The Cubs are in the 2nd inning at the time of this blog and that’s okay. I just wanted to get the lineup preview on the blog that’s the whole point of this blog?
The word blog can get confusing sometimes.
Nevertheless here’s a blog of my thoughts on the lineup:
- Ian Happ needs more respect from the general populace after the amount of time he’s spent doing a good job for the Cubs. Like at some point people just need to shut the fuck up and be cool about the fact that it’s a very hard game and he’s typically pretty good at it.
- Seiya Suzuki is a good outfielder but not as good as Kyle Tucker who is out tonight after a bad slide. So Seiya goes to right and I just hope it doesn’t come down to him making a running catch in a late inning. Otherwise he’s smoking the baseball.
- PCA is hitting 3rd for the first time in his MLB career and that’s splendid to see.
- Carson Kelly probably shouldn’t be hitting clean up but this has been a weird season overall and I say we just let it ride til his wheels literally fall off
- Michael Busch has a slow bat but insane barrel rate and that’s the sign of a good controlled hitter. One of the more underrated players in the NL Central largely due to a quiet discipline that rarely falters.
- Dansby Swanson is always good for a big hit in the tightest spot.
- Nico Hoerner should hit 7th and nowhere else because I love his late game RISP opportunities and low strikeout rate. It’s generally perfect and I don’t like changing that up when it’s been so good for this long.
- Justin Turner is heating up and I’m predicting his best month of the season comes this June. Just feels right.
- Matt Shaw needs to play harder and I’m just going to leave it at that.
Go Cubs.