Dale Sveum, Cub manager, continues to make decisions that are not successful. He brings in his closer in non-save situations, which backfires, and he continues to let players who are hot beat him, rather than facing other batters.
Yesterday’s game was a perfect example. The Cubs blew a 5-0 lead, and the game was tied 5-5 after 8 innings. He brought Kevin Gregg, the closer, in for the 9th. Gregg had failed in previous situations such as this, and when he brought him in, I said the game was over. Gregg gave up a run, and the Cubs lost 6-5.
Prior to the Phillies scoring the winning run, they had a runner on second with two outs. The batter was Michael Young, who was hot, as he was 3 for 4 with an RBI. I said they should not let the hot bat beat them, and walk him. Rollins was on deck, and was hitting below .250. They pitched to Young, he singled in the winning run to go 4 for 5, and then they retired Rollins.
A week ago, the Cubs blew a 6-0 lead to the Padres, and lost. When it was 6-3, the Padres had men on second and third, with Will Venable up. I said they should walk him since he is their hottest hitter and first base was open. I didn’t think they should let their hottest hitter beat them. They pitched to Venable, and he tripled in both runs, making it a 6-5 game. Venable later homered to break a 6-6 tie.
When will Sveum realize he has closers that are not effective in non-save situations? The same thing happened when Marmol was their closer. When will he realize that he shouldn’t let the other team’s hottest hitter beat him?
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