4/5 Arizona (Enright) @ Chicago (Cashner) 1:20PM CSN

[Guest]

Great first inning from Cashner.

[Guest]

3 ground ball outs. The first one had some zip on it. The last two were lazy. Colvin with a nice job fielding the grounder to him and covering 1st in the first inning.

[Rob]

Well, do you guys expect Soto to play everyday?

 

Hill might be Cashner's personal catcher.

 

I fully expect him to be. It seems very Cubs to make sure the rookie pitcher has a veteran defense-oriented catcher behind the dish for his starts.

[inari]

Rough luck for Starlin.

[Guest]

Just missed it.

[inari]

Man Aramis had what, three near-home runs?

[Sammy Sofa]

Holy God.

 

What is that, 3 or 4 times Aramis has had one off the bat that looked gone?

 

Frustrating, but it's ideally a sign that big things will come soon and he'll have a good year.

[Rob]

Cubs hitters seem to be seeing Enright well. 4 batters and 4 well-hit balls so far.

[CubColtPacer]

Well, do you guys expect Soto to play everyday?

 

Hill might be Cashner's personal catcher.

 

I fully expect him to be. It seems very Cubs to make sure the rookie pitcher has a veteran defense-oriented catcher behind the dish for his starts.

 

Plus one of the things that Hill was credited for in the offseason was helping Cashner specifically.

 

The Cubs are getting pretty good swings early. It's also nice to see that after Ramirez was striking out much more than normal during his slump last year he has 0 strikeouts so far this year.

[Sammy Sofa]

Well, do you guys expect Soto to play everyday?

 

Hill might be Cashner's personal catcher.

 

I fully expect him to be. It seems very Cubs to make sure the rookie pitcher has a veteran defense-oriented catcher behind the dish for his starts.

 

Plus one of the things that Hill was credited for in the offseason was helping Cashner specifically.

 

The Cubs are getting pretty good swings early. It's also nice to see that after Ramirez was striking out much more than normal during his slump last year he has 0 strikeouts so far this year.

 

Yeah, Aramis was just wretched the first part of last year. He looked awful at the plate. At least so far this year he's getting hits and seeing the ball well.

[ctcf]

Decent battle of an AB for Colvin.

[Sammy Sofa]

Well, do you guys expect Soto to play everyday?

 

Hill might be Cashner's personal catcher.

 

I fully expect him to be. It seems very Cubs to make sure the rookie pitcher has a veteran defense-oriented catcher behind the dish for his starts.

 

Plus one of the things that Hill was credited for in the offseason was helping Cashner specifically.

 

Eh, if it helps Cashner (or he thinks it helps him) then just schedule Hill's starts for most of Cashner's.

[Guancous]

Gameday clocked Cashner's fastball over 94 mph.

[Sammy Sofa]

Gameday clocked Cashner's fastball over 94 mph.

 

Comcast just had him hitting 96. It's really impressive how he hits those speeds with it looking pretty effortless.

[Guest]

Two beautiful breaking pitches in that last at bat.

[Guest]

Cashner looks really good so far.

[ctcf]

Wow. Could not have asked for a better start so far.

[Yeti]

solid couple innings there, nice Cash

[rocket]

cashner is perfect through 2

[MWV]

Impressed with the way he battled back from 3-0. Nice work in general.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Has Cashner looked as good as Gameday would lead me to believe?

[Yeti]

Has Cashner looked as good as Gameday would lead me to believe?

yes

[inari]

Has Cashner looked as good as Gameday would lead me to believe?

 

Definitely.

[apete6]

Hill should sacrifice to give Cashner a chance. :D

[Sammy Sofa]

Koyie Hill is apparently indestructible, at least based on the broken ankle story Bob is telling.