4/3 Cubs (Smyly) at Reds (Overton?) 5:40 PM CT, Marquee

[Bertz]

Hosmer does not seem likely to make it to May 1st in the org

[jersey cubs fan]

You plan on winning with pitching and defense?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Nice to see Bellinger get on the board. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

6 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Hosmer does not seem likely to make it to May 1st in the org

And is literally anyone surprised by that? I like the risk on Bellinger and Mancini but don’t understand pursuing Hosmer. 

[imb]

really fucked up to call this guy smyly while he's making me so sad

[Brock Beauchamp]

At least the top of the lineup should be pretty fun to watch this season. 

[UMFan83]

27 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

And is literally anyone surprised by that? I like the risk on Bellinger and Mancini but don’t understand pursuing Hosmer. 

Surely just a stopgap until Mervis is deemed ready right? Not sure what service time looks like these days

[Tryptamine]

Quality AB by Bellinger

[UMFan83]

Yay we tied it....was getting ready to post about not getting a runner home from 3rd with 0 outs.

[Brock Beauchamp]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Surely just a stopgap until Mervis is deemed ready right? Not sure what service time looks like these days

Service time is still 15-ish days down to get a seventh year of control.

And if the Cubs are playing Super Two shenanigans, which adds another 4-6 weeks to ensure a player doesn’t qualify, they can go straight to hell. 

[Tryptamine]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Service time is still 15-ish days down to get a seventh year of control.

And if the Cubs are playing Super Two shenanigans, they can go straight to hell. 

Doing what they have to do to compete as a mid market team against major markets like San Diego 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Great send by Harris

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Reds are a really bad baseball team. 

[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Service time is still 15-ish days down to get a seventh year of control.

And if the Cubs are playing Super Two shenanigans, which adds another 4-6 weeks to ensure a player doesn’t qualify, they can go straight to hell. 

Sadly if there's an opportunity to do something shitty, the Cubs will shamelessly do it.

[UMFan83]

Extension for Hosmer? 😁

[CubinNY]

Hosmer not useless

[Transmogrified Tiger]

9 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Surely just a stopgap until Mervis is deemed ready right? Not sure what service time looks like these days

I'm sure the service time doesn't hurt, but I think the primary motivation is that Mervis was a non-prospect 12 months ago, so they went with strength in numbers for 1B & DH between Hosmer/Mancini/Mervis.  Plus Hosmer signed before Mancini so they wanted to bank at least one option even if it was a mediocre one.

[Soul]

Ouch

[Tryptamine]

Nice Start Smyly

[jersey cubs fan]

Smyly
 

[UMFan83]

11 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

The Reds are a really bad baseball team. 

What does that say about us then?

[CubinNY]

horsefeathering Ross always waits too long to take his starters out.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Can't give up a left on left oppo HR to the AAAA journeyman

[abuck1220]

good thing alzolay pitched two meaningless innings in a loss yesterday so we could extend the drew smyly experience tonight. stunning how bad ross is at knowing when to pull pitchers. 

[UMFan83]