Cubs (Boyd) vs Padres (Pivetta): 4/16/25, 3:10pm

[We Got The Whole 9]

16 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Dbacks bullpen is pretty shredded heading into this weekend:

- Aj Puk, Justin Martinez, and Jalen Beeks each threw the past two days.  So they're likely down today, and probably can only go once this weekend 

- Shelby Miller threw both Tuesday and Wednesday, so if you're AZ he's available but you'd like to stay away from him today, and probably only use him once this weekend

- Ryan Thompson threw 33 pitches yesterday, so his availability is similar to Miller where he's usable but you'd like to stay away from him.  Ditto on ideally limiting him to once this weekend

 

Yeah but Pavin Smith

 

Has anyone ever held a 600 BABIP for a full month?

Edited April 18, 2025 by We Got The Whole 9

[CubinNY]

Let's get the next game thread up

[BigbadB]

1 hour ago, CubinNY said:

Let's get the next game thread up

I was reading that wind gusts of 9 to 20 and gusts up to 37 mph are blowing straight out to CF for todays game. Could be big numbers today. 

[squally1313]

Wicks up, Little down

[BigbadB]

3 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Wicks up, Little down

Was wondering what the corresponding move was going to be. Is Wicks available today to piggyback Rea? 

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, BigbadB said:

Was wondering what the corresponding move was going to be. Is Wicks available today to piggyback Rea? 

He last pitched on 4/13 and only threw to 9 batters, after 24 on 4/4 and 21 on 3/29 so he should be ready to go.

I'm a little worried about Burnes being able to pitch in these conditions a lot better than Rea, but to be fair I'm still picturing the dominant Burnes from a couple years back, not the just-very-good pitcher he was in 2023-2024 (or the bad pitcher he's been so far this year). Basically, hoping that Wicks isn't just called up to be mop up duty in a blow out. 

[BigbadB]

Normal starting lineup today, except light hitting Brujan gets to be the 5th different starting 3b this year., hitting in the 9 hole. Kelly behind the dish again.