05/03 Reds (Leake) @ Cubs (Villanueva) 01:20 CT CSN

[Schwarber Fan]

Looks like a miserable weather day in Chicago, but hopefully they play.

 

Go Cubs.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Carlos and his mustache promise to tie a damsel to the train tracks for every blunder made by the Cubs.

[coldsteel]

Geez Alfonso - let's get going

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 1129-1112 (0.504) vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 615-514 (0.545) vs. Cincinnati at home

 

The CUBS won their first 11 games vs. Cincinnati.............

 

Gam#      Date          Opponent                 Score
003  Sun  04/29/1876  @ Cincinnati               11- 5    
004  Wed  05/02/1876  @ Cincinnati               15- 9    
007  Thu  05/10/1876    Cincinnati                6- 0    
008  Fri  05/11/1876    Cincinnati                9- 5    
040  Wed  07/25/1876    Cincinnati               23- 3    
041  Fri  07/27/1876    Cincinnati               17- 3    
042  Sun  07/29/1876    Cincinnati                9- 2    
046  Wed  08/08/1876  @ Cincinnati               13- 3    
047  Fri  08/10/1876  @ Cincinnati                6- 0    
048  Sun  08/12/1876  @ Cincinnati                5- 0    
009  Sat  05/26/1877  @ Cincinnati               12- 7    

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Friendly Confines]

choo

cozart

votto

frazier

bruce

paul

mesoraco

izturis

leake

 

 

dejesus

castro

rizzo

soriano

schierholtz

castillo

valbueno

barney

vanilla wafer

[UMFan83]

yay we're losing already

[UMFan83]

yay we're losing by more now

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Nice receiving job there, Welly.

[Schwarber Fan]

The little things are the big things... Castillo's inability to make the 1-1 look like the strike that it was tipped the AB in Choo's favor.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

The little things are the big things... Castillo's inability to make the 1-1 look like the strike that it was tipped the AB in Choo's favor.

 

http://i.imgur.com/NP11ZNb.png

[Schwarber Fan]

The little things are the big things... Castillo's inability to make the 1-1 look like the strike that it was tipped the AB in Choo's favor.

 

http://i.imgur.com/NP11ZNb.png

 

Of course it's on the umpire ultimately, but if Castillo frames it correctly, he would've gotten the call.

[Cubswin11]

The little things are the big things... Castillo's inability to make the 1-1 look like the strike that it was tipped the AB in Choo's favor.

He has to be the worst catcher in the league at receiving/framing pitches

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

The little things are the big things... Castillo's inability to make the 1-1 look like the strike that it was tipped the AB in Choo's favor.

 

http://i.imgur.com/NP11ZNb.png

 

Of course it's on the umpire ultimately, but if Castillo frames it correctly, he would've gotten the call.

 

Not disagreeing. I agree that Castillo is a terrible pitch framer.

[sneakypower]

that bothered me too; he must have gotten mixed up there with pitches

 

i wonder what the cumulative effect of his bad framing is...i'm reminded of the Jose Molina study

[Guest]

uh, i don't think there's any way he was out there...but i could be wrong i guess

[Schwarber Fan]

Once again... bad call at 1st leads to Villanueva having to lead off the next inning... Grr...

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The little things are the big things... Castillo's inability to make the 1-1 look like the strike that it was tipped the AB in Choo's favor.

He has to be the worst catcher in the league at receiving/framing pitches

 

His defense has been so disappointing. He looks much more like a backup than a starter. His defense would be acceptable if his bat were well above-average, and his bat would be acceptable if his defense were above-average, but neither is the case.

[Cubswin11]

The little things are the big things... Castillo's inability to make the 1-1 look like the strike that it was tipped the AB in Choo's favor.

He has to be the worst catcher in the league at receiving/framing pitches

 

His defense has been so disappointing. He looks much more like a backup than a starter. His defense would be acceptable if his bat were well above-average, and his bat would be acceptable if his defense were above-average, but neither is the case.

Agreed. If he could be Soto on defense he could get away with being a starter. But with mounting evidence that he's an awful defender and Dale's comments recently about needing to be better at defense, etc. you have to wonder if he's gonna start losing playing time. Thing is, though, we literally have zero other options at catcher.

[GammonsPocketTweets]

To think, Matt Weiters could be our backstop right now. Thanks Jim and Tim!

[Guest]

To think, Matt Weiters could be our backstop right now. Thanks Jim and Tim!

 

Pretty sure it's the Tribune you can thank for that one.

 

EDIT - Or am I thinking of the Simpson draft? Or both?

[GammonsPocketTweets]

To think, Matt Weiters could be our backstop right now. Thanks Jim and Tim!

 

Pretty sure it's the Tribune you can thank for that one.

 

Not really. Tim just got too cute with the pick.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

To think, Matt Weiters could be our backstop right now. Thanks Jim and Tim!

 

Pretty sure it's the Tribune you can thank for that one.

 

Not really. Tim just got too cute with the pick.

 

He's had some interviews lately where he said he wanted Wieters but wasn't given the budget to sign him. He ended up going for more than twice slot value for our pick.

[GammonsPocketTweets]

I'd make up some excuse too if I passed on a catcher with a 12 career WAR so far in favor of a triple A flameout.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'd make up some excuse too if I passed on a catcher with a 12 career WAR so far in favor of a triple A flameout.

 

That's certainly possible.

[Guest]

Pretty sure the rumors at the time were that Wieters was Wilken's guy too.