Cubs (Assad) vs Rockies (Gomber): 9/13/24, 7:40pm

[Derwood]

That ball was vaporized

[WhyCantWeWin]

PCA WALK ALERT

[PackLandVA]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Feels like we’ve switched into “playing out the string” mode

Another post not aging well. 😀

[UMFan83]

13 minutes ago, PackLandVA said:

Another post not aging well. 😀

Hah. I see that they’ve since tied it. Good stuff

[Derwood]

Well dammit

[BKHoo]

Could you throw a worse 0-2 pitch? 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

For every Christian Bethancourt game there’s a Hunter Goodman game.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Thats brutal

[JHBulls]

I…. give up.

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Hah. I see that they’ve since tied it. Good stuff

It got untied pretty quick

[WhyCantWeWin]

This is turning into a clown show

[JHBulls]

I didn’t realise I turned it over to the Chicago White Sox game

[BKHoo]

Hoerner and PCA look like keystone cops out there. 

[chibears55]

I guess we can start focusing on the offseason and next year now

[UMFan83]

9 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

I guess we can start focusing on the offseason and next year now

I’ve been doing that since like August. Happy they played better but really never felt like it was leading anywhere

Edited September 14, 2024 by UMFan83

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Hope we play at Coors before September next year

[Irrelevant Dude]

And that, combined with the Braves and Mets winning, eliminates ANY last shred of hope.  The Cubs could hypothetically win out now and it probably still wouldn't be enough.

[UMFan83]

Also this is just baseball meatball griping and having the benefit of hindsight but I never like the idea of bringing in a shaky pitcher like Pearson into a tied game bases loaded 1 out situation. Just feels like asking for trouble.  Smyly struggled and walked 2 so maybe it would have been foolish to keep using him especially against a righty but I’d have stuck with him after striking out the previous batter. 

[squally1313]

Eh, I see your point but counter-meatball is that it’s much more important for the long term cubs that Pearson gets that spot over smyly. 
 

Caissie for wisdom or mastro please 

[LBiittner]

1 hour ago, squally1313 said:

Eh, I see your point but counter-meatball is that it’s much more important for the long term cubs that Pearson gets that spot over smyly. 
 

Caissie for wisdom or mastro please 

They probably want to keep p-wis for his once a month homerun production. And mastro for his dandy little glove-work. This way they won't start cassie's mlb clock ticking 

[Cuzi]

2 hours ago, LBiittner said:

They probably want to keep p-wis for his once a month homerun production. And mastro for his dandy little glove-work. This way they won't start cassie's mlb clock ticking 

They dont lose any control over Caissie by starting his clock this late in the season.

[LBiittner]

1 hour ago, Cuzi said:

They dont lose any control over Caissie by starting his clock this late in the season.

Good to hear

[chibears55]

Gonna be interesting to see what Hoyer decides to do with Caissie, Shaw, and Alcantara all looking like they'll be ready to come up next season. 

 

[WhyCantWeWin]

22 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Gonna be interesting to see what Hoyer decides to do with Caissie, Shaw, and Alcantara all looking like they'll be ready to come up next season. 

 

I feel like its going to be another half season of the exact same team and at the deadline Hoyer will either pull off another big sell off or not depending on their place in the standings. Dont see him trading any of the kids at AAA during the offseason 

[chibears55]

18 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

I feel like its going to be another half season of the exact same team and at the deadline Hoyer will either pull off another big sell off or not depending on their place in the standings. Dont see him trading any of the kids at AAA during the offseason 

I don't see him trading them 3, also don't think it'll be wise to hold them down til July/August, especially if they're hitting well out of the gate in AAA.

Bellinger decision will have an impact 

Is Suzuki now a primary DH with 3 yrs left or is he trade bait

Shaw been playing 3B in Iowa lately,  theyll need a position for him when he goes up.

Hoyer gonna have a few tough decisions to make with his prospects and a couple key players. 

He can really help the pitching with a couple solid trades.