5 On It: Which Cubs players can Craig Counsell count on right now?

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What is the opening premise of the 5‑On‑It segment with Leila Rahimi and Mark Grody?

Unknown 0:00

Tyler do the thing. So good. It's time for five on it. Rahini and Grody bring you five topics on their minds today. On 1043 the score. What is it?

Mark Grody 0:13

Number one. First, baby T. Layla wants to hear your impression of the old school Menards guy. Save big money at Menards. Menards. Menards. Hell yeah, the OG. Okay.

Vinny Rotino 0:23

Okay, I feel better now.

Mark Grody 0:24

Alright, question number one. What was the most disappointing aspect of the Cubs 6'3 loss to the Braves?

Mark Grote 0:30

I mean, I gotta go with what keeps hitting us over the head, and that is Jacob Webb. Just again, time after time after time, they have to keep putting Jacob Webb out there in the seventh inning. He allows the Ozzie Albies to run homer. It makes it four three Braves at the time. And then you think about it, my God, Ozzie Albees is just a disappointment to Cubs fans. Fans, man, because the dude is it he's in my he's man, he's getting into that AU Henio Suarez category of Cubs Killer. Albi's eighth home run in twenty-three games at Wrigley Field. He's a really good player, but boy does he love playing at Wrigley Field.

What was the most disappointing part of the Cubs’ 6‑3 loss to the Braves?

Mark Grote 1:13

Boy, does he love playing against the Cubs? The whole bullpen breakdown aspect of the day. But I will zero in specifically and Stay on Jacob Webb. It's just so disappointing.

Richard Jefferson 1:22

Any old

Mark Grote 1:23

And you hear your suarez?

Vinny Rotino 1:25

That was impressive. Uh the pom the problem for me is not just Jacob Webb. Although that was his eighth blown save of the season.

Mark Grote 1:35

I mean that is terrifying. Uh when you put it that way. Yeah

Vinny Rotino 1:38

it is, yeah. Dana Palencia got the hold for anybody who's into that type of thing.

Mark Grote 1:43

You got an out?

Vinny Rotino 1:44

Yeah.

Unknown 1:45

That's all I needed to do.

Vinny Rotino 1:46

That he did. And then you could argue that why was Edward Cabrera left out for the ninth? But all of this goes back to the same thing. The bullpen. If there's one thing that Mobbin taught me about the trade deadline, it is that you need to invest in your pen. And the Sox or the Cubs rather couldn't do that. The Cubs had to invest in starting pitching because theirs was injured. And Edward Cabrera got injured, and then he comes back and you're trying to use him in some bullpen scenario because you need guys to do something. But this all goes back to the same actual problem. You couldn't invest in the bullpen at the deadline because your starters were too injured. And now you are seeing all of the chickens come home to roost.

Mark Grote 2:29

He enters in the seventh inning with two outs, man on third, goes three and oh. You're playing a dangerous game, Mr. Cabrera. Before he was able to get the out, get to ground Bazacuna, ground out. Uh his first pitching since August sixteenth. I guess what I'm building up to is yeah, he gives up the Drake Baldwin bomb on an O two count with two. two outs and that was horrific and bad and all that. But can we say that relative to not having been a bullpen guy that it was a decent performance, that it was a solid two and a third with three strikeouts, I'll I can do without the two walks.

Vinny Rotino 3:05

It was a solid two. I'm not gonna go as far as to say it's a solid two and a th two and a third 'cause the ninth inning the ninth inning began precariously. Don't forget they had two base runners and there was that pickoff.

Mark Grote 3:16

Yeah. Like I wanna see more and I I get it. Like it was very hard to be anything but negative in that first hour of the show today because of all the everybody goss. You

Vinny Rotino 3:27

all disappointed us.

Mark Grote 3:28

Yeah that's right, kids.

Why do the hosts blame Jacob Webb and the bullpen for the Cubs’ struggles?

Mark Grote 3:30

Gosman, Webb, and Cabrera all give up two run homers. Dueling two run bombs by Cubs pitching last night did not make for a happy start to the show today, but I I'm just saying I wanna I wanna see more from Edward Cabrera and maybe Craig Council learned the limits as well with Cabrera.

Vinny Rotino 3:46

I mean more two inning outings, maybe. Is that the idea? I

Mark Grote 3:49

don't even know. Maybe maybe one inning outings. You know what I'm saying? Like you have to figure something out. Jacob Webb's no longer the answer. He's gotta be out. Right. Like you just can't do this anymore. You

Vinny Rotino 3:59

can't keep rolling people out there.

Mark Grote 4:00

Zephyr John's still playing a dangerous game, running hot and cold. Daniel Palencia maybe, but they didn't even want to pitch him more than one batter last night.