(12-21-2016 07:52 AM)bricksnivy Wrote:  

(12-20-2016 07:16 PM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  Chapman had no intention of returning to the Cubs. His comments about Maddon were exactly how most people saw his use of the bullpen. Cubs won because they have monster talent-in spite of being over managed by Goofy Joe.

I think you mean the Cubs had no intention of signing Chapman. As Chapman said, no one from the Cubs reached out to him or his agent during free agency.

"Given the results, Chapman was never going to say that he agreed with how Maddon used him and that he just couldn’t perform, which, if we’re being honest, is what really happened. You don’t have a guy like that in your bullpen just to sit there until a nice, tidy ninth inning rolls around with no runners on base. You use him. And that’s exactly what Maddon did."

Was putting Chapman out there to face one batter in the top of the ninth inning of Game 6 really the reason he struggled in the finale? That one batter, Brandon Guyer, was walked on five pitches (all fastballs).

Now you know i love Joe, but he clearly over managed Chappy, 99% of America agrees with me on that. That said, Chappy comes off as a big baby saying it to the media. His over usage was definitely the reason his fastball averaged about 5mph less in game 7 and was hittable.