Cubs (Hendricks) vs Brewers (Peralta): 6/30/24, 1:10pm

[Andy]

5 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I know everyone is tired of hearing it, but there was some bad luck (and defense) in there again too.  Hendricks certainly wasn't great and he gave up a rocket of a grand slam, but it never should have got to that.

I'm the first to complain about luck but we're doing it every day. Either we're the most spectacularly unlucky team in MLB history or we just suck and you notice bad luck a lot more when you suck

[CubinNY]

Just seems like an insurmountable lead

[DYMNO]

1 minute ago, CubinNY said:

Just seems like an insurmountable lead

It is.

[Geographyhater8888]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Correa was their first choice the entire time, they just kept their options open and were also pursuing Swanson.

Correas a bad fit for Jed’s Cubs. Too elite. Discount Dansby and Jed’s preference for defensive runs saved in place of OPS was the clincher.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Andy said:

I'm the first to complain about luck but we're doing it every day. Either we're the most spectacularly unlucky team in MLB history or we just suck and you notice bad luck a lot more when you suck

I can't argue with that. That's why I prefaced my post with being tired of hearing the bad luck angle.  If you ALWAYS have bad luck, it probably isn't luck at all.

[LBiittner]

3 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Steele, Taillon, Imanaga, Assad, Brown, Wicks

When healthy theres no spot for Hendricks in 2024 rotation 

Yeah, I just have a feeling kyle won't waive his rights and he'll be sitting next to Hector in the bullpen if the rotation becomes healthy

[Geographyhater8888]

If they could put the ball over the fence with runners on more than once every other week BABIP play luck they wouldn’t be 7 games under.

[LBiittner]

I hate the Milwaukee mustard with the uniforms.

I might protest by using only catsup on my dogs

[Geographyhater8888]

2 grand slams in the same series. When was the last time the cubs even hit a 3 run homer?

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Correas a bad fit for Jed’s Cubs. Too elite. Discount Dansby and Jed’s preference for defensive runs saved in place of OPS was the clincher.

Yeah. I was not a fan of the Swanson signing. I just didn't see long term value in the guy.

[Cubs206]

How many chances is Hendricks going to get. I mean he is bad.

[Cubs206]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Yeah. I was not a fan of the Swanson signing. I just didn't see long term value in the guy.

Cubs sometimes like to sign washed up FA that other teams didn’t want anymore 

[LBiittner]

Michael Busch is one reason to watch this team.

Shota definitely another.

A third could be PCA to see if he ever can hit a lick.

Not much else right now

Oops I failed to add lip reading Steele 

Edited June 30, 2024 by LBiittner

[Geographyhater8888]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Yeah. I was not a fan of the Swanson signing. I just didn't see long term value in the guy.

Before posting a 5.5 WAR in 2022 his career high was 2.8. I’m curious what the second highest bidder was offering.

[WhyCantWeWin]

5 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Before posting a 5.5 WAR in 2022 his career high was 2.8. I’m curious what the second highest bidder was offering.

Considering Braves offered him 6 yr 100 mill, im guessing it was around there for the other teams. Swanson was also willing to give the Braves a big hometown discount

[Eeyore]

Ricketts has Comcast over a barrel here. I'm sure that people are calling like crazy to make sure that they can watch this 

[Geographyhater8888]

6 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Considering Braves offered him 6 yr 100 mill, im guessing it was around there for the other teams. Swanson was also willing to give the Braves a big hometown discount

Not surprising. Braves are much smarter organization but if that’s the second highest offer Jed should be fired on the spot for that alone. It’s an overpay but that’s so ridiculous there had to have been a higher offer unless I’m giving Jed too much credit.

[BKHoo]

Hoerner you should have crushed that.  That was a terrible pitch. I guess two home runs in one game would be too much. 

[UMFan83]

So 2 series wins and 0 series ties since the first week of May. It’s July tomorrow…

[squally1313]

Dansby has a 120 wRC in June. It was bad before that, but weird time to pile on him. 

[Geographyhater8888]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

Dansby has a 120 wRC in June. It was bad before that, but weird time to pile on him. 

It’s piling on Jed more so than Dansby.

[Michael Busch Light]

Getting the horsefeathers kicked out of us by the brewers over and over again is really getting demoralizing.  Especially now with Counsel.  Maybe we should hire whoever their GM is next and get rid of that bozo Jed 

[Bertz]

Coming into today Dansby Swanson has been the most productive of the 4 shortstops since they all signed their contracts

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&month=0&ind=0&startdate=&enddate=&season1=2023&season=2024&pagenum=2&pageitems=30

He's the cheapest of the four, younger than Turner and Bogaerts, and not physically compromised like Correa.  You can complain about plenty of things Jed has done but complaining about Swanson is straight up dumb.

[BKHoo]

1 hour ago, Cubs206 said:

Cubs sometimes like to sign washed up FA that other teams didn’t want anymore 

Swanson was not nor is a washed up player. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

Coming into today Dansby Swanson has been the most productive of the 4 shortstops since they all signed their contracts

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&month=0&ind=0&startdate=&enddate=&season1=2023&season=2024&pagenum=2&pageitems=30

He's the cheapest of the four, younger than Turner and Bogaerts, and not physically compromised like Correa.  You can complain about plenty of things Jed has done but complaining about Swanson is straight up dumb.

Id rather have Turners bat