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Bernstein: 'Hoping for overperformance is an unacceptable plan for the Chicago Cubs '
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
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10/1/2024
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And my headline is that hoping for over-performance is an unacceptable plan for the Chicago Cubs right now.
00:07
That's not okay.
00:09
I think for me, understanding the Cubs had the 7th highest payroll at $230 million compared to the Brewers who were down in the low 20s,
00:17
with half that at $115 million, knowing where you are, it sounds like he says he's excited about the future,
00:24
but I think for me, it's like, what are you going to do this offseason to close the gap?
00:29
There's a clear gap between the Brewers and the rest of the National League Central.
00:33
You need to close that gap.
00:35
And I don't know that he has a plan besides bringing up guys within the organization and hoping for better performance from the guys
00:43
he already has on this team.
00:44
And remember, Cody Bellinger, big reason why you were in it last year.
00:48
He has an option, which he can decide.
00:52
And also, Bellinger came up in this continuing concern about how Wrigley plays as two parks.
00:58
He mentioned that Bellinger had an OPS that was 200 points lower at home, and he says it's an unusual season to evaluate the offense.
01:06
It's the weather.
01:07
It's how Wrigley played.
01:09
And then he says, collectively, we fell into a slump in May and June, but we ended up getting to our expected numbers.
01:16
Well, if you got to your expected numbers, then the plan didn't work.
01:22
You got there one way or the other, and you have an opponent that's also playing in Wrigley Field on those same days.
01:27
Yeah, that was my big thing.
01:29
He's like, you keep bringing up Wrigley Field, and oh, you know, it's down, you know, played 29th.
01:33
He said possibly even 30th after he gets the numbers back from the final homestand.
01:37
But both teams play on the same field.
01:40
Wrigley suppressed offense this year.
01:43
Adding more slug would be beneficial.
01:45
We'll always be looking for more slug.
01:47
And then ask directly about why can't you, you know, get a really good player who projects to be a really good player?
01:55
And he says it's a hard thing to figure.
01:57
You can only rely on external projections.
02:00
I don't agree with, I don't disagree with the statement.
02:03
You can not just rely on outside guys to go get, but you can also not only rely on inside guys to go get is my point.
02:12
My answer to that.
02:13
There's a lot of tap dancing going on here.
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