Cubs (Assad) vs Pirates (Jones): 5/10/24, 5:40pm

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Slider looks much better today, they were not picking it up well at all.  Fastball got drilled twice, which is at least partially on him missing spots with it when he's normally pinpoint.  I don't know if Adbert getting back to his 2023 form will be incremental, but if it does I think this is a marker in a positive direction.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Adbert sucks. Ben Brown probably does not.

[Cubs420psd]

Brown looked filthy, very nice to see.

 

Is Nico hurt? He wasn't moving around well all night.

[gflore34]

Watching King just destroying the Dodgers, 5 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 9 K

[Bertz]

The beauty of that outing from Brown beyond the zeroes he put up is that the bullpen is now very well rested.  Even though the group does clearly need additional talent, they'll be far less dumpster firey if Counsell isn't constantly having to hand the ball to a guy working for his third time in four days pitching on fumes.

[mfcubs22]

31 minutes ago, Bertz said:

The beauty of that outing from Brown beyond the zeroes he put up is that the bullpen is now very well rested.  Even though the group does clearly need additional talent, they'll be far less dumpster firey if Counsell isn't constantly having to hand the ball to a guy working for his third time in four days pitching on fumes.

Also only threw 38 pitches, so could likely throw a couple innings Sunday. Or even a few more than that on Monday if Shota is needed to start Sunday.