7/20 Cobs (Jon) vs Cardinals (Joe Flaherty) 1:20 NBCSC

[Ding Dong Johnson]

boy, watching that cardinals defense and the cob offense made me feel a little funny

 

joe is going to trot out that big all star horse (not lackey) as a sign of his undying loyalty to the big fella

 

poor tree will have to sit around some more because this ain't stoppin anytime soon

[bcl412]

Beat up on the cardinals while either the Brewers collapse or the Dodgers start slow post Machado. I like the idea of fun baseball!

[itisallpartoftheplan]

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[javy knows my name]

The weather doesn't look...awesome for this one

[Derwood]

That is the Cubs' Voltron lineup

[Cubswin11]

That is the Cubs' Voltron lineup

Zobrist over Almora and Heyward in CF is the Voltron lineup vs RHP

[Derwood]

Any chance this game starts on time?

[UMFan83]

Any chance this game starts on time?

 

I think the tarp is off currently. Downtown Chicago just got really dark though and I think I hear some thunder in the distance.

[Stu]

So Willson wearing a Willson Contreras shirt in his pregame TV interview? :)

[Bertz]

Not a weatherman but looking at the radar it looks like there's a big patch of gross weather out in the burbs right now but once it passes they should mostly be in the clear.

[UMFan83]

Man we are going early-2017 Cubs again with these 1st inning runs.

[soccer10k]

Jon doing his best Hendricks impersonation.

[Sammys Boombox]

Oh, look. We’re going to have another come from behind win.

[TMan92]

We really need another starter. It may be time to move a couple MLB players.

[soccer10k]

Man we are going early-2017 Cubs again with these 1st inning runs.

 

4.79 first inning ERA this year. Last year was 5.67. Our worst inning this year is the 5th at 5.27.

[soccer10k]

We’re going to laugh at that solo home run in a few hours after we win 7-3.

[Brian]

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[gobigred]

Would Bote be a trade asset for teams to try and get? The staff is a shatshow right now.. What would it take to get Archer?

[Sammys Boombox]

Really feel Flaherty just got a ton of help from the Cubs that inning.

[TMan92]

Would Bote be a trade asset for teams to try and get? The staff is a shatshow right now.. What would it take to get Archer?

 

I would go hard and offer Happ, Vic and Bote for a big name.

[imb]

Man we are going early-2017 Cubs again with these 1st inning runs.

 

4.79 first inning ERA this year. Last year was 5.67. Our worst inning this year is the 5th at 5.27.

 

the darvish inning

[Cubswin11]

Would Bote be a trade asset for teams to try and get? The staff is a shatshow right now.. What would it take to get Archer?

Never trade Bote. He’s actually good, send Seal Boy back to the shore. Also Archer kinda sucks. I’d rather just go get like Clayton Richard than pay the price on Archer.

[Sammys Boombox]

Really going to need some in-house pitchers to step it up this half. Lester is not going to be nearly as good as he was in the first half.

[Cubswin11]

Would Bote be a trade asset for teams to try and get? The staff is a shatshow right now.. What would it take to get Archer?

 

I would go hard and offer Happ, Vic and Bote for a big name.

Happ, Monty and whatever prospects they want for deGrom

[UMFan83]

Would Bote be a trade asset for teams to try and get? The staff is a shatshow right now.. What would it take to get Archer?

 

If Lester regresses like his numbers say we are really screwed. He will regress (or is regressing based on his last couple starts) but hopefully its to around a 3.50 ERA pitch and not a 4.20 ERA guy.

 

Hendricks I'm not sure how to feel about. It's not like he's lost his stuff, it seems like he has lost the command of his stuff. He will either get it back and go back to being a solid #2 starter or he wont and continue to fade to a back of the rotation guy.

 

If the rest helped Q's shoulder he should be fine and able to live up to expectations. The rest is a mess. Monty has been awful his last 3 starts, Chatwood is a lost cause and I've given up expecting Darvish to come back this year...if he does great.

 

Yeah its quite a mess overall