The Cubs have managed to win the last 3 series! There's something I haven't said all year. Fortunately, there was a lull in the schedule, and we faced 3 teams worse than the Chicago Cubs. The Astros, Brewers, and Mariners. We now sit 10 games under .500, 1 game away from the halfway point, and with the trade deadline looming, and key players expected to depart Chicago for prospects and cash, the future doesn't look so bright. Or does it? Oh yeah....2015....
Except for one game against the WhiteSox, the Cubs don't face a single bad team this month, until Milwaukee comes in for 4 the last 3 days of July (double header). With Sweeney and DeJesus on the shelf, Marmol off the team, and the rest of the offensive regulars underperforming, what will stop the Cubs from scuffling the rest of the way? The bullpen, except Kevin Gregg, already looks shot, and we're not even half way through the season! Kevin Gregg will be gone soon anyway, and then who will close? Russel? Then who's the lefty? Fujikawa's getting the Tommy John. And with Garza and Feldman on the trading block, who will start? Who will be the long reliever when Carlos Villanueva comes back to the rotation? Soooo many questions. No answers. Oh yeah....2015....
Recently, Theo Epstein has come out in recent support of Sveum and his management skills, saying we've put an imperfect team on the field, and it's not his fault. Then whose fault is it boy wonder? Oh yeah...yours! Your big free agent signing has been a bust so far in Edwin Jackson. And even though Schierholtz and Sweeney, fill in signings, have performed well, the core of the team in Castro, Barney and Rizzo has underperformed. What exactly are you building Theo? Besides a scoreboard and a hotel. You do realize that in 2015, all bets are off, and those fans who drank the Kool Aid you fed them a year ago, will be demanding a championship, or at least a decent playoff run. You have a window of opportunity here in Chicago, and it's closing fast Theo. In 2015....
I am impatient by nature, and I'm not going to pretend putting a winning baseball team together is an easy task. But so far....meh....I don't see too many glimmers of hope except for starting pitching, and as always, you're an injury away from a huge roster hole. Especially after trading away any pitching depth and experience we might have. And Cubs fans have had it! Wrigley is a great place to see a ball game, but people have stopped showing up because there's nothing to really watch. There is not a single Cubs hitter who strikes fear in the hearts of the other team. Not one. In 1987, at least the last place Cubs had Dawson and Sandberg. Who do we have now? A bunch of kids. And if they don't develop, it's your ass Theo, it really is. In 2015.
Who will these Cubs be in 2 years? Will Castro be a .300 hitter? Will Rizzo hit 40 homers? Will Darwin Barney bat .270 AND win a Gold Glove? Will Samardskjbfkeb have 20 wins? Will Jorger Soler win rookie of the year? All this has to at least come close to happening, in order for the Cubs to make a run at it in 2015. Everything, and everyone else is a question mark. Well....Enjoy the second half! I know I will.....in 2015.....
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