Russ Dorsey is stumped when it comes to whom Cubs should use in closer role

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What are the opening thoughts on the Cubs and White Sox playoff outlook?

Mark Grote 0:02

Russell Dorsey, National MLB insider for Yahoo Sports. Oh, he's fine. He doesn't need the attention.

Russ Dorsey 0:08

Dude, Russell will be fine. Host of the Relay with Russ Dorsey Podcast. When you look at the season that P. Crow Armstrong is having, it is unreal. And not only has it been unreal in totality, when you look at what he's been doing in the second half, it blows your mind. Insider and analyst for MLB Network and Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV. They have guys in that line. Lineup that they expected way more out of. Not a little bit, like a lot more. And so until those guys start swinging the bat, we're just gonna be looking at each other like, uh, one run, five, six hits, yeah. Russell Dorsey of Russell on 1043, the score. one oh four three the score the sc

Mark Grote 0:51

It's Raheemi and Grody on 1043TheScore. Russ Dorsey is joining us on our video stream. So if you want to watch Russ do his thing, you can. To watch, search the score Chicago on Twitch and YouTube. Russ, what's going on, man?

Russ Dorsey 1:10

What's

Mark Grote 1:10

going on guys? How we

Russ Dorsey 1:11

doing?

Mark Grote 1:11

Well,

Vinny Rotino 1:12

not not good, Russ. Not good. I feel like baseball exploded in thirty minutes time last night.

Russ Dorsey 1:20

Yeah, listen, I can see I can see why you say that, Layla. Uh it was a another it feels like back to back weeks we've had a night like that here in the city where both teams were just like the the collective gut punch. Um but I think for both, look, the Cubs are still in a solid position in the wild card. The White Sox have an opportunity to win a game this afternoon and take two of three in a really important series. So There there's still uh Answers that you can give and for the White Sox, you can still win the division.

How did the recent White Sox game impact the Cubs’ wild‑card chances?

Russ Dorsey 1:51

For the Cubs, you could still win that number one wild card spot.

Mark Grote 1:55

Yeah, the the the well fans want to hear this right now, uh White Sox fans specifically, but just looking at fan graphs right now, the White Sox do have an eighty two point two percent chance of making the playoffs. The Guardians have a seventy one point four percent chance of making the the playoffs as well. But yeah, it was just it was rough at the end. End last night. What did you take away? Because there's just so many things that went down in that game, whether it was the Murphy as as the opener last night, the final play of the night, the positioning of Sam Antonaci. What got you in the White Sox game last night, Russ?

Russ Dorsey 2:36

I'll start with the the Sam Antonacci play 'cause that was the the biggest play of the game. I Saw the the Sox fans who are upset. I think the thing that I saw You had a guy that was playing a little bit more shallow. And in just situationally, there's two outs. You have a runner on second and third. My brain says, okay, you can't let a ball drop in front of you. Or if a ball drops in front of you, you want to be shallow enough where you can make a play at the plate to cut off that second run. To me, that made a lot of sense. And you say that, okay, anything over. My head, the game's over anyway. But I can understand people saying if you're playing that shallow, something that would be considered a routine fly ball, which that was, uh, doesn't get caught.

Russ Dorsey 3:25

And then you have the shaky route to get to it as well. But I wasn't as upset with the positioning as other people were, but I can understand people looking at what was a routine fly ball not being caught.

Vinny Rotino 3:37

Russ, they call it no doubles defense for a reason. And that's a that's a common outfield alignment that's used in scenarios like that. See the twenty eleven World Series. Nelson Cruz, right field.

Russ Dorsey 3:50

Here's the thing, I I will say you have a left-handed hitter that doesn't hit the ball to the opposite field. So I can understand the positioning there. And the other thing I'll say is Baseball teams have gotten really good at outfield defense and when it comes to positioning. And if you look at Brian Rocchio's spray chart, he doesn't hit the ball over there as a left-handed hitter.

Why is Munetaka Murakami’s power surge causing a lineup dilemma?

Russ Dorsey 4:14

So Everything said that that was the right thing to do. And like I said, if if a ball drops in front of Sam Antonacci, one run's gonna score for sure. It's a tight ball game, but you can't be so deep where you can't make a competitive throw to the plate to try to cut down that second run.