5/16 Cubs (Zambrano) @ Reds (Bailey) 6:10 PM CT WCIU

[Schwarber Fan]

Time to make up some ground in the division

 

Go Cubs

[otis89]

What in the world is this game doing on WCIU?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Wow, look like the Reds patience with Bailey has paid off, so far. If it were the Cubs, we would have sent him to Baltimore for a pair of fringe prospects 3 years ago.

[TruffleShuffle]

he's pitched 2 games.

[Sammy Sofa]

he's pitched 2 games.

 

PATIENCE, MAAAAAAAANNNNN.

[Sammy Sofa]

Love how WSR thinks the Cubs aren't patient with their pitching prospects.

[CincyCubsFan]

I'll be at this game tomorrow. Weather's going to be nasty. Cold and rainy. Hope we get it in.

[otis89]

Love how WSR thinks the Cubs aren't patient with their pitching prospects.

 

Has any team been more patient with a pitcher than the Cubs have been with Guzman?

[erik316wttn]

Love how WSR thinks the Cubs aren't patient with their pitching prospects.

 

Has any team been more patient with a pitcher than the Cubs have been with Guzman?

 

Yeah but by this point we wouldn't get anything for him. Kerry Wood is Cal Ripken compared to that guy.

[soapy]

WCIU the day after a rain out!?! SOB.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Love how WSR thinks the Cubs aren't patient with their pitching prospects.

They are patient as long as they're prospects, but one they get to the big leagues and struggle some, they tend to give up. Felix Pie and Rich Hill come to mind. Of course Hills been awful since, but it was a bit early to ship him out for nothing. The obvious exception here is Samardzjia, but with him there's the matter of the contract and NTC.

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm pretty sure that hill had to be kept on the major league roster or exposed to waivers, and being as the cubs were coming off a 98 (think that's how many they won) win season, they really weren't in a position to carry hill in their bullpen with the hopes that he could get his act together.

[pitchcs]

Homer Bailey has looked good his first couple turns out this year, but it should be noted that BOTH those games were against the Hunter Pence led Astros.

[Little Slide Rooter]

i'm pretty sure that hill had to be kept on the major league roster or exposed to waivers, and being as the cubs were coming off a 98 (think that's how many they won) win season, they really weren't in a position to carry hill in their bullpen with the hopes that he could get his act together.

 

Yeah, but whenever Rich Harden is one of your starting pitchers, you can never have too much pitching depth, and its not like that bullpen was loaded with talent.

[Sammy Sofa]

Love how WSR thinks the Cubs aren't patient with their pitching prospects.

They are patient as long as they're prospects, but one they get to the big leagues and struggle some, they tend to give up. Felix Pie and Rich Hill come to mind. Of course Hills been awful since, but it was a bit early to ship him out for nothing. The obvious exception here is Samardzjia, but with him there's the matter of the contract and NTC.

 

Pie wasn't a pitching prospect. See Truffle's post about Hill. Your jab was pretty obviously inaccurate. Yes, the Cubs have screwed up when it comes to position prospects like Patterson and Pie, but pitching prospects...no.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Love how WSR thinks the Cubs aren't patient with their pitching prospects.

They are patient as long as they're prospects, but one they get to the big leagues and struggle some, they tend to give up. Felix Pie and Rich Hill come to mind. Of course Hills been awful since, but it was a bit early to ship him out for nothing. The obvious exception here is Samardzjia, but with him there's the matter of the contract and NTC.

 

Pie wasn't a pitching prospect. See Truffle's post about Hill. Your jab was pretty obviously inaccurate. Yes, the Cubs have screwed up when it comes to position prospects like Patterson and Pie, but pitching prospects...no.

I'm just talking prospects in generalm guys who don't perform well in the big leagues are shipped off(Pie, Hill, Patterson). Guzmans different. He was quite good in the time when he was actually healthy.

[Sammy Sofa]

And again, describing Hill's situation that broadly is just wrong.

 

Just face it: you wrote a bad song, Petey.

[Elwood]

I'll be subjected to the Reds broadcast, but at least I get to watch the game.

 

I predict a 6-3 Cubs win.

[CubmanPi]

Fuku

Barney

Castro

Ram

Sori

Byrd

Pena

Hill

Z

[SouthSideRyan]

[expletive] Hill.

[Little Slide Rooter]

[expletive] Hill.

 

Dont you mean [expletive] Quade?

[otis89]

Donde esta Castillo?

[Keener98]

Haha Koyie Hill again.

[dew1679666265]

I'll be subjected to the Reds broadcast, but at least I get to watch the game.

 

Same here. Definitely watching on mute tonight.

[dew1679666265]

MLB Network reporting Aroldis Chapman has been placed on the 15-day DL with a shoulder injury. Righty Jordan Smith has been called up to replace him.