It wasn’t Ross’ fault that Swanson failed to catch that ball in Arizona in the 13th inning Saturday, wasn’t his fault that Cy Young candidate Justin Steele served up two three-run homers on Friday. This is not Ross’ fault - he can only play the guys the front office gives him and though you can at times fault him for lineup selections or bullpen choices, I guarantee you that if someone replaced him, within a week you’d be complaining about those choices from the new guy. I cannot think of anything more ridiculous. I have heard many calls on social media for the firing of David Ross over this losing streak. There is one last thing I want to address. Over the five-game losing streak the Cubs have been outscored 32-19, outhomered 8-4 and outplayed in just about every phase of baseball. 282/.375/.484 in 48 games, his best OPS against anyone. Against the Cubs, though, he turns into an All-Star, with a career line of. Peterson is a 33-year-old role player who’s been on seven teams and has a career slash line of. That double by Peterson sums up these Cubs. Meanwhile, the D-backs were extending the lead against Jose Cuas, who allowed a pair in the sixth on a two-run homer by Ketel Marte, and another in the seventh when Jace Peterson doubled off Luke Little, the run charged to Daniel Palencia. They had just four baserunners the rest of the way, and just one past first base. Īnd so that was all the Cubs could score in that inning, and indeed, for the rest of the game. One out later, Mike Tauchman singled him in. In the top of the second, Dansby Swanson led off with a double. Oh, there were some attempts, early on, at least. Jordan Wicks, who had been so good over his first three starts, had a shaky first inning and allowed three Arizona runs, and honestly everyone could have gone home right then because the Cubs offense didn’t produce enough to overcome that. Happ, unfortunately, was stranded as the next three Cubs were routine outs. Perhaps this should have been done sooner? He’s 5-for-10 with that double and a walk. Happ got moved into the leadoff spot Saturday by David Ross. I suppose you’d like a brief recap of Sunday’s depressing defeat. As is my custom, I will be posting a “Three up, three down” article later today and truthfully, I’m having trouble thinking of who I’d put in the “three up” section.
They’re not getting timely hitting, they’re not getting solid relief pitching, they’re not fielding well. It’s remarkable how fast this team has fallen. (The Cubs have the tiebreaker over the Giants and currently lead them by two games.) So not only do the Cubs have to start winning, they would have to finish with more wins than at least two of the Diamondbacks, Marlins and Reds, because all three of those teams have the tiebreaker over the Cubs. (FWIW, Miami has the tiebreaker over Arizona.) if the season ended now, the Cubs would be on the outside looking in. Both teams have the tiebreaker over the Cubs, so. By defeating the Cubs Sunday, the D-backs moved ahead of the them into the second wild-card spot at 79-72, and the Cubs are now tied with the Marlins at 78-72. That’s the position they find themselves in with 12 games to go. Now, even though baseball-reference has the Cubs at a 55.4 percent chance to make the postseason and Fangraphs has them at 46 percent, the Cubs are in real danger of missing this year’s postseason entirely.
One week ago, they were two games out of the top wild card and three games out of first place and either position seemed possible. The Cubs picked just about the worst possible time to match their season-high losing streak at five games with Sunday night’s 6-2 loss to the Diamondbacks. Here, let me start with the worse news, maybe the rest of this recap will feel better in comparison. I’ve got bad news and worse news about the Chicago Cubs.
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