All isn't well in Wrigleyville Cubs' fans. The lineup looked rough for the last 3 series. The struggle for balance again with the offense continued in Safeco Field last night. 8-1, the final summed up the lack of timely performance. Derek Lee tried in the early innings to help to no avail. One thing is sure; the Cub bats have to stop swinging so soon in the count. They also have to relieve the starter of mass run production before the mid-way through. The young batters looked bad going after bad pitches.
The Cubs do have tough pitchers to face such as with Cliff Lee Wednesday night. Stranding a numerous amount of runners isn't always horrible. After a later point they had good chances with runners in scoring position. Instead of delivering they came up empty. How the heck can they continue to happen? Soriano is doing okay for now yet still need to help propel the offense. The top guys right now for the Cubs I believe are Derek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, and Ryan Theriot. Forget Xavier Nady for now as most of the prospects too.
Later in towards the end of the month if Chicago is more than 10 games out of first place then it's still not good with the lineup. Coming up with a higher-powered lineup card is the answer. I feel trades and waivers are in orders right now! There is no sense in having a bunch of players on the bench not contributing and only filling space in a lineup. Sure, Randy Wells didn't pitch well either in the loss to the M's, allowing 10 hits and 2 walks for 6 earned runs. Still the offense has to produce and the energy surge has yet to appear. I have no idea what is going to become of the infield. Keep something the same there. Who knows what in the world Lou is planning to do.
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