Friday’s loss would still have been disappointing had it come during a stretch in which the team was playing well. Based on this prolonged stretch during which they’ve barely been the best team in Chicago, however, the bullpen blowing a lead and Nick Madrigal being thrown out badly for what feels like the 17th time this season was par for the course. They truly are embodying the concept of being the Flubs.
Because there’s little value in belaboring this any further than necessary, I’ll do my best to be brief. There’s no reasonable explanation I’ll accept for why groundball god Madrigal was pinch-hitting for slugger Patrick Wisdom down a run with no outs and two runners aboard.