Rockies (Quantrill) vs Cubs (Little): 4/3/24, 6:40pm

[chibears55]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Bet Counsell wishes he had a Hader or Devin Williams to bring in. 
 

oops we ran out of money

Yep, bullpen gonna need some fine tuning 

 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Worst part is that these are the “high leverage” arms that struggled today. And Almonte who just sucks. Hoyer just won’t learn that his scrap heap bullpens don’t work. 

[JHBulls]

[chibears55]

Gotta score here and get the W

[PackLandVA]

Didn’t this guy used to race cars?

[Outshined_One]

Just now, WhyCantWeWin said:

Worst part is that these are the “high leverage” arms that struggled today. And Almonte who just sucks. Hoyer just won’t learn that his scrap heap bullpens don’t work. 

It's why I think Horton and Brown end up in the pen this year. Yeah, you can sometimes find a gem among reclamation projects, but when most of your pen is reclamation projects, woof.

[Irrelevant Dude]

That seems like a really odd thing for Mastrobuoni to be upset about when he got on base as the potential winning run 

[UMFan83]

So Jed saw the Cubs lose 5 games that they had a lead in the 8th last September causing them to miss the playoffs by 1 game and decided to fix it with Almonte and Neris?  Poor Tom still suffering those biblical losses.

In isolation its 1 game and whatever horsefeathers happens sometimes, but if they lose this it will be the 2nd time in 6 games that they blew an 8th inning lead and lost after tying a MLB record last September for games blown with a lead in the 8th or later.

Edited April 4, 2024 by UMFan83

[Transmogrified Tiger]

2 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Worst part is that these are the “high leverage” arms that struggled today. And Almonte who just sucks. Hoyer just won’t learn that his scrap heap bullpens don’t work. 

Sometimes relievers will give up runs

[LBiittner]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Ooops..

Dang Bullpen 

You are not allowed to post during the LA series. Dang JINX

[WhyCantWeWin]

Just now, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Sometimes relievers will give up runs

Yeah that’s why the good ones that give up runs less often get paid more money

[Southpaw19]

Oh right... it's still the Rockies. LOL

[UMFan83]

Well we have the lead again.  This would be the funniest F the closer ever.

[PackLandVA]

Maestro would’ve been safe anyway!

[Southpaw19]

This is the MLB equivalent of "Lions gonna Lions". 

[Jason Ross]

The Rockies gave that right back. Thank you.

[JHBulls]

I feel like the Rockies will make many, many errors leading to runs this year.

Edited April 4, 2024 by JHBulls

[UMFan83]

I vote we never take a big lead against the Rockies in a night game at Wrigley Field again.  Crazy horsefeathers frequently happens when we play this team.

[PeanutPunch33]

I'm tired already of Almonte and Mastro, hopefully these guys are not called on in August/September 

[LBiittner]

1 minute ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I'm tired already of Almonte and Mastro, hopefully these guys are not called on in August/September 

I hope they're called on in October 

[Tryptamine]

well, eventually someone will get a ball out of the infield

[UMFan83]

Ugh, really would have been nice to get that runner home from 3rd with 1 out.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Yeah that’s why the good ones that give up runs less often get paid more money

If the Cubs are incredibly good this year, like best in the league good, they will lose 60 games.  Two *months* worth of crummy starting pitching, blown leads, weak contact, and striking out in clutch.  Happens to everyone, the best teams, that ones that pay all the money, whatever.  Sometimes a bad thing that happens in an individual game is just that, a bad thing that isn't a team's character flaw.  When it's the 6th game of the season, and you're freaking out about not spending enough when Neris blew the lead and like 2 guys signed for money than him, it's definitely that and not a character flaw in the team.

[PackLandVA]

2 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I'm tired already of Almonte and Mastro, hopefully these guys are not called on in August/September 

What exactly did Mastro do that has you bent?

[Tryptamine]

Well that was extremely underwhelming