The 21 year old that we signed to an 8 year extension was finally starting to figure things out and Murphy really said “nah it’s summer of Sal” and benched him for a replacement level player.
Pancakes has managed these last two games like he’s a double agent who is going to turn heel and laugh manically as he walks out onto the field and tears his jersey off revealing a Cubs jersey underneath.
Tonight sure, over the course of the season, a lot better candidates.
That AB was still the worst. No one else chased a pitch at their ankles tonight. It killed the rally just like that. He had a 3-1 count in his hands before chasing the 2-1 with a good chance to go bases loaded 1 out.
Instead he decided to be a hero and forgot that he’s not that guy anymore.
I wish he would either just go on a tear and carry the offense, or completely tank so we can stop pretending he’s good and stop penciling him into the DH spot every night.
This .238 average , .701 OPS DH does nothing for anyone. Not quite bad enough to get benched but not good enough to move the needle for the offense.
I agree. You have to line him up to pitch at home.
The problem is if you’re at home that means Henderson doesn’t pitch til Game 3 and you’re not going to get him again in a 5 game series.
Hey, thanks Bauers for a terrible challenge and Frelick for a terrible non challenge.
The first strike not challenged that would have resulted in two outs back if challenged that I’ve seen.