670 The Score’s Anthony Rizzo idea might be its worst take ever

Chicago Cubs fans are down bad right now. The team is 2-5 over its last seven games and, thanks to the rival Milwaukee Brewers turning in an all-time heater of late, now sit a season-high 7 1/2 games out of first place in the National League Central.

So how do the Cubs pull out of this skid? Get Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker back on track? No, no, no. Lou Canellis over at 670 The Score has the answer: lure Anthony Rizzo out of retirement for the last six weeks of the season.

Seriously, there are daily bad takes on The Score - but this one takes the cake. Not only has Rizzo not played at all this season, but he plays a position that's occupied by one of the team's better hitters in Michael Busch (who, admittedly, has also been slumping of late, but that doesn't take away from his 143 OPS+ on the season).

There's a reason Rizzo went unsigned all winter - and through the entire 2025 season - despite multiple teams having both offseason and in-season needs at first base. He hasn't been a league-average hitter since the 2022 season and had no interest in taking team-friendly offers he saw as below market value, despite that fact.

Cubs fans will always view members of the 2016 team with graduation goggles, and rightfully so. They snapped a 108-year championship drought and delivered the title that generations so desperately sought. But to suggest Rizzo, now 36 years old and the better part of a year removed from playing in a big-league game, is a legitimate solution to jump-start this team is comical.

There's one solution to the Cubs' problems: start hitting again

This team needs someone to step up and lead - I'm not arguing that point. But that person isn't Rizzo. It's going to take PCA and Tucker, as well as guys like Busch and Seiya Suzuki, returning to form to turn things around, and there aren't any gimmicks like bringing in familiar faces or hiring a mime a la the Joe Maddon era that can fill that need fans are so desperate to see.

Canellis and the team at The Score know that. Sometimes, though, local sports talk hosts just want to throw the most outlandish takes imaginable out there to create a moment and generate some buzz. That's all fine and well, but this was just embarrassing for everyone involved.