5/20 Cubs (Wada) @ Padres (Ross) 9:10, CSN

[Butterscup1679666578]

nice job b-pen.

[Ski]

Wow, how the hell did we hold on to that?

 

Hurray!

[Guest]

CUBS WIN!

[bukie]

nice, he couldn't lay off twice

 

good win

He was totally guessing. Last pitch was lower than the previous.

[Guest]

Oh no, a single, the game is over.

 

leadoff runner on the padres are crazy good.

Are you more drunk than me or am I too drunk to understand that?

 

seems like when the padres get the leadoff guy on they just get runs...

 

NICE range addison!

This is as good a call as you saying Wada would give up 5+ runs.

[fivepercent]

Yay, the miserable fatalists were wrong tonight.

 

There's always tomorrow...

[sneakypower]

#wearegood

[sontensei]

Yay, the miserable fatalists were wrong tonight.

 

after all these years, its hard to believe man!

[Smack]

nice win

[Guest]

Yay, the miserable fatalists were wrong tonight.

 

after all these years, its hard to believe man!

 

you mean these years that you haven't even watched since 08?

[Andy]

Great work from the bullpen, someone remind me of that the next time I curse their blowing a game.

 

Was important to get that one after yesterday's dumbness. Take the series tomorrow.

[sontensei]

Oh no, a single, the game is over.

 

leadoff runner on the padres are crazy good.

Are you more drunk than me or am I too drunk to understand that?

 

seems like when the padres get the leadoff guy on they just get runs...

 

NICE range addison!

This is as good a call as you saying Wada would give up 5+ runs.

 

i did say that! hard to believe yet.

[sontensei]

Great work from the bullpen, someone remind me of that the next time I curse their blowing a game.

 

Was important to get that one after yesterday's dumbness. Take the series tomorrow.

 

i think the big thing is all these one run games so early in the season. wears on a dude! take the series

[sontensei]

Yay, the miserable fatalists were wrong tonight.

 

after all these years, its hard to believe man!

 

you mean these years that you haven't even watched since 08?

 

well if you factor in 85-2008 yeah a few years in the big picture dude

[Smack]

Really need to win tomorrow and take the AZ series with two really good teams up next week.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

holy [expletive] they won.

[Deeg]

I'm visiting my sister in SD, and I was at Petco tonight. A few observations...

 

• Russell was an absolute beast in BP. He was clearing the fences with easy swings, and he one high off the back wall in CF that was an absolute bomb - 460 easy. Everyone in the crowd sort of gasped when he did that. Of course, he looked absolutely putrid during the game - completely overmatched.
  Soler flails at offspeed stuff, but he had a couple of very nice ABs, with two hits to RF. Bryant stands out though, for his approach - he doesn't look like a young hitter up there. And he really understands situational hitting. Fowler also had great professional ABs - he's a very good hitter.
  Wada looked very solid. 88-91, but he really speeds up his fastball with his mix of pitches. He misses a lot of bats, plain and simple. Also worked a great walk and barely scored on Fowler's triple. I was really surprised Maddon hooked him as quickly as he did.
  Every pitch Motte threw was a 97 MPH fastball on the stadium gun. If he had any kind of offspeed pitch he could rely on, he'd be a beast. By contrast, both Strop (especially) and Rondon seem to have become allergic to their fastball. Strop threw six or seven sliders in a row at one point. He had an easy inning, but I don't see him holding up long-term.
  It's easy to see where we fall short of being a truly elite team. Right now we really have no bench (though Lake did work an impressive base on balls in the 9th), and apart from Bryant, the young bats are very raw and extremely weak on good offspeed pitches (Ross obviously relies on his slider too much, but it is a good one). Bryant is also very shaky at 3B - no errors tonight, but he didn't make any of the easy plays look easy.
  I was very impressed with Montero. Moved well behind the plate, excellent at framing, excellent at-bats every time up. Also, Rondon made a phenomenal play on Barmes' bunt in the 9th.
  The Padres basically have two hitters right now - Norris and Upton. I was praying throughout that 9th inning that we'd end it before Norris hit, because he's an insanely tough out, and Upton - while he's boom or bust - always looked like he could hit a bomb. The rest of the order is terrible, and Kemp looks horrendous at the plate. They need Myers back desperately, but even with him they're at least a bat short.

[Guest]

Nice work Toshi!

[OleMissCub]

Did Joe say anything in post about why he pulled Wada so soon? Was it a pitch count thing?

[jersey cubs fan]

Did Joe say anything in post about why he pulled Wada so soon? Was it a pitch count thing?

 

He was about to face the lineup for the third time with two men on base. Len tweeted out something in pregame about how Wada's OPS against goes from about 550 to 690 to 1250 from the first/second/third time around the lineup.

actually:

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/LenKasper/status/601205346695290880[/tweet]

[Sammy Sofa]

Well that seems a tad problematic given the team's bullpen issues.

[OleMissCub]

Did Joe say anything in post about why he pulled Wada so soon? Was it a pitch count thing?

 

He was about to face the lineup for the third time with two men on base. Len tweeted out something in pregame about how Wada's OPS against goes from about 550 to 690 to 1250 from the first/second/third time around the lineup.

actually:

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/LenKasper/status/601205346695290880[/tweet]

 

holy smokes!!!

[jersey cubs fan]

Well that seems a tad problematic given the team's bullpen issues.

That's why you carry 16 pitchers.

[jersey cubs fan]

seems like a prime candidate for piggybacking with Hendricks. Kyle tends to struggle a little early, get better for 2-4 inning and struggle again in the 5-6. So let Kyle start with Wada ready by the 5th and baby you got a stew going.

[ConstableRabbit]

seems like a prime candidate for piggybacking with Hendricks. Kyle tends to struggle a little early, get better for 2-4 inning and struggle again in the 5-6. So let Kyle start with Wada ready by the 5th and baby you got a stew going.

Dr. K and The Professor sounds like a shitty band.