Cubs (Hendricks) vs Pirates (Skenes): 8/28/24, 11:35am

[squally1313]

Can we get 7 innings out of Smyly/Lopez/Hodge/Miller/Roberts? Day off tomorrow, Shota Friday. 

[squally1313]

for fucks sake

[CubinNY]

bad luck, bad umpire, no luck

[Jason Ross]

Just now, s2obed said:

Is this Hendricks last year? I think it’s time to move on and make him a coach of some sorts.

He's a free agent at years end. I suspect it's his last year with the Cubs. Another team will probably sign him to some sort of a prove-it MilB camp invite deal in hopes that he "finds it" but yeah, it's looking like the end of the line.

[chibears55]

6 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Just like they should have done a month ago for PCA and Amaya am I right

Don't complain then when Paredes keeps going hitless.

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Come on Dansby you gotta make that play. Tough, but you lollygagged,

[JHBulls]

This is why we can never have nice things.

[CubinNY]

and yikes. Kyle is going to take some lumps this game. No one up in the pen

[squally1313]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Don't complain then when Paredes keeps going hitless.

 

Deal! He's a good hitter who's clearly dealing with an injury. Our prior third baseman kinda just did this all year anyways, so I'm used to it. 

[BKHoo]

Wow Dansby that was pathetic effort. 

[BKHoo]

Kyle sux. Really sux. 

[Cubbies1996]

Good Lord get him out of the game. Can’t afford to keep a guy in just to save the bullpen when you need wins

[Andy]

Why on God's green earth is Kyle still in this game

[abuck1220]

don't often see a guy with an era of 7 get the leash to make 20 starts.

[Cubbies1996]

At this point bring up Adrian Houser. Kyle is washed. Love him but he can’t pitch again. 

[Max Power]

Someone woke up Counsell.

[JHBulls]

Good to see Counsell wasn’t going to allow Kyle to face the next batter after he allowed him to face the previous 4 batters. 

[Crusader]

Glad Craig let Kyle pitch a second inning after getting rocked in the first and being lucky to hold them to just a run.

[Bertz]

Kyle's season, and honestly the back half of his contract in general, is so disastrous I kind of wonder if he's salting the earth for low velo SPs going forward.  Like does a guy who throw 89 and get Cy Young votes heading into FA get capped at 3 year offers in the same way a guy in his late 30's does?

[WhyCantWeWin]

Just gave away this game, really needed to sweep these last place pirates 

[chibears55]

7 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Deal! He's a good hitter who's clearly dealing with an injury. Our prior third baseman kinda just did this all year anyways, so I'm used to it. 

What was his excuse before the shoulder injury last week ?

[Max Power]

1 minute ago, Crusader said:

Glad Craig let Kyle pitch a second inning after getting rocked in the first and being lucky to hold them to just a run.

With a day off tomorrow.

[mul21]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

What was his excuse before the shoulder injury last week ?

Please stop.  Your solutions are bad and Paredes has been hurt longer than that.

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

What was his excuse before the shoulder injury last week ?

If I'm googling right, which is he was scratched on a Sunday game after going 0/11 and CBS is implying that was related to the shoulder injury, I've got him at a 126 wRC for the year before that point. That's pretty good, right? Or were you only wanting to talk about the 8 games he played for the Cubs. 

[squally1313]

7 minutes ago, Max Power said:

With a day off tomorrow.

It's a tough spot. 8 guys in the pen and three of them pitched over 20 pitches yesterday. Of Hodge, Smyly, Lopez, Miller, Roberts, there's a collective 2 appearances of 2 innings this month, everything else has been shorter. So then you're asking 5 of them to get 8 (or 7 plus). I could see an argument for asking Smyly to empty the tank and hoping we could ride the offense in Washington until we get the extra pitcher up. But it was also 3-1 going into the second and he pitched semi-well enough to deserve getting out of the second 3-3.

Edited August 28, 2024 by squally1313