Giants (Hicks) vs Cubs (Assad): 6/17/24, 7:05pm

[s2obed]

That didn’t last!

[DYMNO]

There are no words. 

[Derwood]

12 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Wesneski needed that, good job

this post aged like milk

[squally1313]

Heliot Ramos is doing something ridiculous like leading all NL outfielders in WAR even though he’s only played like 40 games. 

[Soul]

🤣🤣🤣

 

Just can’t make it up

[Tryptamine]

and now he's afraid to throw a strike

[Thusly Boned]

If anyone wants to see a really bad send, check out the Marlins' send just a moment ago with a runner on third, no outs, down one in the bottom of the 12th. Woof.

Edited June 18, 2024 by Thusly Boned

[Outshined_One]

Welp. We're boned.

[chibears55]

Just now, Derwood said:

this post aged like milk

Should of pulled him after and let his confidence marinate from that for the next game. 🤷‍♂️

[UMFan83]

Bull penis sucking

[squally1313]

Busch is a good example of how broken baseball in general is in that he’ll end tonight with an OPS probably just under .800, which my dumb baseball head thinks is like, the bare minimum of acceptability for a first baseman, but he’ll also end up essentially tied for 4th among all qualified first basemen for wRC. 

[Outshined_One]

What do we think, bullpen blows it or they miraculously pull off the walkoff?

[mfcubs22]

Alright… maybe let’s take out Hayden 

[BKHoo]

Wow Morel is a bad fielder. 

[Tryptamine]

Just now, Outshined_One said:

What do we think, bullpen blows it or they miraculously pull off the walkoff?

I'd be shocked if it wasn't option 1.

[Tryptamine]

Just now, squally1313 said:

Busch is a good example of how broken baseball in general is in that he’ll end tonight with an OPS probably just under .800, which my dumb baseball head thinks is like, the bare minimum of acceptability for a first baseman, but he’ll also end up essentially tied for 4th among all qualified first basemen for wRC. 

He's at .804 now, does that help?

[squally1313]

Was a nice recovery from morel there but it’s a pretty fitting time to mention that Matt Chapman would be leading the cubs in offensive fWAR

[JHBulls]

7 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Lol..

Should of been happy with getting out of the 6th with him and gone with someone else

At least this time his pitching didn’t increase the deficit. 

[javy knows my name]

5 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Should of pulled him after and let his confidence marinate from that for the next game. 🤷‍♂️

Have

[squally1313]

Just now, Tryptamine said:

He's at .804 now, does that help?

Thanks, I was being lazy and kept waiting for FG to update their numbers, which explains my weird mishmash of stats. Still though, I distinctly remember saying things like ‘how hard can it possibly be to find an 820 guy and teach him first base’ and it turns out…pretty hard! 
 

Also nice (in a bad way) that we’ll be paying him roughly $47 a year for a while. 

[Tryptamine]

Another walk, but by all means Counsell continue to sit on your ass. Not as if the Cubs desperately need a win.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Maybe my hottest take is that Morel is not coordinated enough to be an excellent MLBer.  He's very athletic and has the muscle twitch to generate bat speed, throw the ball through a wall, etc.  But the fine motor control isn't at that same level, this is why he'll kick ground balls or the slightest deviation sends his throwing mechanics awry, or why his swing looks almost short armed and he can't micro-adjust to stay on barrel(consistently terrible sweet spot %).

[mfcubs22]

Can someone wake up Craig?

[sweetpeteman]

Have we considered that Craig is trying to get Jed fired?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

6 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Busch is a good example of how broken baseball in general is in that he’ll end tonight with an OPS probably just under .800, which my dumb baseball head thinks is like, the bare minimum of acceptability for a first baseman, but he’ll also end up essentially tied for 4th among all qualified first basemen for wRC. 

Alone in 4th as of this second!  Ahead of Vlad, Alonso, and Olson now.