David D. Chapman

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@ChiBearsMuse Would love to be in the chat

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Some life from Suzuki and Swanson.

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Most career steals of home in MLB history.

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[CubsFan858 @cubsfan858]

The only thing that can fix the current state of the Cubs is for their supposed good hitters (Seiya, Busch, Bregman, Dansby, Nico, Happ) start hitting consistently again, and for their supposed good pitchers (Boyd, Cabrera, Jamo, Shota) to pitch better.

[Matt Clapp @TheBlogfines]

Putting this stuff on Counsell is so silly.

The players need to hit and perform. It's really that simple.

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@CHGO_Cubs My batting order would be

1. Hoerner
2. PCA
3. Bregman
4. Busch
5. Happ
6. Amaya
7. Ramirez
8. Suzuki
9. Swanson

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@sonicboom9621 @ChiefCub And here is the thing with Happ & Suzuki.
You can make the argument for keeping Happ in the 4th or 5th spot because he slugs. Alot.

But Suzuki is an automatic out and needs to be in the 8th spot just above Swanson in the 9th.

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@sonicboom9621 @ChiefCub It'd be nice to separate Suzuki and Happ in the order.

How many 1 out rallies have they killed?

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@ChiefCub Bregmam Suzuki Happ 3,4,5 again.

Great.

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SMH

[Chief Cub @ChiefCub]

According to Fangraphs, the #Cubs have a 9.5% chance to win the division and a 47.5% chance to make the playoffs.

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@CubsWorld80 Yep. Have too

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@CubsWorld80 They draw a lot of walks

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@CubsWorld80 Yes. But his production is not the problem.

It's where he is in the batting order.

Half of the Cubs issues right now are with the batting order.

Happ & Suzuki cant bat consecutively in the order

Lowering Suzuki to 7th fixes 30% of this

Bregman too. He should bat 2nd or 5th

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@obvious_shirts Would make a great shirt

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Craig Counsel has to stop batting Suzuki and Happ in the 4 & 5 spots in the line up.

How many times have those two killed a rally???

[Tony Andracki @TonyAndracki23]

Pitching reinforcements on the way for Cubs:

-Edward Cabrera recovering well from blister and will start for Cubs this weekend, Craig Counsell said.

-Matthew Boyd (knee) will make another rehab start Sat with Triple-A Iowa and is expected to join MLB rotation after that.

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@BBGreatMoments Kris Bryant
Ryan Theriot

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