As all of us who saw the game, know what kind of game Soriano had in the outfield today. Well so did uncle Lou apparently. In his post game comments to the press he said,"Obviously if we're not scoring runs we'll have to put our best defense out there, thats for sure." Get ready for the possibility of a heavy dose of Tyler Colvin, &/or Xavier Nady in the days ahead.
That's if it's not just Lou's frustration talking, although he didn't appear to be angry when he said it.
Soriano's defense? Its self explanatory. This guy's defense has been killing the Cubs for awhile now. And the fact he can't hit anymore is the worst scenario of all.
People are saying he has to stay healthy for him and the Cubs to have a chance. I'm saying the opposite. Please! Feel free to pull a hammy Sori. Something season ending would be beneficial for the teams chances. As horrible as that sounds, its the unfortunate truth. Because he's not getting benched at eighteen million a year forever.
Too bad we didn't have his old batting coach Jara...oh wait a minute. Never mind.
I know people will blame the bullpen. They did contribute, But this offense is putting too much pressure on the young pitchers. Its not like they're getting killed. Either way you slice it these bases on balls can't continue.
I think those comments Caridad made about getting squeezed after Fridays game, won't do him any favors w/the umps by the way.
We really need to make sure Marshall stays healthy. Man what a curveball he got going early this season. He's one of the best value's out there. I don't know what he's making, but I think its safe to say he'll be due for a raise soon.
Of course I can't write about this game without mentioning Gorzelanny. Now I'm not going to get too excited about Silva and Gorzelanny this early, because it's still against the Reds who have yet to prove themselves. But if these two continue to pitch like this? Well just like Soriano's defense, that's something that speaks for itself.
Especially if the top three pitch like they have. Minus Zambrano's first game of course.
But when your offense have innings like the first two by the Cubs, they're not doing our pitchers any favors. Just like last season the staff feels like every pitch could be the game.
To let rookie pitcher Mike Leake off the hook two innings in a row like that was disgraceful. The game could have well been over by the second inning, if the guys we're paying to come through in those situations weren't over anxious, and swung at anything that was thrown at them. One Soriano on the team is enough.
So we continue on with the 2009 part two it seems. If this first week wasn't classic deja vu nothing is. The only good thing right now with that is at least we'll have 83 wins which looks optimistic at this point.
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