re: CHC Thread | The Struggle is Real | CHC (Wood) @ STL (Martinez) (ESPN)

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Tough weekend for the Cubs as they drop 2 of 3 to the Brewers. The Cubs have a bit of a struggling offense with the K's mounting for Bryant (19 in 15 games) and Soler (38 in 24 games...yikes). After the weekend, Bryant is down to .278/.418/.370/.788/123 and Soler is down to .269/.337/.409/.745/107. Bryant does have 12 BB in his 15 games, though, so that fine. Soler only has 8 BB and his K rate is skyrocketing as he chases pitches low and away.

I've watched their AB's somewhat closely and it just seems like right now they are missing their pitches. Bryant is drawing walks but we'd like to see Soler be more patient.

Chris Coghlan is also struggling and his mediocre defense doesn't carry his .212/.268/.409/.677/86 line. One would think, though, that Coghlan won't be tied for the team lead in HR's for long. Rizzo and Bryant and hopefully Soler as well will heat up with the summer.

Javy Baez has since returned to Iowa. In his 4 games, he's hitting a respectable .263/.263/.526/.789 considering the recent events in his personal life. He did hit a HR, though.

Peep this LINK for a whole slew of prospect HR's and video. Over the weekend, Billy McKinney hit 2 HR's in one game. Dan Vogelbach TRIPLED and Kyle Schwarber murdered more baseballs. Alcantara is also regaining form and is slashing a decent .279/.354/.605/.959 with a 5/11 BB/K and 3 HR, 1 2B and 2 3B.

Some roster stuff...the Cubs signed LHP Daniel Schlereth to a minor league deal and he will report to AAA Iowa. Justin Grimm will go on a rehab assignment. Hopefully that goes very well. The Cubs also claimed RHP Anthony Varvaro off waivers from Boston; he'll go to AAA Iowa and RHP Joe Ortiz was DFA'd.

ETA: Totally forgot, but the game tonight is on ESPN and tomorrow's game is on MLB Network.

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The fact that you were able to write such a long post about such a shitty team that will lose tonight while they are opposing the magnificent St. Louis Cardinals tells me you have a lot of wasted time in your life.