Mike Montgomery Pitching to Alarming Reverse Splits as Sinker Fails Him

The Cubs and Mets were tied 4-4 with two outs in the top of the 7th Friday afternoon and the visitors had lefty-batting stud Jeff McNeil coming to the plate. Those unfamiliar with McNeil might think I’m being sarcastic, but dude’s batting .341 with an .898 OPS and has actually been better against lefty pitchers.

So of course the right call is to lift Brad Brach in favor of a southpaw there. Well, the first part of that isn’t such a bad idea, since Brach hasn’t been all that dependable this season. But bringing Mike Montgomery into the game was not one of Joe Maddon‘s best moves.

While McNeil’s splits alone are reason enough not to bring on a lefty, Montgomery’s performance against left-handed…