GlenAllen4HOF wrote: Buster Onley just tweeted, "A symptom of why the Cubs are playing so poorly: Starlin Castro has twice as many errors (8) as walks (4)."

So, we've got that going for us.

doughboy981 wrote: I read LaHair is getting a day off, since he's slumping.  Both he and Campana can't hit lefties, actually none of our LH hitter can

Neither can our RH hitters.

Seems Castro has been stuck on 8 errors.  At least he's cleaning up his defense, right?

GlenAllen4HOF wrote: Buster Onley just tweeted, "A symptom of why the Cubs are playing so poorly: Starlin Castro has twice as many errors (8) as walks (4)."

So, we've got that going for us.

This is the actual lineup tonight:

David DeJesus, RF
Reed Johnson, CF
Starlin Castro, SS
Alfonso Soriano, LF
Joe Mather, 3B
Jeff Baker, 1B
Darwin Barney, 2B
Blake Lalli, C
Travis Wood, P

Johnson, Baker and Mather are a combined 9 for 53 against lefties this year, although Mather does have a .409 OBP against them.  In fact, Mather is the lesser of the three evils on the bench.  Why Johnson continues to be go-to guy for pinch hitting, especially against righties, is beyond me.  Mather has a .946 OPS against them and an .862 OPS overall to Johnson's .682.

KatieCubFan wrote:

This is the actual lineup tonight:

David DeJesus, RF
Reed Johnson, CF
Starlin Castro, SS
Alfonso Soriano, LF
Joe Mather, 3B
Jeff Baker, 1B
Darwin Barney, 2B
Blake Lalli, C
Travis Wood, P

Johnson, Baker and Mather are a combined 9 for 53 against lefties this year, although Mather does have a .409 OBP against them.  In fact, Mather is the lesser of the three evils on the bench.  Why Johnson continues to be go-to guy for pinch hitting, especially against righties, is beyond me.  Mather has a .946 OPS against them and an .862 OPS overall to Johnson's .682.

 

I agree...Johnson is quickly becoming the Jose Macias of 2012

KatieCubFan wrote:

This is the actual lineup tonight:

David DeJesus, RF
Reed Johnson, CF
Starlin Castro, SS
Alfonso Soriano, LF
Joe Mather, 3B
Jeff Baker, 1B
Darwin Barney, 2B
Blake Lalli, C
Travis Wood, P

Johnson, Baker and Mather are a combined 9 for 53 against lefties this year, although Mather does have a .409 OBP against them.  In fact, Mather is the lesser of the three evils on the bench.  Why Johnson continues to be go-to guy for pinch hitting, especially against righties, is beyond me.  Mather has a .946 OPS against them and an .862 OPS overall to Johnson's .682.

KatieCubFan wrote: Take Starlin out of the #3 spot you doofus.

GlenAllen4HOF wrote: Buster Onley just tweeted, "A symptom of why the Cubs are playing so poorly: Starlin Castro has twice as many errors (8) as walks (4)."

So, we've got that going for us.

MiltAndZsSchoolOfRock wrote:

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GlenAllen4HOF wrote: Buster Onley just tweeted, "A symptom of why the Cubs are playing so poorly: Starlin Castro has twice as many errors (8) as walks (4)."

So, we've got that going for us.

We all know what Starlin is, so that's not extremely surprising.  But I will say he's seemed abnormally aggressive this season.  Just my opinion, but I believe it's stemming from him hitting 3rd in the order.  He knows he's got to be a run producer hitting there, and he's trying too hard to do it by swinging at a lot more pitches.

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I see the same thing. There's no reason to have him in that role when he was so productive leading off last year.

So, if one is of the opinion that DeJesus is doing a decent job at leadoff, one would have to be of the opinion that Catrso did a better job in that role last year in 350 abs (.326/370/471). Why was it necessary to add DeJesus to a role already being filled in well. A run producing RF is more of a need here than a leadoff RF.