Cubs manager Joe Maddon has heard the complaints about how often he changes his lineups https://www.metsedge.com/new-york-mets/dwight-gooden-jersey , and he doesn’t care what people say, he’s not changing his ways.“I try not to comment on it, because really it’s such a poor discu sion,“ Maddon told reporters Tuesday, via ESPN. „There’s no sophistication to it whatsoever. It makes zero sense. It doesn’t belong in today’s game.“Chicago has used 28 lineups this season which is the sixth most in MLB. However, that is 28 different lineups in 33 games, tied for the fewest played so far, in partbecause of postponements.The Cubs are ninth in runs scored with 165, which puts them at fifth in runs per game with 5.0. However, Chicago has failed to score at least four runs in 10 of its last 13games which has sparked the conversation as to whether Maddon is changing his lineup too much. Chicago is 7-6 in those games.The idea behind the complaint stems from an age-old perspective in baseball that if players are not given consistent at-bats then their timing is thrown off. It’s something Maddon doesn’t believe in.“Honestly, it’s such a non-sophisticated conversation,“ Maddon told reporters. „It really is. I don’t know how it begins. I’ve heard it from old baseball dudes. I think fathers pa s it down to sons on occasion. It’s like teaching your kid how to drive a stick shift. It just gets pa sed along.“Maddon has been changing his lineup almost daily since Nolan Ryan Jersey taking over as Cubsmanager in 2015. Since his inaugural year with the team, the Cubs have been in the top 10 in runs scored and runs scored per game each of the last three years.The team was 16th and 17th, respectively, https://www.metsedge.com/new-york-mets/steven-matz-jersey in the two categories in Maddon’s first year in 2015, but in that season, Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber andAddison Ru sell wererookies.Chicago may be having trouble scoring in recent games, but Maddon and team president Theo Epstein would be the first to use another old adage that has been in the game for years: that’s just baseball.“We’ve won a lot of games the last three years,“ Epstein told reporters. „Whenever we’re winning no one talks about how we’ve overcome moving guys around in the lineup. It’s only when we’re losing. It can be hard to explain sometimes. … I don’t think it’s because of how Joe has been writing lineups here.“
Cubs‘ Joe Maddon has no time for complaints about his lineups
Posted in blog and tagged " Maddon told reporters Tuesday, and he doesn't care what people say, because really it's such a poor discu sion, Cubs manager Joe Maddon has heard the complaints about how often he changes his lineups https://www.metsedge.com/new-york-mets/dwight-gooden-jersey, he's not changing his ways."I try not to comment on it, in partbecause of postponements.The Cubs are ninth in runs scored with 165, that is 28 different lineups in 33 games, tied for the fewest played so far, via ESPN. "There's no sophistication to it whatsoever. It makes zero sense. It doesn't belong in today's game."Chicago has used 28 lineups this season which is the sixth most in MLB. However, which puts them at fifth in runs per game with 5.0. However.