4/7 Cubs (Kyle) vs Brewers (Woodruff) 1:20 PM

[Irrelevant Dude]

I assumed I had missed a double and forgot about the stupid rule.

[Hawk4Hall]

Barf Ball

[Schwarber Fan]

This team sucks. Since 2016, they’ve found a way to lose so many extra inning games, especially at home.

[Hawk4Hall]

Brandon Workman folks.

[squally1313]

This team sucks. Since 2016, they’ve found a way to lose so many extra inning games, especially at home.

3-1 in 2020

4-9 in 2019

11-8 in 2018

7-3 in 2017

 

25-21 total. Or a .543 winning percentage. With a total winning percentage of .557 in that stretch. But yes, good call.

[jersey cubs fan]

and like that, Cubs +1.5 and the under is toast

hey javy, I could really use a fake rally here

 

 

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=237&p=449507#p449507

 

[squally1313]

Damn Javy, how did that stay in the park.

[CubinNY]

Javy swang at hit a ball 9 inches outside.

[jersey cubs fan]

Javy swang at hit a ball 9 inches outside.

#talent

[squally1313]

Javy swang at hit a ball 9 inches outside.

#talent

With a home run swing down 3 with one guy on. Must have hit the top of his bat with that spin.

[CubinNY]

boo

[UMFan83]

Oh well, at least we got 3 hits - our 3rd best output of the season!

[Bryants Disco Ball]

This team sucks. Since 2016, they’ve found a way to lose so many extra inning games, especially at home.

3-1 in 2020

4-9 in 2019

11-8 in 2018

7-3 in 2017

 

25-21 total. Or a .543 winning percentage. With a total winning percentage of .557 in that stretch. But yes, good call.

 

Not to use you as our ESPN Stats and Information, but would you be able to debunk our theory that the Cubs mostly only score their runs via the home run the past few years and that when they lose a series to the Brewers the Cubs often win the first game before stumbling.

 

Those have been my two things that I often say but don't even know if either are true.

[Soul]

They don’t get hits.

 

It’s really boring.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

They don’t get hits.

 

It’s really boring.

 

That's what I have thought the last three years, too. Long stretches of complete boredom for a team that just can't hit very well. I'm sure I will miss it at some point this season, but it feels OK to not have the MLB package for the first time in 15 years.

 

I do give the front office credit for running a version of this same offense back each season even though they describe it as broken every October.

[d_money]

They don’t get hits.

 

It’s really boring.

 

That's what I have thought the last three years, too. Long stretches of complete boredom for a team that just can't hit very well. I'm sure I will miss it at some point this season, but it feels OK to not have the MLB package for the first time in 15 years.

 

I do give the front office credit for running a version of this same offense back each season even though they describe it as broken every October.

Not the fault of the FO this time around. These guys are seasoned pros, it’s on them.

[UMFan83]

We'll all have a hardy chuckle about this at the end. Hendricks did good, Chafin and Kimbrel are hot early, Pederson hit a HR, the lineup saw like 70+ pitches after the 7th inning

 

OTOH in real time I can imagine this is a pretty boring team to watch

 

I’m not going to overreact to a weeks worth of games or anything but it’s not like 2016 or 2017 where we knew the Cubs were an amazing team and they’d get it together. I don’t think this team will be terrible (unless they are sellers in July) and there are some promising signs like the pitching overall but no lock that they will end up being good

[Sosa21MVP]

We'll all have a hardy chuckle about this at the end. Hendricks did good, Chafin and Kimbrel are hot early, Pederson hit a HR, the lineup saw like 70+ pitches after the 7th inning

 

OTOH in real time I can imagine this is a pretty boring team to watch

 

I’m not going to overreact to a weeks worth of games or anything but it’s not like 2016 or 2017 where we knew the Cubs were an amazing team and they’d get it together. I don’t think this team will be terrible (unless they are sellers in July) and there are some promising signs like the pitching overall but no lock that they will end up being good

 

Yeah at worst I figure they will tread around the .500 mark unless they start selling off as you say.

[Bertz]

We'll all have a hardy chuckle about this at the end. Hendricks did good, Chafin and Kimbrel are hot early, Pederson hit a HR, the lineup saw like 70+ pitches after the 7th inning

 

OTOH in real time I can imagine this is a pretty boring team to watch

 

I’m not going to overreact to a weeks worth of games or anything but it’s not like 2016 or 2017 where we knew the Cubs were an amazing team and they’d get it together. I don’t think this team will be terrible (unless they are sellers in July) and there are some promising signs like the pitching overall but no lock that they will end up being good

 

Yeah at worst I figure they will tread around the .500 mark unless they start selling off as you say.

 

I think this is the thing I'm most curious about. Jed has talked a big game about selling even if the team is mediocre at the deadline. But we're at 2.5 years of big talk with the only change being the Schwarber/Joc swap. Theo clearly wasn't willing to break up the band, but does Jed actually have the stones to sell if they're .500 and like three games out in late July?

[squally1313]

 

Yeah at worst I figure they will tread around the .500 mark unless they start selling off as you say.

 

I think this is the thing I'm most curious about. Jed has talked a big game about selling even if the team is mediocre at the deadline. But we're at 2.5 years of big talk with the only change being the Schwarber/Joc swap. Theo clearly wasn't willing to break up the band, but does Jed actually have the stones to sell if they're .500 and like three games out in late July?

 

Uh yeah, the guy sold Darvish off a CY runner up season after he suddenly became the only good Cubs player (after being the worstest). That said, he’d be an idiot to sell in that scenario. Is that where you’re drawing the line? .500 and 3 whole games in July? Does anyone sell in that scenario?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Flag_Trade

 

Worth noting that 24 years later, this is the top result for 'White Flag Trade', which tells you something about how it went over with the fan base.

[squally1313]

Someone start the new game thread so I can complain about Happ sitting again while Baez gets moved UP to the clean up spot.