4/17 Cubs(Smyly) vs Rockies(Gomber)

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Seiya!!

[CubinNY]

Seiya!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Suzuki has been fun so far.

[Gilby]

Prime KB ABs were a thing of beauty, to compare him to a recent great RHH Cub. But the quality of these are, or have been, a step above. The discipline, power, everything. He's just so so good

[abuck1220]

quick pull for effross, who was giving up nothing, but leave rucker out there. just ridiculous.

[CubinNY]

I hope I never hear of this guy again

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Rucker sucks. He should have never started the inning.

[Bertz]

quick pull for effross, who was giving up nothing, but leave rucker out there. just ridiculous.

 

The bullpen is a bit thin, you can tell they're still trying to avoid back-to-backs, but I feel like Rucker should have taken yesterday to the house after Chavez came out. Then they'd have all three of Wick/Givens/Robertson today

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Here comes Bryant’s first homer as a Rockie.

[CubinNY]

Gas on a fire

[Bertz]

 

I couldn't be a fan of an NL West team and do this ten times a year

[chopsx9]

I don't think Rucker has seen a hit like that since Wagon Wheel

I got ya!

[abuck1220]

good job wick even though you apparently throw 92 now and that was a ball.

[Bertz]

I feel like we earned that one. Ump had a wide zone early in the game which contributed to the Cubs not blowing it open, then tightened up big time when Rucker and Givens could have used some help.

[Bertz]

While the overall numbers aren't there for either, I feel MUCH better about Wisdom than Schwindel right now.

 

Wisdom's patience and power are where it was last year, and his contact is actually up. I'm actually cautiously optimistic he's improved. Schwindel though is chasing more, hitting the ball softly, and everything is on the ground. It's a scary combo.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Cubs win!!

[UMFan83]

Good win, now go bulls

[CubinNY]

Good win!

[Derwood]

There's no reason Suzuki should bat anywhere but 3rd going forward.

[Tim]

There's no reason Suzuki should bat anywhere but 3rd going forward.

There are plenty of studies that say your best hitter should bat 2nd in the order.

[Derwood]

There's no reason Suzuki should bat anywhere but 3rd going forward.

There are plenty of studies that say your best hitter should bat 2nd in the order.

 

Fair, but I'm not sure why Ross insists on keeping him in the middle third of the order

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

First Cub game I watched since the Cubs last came to Denver. Pretty enjoyable, apart from the fact that my girls were ten times more interested in the wave during the 7th inning than anything else that happened.

[Bertz]

 

I knew the ump had a bad game yesterday but yeesh

[UMFan83]

 

I knew the ump had a bad game yesterday but yeesh

 

That one to Cron in the 7th inning almost cost the Cubs the game. Annoying.