9/8 - Diamondbacks (Gallen) vs Cubs (Taillon): 1:20pm, Marquee

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, JBears79 said:

I'm can not wait until Ross is gone. Lieter has been absolute trash in his last 5 outings and Ross continues to use him

I mean, what did he possibly do wrong there 

[soccer10k]

1 minute ago, abuck1220 said:

remember the other night when i was like "ross keeps making the cubs lose games"  and everyone was like "stop being so negative."

It’s because you have a 99-1 negative to positive post ratio.

[chibears55]

Just now, s2obed said:

Ross taking out Taillon one inning early backfires on him. Ha, what a joke.

This I agree with

[squally1313]

Man, horsefeathers David Ross for having the offense score zero runs today 

[abuck1220]

1 minute ago, soccer10k said:

It’s because you have a 99-1 negative to positive post ratio.

but i was right.

[s2obed]

Just now, squally1313 said:

Man, horsefeathers David Ross for having the offense score zero runs today 

Gallen is in Cy Young contention, can't blame him for the offense but can for his in game decisions.

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

How do they determine the base locations there 

Umpire discretion, I believe.

[UMFan83]

I'm just a dude behind a computer but if Alzolay is out, I'm either trying to get Taillon to make it through 7, or Merryweather is pitching 2 after a relatively short 1st inning

[soccer10k]

2 minutes ago, s2obed said:

Ross taking out Taillon one inning early backfires on him. Ha, what a joke.

Maybe. But I feel like this is a bit of hindsight. If Ross leaves Taillon in and he gives up a couple runs it’s “why let the guy with a 5.5 ERA go the third time through the order”.

[s2obed]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Umpire discretion, I believe.

There were 2 outs, runners were going on contact.

[squally1313]

Just now, s2obed said:

Gallen is in Cy Young contention, can't blame him for the offense but can for his in game decisions.

It’s a mediocre bullpen where the best pitcher is clearly dealing with a dead arm backing up a terrible starting pitcher. We’ve given up 1 run in 8 innings. Yes, garbage. 
 

(they should have traded for like 5 pen guys)

[s2obed]

1 minute ago, soccer10k said:

Maybe. But I feel like this is a bit of hindsight. If Ross leaves Taillon in and he gives up a couple runs it’s “why let the guy with a 5.5 ERA go the third time through the order”.

Taillon was dealing, have to give him the benefit of the doubt even if he has been awful this year. We continually trotted Smyly out there game after game, but can't let Taillon pitch an extra inning?

Edited September 8, 2023 by s2obed

[abuck1220]

Just now, squally1313 said:

Man, horsefeathers David Ross for having the offense score zero runs today 

well yeah, a) taking taillon out b) taking merryweather out after 13 dominating pitches and c) going with cuas in a 0-0 game are all questionable/terrible decisions, but the offense doing nothing in the last 24 hours is the bigger problem.

[UMFan83]

Just now, soccer10k said:

Maybe. But I feel like this is a bit of hindsight. If Ross leaves Taillon in and he gives up a couple runs it’s “why let the guy with a 5.5 ERA go the third time through the order”.

I think the biggest thing is he's put much more faith in Cuas that most of us think he should.  He's treating him like a trusted high leverage reliever

[UMFan83]

Candelario, ugh

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, s2obed said:

There were 2 outs, runners were going on contact.

Yes, but I believe the umpire can advance/recall the runners at their discretion because these plays often end weirdly, with runners either continuing to run or stopping before they need to.

But my recollection is hazy on this.

[UMFan83]

Madrigal gave it a ride, thats about as hard as he can hit it...

[Andy]

Wrong day to put it in the air, Madrigal

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

I think the biggest thing is he's put much more faith in Cuas that most of us think he should.  He's treating him like a trusted high leverage reliever

I don’t think he has much of a choice, but yeah, nothing about cuas has justified how quickly he’s gotten into the circle of trust 

[Andy]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I'm just a dude behind a computer but if Alzolay is out, I'm either trying to get Taillon to make it through 7, or Merryweather is pitching 2 after a relatively short 1st inning

Completely agree.

[UMFan83]

Just now, squally1313 said:

I don’t think he has much of a choice, but yeah, nothing about cuas has justified how quickly he’s gotten into the circle of trust 

He does have a choice.  He can try to get a 7th inning out of Taillon, he could try to get a 2nd inning out of Merryweather.  

[Andy]

I'm not sure running on this guy is a strong strategy.

[UMFan83]

Cubs fail to get their first baserunner to 2nd base today

[Old Style]

Positively unclutch today. Oof.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Ugh.  Now it's less likely to get around to Bellinger in the 9th.  Also, if Gomes does get on to start the inning, you can't pinch run for him because we are out of catchers.