Joe - stop playing him 6 days a week. Stop leading him off. We got fed up with no production with Schwarber in the lead off spot - Zobrist has been just as bad, in any spot of the lineup.

In the last two-plus months, since May 26, in 36 games (32 starts), Zobrist is slashing .177/.265/.269.

16 of those 32 starts were leading off.

Since the All-Star break, he has been marginally better, but not enough to be sitting Happ, Almora, Baez and Russell as often as the Cubs do. Especially Almora.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Fun with arbitrary endpoints!

Regardless of endpoints, Zobrist should only start 3x/week right now. Avila is a better option against righties with Contreras in LF and Happ or Baez at 2B depending on the starting pitchers.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

and why shouldn't he

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

He bats .278 as a left fielder, but barely above .200 as a second baseman. Also he bats over .400 when hitting fifth in the lineup. And the dude OPS's 1.5 when hitting on a 2-0 count.

So start him in left, bat him fifth in the lineup and tell him to take two pitches every at bat.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

"Should have never turned their backs on Cogs."

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

yeah Coghlan's .200 average this year is just what they need

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Wow

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DJ Lemahiue is the one that they blew it on.

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Zobrist has no range at 2nd he's a below average glove anywhere but left. 8 at bats is plenty per week from him for a while.

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Have to agree. Almora is the team's best CF and should play every day. Baez should play more than Zobrist, as not only is his defense markedly better, but his overall offense too. But they are paying Zobrist a lot and he's Joe's guy......

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Go Cubs!!!!

Sit him.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Bench him.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

CHUSE ONE.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

unlike BREAKFAST??!