8/2 - Reds (Williamson) vs Cubs (Smyly): 7:05pm, Marquee

[CubinNY]

I absolutely adore Morel. 

[UMFan83]

tie game!

[Tryptamine]

1 minute ago, CubinNY said:

I absolutely adore Morel. 

If he ever learns to stop putting himself constantly behind early he could be a special bat

[chibears55]

Morel is awesome,  not sure what Hoerner was doing that made it close at third...

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Tryptamine said:

If he ever learns to stop putting himself constantly behind early he could be a special bat

He's pretty special already.

[squally1313]

I don’t have marquee, are the cubs still shitting the bed offensively?

[Bobson Dugnutt]

5 minutes ago, George Hayduke said:

To be fair to Smyly, he had like a 3.60 ERA through April and May, which was perfectly fine in the middle of the rotation.  But yeah he's been rough to watch the past couple months.

Fair. He started ok. I was just never comfortable going into the season counting on him as anything but a 6th starter/swing man. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Morel is awesome,  not sure what Hoerner was doing that made it close at third...

Expecting the ball to be caught, which it probably should have been.

[Derwood]

I'm surprised people throw anything in the zone to Morel. He is Soriano-bad on low/away breaking stuff

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Just now, squally1313 said:

I don’t have marquee, are the cubs still shitting the bed offensively?

No, they tied it.

[UMFan83]

This lineup just seems so much deeper with Candelario in there.  It probably helps when multiple people are on a heater but I'm just to being like 2-3 run producing spots in the order, and now when the Cubs get through Morel, then Bellinger, I braced for Mastrobuoni or Barnhart or someone like that but nope we still have Swanson.

Of course after him would have been the Happ, Gomes, Suzuki part of the order but still.

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

I don’t have marquee, are the cubs still shitting the bed offensively?

Reds are shitting the bed defensively

[Tim]

5 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

If he ever learns to stop putting himself constantly behind early he could be a special bat

 

Live stats - he's 20th in MLB in wRC+ at 141 for players with over 200 PA

[CubinNY]

Fullmer is good

[Irrelevant Dude]

Good stuff from Fulmer.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Fulmer looks good.

[Tryptamine]

Fulmer was actually sharp there

[SOFNR]

This is fun.

[Derwood]

Gomes has been yanking XBHs down the LF line for several games now

[WhyCantWeWin]

Are the Cubs good?

[sweetpeteman]

Just now, WhyCantWeWin said:

Are the Cubs good?

They aren't bad maybe and the Reds aren't good.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

2 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Are the Cubs good?

Yes.  They might have dug themselves too big of a hole due to sequencing early in the season, but they're a pretty good team.

Edited August 3, 2023 by Hairyducked Idiot

[bukie]

Cubs offense has now scored in 10 of their last 14 innings.

[Rex Buckingham]

Even Seiya gets an RBI!

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Are the Cubs good?

The bats are good, pitching not so much