6/4 Cubs-Cards Doubleheader

[Bertz]

Matt Swarmer is somehow pitching well again

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Schwindel is now over 100 PA since his 24 hour demotion and has a wRC+ of about 130 in that time

[Bertz]

 

If he could simply be Alec Mills but actually have minor league options that would be pretty sweet

[UMFan83]

Cubs didn’t score in the 1st inning for the first time in 5 games. They instead scored in the 2nd

 

The Cubs have now scored 1st in 13 of their last 15 games. Those first runs were scored in these innings:

 

1st inning : 8 times

2nd inning: 3 times

4th inning: 1 time

7th inning: 1 time

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Has anyone identified an appreciable change to Swarmer's pitches or pitch mix in AAA this year? He had been donged to oblivion in Iowa in both 2019 and 2021, but his HR rate and BABIP have dropped dramatically this year. If there's some repeatable reason for that then yeah he could definitely play the Mills role for a few seasons.

[UMFan83]

Maybe it was good that the Cubs didn't listen to those of us that wanted to DFA Schwindel

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Schwindel is now over 100 PA since his 24 hour demotion and has a wRC+ of about 130 in that time

 

 

105 PA, .281/.333/.542, 6 HR, 7.6% BB%, 18% K%

[Bertz]

Okay boys, some of us have the under 8.5 so let's save the rest of the runs for tonight unless the Cards decide to mount a comeback

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Got to get this W for Swarmer!

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Umps are good!!

[Bertz]

[Gilby]

I feel like that ump scorecard Twitter thing is gonna be like +5 runs for the Cubs in this game

[Gilby]

Was Dreckman's comeback there "it wasn't that far outside". lol. What a shitty call

[Bertz]

Stuff-wise, Wick has gotta be one of the most inconsistent guys I've ever seen. 98 just now while there's plenty of outings where he barely tops 94

[Bertz]

Morel just continues to hit. Projections are starting to notice too. ZiPS has warmed a smidge but generally doesn't like him (particularly his defense?), while Steamer projects him for 2.8 WAR/600 PAs.

[PackLandVA]

Harrison Bader seems like the type of guy that would get punched in the face for no other reason than just being Harrison Bader.

[PackLandVA]

:flythew:

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Cubs win!! Glad Wick got Pujols he was up to 37 pitches. Almost had to waste Robertson.

[Bertz]

Harrison Bader seems like the type of guy that would get punched in the face for no other reason than just being Harrison Bader.

 

Girl I used to work with was a highschool classmate of his and confirmed that he is in fact as much of a horsefeathers as he looks like

[UMFan83]

4 of 5 against the Brewers/Cardinals. Could just be a blip in an otherwise bad season but in the moment it’s mildly fun. If only we didn’t lose all those 1 run games earlier on

[itisallpartoftheplan]

 

Heyward and Simmons getting starts in 2 of 3 games over Hoerner, Frazier, and Madrigal is dumb.

 

If you don’t want these guys playing both games of the double header that’s fine, but they should’ve been in yesterday.

[Rex Buckingham]

I'm sure Ross will say it's because of defense, but man that bottom of the order has to suck to see as a pitcher making his debut.

[Derwood]

"We need to have our best defense on the field since we're only scoring 2 runs with this lineup"

[OleMissCub]

Any worms don’t wanna get killed tonight, better dig a little deeper when our 8 and 9 hitters come up

[soccer10k]

Pierzynski on the call for FOX tonight. Guess I’ll be keeping this thing on mute then.