Yankees (Cole) vs Cubs (Taillon): 9/8/24, 1:20pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[CubinNY]

Cubs don’t get swept. Is it a statement or a plea? I’ll let you know after the game. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

2 hours ago, CubinNY said:

Cubs don’t get swept. Is it a statement or a plea? I’ll let you know after the game. 

You want the Cubs to not get swept? Well, I want them to score a run. 

[JHBulls]

The game has been on in the background so not really paying attention to the broadcast, look up just now and it’s Boog and Joe Girardi in the booth. So I guess JD won’t be around for the next week, and when he returns, Boog will take his holiday. I miss WGN.

Edited September 8, 2024 by JHBulls

[JHBulls]

Ian Happ took that catch and crashed into the wall like a boss. Great play.

[Bertz]

Obviously not watching this game but love that Nate Pearson got such a high leverage opportunity and rocked it.  Him closing a big chunk of the gap between Hodge and everyone else in the pen would bode well for next year.

[Derwood]

Jamo bounce back season has been a low key nice story this year

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Jamo bounce back season has been a low key nice story this year

He'll be a good trade bait in offseason for a bat if they plan on getting an upgrade SP to go with Steele and Imanaga at TOR

[JHBulls]

W!

Postseason is back on.

[Derwood]

3 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

He'll be a good trade bait in offseason for a bat if they plan on getting an upgrade SP to go with Steele and Imanaga at TOR

I keep saying that he's our John Lackey. I think you need a guy like him to eat innings while still adding to the rotation

[Cubfanintheknow]

Aside from losing both games in St. Louis (with a rainout in between), I really can't recall the Cubs being swept this year.

(And I'm not counting the above series because of the rain out; they won the make-up game).

[Thurman Merman]

7 minutes ago, Cubfanintheknow said:

Aside from losing both games in St. Louis (with a rainout in between), I really can't recall the Cubs being swept this year.

(And I'm not counting the above series because of the rain out; they won the make-up game).

Guardians. That was a killer.

[Bertz]

6 minutes ago, Cubfanintheknow said:

Aside from losing both games in St. Louis (with a rainout in between), I really can't recall the Cubs being swept this year.

(And I'm not counting the above series because of the rain out; they won the make-up game).

Cleveland last month I believe is the only straight up one all year, and then yeah I think you could argue that ST. Louis one.

[CubinNY]

Good day to be a Chicago sports fan

[BKHoo]

0 earned runs in 3 games. This offense is so infuratingly inconsistent. 

[Cubfanintheknow]

I think I blocked that Cleveland series out of my mind... for obvious reasons. Thanks for correcting me.

[chibears55]

17 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I keep saying that he's our John Lackey. I think you need a guy like him to eat innings while still adding to the rotation

Yea but he gonna be 33 next season and the question will be, will he be a 2021, 2023 Taillon or 2022, 2024 Taillon ? 

He seems to be an every other year guy

[Bertz]

15 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Yea but he gonna be 33 next season and the question will be, will he be a 2021, 2023 Taillon or 2022, 2024 Taillon ? 

He seems to be an every other year guy

That's not a thing.

Also I won't say 0% chance but there's a damn near 0% chance they trade him over the winter.  If they wanted to move him they would have done it at the deadline when prices for SPs were astronomical.

[Cubfanintheknow]

27 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Good day to be a Chicago sports fan

Even the White Sox won!😲

[Bertz]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

Obviously not watching this game but love that Nate Pearson got such a high leverage opportunity and rocked it.  Him closing a big chunk of the gap between Hodge and everyone else in the pen would bode well for next year.

Following up on this, Nate Pearson as a Cub after today's game:

18.1 IP, 17 Ks, 2 BB, 3 HR, 1.96 ERA, 3.55 xFIP

It's been until recently largely low leverage situations, but he's not pitching that much worse than Hodge.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

Following up on this, Nate Pearson as a Cub after today's game:

18.1 IP, 17 Ks, 2 BB, 3 HR, 1.96 ERA, 3.55 xFIP

It's been until recently largely low leverage situations, but he's not pitching that much worse than Hodge.

I'm still a little concerned there's some Justin Grimm to him with the too-straight FB getting drilled for HR, but if the K/BB keeps trending like recently(last 5 outings: 9 IP, 10/0 K/BB) then that's a tradeoff I'm fine with as long as it's not an epidemic

[CubinNY]

They probably made a couple mill with Pearl Jam last week. The Cubs drew 120k this weekend. Wrigley is a gold mine. 

[Stratos]

I forgot Nick Madrigal was in this organization.

[NorthsideAvenger]

On Sunday Jamo was the better former Pirate prospect. Take that cole.