7/8 - Cubs (Smyly) vs Yankees (Cole): 12:05pm, Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

A really early start today. The Cubs surprisingly received an excellent performance from Taillon last night, more of the same would be welcome from Smyly.

Fun fact: the Cubs helped knock the Yankees out of the final Wild Card position last night.

[Nolansomebody]

Swanson's on the IL for 10-days with a bruised left heel. Mastrobouni gets called up.

[CubUgly]

59 minutes ago, Nolansomebody said:

 Mastrobouni gets called up.

Why?

[PackLandVA]

That

Was

an Absolute....

 

Stanton off the third deck facade!

[Derwood]

Soft tosser getting hit hard 

[Derwood]

Morel taking a pitch center center sure is a way to end the inning

[UMFan83]

Is it time to talk about how bad Smyly has been since like early May?

[Derwood]

6-1 deficit to Cole is enough for me. I'm out

[PackLandVA]

50 minutes ago, Derwood said:

6-1 deficit to Cole is enough for me. I'm out

As are the Cubs, 6-3 final.

[PackLandVA]

Positive (for today at least) - the Maestro was 2 for 3 (2B) with 2 runs scored but made an error.

 

Wasn't likely they were gonna beat the Yankees today anyway with Cole on the mound.  And Smyly has been trash.  Hendricks tomorrow gives them a pretty good chance of taking the series (but for it being a Sunday game - ugh).

[CubUgly]

2 hours ago, PackLandVA said:

Positive (for today at least) - the Maestro was 2 for 3 (2B) with 2 runs scored but made an error.

 

Wasn't likely they were gonna beat the Yankees today anyway with Cole on the mound.  And Smyly has been trash.  Hendricks tomorrow gives them a pretty good chance of taking the series (but for it being a Sunday game - ugh).

Maestro going 2-3 was more surprising than Taillon last night given the previous samples.  But yeah, that Smyly struggling so badly against a really struggling Yankee lineup was telling.  Yeah, the Donaldson homer seemed flukey, he was fooled and just flicked the bat at it - and Rizzo's hit was a soft liner that's probably caught by at least half of MLB first sackers, but Smyly really labored. That Stanton homer vs. Rucker may have been the cheapest homer I've ever seen.  That was a pop up foul ball caught 40 feet from the fence at Wrigley.

[UMFan83]

Smyly last 9 starts:

43.2 IP (average 4.85 IP per start)

6.39 ERA

1.83 WHIP

10 HR allowed