Not that these spring games mean all that much, but the Cubs have won only one game so far. Apparently, Joe Maddon had enough and went off on the team for lack of fundamental play. Kind of reminds one of Bull Durham. Poor fundamentals have been a problem for the Cubs since time immemorial and you kind of wonder how this sort of sloppiness is tolerated throughout the minor league system so that when players arrive they just do not seem to be able to consistently execute routine plays. Anyway, good for Maddon to have noticed this tendency. Here is a link to the article.
On another topic, I saw a piece about Javier Baez that made the case he needed another year in the minors. Pretty convincing arguments. I watched the clip where Soler, Baez, and Bryant hit back to back to back home runs. Pretty impressive. But if you watch Baez, even when he connects, there is just so much going on, bat waving, twitching, huge stride. It is little wonder he strikes out so often.
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