Cubs (TBD) vs Nationals (Irvin): 8/30/24, 5:45pm

[Transmogrified Tiger]

oh man I need a clip of the face PCA was making at Bellinger, that had extreme 'annoying little brother' energy

[Eeyore]

Just now, Transmogrified Tiger said:

oh man I need a clip of the face PCA was making at Bellinger, that had extreme 'annoying little brother' energy

He absolutely did

[JHBulls]

What an inning, damn. 

[chibears55]

I need Bellinger to go on a HR tear, I took the over 24.5 on him 

[Derwood]

This is super fun

And it's also super frustrating that this team was capable of this but slept walk for 2 1/2 months

[chibears55]

5 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

oh man I need a clip of the face PCA was making at Bellinger, that had extreme 'annoying little brother' energy

He had Swanson cracking up too..lol

[Eeyore]

Split screen with fever/sky game in the other side

[SpongeWorthy]

what did PCA grade out for speed on the scouting scale?

[Eeyore]

13 minutes ago, SpongeWorthy said:

what did PCA grade out for speed on the scouting scale?

See what these hacks know.

 

https://northsidebaseball.com/chicago-cubs-top-prospect-rankings/pete-crow-armstrong-r1/

[Bull]

17 minutes ago, SpongeWorthy said:

what did PCA grade out for speed on the scouting scale?

A million. Interestingly, also a million on the nincompoop scale. 

I have to say, he's fun to watch. And all the extra bases make up for the nincompoopery. If he can continue his recent run of not doing stupid things on the bases, he's going to be even more valuable than I imagined.

Edited August 30, 2024 by Bull

[chopsx9]

This game is working out very well so far for me.  Comfortable lead, lots of offense - Shota's 3 ernies have dropped the leader in my fantasy league to only .5 pts ahead of my team.

[CubinNY]

Dansby?!?!?!?

[chopsx9]

Davey looking a little tubby.

[Donzo]

6 hours ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Nido will probably be their position player callup for September.

That didn't age well.

[Eeyore]

1 minute ago, Donzo said:

That didn't age well.

He ded?

[Crusader]

3 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

He ded?

Released when the Cubs claimed Armstrong from the Cardinals.

[Donzo]

5 hours ago, Stratos said:

We have Wicks, Brown, Assad for the #4 and 5 spots next year and i assume they'll probably add another SP this winter.  Assad would be nice as a swing guy and beef out out the middle innings in the pen.  I like Brown in the rotation but I thought he looked promising in the pen too if we're healthy in the rotation.

I'm pretty concerned about Cade Horton.  Around the day the Cubs drafted him I said on the PSD boards that I really didn't like his mechanics and he seemed to use a lot of his arm in his delivery and sort of short-arms it a bit to try to protect the elbow wothout getting the full extension.  Didn't have much of a stride either.  No idea if he's fixed any of this yet with the Cubs.

In high school I popped my UCL while arm-wrestling some dude during class and did the exact same thing when i threw a baseball for years afterwards.  I still need Tommy John and i'll never get it (true story, Canadian healthcare isn't as good as you hear haha).

I said at the time that the Cubs should trade Horton when he gets healthy and is dealing.  Might be too late now.  Huge risk/reward with him for sure.

This would be a good thread (Cubs 2025 pitching staff).

Really like the pitching depth going into next season. Maybe up to ten starting pitching candidates and about as many bullpen  options.

Heck, the 2015-18 Cubs didn't have close to this type of depth. The 5th starter was usually rough. Hammel was good in 16, but 17 & 18 were tough until the Quintana and Hammel mid season trades. 2025 will have much better depth than those teams.

Edited August 31, 2024 by Donzo

[WhyCantWeWin]

26 minutes ago, Donzo said:

That didn't age well.

He’ll be back

[CubinNY]

Paredes got called out on ball 5. It hate this so much. 

Edited August 31, 2024 by CubinNY

[Cubbies1996]

Glad they got it, but is it just me or do Nico and Dansby’s double play turns look awfully slow this year? Seems like the arm strength isn’t there for some reason. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

5 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Glad they got it, but is it just me or do Nico and Dansby’s double play turns look awfully slow this year? Seems like the arm strength isn’t there for some reason. 

Nico had a very slight double clutch, but especially given that and Abrams' speed, Dansby's turn was good

[Cubbies1996]

3 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Nico had a very slight double clutch, but especially given that and Abrams' speed, Dansby's turn was good

Right. Just seems like they’ve had a little issue with double plays this year. Something just doesn’t seem AS crisp as last yr 

[CubinNY]

The Cubs desperately need a lockdown closer. PCA played that perfect 

[Bertz]

Nate Pearson is starting to look really really good.  Even last outing gave up a solo dong on a decent pitch and then mowed down the next 6 guys.

[Derwood]

Bullpen is going to turn this from a laugher to a nail biter