It took the Cubs 1 pitch to realize that they just needed to feed Nicky G a steady stream of breaking pitches... each one a little further off the plate... to fan him.
This game turned on Grandal’s lazy ass tag after a great relay throw from Cruz. Or maybe it turned when BC chose to sign Grandal and Tellez. Maybe both.
That was terrible defense by Grandal, but then in the 6th with a runner in scoring position we have the Catcher set up and giving a target on the outer part of the plate to a RH hitter. Jones hits the outside black up in the zone with a 97 mph heater and the hitter takes it to the only place he can - right to where the second baseman usually plays. But, we had him positioned up the middle and unable to get to the easy GB that rolled into RF allowing the go ahead run to score. Jones was pissed! That should have been the third out - if pitching a RH hitter outside, the SS could be shaded up the middle, but the second baseman has to be playing his normal coverage. The ball was an easy hopper right to that spot.
To people who know the game, that is not a player or pitcher issue - it is a managerial screw-up!
When they basically ignored all the positions of need in the offseason and dumped $10 million on a relief pitcher, you had to know how this was going to play out.
And another quality start wasted. What a pile of complete junk our esteemed GM has assembled after 4 years of tanking. I wish I could suck as bad at everything I do as Ben Cherington and still make a living.
Pirates need to take a page from the 70’s cult classic, Logan’s Run, and exterminate all the 35+ years old players from this roster. Start with Tellez and Grandal.
So they called up Skenes, but somehow they still have a lineup that’d suck in AAA. Who could’ve seen that coming?
60 game on base streak against the Pirates and robbed a homerun tonight lol. Ian Happ is the biggest Pirate killer of all time he has to be
Albert Pujols would like a word. And Scott Rolen is with him.
Was trying to think of who some of notorious ones were from years past. Ryan Braun comes to mind for me
Reynolds, Jones, Skenes, Holderman and Bednar would be the only players on the Pirates 26-man roster who could make the Cubs' 40-man.
They'd take Cruz and play him at 3rd.
So would any normal team, except I am not sure Cruz is better than Morel.
Cruz is a better fielder and faster. It's a toss up on hitting.
Roansy trying to save his job with that 9th.
Pirates too slow on the replay request......comedy continues.
Looks like Haines took Nicky G to the side for hitting lesson before his last 2 at bats.
It took the Cubs 1 pitch to realize that they just needed to feed Nicky G a steady stream of breaking pitches... each one a little further off the plate... to fan him.
Where have we seen that before with Gonzales? Take the boy out of Indy, but …
This game turned on Grandal’s lazy ass tag after a great relay throw from Cruz. Or maybe it turned when BC chose to sign Grandal and Tellez. Maybe both.
That was terrible defense by Grandal, but then in the 6th with a runner in scoring position we have the Catcher set up and giving a target on the outer part of the plate to a RH hitter. Jones hits the outside black up in the zone with a 97 mph heater and the hitter takes it to the only place he can - right to where the second baseman usually plays. But, we had him positioned up the middle and unable to get to the easy GB that rolled into RF allowing the go ahead run to score. Jones was pissed! That should have been the third out - if pitching a RH hitter outside, the SS could be shaded up the middle, but the second baseman has to be playing his normal coverage. The ball was an easy hopper right to that spot.
To people who know the game, that is not a player or pitcher issue - it is a managerial screw-up!
When they basically ignored all the positions of need in the offseason and dumped $10 million on a relief pitcher, you had to know how this was going to play out.
And another quality start wasted. What a pile of complete junk our esteemed GM has assembled after 4 years of tanking. I wish I could suck as bad at everything I do as Ben Cherington and still make a living.
Make a living? Hell, people are handing out extensions!
Cease and Padres pen 1-hit the Cubs in their last game. Tall task. Kinda what we need from Skenes.
Drop Tellez and give Joe more at bats . Call up Peguero
Drop Taylor and call up Bae
Drop grandal, call up tank and trade Priester for a AAA backup catcher
Sources say? Or is this your own opinion?
Sources say Harrington Barcoand Reilly are on the market for an outfielder
I think calling up Bae and send down Tellez would work. Triolo could help Joe out at first.
Stratton having some tough luck this inning. After those last two ridiculous hits, I would've plunked Happ just out of principle.
Unwatchable. How does one team manage to get so many horrible hitters in one lineup?
Are these at bats part of that "process" Haines was talking about or maybe they are a pathetic unintended consequence of that "process".
Pathetic string of at bats
Washed up waste of
This is what happens when you break up the band
Tank and Jones are a package deal
Pirates need to take a page from the 70’s cult classic, Logan’s Run, and exterminate all the 35+ years old players from this roster. Start with Tellez and Grandal.