4/8/24 - Cubs (Assad) @ Padre (Darvish) - 8:40 WFT MARQ

[chibears55]

Got to get through this inning and then they have a good shot with Alzolay in the 9th.

[UMFan83]

Look I'm not a baseball savant but I think walking the first batter of every inning with a 1 run lead is not really the best way to go about things.

[chibears55]

I dont mind the DH but the one thing that bugs me with the Cubs is that they don't have a pure hitter as their DH(it's basically Tauchman) but he plays the field to give regulars rest as DH. They only have 4 guys on the bench to PH but 1 is a catcher, 1 is the defensive 3Bmen, and the other 2  arent exactly good hitters.

They're kinda screwed with bench guys

 

Edited April 9, 2024 by chibears55

[WhyCantWeWin]

Neris looked awful but somehow got lucky enough to get thru 1

[UMFan83]

I implore you to throw strikes

[Transmogrified Tiger]

12 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Neris is legit. Almonte and cuas have been weird relievers to seek out. 
 

I don’t really know how you fill all these innings when you basically have 3.5 starters and can only carry 8 relievers and you’re constantly playing in 37 degree rain. 

Yeah, including tonight the last turn through the rotation has gotten a combined 21.2 IP, that is, uh, going to lead to some runs given up from the bullpen when you make relievers throw more than half the innings.

[chibears55]

They need to hold onto this one and get the Win, the pitching the next two games is gonna be very thin.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Bullpen blows another one

[JHBulls]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Look I'm not a baseball savant but I think walking the first batter of every inning with a 1 run lead is not really the best way to go about things.

It increases double play chances.

[chibears55]

Lol...

[Irrelevant Dude]

Yikes.

[squally1313]

Well at least it was a cool home run 

[PeanutPunch33]

lol it was only a matter of time

[UMFan83]

I knew he was going yard after the first pitch almost hit him

[We Got The Whole 9]

This is the worst feeling. Absolute tire fire. 

[KCCub]

You just knew that was coming after coming inside on him and seeing that reaction 

[JHBulls]

How on earth have they let it get to this? This is going to be a brutal loss. 😞

[Crusader]

Sigh. Really wish counsel had gone to the pen before giving up the first two horsefeathers runs. Then he horsefeathers puts Cuas in who is pure dogshit. Granted, a reliever shouldn’t give up horsefeathers like 5 runs to get 2 outs, but he’s looked like horsefeathers every single outing.

Edited April 9, 2024 by Crusader

[UMFan83]

So first 10 games of the season:

1. Blow a 1 run lead in the 9th inning and lose

2. Blow a 6 run lead in the 8th inning but come back to win

3. Blow an 8 run lead in the 6th inning and on track to lose

There is literally no one in the pen I feel comfortable with right now.  I know I'm partially overreacting to the fact that we blew an 8-0 lead, but horsefeathers this is rough to watch.

You cant tee up Darvish like that and lose, especially with TBD going against Musgrove and Hendricks against Cease the next 2 games.

Edited April 9, 2024 by UMFan83

[squally1313]

Well probably lose, it’s a bad loss, etc. 

butttt…it would be really amazing to make a comeback off Mr. $100m-has already blown multiple games-reliever 

edit: leaving this here as a sign of my stupidity, obviously ignore 

Edited April 9, 2024 by squally1313
I’m an idiot

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

How on earth have they let it get to this? This is going to be a brutal loss. 😞

Stopped hitting after the 4 run fourth..

Crappy bullpen put together 

[UMFan83]

2 baserunners in the last 5 innings, one of them immediately cancelled out by a double play.  Cubs just seemed to stop playing in the 5th inning lol

[WhyCantWeWin]

Did I hear that correctly, this is the first time the cubs have blown an 8 run lead since 2002? 
 

Bullpen is a serious issue

[mfcubs22]

Not one guy I trust in the bullpen, including Adbert. 

[Crusader]

57 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Too long for what? It’s 8-2 lol booo efficiency hounding and/or nobody cares abt your bets 

This aged terribly.