5.1 May Day

[CubinNY]

In celebration of May Day the Cubs have decided to be no hit through 4.

[CubinNY]

Wisdom breaks it up with a dong in the 5th.

[CubinNY]

Stro pitching well through 5.

[CubinNY]

Seiya with an RBI double

[CubinNY]

Does Madrigal at least seem like a decent defender?

He doesn’t have much of an arm. More than anything he reminds me of Bobby Hill.

[Bertz]

I assume the plan is to let Stro go batter to batter in the 7th with a lefty warming for Yelich and/or Tellez

[CubinNY]

Great game by Stro on his birthday

[CubinNY]

Frank has to be out of the line up.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

You'll never convince me Rowdy Tellez isn't a lab experiment to create the most insufferable slow pitch softball player imaginable

[Bertz]

Frank has to be out of the line up.

 

I'd start pushing him towards the short half of a platoon. His numbers against lefties aren't great, but they were a week ago, so I tend to think the dip is seeing McLanahan, Fried, and Lauer in the span of about a week.

[CubinNY]

If they blow this game it will very demoralizing for me

[Bertz]

Wick's an example of a sweeper guy right? Because I don't ever remember him having anything with anywhere near this much horizontal movement.

[CubinNY]

All right! Robertson.

[Bertz]

Wick's an example of a sweeper guy right? Because I don't ever remember him having anything with anywhere near this much horizontal movement.

 

Okay looks like this is a yes, but he started the process last year (probably really late when I wasn't paying attention anymore).

 

Wick Horizontal Slider movement by year:

 

2018 - 4.8 inches

2019 - 5.6 inches

2020 - N/A

2021 - 10.9 inches

2022 - 12.8 inches

 

My guess is '18-'20 those are actually just misclassified cutters. He's added it in the last 12 months or so. Looks like a real weapon.

[CubinNY]

Good win.

[CyHawk_Cub]

I'm confident that the Cubs are better than the Reds.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

My wife said something about a guy named Frank that we know. Then my 5 year old daughter said, “Frank Schwindel?”

 

What a sad time we are living in. I grew up with Grace as our 1st baseman. She gets Frank Schwindel.

[17 Seconds]

My wife said something about a guy named Frank that we know. Then my 5 year old daughter said, “Frank Schwindel?”

 

What a sad time we are living in. I grew up with Grace as our 1st baseman. She gets Frank Schwindel.

 

that's on you for letting schwindel ever becoming a name in your household

[itisallpartoftheplan]

My wife said something about a guy named Frank that we know. Then my 5 year old daughter said, “Frank Schwindel?”

 

What a sad time we are living in. I grew up with Grace as our 1st baseman. She gets Frank Schwindel.

 

that's on you for letting schwindel ever becoming a name in your household

 

Maybe a little bit, but I’ll blame Ricketts.