Pirates (Skenes) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 9/3/24, 6:40pm

[JHBulls]

1 hour ago, chibears55 said:

He most likely isn't on this current roster 

Just need that one day from someone who is seeing it well. Rafael Ortega was the last Cubs to do it. He had 330 PA’s that year and hit 11 home runs, so a bit of an anomaly of a game.

If I had to guess one current Cub hitter to do it. Probably Ian Happ. Against the Pirates (or any NL Central team), because that makes the most sense lol.

[NorthsideAvenger]

34 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Just need that one day from someone who is seeing it well. Rafael Ortega was the last Cubs to do it. He had 330 PA’s that year and hit 11 home runs, so a bit of an anomaly of a game.

I totally spaced on Ortega being the last Cub to hit 3 HRs in a game. I honestly thought it was Bryant (who I also forgot had two 3 HR game as a Cub) who was the last Cub to hit 3 HR in a game.

[thawv]

8 hours ago, JHBulls said:

It fascinates me that we are in September and the higher ups still see Kyle Hendricks as the 2016 version and not Temu Kyle Hendricks, which is what he has been for a long time. 
 

As much as we have fans saying “give him one start as a final goodbye”, we are so far into the year that he will make the rest of his starts. Such a weird year this has been. 

I'd start to look at some young guys as starters.  The last game of the year at Wrigley, I'd have Kyle come out of the pen and get the send off that he deserves. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Flopping in September is beyond played out, Cubs