{"id":101057,"date":"2024-05-28T08:52:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T08:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/?p=101057"},"modified":"2024-05-28T08:52:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T08:52:39","slug":"2024-cubs-heroes-and-goats-game-53-dieutrinh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/2024-cubs-heroes-and-goats-game-53-dieutrinh\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 53"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Goldschmidt has been destroying the hopes and dreams of opposing teams since 2012 when he played his first full season in the big leagues. He has a career wRC+ of 141 and has been at least 117 in every single season. First base is a rough position for the Hall of Fame, but he should at least hang around on the ballot for a few years. I remember being at Wrigley Field on a rain-soaked day and seeing him hit multiple homers back in 2017. As frustrating as it was, there isn\u2019t a lot of shame by being beat by him.<\/p>\n
The thing is, 2024 Goldschmidt isn\u2019t that guy. With the two homers last night, he has a line of .222\/.298\/.345. With the way things are going lately, those numbers look like they should be in this year\u2019s Cubs lineup. I\u2019m not loving that we caught Paul on turn back the clock night.<\/p>\n
Even when I\u2019m frustrated, I trust the judgment of these Cubs. I\u2019ll assume that it\u2019s what they needed to do to push Sh\u014dta Imanaga back. I just find it unfortunate, because the Cubs are in a pretty good backslide and could have used their best player trying to put a stop to it. Instead, the Cubs have now gone from a team that hadn\u2019t lost even three straight at any point to a team that has now lost four straight.<\/p>\n
With a pair of wins this weekend, the Cardinals have both continued the woes of a struggling team and played themselves back to the cusp of the NL playoff picture. That\u2019s a pair of bad outcomes. You always want to win obviously, but even more so against a team you are going to see a lot later in the season. If you could convince a division foe they are a non-contender, there\u2019s always the chance they start turning their attention to next year and beyond. Yeah, it\u2019s early for that, but you\u2019d certainly loved to have pushed them down that road a bit.<\/p>\n
This was a rain-soaked, awful weekend of Cubs baseball. Now they head to a place that has been extremely unkind to them in recent years. Out of the frying pan and into the fire indeed. But before we can look forward we have to look back. Let\u2019s find some positives from this loss.<\/p>\n
Game 51, May 25:\u00a0<\/strong>Cardinals 4, Cubs 3 (27-26)<\/p>\n