4/20 Rays (Rasmussen) @ Cubs (Stroman) moved to 5:30pm CT

[UMFan83]

 

I've never seen a game-time move earlier on the day of the game, presumably because its massively inconvenient for fans that plan to go. But either way, they will try to get this one in by starting an hour and change earlier.

 

Presumably it will be a muted crowd to start as everyone's 4:20 buzz will still be going strong.

[Bertz]

Yeah I assumed that this was something they could do in 2020 with no fans but that it was a one-off. I wonder if the schedule being tighter this year because of a lockout necessitated bringing this back.

[Cubswin11]

Villar is a complete piece of horsefeathers on defense

[Bertz]

Hopefully this gets rained out now, sheesh

[abuck1220]

if ross insists on playing villar while he’s “hot,” please DH him

 

especially if he’s playing instead of wisdom who is actually hot

[CubinNY]

Stro hoping to stay on the mound until the rain comes.

[UMFan83]

Sooo was that a mutual opt out after 2 years?

[itisallpartoftheplan]

At we won’t blow a 3-0 lead in a Stroman start tonight!

[Irrelevant Dude]

This is going great.

[UMFan83]

Stroman only had 1 start with 5+ ER last year. He’s done it in 2 of his first 3 Cubs starts

[Cubswin11]

Stroman sucks

[abuck1220]

did we know villar was absolute trash defensively?

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Position player pitching tonight?

[UMFan83]

Stroman sucks

 

He’s taking the Lester route to success with the Cubs

[Irrelevant Dude]

Were there warning signs on Stroman or is this just a few bad outings? Or both?

[Bertz]

Were there warning signs on Stroman or is this just a few bad outings? Or both?

 

Velo down a bit, hard contact up a bit.

 

That said he's fine. It's not bad luck or anything, this is legit hard contact, but he's missing bats and keeping the ball on the ground. His xFIP is 3.32, and for a vet like him we know he's not a guy who's gonna underperform in that way in the long run.

[Cubswin11]

did we know villar was absolute trash defensively?

Yes