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

[UMFan83]

Golden sombrero for Busch today yikes

[Irrelevant Dude]

Assuming a 550 at bat season, Michael Busch is on a near 200 strikeout pace.  I didn't think his performance is sustainable unless that improves.

[Tryptamine]

Pearson is filthy, but holy horsefeathers does he leave a lot of pitches over the plate.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Another reliever hard-failing at pitching the 2nd inning after a clean one

[DYMNO]

Man, oh man how I wish we had a DUDE in the middle of our lineup. A guy who you have to game plan around every single game, y’know? A guy you EXPECT to do damage instead of merely crossing your fingers and hoping. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, DYMNO said:

Man, oh man how I wish we had a DUDE in the middle of our lineup.

Hear me out... What if, instead, we get 6 or 7 guys who are sometimes pretty ok and 2 or 3 guys who are usually pretty bad.  That should even out on paper, right?

[DYMNO]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

Hear me out... What if, instead, we get 6 or 7 guys who are sometimes pretty ok and 2 or 3 guys who are usually pretty bad.  That should even out on paper, right?

Jed? Is that you?

[Tryptamine]

That sitting Seiya for Tauchman thing really worked out well.

[squally1313]

Not ironically hoping that this somehow gets to PCA?

[squally1313]

Just now, Tryptamine said:

That sitting Seiya for Tauchman thing really worked out well.

Seiya is hurt

[Tryptamine]

Just now, squally1313 said:

Seiya is hurt

Were we due for another oblique injury?

[Tryptamine]

An offensive gem tonight gentleman. Way to keep that momentum rolling.

[squally1313]

Just now, Tryptamine said:

Were we due for another oblique injury?

Sore neck for whatever reason. Expected back tomorrow, though it's fair to say we've heard that one before. 

[Chicago Al]

14 strikeouts holy moly

[WhyCantWeWin]

Tauchman shouldnt be starting

[squally1313]

1 hour ago, Cubbies1996 said:

This just has the feel of a night they get no-hit through 5 and end up with 2/3 hits on the night 

Heartbreaking: The Most Pessimistic Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

[NorthsideAvenger]

And this is why playoff talk is crazy. These dummies don't know how to stack wins. Back to exhibition mode.

[We Got The Whole 9]

4 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

And this is why playoff talk is crazy. These dummies don't know how to stack wins. Back to exhibition mode.

Playoff talk is crazy when it's a 5% chance in august but they can still win this series. Tonight they looked like they hadn't watched or read anything on Festa and Co. This was a pathetic showing after they showed some signs of life for sure.

[PeanutPunch33]

The Cubs just have a bunch of mediocre hitters that give the illusion that they are really good players because they can put the ball in play.  Hoerner, Tauchman, and Happ all fit the bill, sadly Bellinger is becoming that type of guy too.  That's why you don't trade a guy like Morel for another one of those 'types' in Parades.  You need players with different skillsets.  

[Derwood]

It's amazing to me that a guy who looks as jacked as Nico has such pitiful power numbers

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If you're drawing a line that groups Happ, Bellinger, Hoerner, and Tauchman all together stylistically as offensive players, you have drawn a very poor line.

[PeanutPunch33]

I mean what's really different about them stylistically.  Helen Keller will get to 40 home runs and a .900 OPS before any of them do 

[UMFan83]

2 hours ago, DYMNO said:

Man, oh man how I wish we had a DUDE in the middle of our lineup. A guy who you have to game plan around every single game, y’know? A guy you EXPECT to do damage instead of merely crossing your fingers and hoping. 

I mean honestly is our lineup that bad if we added Juan Soto to the middle of it? Of course a lot of lineups are drastically improved if you add a 10 WAR beast in the middle of it, but I really does seem like we have a lot of decent, solid even, complimentary hitters but clearly no big bat who, like you mentioned, forces other teams to gameplan around. Would seemingly make everyone in the lineup that much better just from his mere presence in there.  
 

It’s too bad hitters like that are never available. Well, except for the 2 times in the last 3 seasons he was available and the fact that he’s an impending FA who is dead set on testing the market this offseason. 

Edited August 6, 2024 by UMFan83

[Transmogrified Tiger]

so the styles are .900 OPS and 40 HR(current qualifiers on this pace league-wide: 5) or Helen Keller mediocrity

[We Got The Whole 9]

30 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I mean what's really different about them stylistically.  Helen Keller will get to 40 home runs and a .900 OPS before any of them do 

You're really, really asking what's different between Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner stylistically? Just quit, this is one of the dumbest posts in NSBB history.