Encarnacion is washed but at least he still can hit a home run now and then. And he might be a weapon off the bench as a pinch hitter. Mazara is just totally useless and should get very little playing time from now on.
There’s absolutely no way the Cubs win the National League. They probably won’t even win a single round of the playoffs. They’re just lucky that they play in a terribly mediocre division.
I like this decision a lot. Yeah he’s inexperienced, but he wasn’t playing in minor league games anyway so getting him some innings against a bad team in his debut is a good plan. Hopefully he can go 3-4 innings and then Gio Gonzalez piggybacks him.
I hope Moncada sits for these Pittsburgh games too. They don’t need him to win these ones. I don’t know if a couple extra days off would make that much of a difference with Yoan’s issues but it can’t hurt.