5 On It: What was the most disappointing part of the Cubs' series loss? Plus John Harbaugh pulled a Matt Eberflus (HOUR 3)

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Vinny Rotino 0:00

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Rahimi Harrison 0:05

What was the most disappointing aspect of the Cubs' series loss to the Tigers?

Vinny Rotino 0:19

I'm not going to put this on Colin Ray. You guys know how I feel about Colin Ray. He's been asked to do a job and he's doing it and he's not playing in his best position.

What was the most disappointing moment in the Cubs' loss to the Tigers?

Vinny Rotino 0:27

So because of that, it's still the eight to six final in 10 game one on Monday night. This could be us, but you playing. You seven relievers. You get Kenley Jansen in a 3-0 count. And Ian Hap told us that's the danger of Kenley Jansen. Many have lived to tell the tale. But still, man, that's the game I want back. That's the most disappointing aspect is how they ended up losing that game. There were defensive miscues. You couldn't turn the double play you wanted. Yada, yada, yada. You dropped game one to the Tigers. Now you're dropping series. So that's it for me. Colin Ray, you're doing what you can. That's all.

Marshall Harris 1:05

I think the most disappointing aspect is you get a runner at third with less than two out. Score the run.

Vinny Rotino 1:13

Yes, yeah, yeah.

Marshall Harris 1:14

You can go back to Sayas at bat when he had that opportunity and struck out. You can go back to the Bregman at bat. You're talking like, okay, so it went 3-0 with the bases loaded, right? One of those pitches could have just leaned in and taken that ball and the game's over.

Vinny Rotino 1:28

Was that you getting hit by a pitch?

Marshall Harris 1:29

Yeah, Alex Bregman could have just, you know, that shoulder lean. That's what he could have done, but he didn't.

Vinny Rotino 1:36

The Sam Antonacci? Going back in the day, the old Carlos Quentin? Sadly, right now, the opposing batter to Anthony Kaye. He's hit 19 batsmen.

Marshall Harris 1:49

A quick visit to Sam Antonacci's baseball reference page, and you'll see he's been hit by pitch 18 times. You also see that that number is in bold. Do you know what it means when the number is in bold? That means you lead the league. He leads the league in hit by pitch. Alex Bregman, not that he's old, but he's older. Sometimes you got to do what you got to do to get the job done, correct? He could have gotten hit by a pitch and the game would have been over and the Cubs would have taken two out of three.

Vinny Rotino 2:18

It's just that game sits with me. It really is also just a combination of errors, like the actual error. Then there was what you just talked about. Then there's the fact that you used seven relievers. You can't let that game go down in vain.

Marshall Harris 2:33

It's tough, but we'll see what happens next for them.

Why do hosts blame defensive miscues and reliever usage for the Cubs' series loss?

Marshall Harris 2:36

Again, the schedule's not getting any easier. That's all I'm saying about that.

Vinny Rotino 2:41

Yeah, we just can't sleep on the Pirates. That's really what this comes down to.

Mark Grody 2:48

Last night on the Marquee Sports Network postgame show, player development analyst Lance Brozdowski shared this take on the Cubs lineup.

Unknown 2:54

I kind of think Seah might be the most indispensable hitter on this team because they walk so much as a team. And Pete leads off. That when you get guys on, the way you win games is how the Tigers did it two times in this series. You hit home runs. You barrel the ball with multiple men on. Seah is the guy. that I think if you want to project this team to, you know, have a shot at taking down the Brewers and the NL Central, he's going to have to play out of his mind as he has in his last 22 games at Wrigley, which you see right here. Over 1,000 OPS, he's slugging a ton. I mean, he's the guy for me. He posts 15%, 20% barrel rate rest of the season. That's how you're really going to see this team rack up wins, get to the low 90s, mid 90s, and total wins.

Mark Grody 3:33

That's Marquee Sports Network player development analyst Lance Brozdowski saying the most indispensable hitter in the Cubs lineup is Seiya Suzuki. So, Layla Marshall, I ask you, who is the most indispensable hitter in the Cubs lineup in your opinion?

Marshall Harris 3:48

Look, when that sound plays... and Lance Borsodowski says specifically, catch the Brewers, and you hear the oof out of Cole. Cole Wright is all of us.

Vinny Rotino 4:00

Cole did do the thing. Yeah, he did.

Marshall Harris 4:03

And I think that hammers home the point about how tedious this is, how fraught an operation this is, trying to catch the Milwaukee Brewers with a Cubs trail by seven games in the National League Central.