I messed up the formatting so I am reposting:
They won despite him, not because of him. Pulling Hendricks WAY too soon, getting stuck using Chapman for way too long, a night after using him for way too long did burn him. Bunting on a 3-2 pitch with a guy on third is an all-time mess-up.
Give me Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarber, Zobrist, Russell, Arrietta, Lester, etc for a year to manage and let's see what happens.
Debatable if they would have won without him, if you would be managing they most certainly would not have won, but they won with him so it's great that you (and many Cubs fans as well) can claim that he messed up, but....... he won.
Silly. If you think Davis > Lackey (going back to back nights, no less), then you only have a save situation if you ensured one by using your best pitcher. Otherwise, you have no save situation because you lost with an inferior pitcher. If Davis gets through the 9th, maybe they score 3 in the 10th and don't need a high end pitcher, but you know that right now you're in a do or die inning. Even if you somehow missed that and survived two outs, with the winning run on 2nd and the Dodgers best hitter(s) coming up, that would be a great opportunity to fix your mistake.
Once the offense starts going they might score three runs in an inning, but after scoring 3 in 18 innings I think it was wise that he wasn't planning for three runs the next inning.
Meh. As above, fun to give manager credit but team is pretty well-built, if not perfect.
It's clear that this year and last year the bullpen is a weakness - besides for closer, of course.
