Braves (Smith-Shawver) @ Cubs (Brown) - 5/23/24, 1:20 CST, Marquee

[Brian707]

Rubber match against some dude with a hyphenated name I never heard of. You know how this will go for the Cobs.

 

Edited May 23, 2024 by Brian707

[BigbadB]

I'm scared.

[Derwood]

Cuas woke up a couple of their sleepy bats

[We Got The Whole 9]

41 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Cuas woke up a couple of their sleepy bats

On the plus, Albies is 1-10 so far!

[WhyCantWeWin]

25 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

On the plus, Albies is 1-10 so far!

You just jinxed it bro

[Bertz]

I wonder what the rough plan is in terms of number of innings they're hoping to get from guys.  Obviously some will depend on whether or not they have a lead, but mainly curious what kind of length we can expect from Brown and if Hendricks is for sure getting in today or not.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Yeah I think you hope for 6 from Brown + Hendricks, give Brown two trips through the order and Hendricks 1.  Maybe that pushes your luck a little bit with Brown against this lineup, depends on his pitch economy.

[Brian707]

1 hour ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

You just jinxed it bro

Yeah now watch he hits for the cycle today

[Rcal10]

26 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Yeah I think you hope for 6 from Brown + Hendricks, give Brown two trips through the order and Hendricks 1.  Maybe that pushes your luck a little bit with Brown against this lineup, depends on his pitch economy.

I don’t see this as a game for Hendricks. Unless they are losing by a lot I don’t expect him to pitch ever. And especially not against the Braves. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

53 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I don’t see this as a game for Hendricks. Unless they are losing by a lot I don’t expect him to pitch ever. And especially not against the Braves. 

They don't have the luxury of carrying a 'only pitch when losing by a lot' reliever.  It's a bullpen game and Hendricks and Brown are the only ones who haven't pitched this series, with Hendricks not pitching in 6 days.

[SOFNR]

1 hour ago, Rcal10 said:

I don’t see this as a game for Hendricks. Unless they are losing by a lot I don’t expect him to pitch ever. And especially not against the Braves. 

I've seen this a couple times now from different people. Also something about Hendricks only pitching against the bottom of a batting order. 🤣 I can pretty much guarantee thats not the plan.

[CubinNY]

Hendricks is likely going to be very useful one time through the order. 

[Rcal10]

38 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

They don't have the luxury of carrying a 'only pitch when losing by a lot' reliever.  It's a bullpen game and Hendricks and Brown are the only ones who haven't pitched this series, with Hendricks not pitching in 6 days.

Sure they do. They always have a mop up guy. Someone used in low leverage. If the game is a 1 run game or even the Cubs up by 2, I would not want to see Hendricks. The Braves crush him. No reson to forfeit a game if they can win. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

4 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Sure they do. They always have a mop up guy. Someone used in low leverage. If the game is a 1 run game or even the Cubs up by 2, I would not want to see Hendricks. The Braves crush him. No reson to forfeit a game if they can win. 

They had a reliever throw 40+ pitches last night in a game they were losing, and it wasn't Hendricks.  Someone threw the 9th in a game they were losing by 7, and it wasn't Hendricks.  We're talking about him facing 9 hitters as a best case scenario, if you're that terrified of him getting rocked you have Little/Wesneski warming quickly, but you can't ignore a pitcher on your roster *and* do a bullpen game. Doubly so when you're in the early stages of 13 straight days with a game.

[CubinNY]

Braves announcers absolutely gushing about how great Wrigley is. 
 

They are not wrong. 

[squally1313]

5 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Braves announcers absolutely gushing about how great Wrigley is. 
 

They are not wrong. 

Really couldn't have handpicked better weather for this series. First night was a little sticky/warm but got those awesome clouds and the really cool sky, the last two days have been absolutely perfect. Probably missing out on some of the boisterousness of the weekend crowds, but other than that, been ideal. 

[chibears55]

There really isn't one guy on this team right now that I have confidence in them to get a hit.  They're all hitting under .260 and half of them are under .220 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[JBears79]

How many hits do the Cubs have in like the last two weeks? like 8?

[WhyCantWeWin]

This guy doesn’t look sharp at all but he’s putting up zeroes on this weak cubs lineup 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Albies looked towards the heavens and his body rebelled, makes sense

[JBears79]

For the love of god capitalize on that

[Outshined_One]

It's sincerely depressing knowing that was likely the best scoring chance the Cubs would have today.

[JBears79]

I have zero faith in the Cubs getting another hit. This team is not fun to watch at all.

[UMFan83]

Cubs batting line in this homestand coming into today:

.152/.239/.239/.478

Don't think its gone up so far today

[WhyCantWeWin]

Brown has been wildly effective with that curve today