Ben Brown Joins Edward Cabrera In Going On Cubs' Injured List

Not a bad thing for his arm to get a rest since he's a critical piece of the team going forward, but obviously horrifically bad timing for that.

Rotation is now....

Shota, Boyd, Rea, Assad, Velasquez.   Damn

18 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Not a bad thing for his arm to get a rest since he's a critical piece of the team going forward, but obviously horrifically bad timing for that.

Rotation is now....

Shota, Boyd, Rea, Assad, Velasquez.   Damn

Until Boyd actually pitches I'm not penciling him back in there.

Just now, Andy said:

Until Boyd actually pitches I'm not penciling him back in there.

Also, Boyd sucks

27 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Also, Boyd sucks

The other option is Jordan Wicks sooo....

 We are bordering on historical levels of SP injuries right? I mean every damn pitcher other than Shota has hit the IL at least once. Realistically your top 5 arms in Steele/Horton/Boyd/Brown/Cabrera are all injured. Assad was injured, Wicks was injured, etc. etc. 

Go sign Trevor Bauer you cowards.

3 minutes ago, Neuby said:

Go sign Trevor Bauer you cowards.

1. Please no. He's a piece of human garbage and I don't want my money going in his pockets.

2. Please no. He was bad in Japan last year.

3. Please no. He's 35 years old. There's not much reason to suspect he's going to get any better than he was last year.

4. Please no. He was never all that great to begin with. He had two great years - 2018 and 2020. For the rest of his career, he floated between a 1 - 3 fWAR guy.

5. Please no. He'd be a distraction for the clubhouse.

6. Please no. Only the chuds would be excited by that signing, and I hate chuds and want to deny them any happiness.

"Sign Bauer" has to be a joke/meme at this point, right? No one actually wants him, right? RIGHT?

4 minutes ago, Derwood said:

"Sign Bauer" has to be a joke/meme at this point, right? No one actually wants him, right? RIGHT?

Definitely a meme.

Just now, KCCub said:

 

 

Sort of good news? I wouldn't have guessed moderate anything after what I saw

7 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Sort of good news? I wouldn't have guessed moderate anything after what I saw

Yea, it's better than a complete tear. Looks like 4-6 weeks is the typical rough estimate for returning. 

This is worse news however -

He went on the IL on 6/9/24 for that injury and did not return that season. 

2 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Yea, it's better than a complete tear. Looks like 4-6 weeks is the typical rough estimate for returning. 

This is worse news however -

 

 

I think we are getting close to the time the Cubs have to get pitching via trade and jump the market. Maybe a deal with a team similar to what they did when they traded Samardzija and Hammels to the A’s. Maybe talk to the Royals about Lugo and Wacha. Both are older but still decent. Both have at least a year after this one. If they get guys back from injury that is great. But they need guys now too if they want to stay in the race. Doesn’t have to be these two guys, Just saying they need to move sooner, rather than later, IMO. The Cubs Samardzija trade was over the 4th of July. So we are getting close. 

#nek

2 hours ago, Neuby said:

Go sign Trevor Bauer you cowards.

Probably the stupidest post on NSBB

57 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

Probably the stupidest post on NSBB

Don't you dare underestimate NSBB

I probably just missed it, but kinda surprised I haven't seen any calls for Addison Russell given the long stretches of struggles for Dansby and Nico. Though then again, the population that is sympathetic towards Bauer are usually less sympathetic, for whatever reason, to guys like Russell. 

12 hours ago, squally1313 said:

 for whatever reason, to guys like Russell. 

I can't put my finger on it either

Sounds like what we all feared is the reality for Ben Brown

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Sounds like what we all feared is the reality for Ben Brown

Woof

IIRC in '24 I believe he went down, started building back up, and then there was a "j/k we're shutting him down again."  I seem to remember them alluding to some lessons learned and a better understanding of his neck and how it responds.

Hopefully once he's back on the mound he's back on the mound, but yeah decent chance he's done for the year again.

So another guy that even if he comes back, it's probably gonna be in the pen because there's not gonna be enough time to build his arm back up

can you have a playoff pitching staff made up of 13 pitchers who aren't stretched out enough (or good enough) to go longer than 2 innings

Just now, squally1313 said:

can you have a playoff pitching staff made up of 13 pitchers who aren't stretched out enough (or good enough) to go longer than 2 innings

The Dodgers won a WS with 1 good SP who came off the IL in mid September, 1 ****** SP who had a well timed dead cat bounce, and a bullpen they rode like hell

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

The Dodgers won a WS with 1 good SP who came off the IL in mid September, 1 ****** SP who had a well timed dead cat bounce, and a bullpen they rode like hell

• Matthew Boyd (you know another IL stint is coming)

• Shota

• Steele
• Cabrera
• Brown
• Peterson
• Palencia
• whichever 36 year old is hot at the moment
• whichever 38 year old is hot at the moment
• Hunter Harvey?