5 On It: Which player needs to have big series in order to help Cubs beat Brewers?

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Marshall Harris 0:02

Number one.

Which player needs to have a big series for the Cubs against the Brewers?

Mark Grody 0:04

Which player needs to have a big series in order to give the Cubs a shot at beating the Brewers this weekend in Milwaukee?

Vinny Rotino 0:17

I am looking at the leadoff batter, P-C-A. Peter, a Z and a half legs to call him. Pete Cromstrong. I just added letters to the hell of it.

Marshall Harris 0:30

When you said the P twice, I was like, is there something I don't know about? Oh, okay.

Vinny Rotino 0:33

That's what I said. I'm just being silly.

Why is Pete Crow-Armstrong pivotal for the Cubs' success?

Vinny Rotino 0:35

Sometimes you got to remix a nickname every now and then.

Marshall Harris 0:38

What's up, everybody?

Vinny Rotino 0:40

Yeah, yeah. That needs to be the postgame vibe for PCA. I would love it if somebody had to take him a Lord shot for player of the game if the Cubs actually somehow took one from the Brewers in Milwaukee against Jacob Mizorowski. And to do that, the leadoff batter is going to be key in this. Sometimes the only inning to try to get to the Miz is the first inning. So... Do what you can. Swing at what you can.

What role does Nico Horner play in the Cubs' lineup?

Vinny Rotino 1:05

If you get a breaking ball, know what it is. Check out the fastball that is in the location of the plate where you need it the most and the one that has the least amount of movement and spin rate. And I feel like if you do that, that's the way to try to get this thing going for the team. He's got to take advantage of as many at-bats as he has out of that leadoff spot. So I sincerely feel like the tone must be set with Pete Crow Armstrong to take advantage of this in this specific series. Be aggressive. B-E aggressive.

Marshall Harris 1:35

B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E. Aggressive. B-E aggressive.

Vinny Rotino 1:41

That's it.

Marshall Harris 1:42

Look, if I could just say the two-hole, I would say the two-hole. But I know some people are going to frown upon me saying a batting order position doesn't answer the question. Right? So I'm going to say the guy I want to see in the two-hole. The guy I want to return to the two-hole. Give me Nico Horner. Nico Horner needs to do what he did in the Mets series. You do that, I'm happy. What did he do in the Mets series, you ask?

How does team performance affect All-Star selections?

Marshall Harris 2:07

He had five hits, but more importantly, all five hits were for extra bases. Five doubles in the series. I would like to see Nico Horner in the two-hole. I believe he is pivotal. If you can put him in the two-hole and he can do things like what he did in the Mets series between him and Michael Bush... pca nico horner michael bush say suzuki you might be cooking with fish grease as they say how about just maybe also give the most at bat opportunities to the guys who you know can hit for extra bases well if you want to do that put say in the two hole tonight

Vinny Rotino 2:43

You know, you know, I've suggested that that has been one of my harebrained ideas as a lineupista is possibly having say I have the protection of PCA in that lineup. I know, I know it's a little out there, but do we have a choice at this point? We have to be a little out there.

Marshall Harris 2:59

Well, we don't have any choices. Craig Council has all the choices that he wants. He has a fully healthy offense, as much as we talk about how depleted the pitching staff is. What he decides to do with his offense is clearly up to him. Alex Bregman, I don't want to see him in the first five batters in the order. I don't want to see it.

Vinny Rotino 3:18

I think that's completely reasonable. I don't know why he would be there based on the lineup we've seen, but I understand why you're concerned that it might happen.

Marshall Harris 3:26

Better not be in that two-hole.

Vinny Rotino 3:28

That's the point we're at, guys. Where we think more about who we don't want at certain spots in the lineup rather than who we do.

Was Pete Crow-Armstrong deserving of an All-Star spot?

Vinny Rotino 3:34

And that kind of says a lot now, doesn't it?

Mark Grody 3:40

The Cubs will not have an all-star starter. So question number two is, was Pete Crowe Armstrong deserving of a starting spot?

Vinny Rotino 3:49

I think in the case of the National League where, yes, unfortunately, friends, that is where the most talent resides. And a lot of times it is reflective more so of your position on a winning team. Knowing that and knowing how the voters decide this stuff, it wasn't even necessarily about his individual performance. It was about the fact that his role on this particular team was not going to net him a starting position.

Marshall Harris 4:16

You know what's funny? Last year, that man had 3.1 million votes.