Cubs (Steele) vs Orioles (Suarez): 7/11/24, 5:35pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Dare I even say it? Can the Cubs _______ the Orioles?

[jersey cubs fan]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

[Bertz]

This was definitely the easiest matchup on paper coming into the week, but I still find it very hard to believe we'll be able to hold this offense down much longer.

I just ask that if we lose we are able to do so in a way that saves the pen for this weekend.

[Eeyore]

[Eeyore]

Is Bellinger ded? I saw that Canario is headed to Baltimore. Maybe just in case his hand isn't good tonight?

Edited July 11, 2024 by Eeyore

[Transmogrified Tiger]

32 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Is Bellinger ded? I saw that Canario is headed to Baltimore. Maybe just in case his hand isn't good tonight?

With 4 days to the all-star break it seems likely Bellinger gets IL'd regardless, since he'll likely need to be out a game or two in the best case scenario, and with the All-Star break coming he'd only miss 2 games after the break with a minimum stint.  It's also possible he has a real fracture and needs to miss more significant time, I don't believe we've heard what the follow up testing showed.

[gflore34]

2 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

With 4 games to the all-star break it seems likely Bellinger gets IL'd regardless, since he'll likely need to be out a game or two in the best case scenario, and with the All-Star break coming he'd only miss 2 games after the break with a minimum stint.  It's also possible he has a real fracture and needs to miss more significant time, I don't believe we've heard what the follow up testing showed.

Given the Cubs luck with injuries this season I'm expecting the worst possible outcome for Bellinger.  As for Canario, that adds another black hole in the lineup, great.

[KCCub]

Skenes is absolutely shoving against MIL right now.

[chibears55]

If Hoyer is taking offers on Bellinger,  im sure he'll take the safe route and IL him now so that he'll be healthy after the break and get a few games in to show it.

[CubinNY]

1 hour ago, gflore34 said:

Given the Cubs luck with injuries this season I'm expecting the worst possible outcome for Bellinger.  As for Canario, that adds another black hole in the lineup, great.

I heard Belli lost a finger at 31 Flavors last night.

[cl smooth]

Belli’s Broken Bone

[Chicago Al]

30 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Skenes is absolutely shoving against MIL right now.

Hopefully he no hits them.

Edit seconds later: NVM…

Edited July 11, 2024 by Chicago Al

[KCCub]

1 minute ago, Chicago Al said:

Hopefully he no hits them.

Edit seconds later: NVM…

Yea they pulled him unfortunately...

[Derwood]

If Skenes hits the minimum IP (and keeps going the way he's going) he's going to nab the ROTY from Shota. Better numbers pretty much across the board

 

[Bertz]

I wonder what Skenes' innings cap is this year.  He's at 93 right now which isn't excessive, but it does mean he's looking at probably 160+ if they don't skip any starts.  That's not an unreasonable number but would imagine they're thinking something closer to 140.

What they ought to do is put him on the IL for a breather the weekend before Labor Day, give him two weeks to rest up and then legit rip down the stretch.  Go ahead and rest Jared Jones at the same time. 

[squally1313]

14 minutes ago, Derwood said:

If Skenes hits the minimum IP (and keeps going the way he's going) he's going to nab the ROTY from Shota. Better numbers pretty much across the board

 

He's a Chris Sale injury away from maybe being the CY front runner. 

[KCCub]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

What they ought to do is put him on the IL for a breather the weekend before Labor Day, give him two weeks to rest up and then legit rip down the stretch.  Go ahead and rest Jared Jones at the same time. 

I think we'll see something like that once they get further and further out of contention. Now if they stay in the WC hunt, that's when things will get interesting. I agree, that time period to give him some rest would be great 🙂 

[chibears55]

Off topic but I just saw an article on Ace Daigle, he a 6'8 230# HS senior in Louisiana,  he's the son of Chris Daigle former D-back pitcher and Jennie Finch Arizona and USA Olympic softball pitcher.  

If he's available for the Cubs, I hope he's drafted just on his gene alone 😅

 

https://x.com/PrepBaseballLA/status/1801076379036897412?t=D0WKGB6jLZNy_Ihv0cVfNA&s=19

[JHBulls]

Lucky Camden Yards in Baltimore doesn’t have a “Utah” Street, right next to it, as I thought I was hearing all this time. Because that would have been silly. 

[CubinNY]

If they wait this dude out he’ll walk as many as he strikes out. 

[JHBulls]

Good baseball is fun baseball. Crazy concept. 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

41 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Lucky Camden Yards in Baltimore doesn’t have a “Utah” Street, right next to it, as I thought I was hearing all this time. Because that would have been silly. 

Eutaw 

[Eeyore]

I wish that they would stop doing that.

[Rex Buckingham]

Nico looked pretty ticked at Seiya on that popup