8/21 - Cubs (Assad) vs Tigers (Faedo): 5:40pm, Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Tigers have been playing decent ball lately, hard to tell what you're going to get out of them on any given night.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

can't see this guy's name without thinking of John Candy announcing the Mets power hitter with dread in Rookie of the Year

[itisallpartoftheplan]

 

 

[Derwood]

People used to give Joe Maddon horsefeathers because he never used the same lineup twice, but Ross has the reverse problem of never mixing it up to optimize his hot hitters and mitigate his cold hitters

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

People used to give Joe Maddon horsefeathers because he never used the same lineup twice, but Ross has the reverse problem of never mixing it up to optimize his hot hitters and mitigate his cold 

Who are you looking for in the lineup tonight that not there ?

Also, asking everyone,  is it me or does it seem like this offense is so much better with Tauchman leading off in CF and Bellinger at 1B, cause it seems when Tauchman sits, the offense struggles.

[squally1313]

There's probably a slight difference in performance, but it's certainly not because of some Tauchman vibes thing. Given that he's pretty locked in at the leadoff spot against righties and doesn't start against lefties, we can use the Cubs overall performance splits to see the difference.

v LHP: .253/.320/.424

v RHP: .255/.335/.417

So....slightly better against righties on the year, and, very crudely, slightly better when Tauchman starts. 

[Derwood]

1 hour ago, chibears55 said:

Who are you looking for in the lineup tonight that not there ?

Also, asking everyone,  is it me or does it seem like this offense is so much better with Tauchman leading off in CF and Bellinger at 1B, cause it seems when Tauchman sits, the offense struggles.

 

It's not who, but the order. Slumping Happ should not be run out batting third everyday while better hitters are in the bottom third

[Derwood]

I turn the game on 2 minutes late and the inning is already over.

[PackLandVA]

Top of 2nd - 2 hits and no GIDPs plus some Detroit sloppiness and it’s 3-0 Cubs.

[Michael Busch Light]

Man Javy looks like absolute garbage.  Dude may be out of the league altogether by next year. 

[CubinNY]

Getting Seiya hot to end the season would be nice

[CubinNY]

14 minutes ago, Javy Bystro said:

Man Javy looks like absolute garbage.  Dude may be out of the league altogether by next year. 

They still owe him about 100 million, so no. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Seiya has been on fire 

[Nolansomebody]

7 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Seiya has been on fire 

Agreed. Maybe that break from the lineup is what he needed.

[chibears55]

Boog..

Let talk about the color of everyone's spikes

😅

[Derwood]

12 minutes ago, Nolansomebody said:

Agreed. Maybe that break from the lineup is what he needed.

 

I think Happ needs the same break

[UMFan83]

Oh how poetic, Javy grounds out to his equally good defensive replacement.   But then Dansby boots it 😞

[We Got The Whole 9]

This has the potential to be a very annoying inning 

[UMFan83]

Nice job Assad

[We Got The Whole 9]

Well damn I think they figured him out 

[UMFan83]

umm time to grab Assad

[Nolansomebody]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

umm time to grab Assad

In all fairness, I don't think any of us expected Detroit to hit two home runs back to back

[UMFan83]

Just now, Nolansomebody said:

In all fairness, I don't think any of us expected Detroit to hit two home runs back to back

I know...I'm just saying...its time, especially after another hard hit just now.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

This game went from cruise control to worrisome quickly.

[champaignchris]

Why would you ever throw Baez a strike?