Cubs (Assad) vs Guardians (Boyd): 8/13/24, 5:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[CubUgly]

Assad has been REALLY hard to watch his last few outings.  I'd almost rather Hendricks start honestly.  But, it is what it is - let's hope he can gut another one out. 

[Wilson A2000]

Wisdom over Busch again vs a lefty even though Busch has a better OPS against lefties

[Transmogrified Tiger]

32 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Wisdom over Busch again vs a lefty even though Busch has a better OPS against lefties

stop and think about the causation between these two facts

[squally1313]

31 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Wisdom over Busch again vs a lefty even though Busch has a better OPS against lefties

Two sides to that right? In small sample sizes, lefties were over 100 points worse, wOBA wise, against Boyd last year, 45 points in his career. 

[Rcal10]

1 hour ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Wisdom over Busch again vs a lefty even though Busch has a better OPS against lefties

I don’t have a problem with this move. Boyd is much better against lefties. I did have a problem with Wisdom for Busch last night when down by 5. Busch is probably more likely to get a hit than Wisdom against that lefty. Maybe Wisdom hits more homers in that spot. But they needed base runners. So I didnt necessarily get that one. I am fine with this one. 

[Crusader]

Ultimately, it worked. Wisdom did end up going 1/2 while hitting a double, setting up runners on 3rd and 2nd for Seiya to hit a sac fly and score a run. I didn't like the move though just because his second AB where Wisdom got the double ended up being against a RHP. Busch would have only ended up with 1 AB against a LHP before having the rest of the night against RHP.

Edited August 13, 2024 by Crusader

[Eeyore]

2 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Wisdom over Busch again vs a lefty even though Busch has a better OPS against lefties

It didn't work out last week and they had to pinch hit Busch for Wisdom. 

Edited August 13, 2024 by Eeyore

[squally1313]

8 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

It didn't work out last week and they had to pinch hit Busch for Wisdom. 

‘Had to’ is a weird phrase to use there 

[Cubbies1996]

It’s amazing how fast Assad can lose control

[Derwood]

Ho hum, just another 20 pitch inning for Assad

[Cubbies1996]

And Wisdom strikes out…

[CubinNY]

Not an efficient inning 

[squally1313]

The cubs scored, wanted to get that in there around the pitch count and one AB sample size complaints 

[Eeyore]

17 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

‘Had to’ is a weird phrase to use there 

It's a sentence that should have never been.

[profisme]

Really want to know why Seiya gets so many bad strikes called against him. He seems like he is very reserved on the field. 

[CubinNY]

Assad getting dinked and dunked to death 

Edited August 13, 2024 by CubinNY

[CubinNY]

He’s out

[CubinNY]

Jesus Christ on a stick I’m sick of these umpires 

[profisme]

This home plate ump blows. 

[Eeyore]

He ded?

[mfcubs22]

Does xBA take sprint speed into account?

[CubinNY]

Cleveland is the least athletic looking bunch of good baseball players in MLB. 

They look like a bunch of beer league softball players. 

Edited August 14, 2024 by CubinNY

[chibears55]

Assad will likely be in bullpen/ spot starter next season.

He good for 1-2 times through order, so if needed he can get them from the 5th through the 7th inning.

 

[chibears55]

Gonna be an interesting offseason..

https://x.com/Michael_Cerami/status/1823512178021765600?t=cbAkJVchjU3SZmZl8y4jfQ&s=19