Cubs (Assad, 3-0, 1.70 ERA) vs. Braves (Morton, 3-0, 3.14 ERA) 6:20 PM CDT

[JHBulls]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Cubs scraping up runs tonight 😆

Using up our quota for the next week. 

[ToolDRT]

Nice play Busch. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Assad really is great.. he is rounding into an Ace

[UMFan83]

Just got back from my kids baseball game to see we're winning, awesome.  But I still have scars from the series last September so I don't want to put the game on and have it potentially ruin my night lol.... I know I'm weird.

[JHBulls]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Just got back from my kids baseball game to see we're winning, awesome.  But I still have scars from the series last September so I don't want to put the game on and have it potentially ruin my night lol.... I know I'm weird.

Welcome to the exclusive club.

[JHBulls]

Assad is a damn fine pitcher. Assad, Steele and Imanaga is a winning rotation. 

[Andy]

Javier Assad and Shota Imanaga battling for the Cy Young while carrying this MASH unit to contention wasn't on my bingo card.

[JHBulls]

It wouldn’t be very often you’d see multiple 40 year old pitchers on the same night. 

[UMFan83]

This is getting incredible with Assad.  A couple of weeks ago I was thinking he could end up in the ASG discussion but my sights are much higher now

[PackLandVA]

Kelenic dropping the LOUD F bomb after that K.

[WhyCantWeWin]

PCA is insane

[JHBulls]

Insurance run right back. 

[CubinNY]

PCA IS FAST

[JHBulls]

Trading a rental and the worst version of Baez for PCA was an insanely good trade. 

[chibears55]

Suzuki finally gets one over the wall 🙂

[PackLandVA]

Seiya doesn’t have much to show statistically since coming back from IL, but he’s really been hitting the ball hard..  Lots of really hard/long outs.

[Derwood]

If PCA can make more consistent line drive contact he's going to be a big problem

[profisme]

2 minutes ago, Derwood said:

If PCA can make more consistent line drive contact he's going to be a big problem

As soon as I saw that the LF wasn't cutting that ball off, I knew it was an easy triple.  Probably the fastest Cub baserunner since Campana? I don't count Billy Hamilton because he was never truly a Cub. Maybe Terrence Gore? But boy is he fast.  It would just be gravy if he could hit .240.

[chibears55]

I kinda like if this is Counsell plan for Brown,  seeing him pitch every 4 or 5 days for 3+ innings if needed. 

Keeps him stretched out, gets him needed mlb experience, and saves the pen for a day

[Andy]

5 minutes ago, profisme said:

As soon as I saw that the LF wasn't cutting that ball off, I knew it was an easy triple.  Probably the fastest Cub baserunner since Campana? I don't count Billy Hamilton because he was never truly a Cub. Maybe Terrence Gore? But boy is he fast.  It would just be gravy if he could hit .240.

He's actually hitting .260 now, which I wouldn't have guessed. But you're absolutely right. He's fun.

[JHBulls]

Assad was dominant today. There will be days when Javier doesn’t always have it, like Steele on Sunday, but you know he will be excellent more often than not. 

Edited May 16, 2024 by JHBulls

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, profisme said:

As soon as I saw that the LF wasn't cutting that ball off, I knew it was an easy triple.  Probably the fastest Cub baserunner since Campana? I don't count Billy Hamilton because he was never truly a Cub. Maybe Terrence Gore? But boy is he fast.  It would just be gravy if he could hit .240.

I would love to see PCA become a hitter like Brett Butler was..

He was awesome with getting bunt hits and had great speed 

[Andy]

And of course as we slobber on him he takes that hideous AB with the bases loaded and 1 out. Good thing it was low-leverage.

[BKHoo]

19 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

PCA is insane

Wheels!!!!!

[squally1313]

PCA up to a 103 wRC

 

Hey - Luke - stop. don't do this