Marlins (Cabrera) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 4/21/24, 1:20pm, Marquee

[UMFan83]

Damn I thought Busch made it 3-0

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Probably not super consequential but I'd have tagged up if I was Nico.

[UMFan83]

Damn not scoring there with the heart of the order is pretty disappointing

[squally1313]

If morel is going to continue to do his hot and cold thing (and that’s being generous to his overall performance this year), can we maybe not lock him in to the top half of the lineup every day?

[PackLandVA]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Terrible AB by Morel after the first 2 reach

Maybe move Morel out of the middle of the order for a bit after going 2 for his last 36 and no XBHs.

[Southpaw19]

There's one... sigh.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

RIP Kyle

[chibears55]

50 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Justin Steele is still not really anywhere close to returning, Ben brown has never thrown more than 100 innings in a year, and we’ve got a serious weakness in the bullpen that is at least exasperated by the fact that guys like Brown and Assad were forced into the rotation due to injuries. Feel like everyone has decided to take every chance to pile onto Kyle after 5 (horrendous) starts coming off a 2.5 fWAR year, but it’s not exactly like we’re just overloaded with healthy effective pitchers at the moment.

Do we want Colton brewer pitching the innings brown threw last night? Who replaces brown in the rotation when he maxes out in 2 months? Feel like we should at least consider those questions before eating $13m. 

If Hendricks continues the way he's going he does nothing but hurts the bullpen more because of the innings theyll pile up and he's basically an L every 5 games unless the bats bail him out.

[Andy]

That might sum up where we are with Hendricks. 460 foot missile into the wind

[chibears55]

If you had inning 2 for the HR given up, you're a winner 🤦‍♂️...

At least it was a solo shot 🤷‍♂️

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

That might sum up where we are with Hendricks. 460 foot missile into the wind

Silly me thinking, "Maybe the wind will hold it up."

[PackLandVA]

I think Kyle is calling his own game.  Looks like he's going to his hip before each pitch.

[CubinNY]

I think I’ve seen enough of Cooper to last a season 

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, PackLandVA said:

I think Kyle is calling his own game.  Looks like he's going to his hip before each pitch.

He has since last season,  part of me feel that could be a bit of his problem,  maybe he should allow someone else to call pitches for him and can just focus more on executing them.

[squally1313]

5 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

If Hendricks continues the way he's going he does nothing but hurts the bullpen more because of the innings theyll pile up and he's basically an L every 5 games unless the bats bail him out.

I don’t think I’d agree that replacing Kyle with Ben brown would lead to less innings pitched by the bullpen. He’s not stretched out and he doesn’t have the track record. You’re also making the bullpen worse by removing brown. 
 

there’s obviously the argument that he’s just cooked and going to be a 9 ERA guy now. I’m not as convinced as some other people here. And I don’t think the paths forward without Hendricks that are available right now are worth cutting him. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Chisholm really sucks in the field. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Opposing teams have consistently had horrific outfield defense at Wrigley so far this year.

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, CubinNY said:

I think I’ve seen enough of Cooper to last a season 

He has a 134 wRC currently. 

[JHBulls]

Miami have their very own Canario. 

[CubinNY]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

He has a 134 wRC currently. 

I literally don’t give a horsefeathers. 

[chibears55]

Just now, CubinNY said:

I think I’ve seen enough of Cooper to last a season 

Yep.. why i said before..

Mastrobuoni (who gone now), Cooper, and Madrigal may not be around long...

 

[CubinNY]

Nico not gonna take a walk and get us a run. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Bellinger probably won’t see many strikes until morel starts hitting well again

[chibears55]

Need Morel to come up with a big hit here..

Lets Go

[UMFan83]

Morel up in another big spot. Hope the outcome is better this time