7/28 Cubs (Mills) at Reds (Mahle) 5:40 CT Marquee

[Cubswin11]

 

He deserves more playing time. I think he'll have a great year.

 

At the very least they should give Bryant a little bit of extra time to get right with Bote looking like this and not overly rush him. But I think Ross has done a good job so far picking the right guys on a given day and getting the guys in who should be playing

Can bryant be trusted in right field?

He could, but Heyward had like a .840 OPS vs RHP last year and brings the contact aspect

[squally1313]

At the very least they should give Bryant a little bit of extra time to get right with Bote looking like this and not overly rush him. But I think Ross has done a good job so far picking the right guys on a given day and getting the guys in who should be playing

Can bryant be trusted in right field?

He could, but Heyward had like a .840 OPS vs RHP last year and brings the contact aspect

Yeah that wasn’t me calling for heyward to the bench. But right and second are about the only realistic places I’d mess with right now if we needed to get Bote more PAs

[Andy]

If we can get this bullpen figured out this could be a damn good team.

[Cubswin11]

Can bryant be trusted in right field?

He could, but Heyward had like a .840 OPS vs RHP last year and brings the contact aspect

Yeah that wasn’t me calling for heyward to the bench. But right and second are about the only realistic places I’d mess with right now if we needed to get Bote more PAs

Having the DH certainly helps and I think it’s gonna be like 2016 if everyone is healthy. “Where are all these SS/bats going to play?” It will work itself out and most guys who should/are playing well will get their rightful ABs.

[PackLandVA]

Six thru nine hitters in the lineup are 6 for 13, 4 R, 4 RBI and 2 BB. That's production. And that type of production from the bottom of the order will equate a lot of wins.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Baez is having one hellova game

[UMFan83]

If 31-29 gets you in the playoffs, which I believe it will, we are looking at needing to go 27-28 the rest of the way haha

[Brian]

If 31-29 gets you in the playoffs, which I believe it will, we are looking at needing to go 27-28 the rest of the way haha

 

baseball is officially back now that UMFan is calculating the needed record going forward!

[Brian]

couldn't be nice and easy

[UMFan83]

Come on can’t we just have an easy finish and a decent day from the pen?

[champaignchris]

Javy doing Javy things is fun.

 

This bullpen is not fun.

[Cubswin11]

That looked like a juiced ball dong, weird night for some of these flyballs

[soccer10k]

Cubs pen maintaining their stellar 9 ERA on the year with that homer.

[SparkMark1]

Hooray

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

:flythew: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win! :flythew:

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[Cubswin11]

:flythew: fly it

[Tim]

:flythew: :flythew: :flythew:

[Brian707]

If 31-29 gets you in the playoffs, which I believe it will, we are looking at needing to go 27-28 the rest of the way haha

 

It might be slightly more since I would assume both the 3rd and 4th place team from the East makes it due to the Marlins situation. Their team is going to be full of minor league players

[PackLandVA]

Why does it seem like every Cubs reliever tries to nibble with every hotter. You 're up by five, let 'em put it in play. Sheesh! Edited July 29, 2020 by PackLandVA

[Tim]

With the five run lead, I was more disappointed in the walk than the hr.

[squally1313]

4-1. This offense fucks.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I use reddit to find me a stream like usual, and one of the sites gives me a c u next tuesday empire pop up. Bookmarked.

[Tim]

Brewers blow a 6-3 lead in the 7th, Pitt still batting with runners on 2nd and 3rd.

[Tim]

...and Gregory Polanco still sucks.

[Bertz]

With the five run lead, I was more disappointed in the walk than the hr.

 

Yup. Also this

 

 

I consider this a good process bad results kinda night for the pen.