Cubs (Taillon) vs Brewers (Rea): 6/28/24, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[Bertz]

Preparing myself for the inevitable Colin Rea pixie dust tonight.  Something like 7 innings and 1  run despite like 2 strikeouts and 8 balls hit over 100 MPH.  All of us just watching like this

 

[Bertz]

It probably won't matter but looks like the Phillies will not be at full strength for next week's series

 

 

[BKHoo]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

It probably won't matter but looks like the Phillies will not be at full strength for next week's series

 

 

The other team being injured worked out real well in SF!! 

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

It probably won't matter but looks like the Phillies will not be at full strength for next week's series

 

 

Forget about the Cubs W/L, I want to watch Schwarber hit some dingers.

[CubinNY]

Now that the guys have won one game in a row everything seems to be fixed. I for one cannot wait to get this winning streak started!

[Tryptamine]

2 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Now that the guys have won one game in a row everything seems to be fixed. I for one cannot wait to get this winning streak started!

That's what I told myself after the Cubs won the previous SF series.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

53 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Forget about the Cubs W/L, I want to watch Schwarber hit some dingers.

I saw one a couple weeks ago. I hope he strikes out every time.

[UMFan83]

Not worth its own thread but Rosenthal made his All Star predictions.  As you'd expect, only 1 Cub was selected - Shota Imanaga, which is funny because he actually has the 4th best ERA amongst the Cubs regular starters, but definitely a defensible selection.  

Among notable omissions, he lists Assad and Michael Busch.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5598561/2024/06/28/mlb-all-star-game-rosters-rosenthal/

[Stratos]

Due for some Belli bombs.  Remember those?

[Stratos]

PCA hitting 22 wRC+ in June with a 37.5 k% and 4.7 BB%.  10 SBs.  Amaya = 38 wRC+.

Michael Busch leads the MLB in BABIP.

[Tryptamine]

God I wish this team could sell high on Taillon right now. If half the pitching roster wasn't on the IL, it would be possible.

[squally1313]

23 minutes ago, Stratos said:

Michael Busch leads the MLB in BABIP.

4th in wOBA amongst 1Bs, 17th in xwOBA. So, not great. Willing to accept some nuance there given all the talk about Bellinger sustainably beating it last year and then the underperformers this year doing so for a reason. 

Also, league average-ish offensive production with solid defensive metrics at the league minimum isn't the biggest problem in the world. 

[Bertz]

5 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

4th in wOBA amongst 1Bs, 17th in xwOBA. So, not great. Willing to accept some nuance there given all the talk about Bellinger sustainably beating it last year and then the underperformers this year doing so for a reason. 

Also, league average-ish offensive production with solid defensive metrics at the league minimum isn't the biggest problem in the world. 

Busch doesn't have that Bellinger pulled fly ball magic, that said while ball in play regression will come for him I don't think a 34% strikeout rate is going to continue with his contact rates.  Having an extra ~5% of his PAs end in a ball in play should mitigate the coming drop in BABIP.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Harper and Schwarber to the IL FWIW

[KCCub]

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Kinda wish we'd just lead off with Happ

[CubinNY]

Im fired up. I had my two PBRs for the evening, let’s go baby!

[Eeyore]

Who dressed the Brewers? Poor guys 🥺

[CubinNY]

The Cubs have to lead the league in DP

[Eeyore]

Rea is struggling because he's self conscious about being dressed like that. He knows what everybody is thinking. 

That's my fault 

Edited June 29, 2024 by Eeyore

[DYMNO]

What might the diagnosis be for those of us who continue to watch these games?

[Eeyore]

1 minute ago, DYMNO said:

What might the diagnosis be for those of us who continue to watch these games?

In my case I see it as a way to kill time while waiting for the inevitable embrace of death.

[CubinNY]

We should know if Jamo has it or not right away. 

[Derwood]

These Milwaukee city connect uniforms would make the Savanna Bananas blush