5/13 Cubs (Wesneski) @ Twins (Ryan) 1:10 PM CT (Marquee)

[Bertz]

Cubs have won two in a row

The star of last night's game was Chris Morel, the second most positive person in the world after...

Today, Hayden Wesneski toes the rubber.  After a rough start he's on a bit of a roll, so he's likely to be extra animated on the mound

Joe Ryan is starting for the Twins.  He's a boring finesse pitcher who gets soft contact, so you know Jed's going to watch with interest 

Go Cubs, with 3 in a row

[Brock Beauchamp]

A parks and rec thread makes it slightly more acceptable if the cubs beat the twins today.

Slightly. 

[UMFan83]

Looks like we're in for a lengthy delay

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Looks like we're in for a lengthy delay

I had a pretty solid "Brock is a raging moron" moment 15 minutes ago when it was pouring at my house and I flipped on the game, only to be surprised it was under a rain delay.

[mfcubs22]

How lengthy we talking?

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, mfcubs22 said:

How lengthy we talking?

Hard to say. It's not raining right now but scattered showers are forecast until 4pm-ish. They could wait until it clears or they could decide to start soon.

[UMFan83]

 

[UMFan83]

Bellinger seems to be in a bit of a slump the last ~10 games or so. His K% has gone up a bit and not walking as much. Seems more like an “ebbs and flow” type of downturn more than  a “reverting to 2019-2021” Bellinger. 

[UMFan83]

This dude has some excellent stuff 

[CubinNY]

Wesneski is an odd dude. 

[champaignchris]

2 observations:

1. I’ve always loved the Twins’ tri-colored T-C helmets. 
 

2.  I don’t know how good Wesneski is going to end up being, but he is quite clearly at minimum a legitimate MLB-quality starting pitcher. The fact that the Cubs have 5 more years of team control for him and all they had to give up was Scott Effross is absurd.  A complete steal by Jed. 

[UMFan83]

I would love to see the run expectancy for a team with 1st and 2nd and 0 outs and what the Cubs average this season.  It seems like getting the first 2 batters on is the kiss of death for the Cubs.  Can’t waste back to back hits from Barnhart and Madrigal lol

[Irrelevant Dude]

This offense is still infuriating.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I thought that was gone off the bat.

[champaignchris]

Wes threw an almost perfect pitch for that double and then lost it on the next two batters. 

[CubinNY]

11 minutes ago, champaignchris said:

2 observations:

1. I’ve always loved the Twins’ tri-colored T-C helmets. 
 

2.  I don’t know how good Wesneski is going to end up being, but he is quite clearly at minimum a legitimate MLB-quality starting pitcher. The fact that the Cubs have 5 more years of team control for him and all they had to give up was Scott Effross is absurd.  A complete steal by Jed. 

He won’t be a starter unless he can find a way to get lefties out or at least limit their SLG. 

[champaignchris]

Just now, CubinNY said:

He won’t be a starter unless he can find a way to get lefties out or at least limit their SLG. 

Yeah. I jinxed him pretty hardcore there, didn’t I. 

[Derwood]

5 runs on 4 hits and 1 walk is a neat trick 

Edited May 13, 2023 by Derwood

[UMFan83]

Well then, happy Saturday everyone!

[UMFan83]

Lmao

 

[CubinNY]

I’ve never seen a player get worse calls at home plate as Suzuki. 

[CubinNY]

Wesneski has to just stop throwing the cutter to lefties. 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

1 hour ago, champaignchris said:

2 observations:

1. I’ve always loved the Twins’ tri-colored T-C helmets. 
 

2.  I don’t know how good Wesneski is going to end up being, but he is quite clearly at minimum a legitimate MLB-quality starting pitcher. The fact that the Cubs have 5 more years of team control for him and all they had to give up was Scott Effross is absurd.  A complete steal by Jed. 

I'm not at all completely convinced he's an MLB starter.  He might be, but he certainly hasn't proven it.

[Brock Beauchamp]

That was an ugly game. 

[Andy]

Hosmer getting ejected after complaining about a called 3rd strike that was a strike (albeit presented poorly) is pretty Hosmerish