Twins (Festa) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 8/5/24, 7:05pm

[Irrelevant Dude]

6 innings, 2 runs from Kyle.  I'll take that anytime.

[Tryptamine]

FFS ump, costs Busch a walk and ends in a K

Edited August 6, 2024 by Tryptamine

[abuck1220]

not michael busch’s best game. yikes. 

[Soul]

10 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

On the positive side of things, PCA almost up to a .600 OPS now

 

Considering where he was as a hitter this  is definitely something good to hold on to.

[UMFan83]

Can’t believe I’m saying this but this team is too patient sometimes. 3-1 count down 2 runs in the 6th, Busch takes strike 2 and strike 3 looking. I get the desire to get on base to start the inning but feel like there are quite a few situations where the Cubs should be looking to drive the ball but instead are taking good pitches

[Cubbies1996]

And now a crappy reliever is carving them up lol 

[Tryptamine]

Ump blows 2 balls on Bellinger for 2 strikes

[Soul]

This ump is a turd.  Not blaming all struggles on him but wow.

[Rex Buckingham]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Can’t believe I’m saying this but this team is too patient sometimes. 3-1 count down 2 runs in the 6th, Busch takes strike 2 and strike 3 looking. I get the desire to get on base to start the inning but feel like there are quite a few situations where the Cubs should be looking to drive the ball but instead are taking good pitches

He took ball 4 on a 3-1 pitch that literally was never in the zone but gor called a strike. I don't know what you want him to do.

[Derwood]

This ump is ass

[Cubbies1996]

For once I would LOVE to see Counsell stand up for his players with this garbage, inconsistent strike zone 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Rex Buckingham said:

He took ball 4 on a 3-1 pitch that literally was never in the zone but gor called a strike. I don't know what you want him to do.

I get it, but what's done is done with strike 2 and I want him to be aggressive on the last pitch and not take strike 3.

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Rex Buckingham said:

He took ball 4 on a 3-1 pitch that literally was never in the zone but gor called a strike. I don't know what you want him to do.

Sorry I’m at the game and sitting down the 1B line, kind of hard to judge some of those pitches but I’ve seen this happen all night and for certain hitters *coughSeiyacough* all year and was starting to annoy me. 

[Cubbies1996]

15 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I'm sure Happ is eventually going to go on one of his 2 week heaters, but the extended periods where he is one of the worst hitters in baseball are really annoying.

Happ will go on his heater when the Cubs are officially out of the playoffs like he always does 

[Soul]

6 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Ump blows 2 balls on Bellinger for 2 strikes

Then Belly waves at strike 3 because what’s he going to do?  Everything is a strike so you have to swing.  This is a big reason why I like the idea of robot umps.  Players should be concentrating on the other team, not playing head games with umps.

Edited August 6, 2024 by Soul

[Rcal10]

3 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

He took ball 4 on a 3-1 pitch that literally was never in the zone but gor called a strike. I don't know what you want him to do.

Exactly. And had he swing and popped up people would be bitching that he swung at ball 4. But he shouldn’t have taken strike 3. That was a strike. Of course he should have been in first the pitch before that. 

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, Soul said:

Then Belly waves at strike 3 because what’s he going to do?  Everything is a strike so you have to swing.  This is a big reason why I like the idea of robot umps.  Players should be concentrating on the other team, not playing head games with umps.

Agreed. They have the technology. They should use it. Umpires calling balls and strikes has gotten worse and worse. 

[Derwood]

8 hours ago, Derwood said:

Festa is very bad, so he will throw 7 innings of 1 run ball

I wasn't far off

[Tryptamine]

Nice inning by lopez, but damn is his ERA an illusion

13.2IP as a cub with a  .66 ERA

6.59K/9, 3.95/BB, 94.4LOB%

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Absolutely brutal offensive effort so far

[Hairyducked Idiot]

This team dropping turds like this every few games the last few years has been such a buzzkill.

[Rex Buckingham]

9 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Sorry I’m at the game and sitting down the 1B line, kind of hard to judge some of those pitches but I’ve seen this happen all night and for certain hitters *coughSeiyacough* all year and was starting to annoy me. 

Fair enough, being at the game certainly makes it a different experience. 

And I don't disagree that we've taken strike 3 entirely too many times this year. 

[Tryptamine]

I'd actually be surprised if they scored at this point.

[Tryptamine]

Pearson was straight up filthy on that first hitter.

[squally1313]

Duran is nasty, I don't have any idea how he's only striking out 8 per 9. 

Jax has been better, assume we'll see him in the 9th. Potential saving grace is that his last two outings were against the Sox and so it's possible he forgot how to pitch to major league hitters.