been launched long ago, but that send was on Willie Harris. And I’m not mad at Willie for being aggressive. It took a perfect relay to get him and DeLaCruz threw a laser to the plate.
Assad wasn’t at his best but if that’s his worst, he’s very solid.
The Cubs bats are beginning to wake up. The defense needs to tighten up and the bullpen needs to start locking down whatever leads it’s given.
At this rate the Cubs will be sellers not buyers at the trade deadline if things don’t turn around. If that happens I will be disappointed about the season but I will without a doubt be excited to see the kids come up. That would be better than watching a bunch of veterans struggle.
Selling should not even be a thought for this team
@@mrasinar4716 They are the Chicago Cubs they are in a large market and they should never be sellers.
When we had Sammy we had a good player to watch we don’t have that type of player right now. And it stinks it’s June and we are cooked already. Hopefully we can pull a last year and get something going.
Wisdom needs to be in the line up for four at bats , he’s a game changer, he’s the only other player that can hit 40 home runs.
No he is not he is a weak link
Wisdom and Madrigal shouldn’t even be on this team. Wisdom is NOT a game changer; does he have some power? Sure, but that’s all he has and it’s not consistent. To me Wisdom and Madrigal are taking up roster spots the Cubs could be using on some young players.
@@scottemory72 wisdom can change the game with one swing of the bat ant any moment, but you have to let him play. If you bat him second they have to pitch to him otherwise face Bellinger , he’s a great fastball hitter
@@scottemory72 wisdom is the only other guy on this team that could reach 40 home runs. That is Power.
@@johnnyv6332 Patrick Wisdom is 32. In his career he's struck out 499 times in 1,362 plate appearances. He's never hit 40 home runs in a season, and he never will. In the 3 seasons with the Cubs, he's hit .231/.207/.205 and has never been a consistent run producer. On top of that he is a major defensive liability so you can't play him in the field everyday. He is the living embodiment of a wasted roster space, better spent on someone younger with an actual ceiling.