Marlins (Luzardo/Munoz) vs Cubs (Assad/Imanaga): 4/20/24, 1:20pm/6:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Doubleheader!

[Banedon]

 

 

Ok so, I'm a little worried about Busch not being the lineup again...

[chibears55]

8 minutes ago, Banedon said:

 

 

Ok so, I'm a little worried about Busch not being the lineup again...

Lefty on mound in game 1, he should start Game 2

Happ is injured with hamstring tightness

Edited April 20, 2024 by chibears55

[WhyCantWeWin]

Hopefully this is just to rest Busch for game 2 but he’s gonna have to face left handed pitchers sooner or later. 

[muntjack]

Though Luzardo has typically had traditional splits, in the small sample this year,  LHH are giving him fits.  I'm guessing he's had trouble with a particular pitch? 

[17 Seconds]

it's 4/20 folks

[spaincubsfan]

What I'm hoping to see:

1. Morel waits for a good pitch & jumps on it. He had been very good patience in the first few games.

2. Hoerner & Wisdom both have good days at the plate, we'll need it.

[Jason Ross]

35 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Hopefully this is just to rest Busch for game 2 but he’s gonna have to face left handed pitchers sooner or later. 

He has, he homered off a soft tossing lefty this week in Arizona. But the Cubs have plenty of guys who can hit RHP and a DH. He's going to play *some* against LHP, but Counsell is big in platoon and playing matchups. Expect this kind of thing all year. Which is fine. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

To echo others, there's lots of room between "playing against LHP *some time*" and "starting against Jesus Luzardo, when the entire bench is short side platoon hitters, and it's a double header with a righty starting game 2".

I'm a little curious of the thinking in going with Assad in Game 1, I would've guessed you want Imanaga to try to lead with the guy most likely to eat innings and pitch well so you can bank game 1 with as little bullpen involvement as possible.  Given the commentary from Counsell about Brown's use this weekend, I wonder if the plan is to piggyback Assad and Brown in Game 1 to see if you can get 7-9 innings from that pair and let the back of the pen be maximally available for Game 2.

[Rcal10]

16 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

To echo others, there's lots of room between "playing against LHP *some time*" and "starting against Jesus Luzardo, when the entire bench is short side platoon hitters, and it's a double header with a righty starting game 2".

I'm a little curious of the thinking in going with Assad in Game 1, I would've guessed you want Imanaga to try to lead with the guy most likely to eat innings and pitch well so you can bank game 1 with as little bullpen involvement as possible.  Given the commentary from Counsell about Brown's use this weekend, I wonder if the plan is to piggyback Assad and Brown in Game 1 to see if you can get 7-9 innings from that pair and let the back of the pen be maximally available for Game 2.

I like the idea of trying to get through one of the games today with only 2 pitchers. Between the starter and the one arm(probably Brown) you get 9 innings. Then you have the other game to use whatever you need.

[WhyCantWeWin]

1 hour ago, 1908_Cubs said:

He has, he homered off a soft tossing lefty this week in Arizona. But the Cubs have plenty of guys who can hit RHP and a DH. He's going to play *some* against LHP, but Counsell is big in platoon and playing matchups. Expect this kind of thing all year. Which is fine. 

He’s 1 for 9 against lefties with no home runs. Playing matchups is smart but it would be ideal to see a larger sample size to whether he can hit them or not. 

[chibears55]

41 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I like the idea of trying to get through one of the games today with only 2 pitchers. Between the starter and the one arm(probably Brown) you get 9 innings. Then you have the other game to use whatever you need.

I know you gotta get through today first but let not forget tomorrow with Hendricks and him barely getting through 4 so far this season, id hate for them to go into tomorrow with the mindset of if they need to give one away to save the pen so be it if Hendricks falls apart again.

I truly hope both Assad and Imanaga can get 6-7 innings today so there will be rested arms tomorrow just in case, bats putting up some runs will help with that too.

 

[Bertz]

He's going at least 7 innings today

 

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

He’s 1 for 9 against lefties with no home runs. Playing matchups is smart but it would be ideal to see a larger sample size to whether he can hit them or not. 

Lotta season left for that, let not forget the bench guys need to stay sharp too and need their AB, so with the majority of SP being RH, CC has to take advantage of these situations when there's a string of LHers going up against them to get guys like Cooper and Madrigal their AB

[LBiittner]

It would be great to see canario come up big today

[Transmogrified Tiger]

15 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

He’s 1 for 9 against lefties with no home runs. Playing matchups is smart but it would be ideal to see a larger sample size to whether he can hit them or not. 

The most PA anyone on the team has against LHP right now is 20, it's fine.

[PackLandVA]

WWDRD?

[Derwood]

17 minutes ago, LBiittner said:

It would be great to see canario come up big today

 

Does that count?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Did someone tint Canario's glasses, he didn't look very comfortable on the pop up even before that acrobatic over-run

[CubinNY]

Woo! Fortune smiling on the Cubs. 

[Derwood]

Luzardo doesn't look like the guy who has struggled so far this year

[WhyCantWeWin]

Already tired of Wisdom

[Andy]

I might be able to get used to how terrible these stupid uniforms are if the MLB.TV ads didn't keep popping up with highlights from last year reminding me that they used to look fine

Edited April 20, 2024 by Andy

[Derwood]

9 minutes ago, Andy said:

I might be able to get used to how terrible these stupid uniforms are if the MLB.TV ads didn't keep popping up with highlights from last year reminding me that they used to look fine

my MLB.TV just says "Commercial break in progress" during the commercials

[chibears55]

19 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Luzardo doesn't look like the guy who has struggled so far this year

It's the cubs and 5 of the guys in their lineup aren't regulars 🤷‍♂️