Cubs (Imanaga) vs Diamondbacks (Pfaadt): 3/29/25, 7:10pm

[Jason Ross]

That throw lives with Ichiro and Yoenis. What. A. Gun. horsefeathers

[imb]

2 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

That throw lives with Ichiro and Yoenis. What. A. Gun. horsefeathers

his name is Arm Strong after all

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, imb said:

his name is Arm Strong after all

[JHBulls]

1 minute ago, imb said:

his name is Arm Strong after all

You should be proud of this one. 

[Jason Ross]

 

[JHBulls]

Can we extend this guy?

[CubinNY]

Tucker is

in the house but left the building 

[Jason Ross]

ALL HAIL KING TUCK

[Derwood]

That's a pretty swing from Tucker. I didn't watch a lot of Astros baseball, so I know him more from his numbers than seeing him live

[imb]

an outcome where tucker hits the piss out of it so much that it forces the FOs hand into offering him a megadeal would be acceptable 

[Nolansomebody]

HORSEFATHER YEAH TUCKER!!

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

That's a pretty swing from Tucker. I didn't watch a lot of Astros baseball, so I know him more from his numbers than seeing him live

Yep. Tucker is a very big LA guy. When he's going well, he's going to drive balls into gaps in the air and hit dongs. When he's not, he'll hit what looks like lazy flys. Should be fun on windy days in Chicago, for sure.

[JHBulls]

That hit just kept carrying to the warning track. Fortunate. 

[Jason Ross]

2 minutes ago, imb said:

an outcome where tucker hits the piss out of it so much that it forces the FOs hand into offering him a megadeal would be acceptable 

My best hope is that Tucker is awesome and the Cubs make the playoffs in that vein. If Tucker is a 6 win guy, and the Cubs win the division you can't let him walk. 

(I mean, you shouldn't anyways, but then you kind of, optically, look horrible if you do)

[imb]

5 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

My best hope is that Tucker is awesome and the Cubs make the playoffs in that vein. If Tucker is a 6 win guy, and the Cubs win the division you can't let him walk. 

(I mean, you shouldn't anyways, but then you kind of, optically, look horrible if you do)

watch it happen and then he falls apart after we sign him and jed is like 

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, imb said:

watch it happen and then he falls apart after we sign him and jed is like 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

why don't they just make the whole plane out of Shota

[Nolansomebody]

SHAWZY!!!!!!!

[Jason Ross]

HEY KID!

[JHBulls]

YES!!!

Get that ball back. 

[CubinNY]

Matt Shaw with a dinger

[UMFan83]

Hell yeah Matt Shaw!

[Dfan25]

Good to see , Shaw had been looking pretty bad 

[JBears79]

18 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

Yep. Tucker is a very big LA guy. When he's going well, he's going to drive balls into gaps in the air and hit dongs. When he's not, he'll hit what looks like lazy flys. Should be fun on windy days in Chicago, for sure.

His bat just stays in the zone forever

[Jason Ross]

Just now, JBears79 said:

His bat just stays in the zone forever

It does. He's a great example of why LA matters. When you talk to some of the old-heads (not in age, more in philosophy) they'll complain that it's all about hitting more fly balls and strikeouts and yadda yadda. LA is really about extending the hit-window. Baseballs naturally go down, so swinging up creates a larger window. (This is also why Shota's fastball is so special - his arm angle and lack of drop create a special pitch to attack LA)