Schedule will be the biggest helper for the Cubs coming up

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Rahimi & Grote Show 12 min 5 speakers 4 chapters transcribed 3 months ago

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What recent performance issues are affecting the Cubs?

Pat Hughes 0:00

And Happ hits a high fly ball to center. Shallow and playable for Bote. He's got it. And the ball game is over. The Cubs had a chance. Could not do anything with it. And the Athletics win this series opener.

Marshall Harris 0:19

Oh, man. That's Pat Hughes on the call. You know the drill. Cubs lose to the A's starting their series at home where they last left home. Seven home losses in a row, and it's a buzzkill. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Marshall just looks at me, slaps his arm, and then purses. What has caused you for this reaction? Purses his lips. That was hilarious.

Leila Rahimi 0:48

Let me just let you know, Layla. I love our listeners, the people who watch us on Twitch. the people who watch us on YouTube, because y'all are here for the conversation. 217. The current state of the Cubs is like a birthday party balloon that slowly deflates to the point it barely hovers over the ground.

Marshall Harris 1:10

Oh my God.

Leila Rahimi 1:11

We've all been there. We've all seen that balloon, sad balloon. You know, a couple of days after the party.

Marshall Harris 1:16

And it didn't have enough helium or it just wasn't the overachiever that the one balloon who stays up there forever for months is. And instead, you could say it's underperforming its expectations as a balloon.

Leila Rahimi 1:31

Is that not what the Cubs are doing right now?

Marshall Harris 1:33

Oh, man.

Unknown 1:34

It's like the balloon from The Office where everyone was wanting to go see it and just see it slowly coming down.

Marshall Harris 1:39

No, but that balloon was an overachiever. That balloon decided to stay up for months. It started good and then it's just... That balloon actually was the opposite of this. This is the one that just hovers because it wasn't good enough. And that's what the Cubs hitting is. That's very good, 217. I appreciate the analogy. And unfortunately now... Say whatever number you want. This is the continuation of a pattern. They broke that 10-game losing streak against the Pirates, but they ultimately split that series. They lost seven in a row at home, as we mentioned. Part of that 10-game losing streak was getting swept by both the Astros and the Braves. Then they lose at home in the 2-1 ballgame to start the A-series.

Marshall Harris 2:18

They have now lost 17 of 22 games. And that is a pattern you desperately don't want to continue. The two 10 game win streaks seem like different seasons now.

Leila Rahimi 2:31

And the sad part is we were told by the Cubs who, you know, by and large, even after losing the series against St. Louis, they felt like they were playing better baseball. And that's why I think yesterday's loss hits a little bit harder because you, you know, you're starting a stretch of the 22 straight games against teams with sub 500 records. And you're like, all right, you got the A's at your place and, Just handle business against bad teams and you'll be okay. Now, I'm not saying they can't. I'm not saying they can't win two out of three. They could win the next two games against the A's. You understand the pitching's getting a little bit healthier with Edward Cabrera set to come back Saturday. Very important.

Leila Rahimi 3:06

Yeah, off the blister injury on his middle finger on his pitching hand. You understand that. A little disappointed that... Matthew Boyd is going to have to take one more rehab start on Saturday in Iowa. But the idea is he is one more rehab start away from coming back and rejoining the rotation.

Marshall Harris 3:22

Also, did you like how Matthew Boyd told foul territory that his kids did not take him out? And how sad is it that we always joke that Matthew Boyd is the dad who stepped up and then he hurt himself being a dad? He said the likelihood was that the meniscus was already partially torn. And I just have to say, I've realized that getting older is just a constant threat to your meniscus. Anytime you do something, and Boyd talked about this too, because at first it didn't hurt, and then the whole thing broke loose. Not the whole thing, it was a partial tear, but the point is the whole concept just failed.

How has the Cubs' recent schedule impacted their performance?

Marshall Harris 3:55

He felt something. How many times a week is somebody like, oh, better not be the meniscus, and then it's like, you don't even feel it at first. I'm like, this is old. This is getting old.