9/21 - Pirates (Oviedo) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 6:40pm, Marquee

[squally1313]

lol didn't expect it to be that bad

[chibears55]

Well, that ends that

[s2obed]

Put the nail in the coffin.

[Andy]

Turn game back on, 2 pitches later, turn back off. Thanks fellas.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Would be funny if they got slammed by the pirates and rockies and then ended up beating up the Brewers and Braves. Probably won't happen tho

[Irrelevant Dude]

At least Jed gets to come out at the end of the year and blame the collapse on injuries.

[Rex Buckingham]

This game is our season in a nutshell... starts ok, then a blow up, then clawing back, looking good for a while, then a final collapse... I assume we'll score 2 in the 9th for a dead-cat bounce that will be taking the first 2 from the Rockies before we lose our final 7

[JHBulls]

Oh my, it’s over. 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Drew Smyly has become our only reliable reliever

 

This horsefeathers combined with the Bears is just sad. horsefeathers sad.

[Michael Busch Light]

Even Merriwether sucks now.  I think we can close the book on this thing 

[squally1313]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

At least Jed gets to come out at the end of the year and blame the collapse on injuries.

His only pitching move being a dude with a 4.43 FIP remains totally bewildering. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

His only pitching move being a dude with a 4.43 FIP remains totally bewildering. 

Yep. Maybe it wouldn't have made any difference, but he gambled and got torched.

[s2obed]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

At least Jed gets to come out at the end of the year and blame the collapse on injuries.

He didn’t build enough pitching depth. Tons of relievers were available at the deadline and he stood pat. Ross had no choice but to ride his top arms in the pen. 

[Derwood]

Bednar coming on in a non-save situation. You know what that means....

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, s2obed said:

He didn’t build enough pitching depth. Tons of relievers were available at the deadline and he stood pat. Ross had no choice but to ride his top arms in the pen. 

Pitching or hitting depth. That’s why we’re collapsing right now. At the end of the day Jed built a team that is not a finished product. Our guys wore down and there’s nothing to replace them with. Like someone pointed out Drew Smyly is currently our only semi-reliable reliever

Edited September 22, 2023 by UMFan83

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Pitching or hitting depth. That’s why we’re collapsing right now. At the end of the day Jed built a team that is not a finished product

And I think we all knew that, but got sucked into believing when the team went on their run (largely carried by one guy who probably won't be here next year). Ultimately, they are who we thought they were.

[squally1313]

6 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Pitching or hitting depth. That’s why we’re collapsing right now. At the end of the day Jed built a team that is not a finished product. Our guys wore down and there’s nothing to replace them with. Like someone pointed out Drew Smyly is currently our only semi-reliable reliever

I maintain that our hitting is fine (115 wRC in September before tonight, which probably means it's actually higher with 14 guys reaching base). The Bellinger part of it needs to be maintained, and there's spots for not super expensive improvement. The pitching fell apart, and needs to be seriously addressed going into next year. Even if Wicks, Horton, etc hit their optimistic projections, they still need to fill a lot of innings. 

Edit: 9th in September wRC, 27th in the FG Clutch stat, however you measure that. Spent the first half being unlucky, started playing even better and had the luck turn hard, and then lost both of those boosts at the very worst time we could.

Edited September 22, 2023 by squally1313

[Derwood]

6 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Bednar coming on in a non-save situation. You know what that means....

See....

[Irrelevant Dude]

Oh look, another inning where the Cubs would have taken the lead if the bullpen hadn't sucked in the top half.

[squally1313]

lollllllllllllllllll

[UMFan83]

Cubs really are trying to make this as painful as possible. 
 

give up 2 runs, score 3 runs, then give up 3 runs and score 2 runs

[s2obed]

9 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Pitching or hitting depth. That’s why we’re collapsing right now. At the end of the day Jed built a team that is not a finished product. Our guys wore down and there’s nothing to replace them with. Like someone pointed out Drew Smyly is currently our only semi-reliable reliever

Jed went out and got Candy. He was pretty much the top available bat the deadline if I’m not mistaken.

[squally1313]

we went a couple years without even really considering the concept of Fake Rallies. At the very least, at least we got those back

[squally1313]

oh jesus christ horsefeathers YOU 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Give me a horsefeathers break blue.