9/19- Pirates (TBD) vs Cubs (Assad): 6:40pm, Marquee

[WhyCantWeWin]

Canario benching is definitely gonna happen tomorrow. Then he'll be traded for a rental reliever to the Royals and then promptly hit 40 bombs for them. Velazquez and Soler being his predecessors. 

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Is there a part of David Ross who didn't want Canario to do this tonight because it makes him look like an idiot?

Yes, there absolutely is.  

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, squally1313 said:

These guys needed this game a lot 

By "these guys" I assume you mean us.

[Irrelevant Dude]

28 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Bellinger needs to get going again. Way too many ground ball outs right now.

Thank you.

[UMFan83]

Hey the last time the Cubs had a bad stretch of play, it ended when we crushed the Nationals in that one game and kicked off the hottest month of our season where the offense pretty much never slumped

Edited September 20, 2023 by UMFan83

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

These guys needed this game a lot 

Just came to say this. Finally a laugher

[cl smooth]

Season back on.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Back to Canario...

I know he still has holes in his swing. I know he is going to strike out a lot. I know he isn't going to play every day right now 

But man he just looks dangerous at the plate. With all the injuries right now, if it's a choice between him or Patrick Wisdom in the lineup, I would pencil Canario in every time.

[Derwood]

This really was a "must-win" with Miami winning and Arizona leading. Cincy losing helps, but this is all too close

[itisallpartoftheplan]

I was hoping PCA would bat once. Let’s get him up again.

[UMFan83]

Lets bring on a position player to close this out

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Jared Young triples machine 

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, Derwood said:

This really was a "must-win" with Miami winning and Arizona leading. Cincy losing helps, but this is all too close

I was thinking today, baseball is a strange sport with strange things happening all the time but I think the Cubs would need a 2 game lead after this homestand for me to feel ok about their chances.  They will end the night 0.5 games up.  5 more to go.

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, itisallpartoftheplan said:

Jared Young triples machine 

I thought for a second that could have been an inside the parker.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Mastrobuoni denies us another shot of seeing PCA’s first hit tonight.

[Irrelevant Dude]

14 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Canario benching is definitely gonna happen tomorrow. Then he'll be traded for a rental reliever to the Royals and then promptly hit 40 bombs for them. Velazquez and Soler being his predecessors. 

Velasquez really has 14 HR in 130 at bats??? Yikes!  Seriously, good for him though. It wasn't going to happen here.

[Rex Buckingham]

Call the strikes, it's 14-1

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Call the strikes, it's 14-1

Or call the balls strikes. Either way.

[Rex Buckingham]

makeup call for the ones he missed last AB

[itisallpartoftheplan]

We have done it!!

[UMFan83]

After 8 long days the Chicago Cubs have won a baseball game.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

In his 1st start Canario has passed PCA, Edwin Rios, Luis Torrens, and Miles Mastrobuoni in the Cubs RBI leaders this season.

[UMFan83]

Cubs are now 10-1 against the Pirates and 69-71 against everyone else

Pirates are now 1-10 against the Cubs and 69-71 against everyone else

[Stratos]

33 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Back to Canario...

I know he still has holes in his swing. I know he is going to strike out a lot. I know he isn't going to play every day right now 

But man he just looks dangerous at the plate. With all the injuries right now, if it's a choice between him or Patrick Wisdom in the lineup, I would pencil Canario in every time.

He seems similar to Morel at the plate.  Big swing, big power, but pulls off everything so lots of K's and lame ability to hit for AVG.  Both of them plus Wisdom seem to have fallen in love with their power and so sell out on every swing.  Maybe they try a 2-strike approach like Bellinger.  Morel isn't going to get many fastballs to drive with 2 strikes anyways.

[JBears79]

Hope that Canario Grand slam lights a fire under these guys and gets this game gets them their confidence back. Moments like that can definitely be a mood booster for the clubhouse.