Rangers (Eovaldi) vs Cubs (Steele): 4/7/25, 6:40pm

[Irrelevant Dude]

The thing that sucks about the combination of Brujan's IL stint and Workman's slow start (in very limited at bats) is it probably means Workman doesn't get any time to adjust to MLB and the Cubs will replace him with Brujan as soon as he is ready.  If Brujan hadn't got hurt and had been DFA'd, Workman would have had a little more rope.

[chibears55]

8 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Ok Tucker isn’t going to sign with us now

Gonna take at least 11-12 years and 450 

[Nolansomebody]

Crazy there’s been 4 stolen bases so far and half of them are from Jon Berti

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

The thing that sucks about the combination of Brujan's IL stint and Workman's slow start (in very limited at bats) is it probably means Workman doesn't get any time to adjust to MLB and the Cubs will replace him with Brujan as soon as he is ready.  If Brujan hadn't got hurt and had been DFA'd, Workman would have had a little more rope.

Problem is they don't have a true CFer on the roster, PCA backup is Suzuki right now

[WhyCantWeWin]

Feels like Amaya must have the slowest sprint speed in baseball 

[CUBDOM4life]

5 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Problem is they don't have a true CFer on the roster, PCA backup is Suzuki right now

I’d imagine PCA’s backup on the current 26 man roster would be Tucker

[JHBulls]

Great, great base running. 

[UMFan83]

Oof Workman not even close on these swings tonight. 

[Randall Simon]

Man Workman has really blown some opportunities tonight 

[JHBulls]

Thank you, Ian Happ! 

[CubinNY]

Cubs look damn good to start the season

[Randall Simon]

I'm loving the aggressive baserunning this season!

[Cubs420psd]

Atta boy Happy!

[Jason Ross]

11 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Problem is they don't have a true CFer on the roster, PCA backup is Suzuki right now

The Cubs probably don't feel the need to carry one. Happ and Tucker could probably fill in if need be. Jon Berti has played there in limited roles. With a PCA IL trip, it would almost assuredly be Kevin Alcantara being called up. He's so good defensively and running that you don't really need to sit him. And the Cubs are off almost every Thursday for a while, so there's a lot of rest days.

[Cubs420psd]

I love you Tucker.

[Jason Ross]

This is a really fun Cubs' offense. They do a lot of things well.

[Cubs420psd]

28 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Ok Tucker isn’t going to sign with us now

If the Jays can sign a contract like Vlad Jr then Ricketts has no god damn excuse.

Edited April 8, 2025 by Cubs420psd

[JHBulls]

7-0 lead is great.

Then you remember if there is any bullpen that can lose the game with this lead, it’s this one. 

[chibears55]

19 minutes ago, CUBDOM4life said:

I’d imagine PCA’s backup on the current 26 man roster would be Tucker

Is it ? Thought they were giving Suzuki some play in CF towards end of ST

[CubinNY]

Here we go. Pucker your buts!

Edited April 8, 2025 by CubinNY

[Irrelevant Dude]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Is it ? Thought they were giving Suzuki some play in CF towards end of ST

That seems about as likely as Justin Turner in CF.

[BKHoo]

If run differential means anything, the Cubs are currently #1 in MLB. 

[JHBulls]

Yay. Not a good Kyle Tucker swing there, he’s surely lost a million off his next contract. 

[CUBDOM4life]

1 minute ago, BKHoo said:

If run differential means anything, the Cubs are currently #1 in MLB. 

Considering the level of talent they’ve been up against, I’m ecstatic about that.

[JHBulls]

Nice clean win. Steele was amazing, Rea did a job for two inning. Bats were good. Base running was impeccable. 

W!