5.9 Tailllon vs Flaherty,

[CubinNY]

Didn’t see a thread up. Game starts in 40 minutes. 
 It would be great if our Cobs could get the bats going again. 

Edited May 9, 2023 by CubinNY

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Boy the discourse around today's lineup was one of my least favorite things in a while, just ignoring or not being one bit curious what the actual motivations were and reflexively getting worked up about bad process, Ross being dumb, etc.  Flaherty has insane R/L splits this year, so it seems clear that the motivations are maximize lefties and split neutrals(hence Madrigal and Hosmer), minimize pressure on the new promotions(hence Mervis/Morel/Amaya 7/8/9), and maximize stability for the regulars as they prefer(Madrigal leading off instead of scooting everyone up).  I wouldn't necessarily do all of those things this way, but the 9 chosen are the right ones, and the freakouts about order are largely irrelevant considering Wisdom/Mancini can seamlessly PH for Madrigal/Hosmer the moment it is advantageous.

[UMFan83]

Hey the Cardinals are cheating. They somehow got to run all the bases on one hit

[Irrelevant Dude]

That was entirely predictable.

[UMFan83]

Pathetic 

[muntjack]

I know I'm not the only one that saw Flaherty struggling,  at 22 pitches with one out and the bases loaded,  Hosmer coming up,  and called the 1st-pitch double play groundball. It was too easy. 

[UMFan83]

I don’t even get excited when I see the Cubs have 2 runners on and less than 2 outs. I used to but it’s been conditioned out of me

[UMFan83]

Man we should really try one of those over the fence hits. A lot easier than getting 3 regular hits in an inning 

[Tryptamine]

Taillon is not so good.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

just mocking us now

[Tryptamine]

This team is not good

[Derwood]

Taillon was a great signing. Bang up job, there

[CubinNY]

Yuck. 

[Nolansomebody]

Great start!

[Irrelevant Dude]

8 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Taillon was a great signing. Bang up job, there

Didn't like it then. Don't like it now.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

19 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Man we should really try one of those over the fence hits. A lot easier than getting 3 regular hits in an inning 

Having seen one up close I'm not afraid to say it, I'm for them.

[CubinNY]

There we go!

[Irrelevant Dude]

Mervis is taking too many strikes.  It appears like he is looking for walks right now and taking pitches that he shouldn't.

[Tryptamine]

Small sample size, but Mervis looks terrible.  Even when he makes contact,  it's terrible contact.

[Rex Buckingham]

great play from Morel to make that turn

[Tryptamine]

For the love of god, stop giving Hosmer at bats.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Maybe stop trying to load the bases? It isn't working.

[Rex Buckingham]

Why not pinch hit there?

[Andy]

Crazy idea STOP horsefeathering HITTING HOSMER AHEAD OF ANYONE WITH A PULSE

[profisme]

Just now, Andy said:

Crazy idea STOP horsefeathering HITTING HOSMER 

FIFY