Cubs (Assad) vs Cardinals (Gray): 5/26/24, 6:10pm

[mfcubs22]

“Good on base guy”

[Rex Buckingham]

lol at calling Madrigal an "on-base machine"

[Irrelevant Dude]

Madrigal is the "on base machine".  Really?

[Rex Buckingham]

how about he uncorks a wild one here?

[mfcubs22]

ESPN LOVES Madrigal

[Irrelevant Dude]

Suzuki line shot right at someone incoming?

[soccer10k]

Back to back fake rallies. Nice job, Cubs!

[Rex Buckingham]

so many hard hit balls finding gloves

[mfcubs22]

Damn. They hit him well. 

[KatJ]

Fake rally. Hell.

[Derwood]

Two straight fake rallies

[JHBulls]

1 minute ago, mfcubs22 said:

ESPN LOVES Madrigal

National broadcasters love everyone. Someone can be the worst player in baseball and they will find something nice to say about that player. 

[chibears55]

Cool, fake 9th inning rally

Cubs will be under 500 by end of week

[WhyCantWeWin]

Thankful for the rainout yesterday or they would have been swept

[UMFan83]

Nothing is going right for the Cubs. Even when they play with a bit of heart they get woefully unlucky. 
 

16 hours until the next game…

[Illiterate Scholar]

I can't believe Helsley got 2 saves his last 2 outings. They were on everything 

Edited May 27, 2024 by Illiterate Scholar

[UMFan83]

9-14 in May now.  I originally thought there was no way this team could play worse than they did last May but if they go 1-4 in their next 5 games they will ant least equal last years 10-18 mark. 
 

10-17 since April 27th as well

Edited May 27, 2024 by UMFan83

[Wilson A2000]

4 minutes ago, mfcubs22 said:

ESPN LOVES Madrigal

.292 OBP, -0.5 fWAR

[17 Seconds]

so if they suck, where do we go from here? how quickly will they be pushing the next "retool"? It feels like the plan was to be good this season

[WhyCantWeWin]

How many wins are they on pace for now?

[Stratos]

2 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Washed up Goldschmidt hits his 2nd home run of the night

Credit to Goldschmidt, Assad put 2 pitches in his happy zone, and one was right over the heart of the plate.

[Stratos]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

9-14 in May now.  I originally thought there was no way this team could play worse than they did last May but if they go 1-4 in their next 5 games they will ant least equal last years 10-18 mark. 
 

10-17 since April 27th as well

It's troubling how this season is turning out pretty similar to last season.  Though big summer ahead apparently haha.

I still think this team goes as far as the pen will take them.  Luckily with additions of Brown, Wicks, and eventually possibly Horton, there seems to be more overall pitching depth than last year, which will help the pen.

[Stratos]

33 minutes ago, 17 Seconds said:

so if they suck, where do we go from here? how quickly will they be pushing the next "retool"? It feels like the plan was to be good this season

The likelihood that this offense remains near the very bottom of the league in scoring runs as it has in May is virtually zero.  Happ, Suzuki, Swanson have been horribly slumping, plus Busch, and Gomes and Amaya can't hit any worse, and Morel and Tauchman have been sputtering.  They should all have a better June if they regress at all back to the mean.

[Stratos]

Alzolay is apparently dealing with the same forearm injury issue he had last season.  Of note is that he's been terrible since coming back from that initial IL stint, both last Sept/Oct and 2024.  I really hope the Cubs didn't ruin him by overpitching him last summer.

Leiter got hurt too late last year and Merryweather barely lasted a week this season.  Could be random injuries but c'mon.  Do better Cubs.

[NorthsideAvenger]

nm. 

Edited May 27, 2024 by NorthsideAvenger