Braves (Fried) @ Cubs (Steele) - 5/22/24, 6:40 CST, Marquee

[Rcal10]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Make that 5 ER.  ERA sitting at an ugly 5.68 now after giving up 16 runs in his last 3 starts (thanks Cuas)

Regardless of what his final numbers show, he pitched well tonight. 

[Dfan25]

Cuas stinks , that is all I have to say . 

[s2obed]

21 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

What am I missing with Bote that they prefer Mastrobuoni and Madrigal over giving him another opportunity 

He can play 1B 2B 3B and corner outfield 

When we’re wanting Bote over Madrigal and Mastro, we know this team is so meh. Like all 3 are just bad, who cares? Lolz

[WhyCantWeWin]

Get Lusito out there at 3rd base

[Irrelevant Dude]

Which position player gets to pitch the 9th?

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Which position player gets to pitch the 9th?

Just make Cuas pitch until his arm falls off

[JHBulls]

No Cuas, we still couldn’t close our eyes and pretend you’re Pedro Strop even if your cap is on an angle. You just suck. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Madrigal really sucks man, I liked the trade at the time, I wanted him to keep getting chances because I thought the hit tool was elite. But it’s time to move on man

[UMFan83]

Meanwhile our next opponent the Cardinals are 8-2 in their last 10 games having just finished off a sweep of the Orioles.

[Irrelevant Dude]

4 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Meanwhile our next opponent the Cardinals are 8-2 in their last 10 games having just finished off a sweep of the Orioles.

The same Orioles who hadn't been swept in like 2 years?

[WhyCantWeWin]

Hodge looked fantastic, great fastball. 
 

#letthekidsplay

[WhyCantWeWin]

Well, at least they made him throw 100 pitches 

[JHBulls]

It says a lot that Fried was allowed to complete the game and throw over 100 pitches. He’s thrown bullpen all game. 

[InSeungHo]

19 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Meanwhile our next opponent the Cardinals are 8-2 in their last 10 games having just finished off a sweep of the Orioles.

The Cardinals are now only 3.5 games back from the Cubs with this weekend series coming up.

[UMFan83]

23 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

The same Orioles who hadn't been swept in like 2 years?

Those are the ones...or were the ones.  Cardinals devil magic is back

[UMFan83]

The Cubs have not played with the lead in over a week now.  Last time was the 7-1 win in Atlanta last Wednesday.  Their 2 wins over that timespan were walk off wins where they never led beforehand.

Not that this means anything at all or says anything we don't already know about the Cubs slump

Edited May 23, 2024 by UMFan83

[Stratos]

1 hour ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Hodge looked fantastic, great fastball. 
 

#letthekidsplay

That's one heck of a 4-seamer, and one fb looked like it cut.

Edited May 23, 2024 by Stratos

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

The Cubs have not played with the lead in over a week now.  Last time was the 7-1 win in Atlanta last Wednesday.  Their 2 wins over that timespan were walk off wins where they never led beforehand.

Not that this means anything at all or says anything we don't already know about the Cubs slump

So what you’re saying is….cubs opponents blew two leads in the 8th inning or later

[UMFan83]

8 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

So what you’re saying is….cubs opponents blew two leads in the 8th inning or later

lol. Love the reference but not quite in either case

[UMFan83]

The Cubs have scored 9 runs in the last 4 games:

-Single (Knocked the ball out of catcher's hand on play at the plate)

-Sac fly

-Sac fly

-Single

-Passed ball

-Single

-IF Single

-Ground out

-Wild pitch

 

 

 

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Okay, up for today's game thread is @Brian707

[chibears55]

12 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

The Cubs have scored 9 runs in the last 4 games:

-Single (Knocked the ball out of catcher's hand on play at the plate)

-Sac fly

-Sac fly

-Single

-Passed ball

-Single

-IF Single

-Ground out

-Wild pitch

 

 

 

 

Bring Mastrobuoni back 😏😏😏

[Andy]

16 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Meanwhile our next opponent the Cardinals are 8-2 in their last 10 games having just finished off a sweep of the Orioles.

FanGraphs wrote an article this week about them being cooked, and my first thought was "You horsefeathers idiots just woke Satan up"