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Originally Posted by jd1020
If you think theres any team in the central that has as much talent as the Cubs you are lying to yourself. They are simply flawed because theres too much swing and miss in the lineup which is getting exposed because Zobrist decided he was just going to quit on the team for damn near the whole season because of a divorce.
The role players on this team are cut from the same cloth as the stars so while they Cubs can field a lineup that has 4 or 5 guys with a .850 OPS+ the guys that are supposed to set the table dont do it often enough and same thing with the guys that should be playing station to station. Why the **** guys like Ian Happ are still on this roster is beyond me.
It also doesn't help that Maddon is a ****ing circus act that juggles everything for no apparent reason other than to demonstrate his brilliance. One day someones playing 3rd, the next they are playing RF, the next they are playing LF, and just for fun maybe we'll stick them in CF. About the only players that know where they are going to play are Rizzo and Baez and even then who knows where the **** they are going to hit in the lineup. One day they'll be asked to drive in runs from the middle of the lineup and the next day they'll be asked to change their approach and leadoff. And oh by the way if you are on fire and just had a 4 hit game with 2 home runs and 5 RBI's treat yourself to a day off because you havent had one in 4 games. Even the players have hinted at their displeasure with the constant juggling and not know what they are going to be asked to do from one day to the next but brush it off as "that's just Joe being Joe." His constant juggling and the fact that he can't manage a bullpen even if it was scripted perfectly for him is likely a big reason why just 3 years ago he won a WS and today he's a lame duck. Sure he can get a lot out of players by simply making the locker room a fun environment but he's an absolute clown when it comes to managing a game.
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I didn't say the Cubs didn't have the most overall talent but its not "far and way" better it is "marginally better" talent and their record proves this.
And you aren't making a good argument for your team being "far and away" more talented your argument tells me they aren't.
I mean shit by your standards the Cardinals are way more talented than their record, the issue is Carp, Goldy, DeJonge, Fowler, Molina, J Martinez, Wong, Micholas, C Martinez, Flaherty etc....just aren't playing up to their expectations.