Cubs Drop Struggling Kyle Schwarber To 7th In Order
Schwarber is hitting .165 with a .286 on-base percentage and .627 OPS.
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Schwarber is hitting .165 with a .286 on-base percentage and .627 OPS.
Lance Lynn opposes John Lackey this afternoon at Wrigley Field.
Rizzo posted a photo of he and now-fiancee Emily Vakos to Twitter, saying he's the "luckiest guy in the world."
Jose Quintana and Sonny Gray are among long-term solutions who can also help the Cubs now.
Boras wants suitors to view the struggling Arrieta's achievements through a three-year window, not just from the 2017 prism.
"You just make the right baseball decision," Epstein says. "You don't necessarily worry about somebody's feelings."
Non-linear development is striking for some Cubs, while some regression was inevitable from a historic 2016 championship season.
Rookie Franchy Cordero tripled in the eighth and scored on Yangervis Solarte's fielder's choice to give San Diego the go-ahead run.
The Cubs have lost five in a row and are below .500 but are just 1.5 games behind in the division.
What appears from the outside to be stupid, reckless machismo is seen from another perspective as competitive fire.
