BATTING 2nd..BREGMAN Or WHO | Cubs Baseball Channel

Craig is an idiot! And trade bregman for a younger stronger player!

Another thing is pitchers can’t pitch 3 times vs lineups. Let pitchers figure it out

PCA
SUZUKI
HAPP
BREGMAN
BUSCH
KELLY
SWANSON
DH
HOENER

Great post. I had the same feeling about Assad. What were you thinking? In the end the final call is on the manager and I would like to see him gone already! Mick we are old school and I'm telling you if there are no changes this whole thing is going to be the same old same old for three more years and then the window will be closed for another world series. I have seen this movie over and over and I do not want us to have to wait another hundred years to win a title!

Justin Dean has also done well in spot duty. More ABs?

How many ABs has Busch got in the 2 hole because he was good there last year? Bregman I think you want more at 4 after a few days off. Happ, if he's playing I always like the switch hit power in the 2 hole. Johnathan Long lol. Can't say it enough. No how about Carson Kelly and Amaya? Rameriez should get some 3B reps with Bregman struggling and Bregman days off, but I wouldn't hit him 2nd. You gotta spark some guys tho so, Busch I think is the way I would go. Especially vs RH. Vs LH Carson Kelly and Amaya are the best options. Conforno is Playing ok but, I don't know that he's the answer there.

I hate antalynics I can't even spell it right. LOL When Bregman got that hit is shocked the hell out of me.

Batting second I would put Busch or Happ in the second slot.

I’d rather keep Bregman in the 2 spot so the middle & back end of the order can have more flow & put more men on for Dansby & PCA. His OBP is still decent & he gets hits so keep him in the 2 spot

flubs still stink and brewers have the season in the bag already

Player Salary/Game RBI/Game CPRBI (Cost per RBI)

Alex Bregman $216,049 0.4 $540,122

Dansby Swanson $172,840 0.45 $384,089

Seiya Suzuki $117,284 0.55 $213,243

Ian Happ $117,284 0.5 $234,568

Nico Hoerner $74,074 0.4 $185,185

Carson Kelly $30,864 0.3 $102,880

Michael Conforto $12,346 0.35 $35,274

Michael Busch $5,309 0.4 $13,272

Pete Crow‑Armstrong $4,938 0.25 $19,752

Miguel Amaya $4,992 0.2 $24,960

Justin Dean $4,815 0.15 $32,100

Kevin Alcántara $4,815 0.18 $26,750

Pedro Ramírez $4,815 0.22 $21,886


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1.PCA 2. Hoerner 3. Busch. 4.(DH?)Suzuki 5.Bregman. 6. Happ 7. Kelly/Amaya 8.(DH?) Ramirez/whoever 9. Swanson

Go Cubs!

Don’t forget about Ben Brown in Milwaukee two years ago. Had a no hitter thru 7 and Counsell pulled him. Could you imagine what a no hitter could’ve done for his confidence back then? We could have seen his break out two years earlier.

They definitely need to win the next 2 series before the break. Cubs need to remember this series and stick it crap birds !!

Alcantara or Bateman as a bench player? Shaw or Bregman at 3rd.

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wanting to be a player-manager instead of a baseball team manager.

might as well have AI run it.

Still hoping Bregman turns this around in the second half. He definitely needs the time off. Hope it helps.

I don't care for analytics. Baseball was played for over 100 years without analytics, and the game was just fine. Nico should hit second, Bregman should hit seventh until he proves he should hit higher in the lineup.

Are you analyzing anything at all? Happ has like 119 strike outs. He is hitting .220. He strikes out looking. Today he took a 1-1 pitch. A strike on the inside corner. Perfect pitch to swing at. He is now 1-2. He swings at a pitch in the dirt to whiff. He is on pace to strike out 224 times this year which will almost triple his projected walks. He is someone who ONLY looks to walk. Bregman is the exact same idiot. He can't do anything. The reason that Happ, Bregman, Suzuki suck? They always find themselves in a 0-2 count or a 1-2 count. Bregman has on multiple occasion this year struck out looking, then he taps his helmet. Confirmed. It was a strike. If your big 3 RBI guys are ONLY looking to walk and begging for it? There will be no changes. They will leave men on base. Did you see that Happ and Bregman are both hitting about .175 with runners in scoring position? Peacock showed the graphic. WHY IS THAT? It is because they are always taking strikes. Either on the corners or down the middle. When you are down 0-2 with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 1 out? The pitcher (unlike the moronic Cubs staff who groove strikes when ahead 0-2 or 1-2) will throw crap in the dirt, and like today, Happ swings at it and strikes out. They simply have to swing early at strikes. Did you see Ramirez today? He comes in cold off the bench and pinch hits for Kevin. FIRST PITCH SWINGING on a fast ball down the middle. He hits a rocket to RF and gets a SAC. As you are supposed to do in this situation. Runner at 3rd and less than 2 outs. AT MINIMUM, you MUST get grass. Ramirez does exactly that. Drives in a run, the throw from RF gets away from the 3B and Swanson also scores as he was also tagging up from 2nd base. You swing at strikes. Early in the count. You put the ball in play. Ramirez is like 22 and he knows what to do. Happ and Bregman do not, as they are obsessed with trying to get a walk. After the all star game, Craig should do what Joe did and bench Happ. Heyward was a gold glove guy who could not hit. Happ is the same. And by the way, get Amaya one game a week to start. He is not good. PCA (CF) Nico (2B) Suzuki (RF) Swanson (SS), Busch (1B), Kelly (C), Ramirez (3B), Conforto (DH) Shaw (LF).

Nico has to hit 2nd again, but now he’s behind Pete. Let Busch Happ and Seiya clean up and put Bregman in the 6 spot which may reinforce the bottom part of the lineup

Good show Mick. Hoerner seems to be turning things around. Perhaps he could fit in the two spot. He has the speed and can probably move PCA along. If you want a longshot to hit second, how about Pedro Ramirez?

The Cubs were successful with Busch or Horner batting 2nd in the past..