8.5 Cubs at home vs. the Marlins

[CubinNY]

Come on you humps.

[Derwood]

Marlins in black and Cubs in dark blue makes this look like a spring training game

[CubinNY]

Steele with 5Ks through 2 innings. He might be a thing. I'm kind of sorry I traded him in MLB The Show.

[CubinNY]

5 ks in a row. 94 MPH on the black

[Tim]

Yeah, Steele looks damn good so far

[CubinNY]

Boog is broadcasting from Ross's ass.

[Bertz]

I wonder what the org's thoughts are on Steele's velo. They've had pretty good success at coaxing more juice out of guys, and Steele is flat out dominant when he's living 92-95 instead of 90-93. Do they think there is a path to more of the former than the latter? Is it as simple as a different strength and conditioning plan over the winter?

[CubinNY]

Steele getting a little wild in the zone. Many more hittable strikes this inning.

[CubinNY]

He got out of the inning well. Has he always been this much of fly ball pitcher?

[CubinNY]

Steele out after 93 pitches in 4.75 innings with 10 Ks, no runs. Good outing

[CubinNY]

Cobs have no hits through 5 Edited August 5, 2022 by CubinNY

[Transmogrified Tiger]

0 for 9 w/ 4 K is not the start to the McKinstry experience that I hoped for

[mul21]

0 for 9 w/ 4 K is not the start to the McKinstry experience that I hoped for

 

Yeah, he's not looked good either from the PAs I've seen. Was he down at AAA until he came over?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

0 for 9 w/ 4 K is not the start to the McKinstry experience that I hoped for

 

Yeah, he's not looked good either from the PAs I've seen. Was he down at AAA until he came over?

 

He had been called up prior to being traded but had barely played, so hopefully it's a matter of rust. He only had 7 PA at any level in the 3 weeks leading up to the trade.

[UMFan83]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

0 for 9 w/ 4 K is not the start to the McKinstry experience that I hoped for

I first assumed pitcher and thought you found a weird new way of saying “perfect through 3”

[Derwood]

Clutch homer by Willy. Too bad Wisdom followed by whiffing on two center-cut pitches.

[ChiCubsFan]

Pretty cool GW homer for Willy. Give him a lifetime contract no matter how irrational it may be.

 

Steele has to be approaching his pro career high IP in a season.

[UMFan83]

Pretty cool GW homer for Willy. Give him a lifetime contract no matter how irrational it may be.

 

Steele has to be approaching his pro career high IP in a season.

 

I believe he's 3.1 IP away after today