4/1/23 – Brewers (Woodruff) @ Cubs (Steele), 1:20pm on Marquee

[Bertz]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

As people said coming into the year the Cubs are gonna play a lot of low scoring games. You hope that defense and pitching is good enough to compensate for what is likely a bad offense. 

I think it'll be fine when the weather warms up.  The problem is aside from Rios and Wisdom who are one-dimensional power goofs, there's nobody you'd expect to be able to hit it out regularly in these cold April games.  And it's, even when things are going well, not going to be a great OBP lineup.

[Irrelevant Dude]

5 minutes ago, SpongeWorthy said:

lot of holes in this lineup

You don't like the Hosmer-Madrigal-Barnhart murderer's row?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I've enjoyed Girardi more in this game than opening day, but that "hey that sounds a lot like the Sports Reporters show" is killing me

[Matthew Trueblood]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

There’s just not really a single guy in the lineup that is a legitimately good hitter AND has good power. We have a few legitimately good hitters but they’re not particularly great power hitters. Swanson and Happ are solid but not middle of the order power solid. Then we have some power bats like Rios and Wisdom but they’re not particularly good hitters 

[Derwood]

Pat Hughes is in mid-season form. Coomer, on the other hand, is not adjusting to the new pitch clock, as he mumbles his way through nonsense and we miss 3 pitches

[Matthew Trueblood]

Well, at least we all got to see the venerated "most hits by a shortstop in their first two games with the Cubs since 1920" record broken.

[Bertz]

Williams' velo was down in the WBC too.  It's April 1st so not a red alert deal, but I would be moderately worried if I was a Brewers fan.

[UMFan83]

Who needs power bats when Swanson can drill one directly off pitcher’s pitching arms?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

he was what, an inch from getting Prior'd

[Matthew Trueblood]

1 minute ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

he was what, an inch from getting Prior'd

EXACTLY what I was thinking. Close call.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

honestly Bellinger just sit changeup on the first pitch and try to hit it to the moon

[UMFan83]

Alright we got a rally going with 4-5-6 due up. Bellinger, Mastro and Rios lol

[UMFan83]

Thank you for keeping it to a 1 year deal Jed

[Matthew Trueblood]

I am not enjoying The Cody Bellinger Experience.

[UMFan83]

Does this ump even understand the concept of pitch framing?

[Andy]

I'm about out on the Bellinger signing

[soccer10k]

Maybe don’t try to pull a pitch that’s three inches off the plate outside, Bellinger.

[Matthew Trueblood]

Just now, soccer10k said:

Maybe don’t try to pull a pitch that’s three inches off the plate outside, Bellinger.

He's never had an oppo swing and I'm not sure how I'd even design one for him, given his setup and bat path, but it's a PROBLEM, man.

[UMFan83]

Series W tomorrow

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

I'm about out on the Bellinger signing

Trying not to overreact to 2 games but man has he looked bad. Just looks cooked

[Hairyducked Idiot]

can't *really* try to win games 1-0

[CubinNY]

Boooooo

This one is .30 on Ross

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Trying not to overreact to 2 games but man has he looked bad. Just looks cooked

It's not really overreacting on two games when he OPS'd .542 and .654 the last two seasons

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I can’t believe my reign lasted as long as it did. 

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

It's not really overreacting on two games when he OPS'd .542 and .654 the last two seasons

I was willing to give him a few weeks to see if a 27 year old former MVP could find his form again. And I still will. But initial results are not encouraging