Diamondbacks (Gallen) vs Cubs (Brown): 4/19/25, 1:20pm

[We Got The Whole 9]

Hell yeah great shot at a sweep

[PeanutPunch33]

If Palencia can consistently do what he did today, he deserves to stay on the big league team.  2 innings with 1 ER, not bad clean up duty 

[PeanutPunch33]

W

[mul21]

[JHBulls]

Series win! Great win. 
 

Offense produced, starter and bullpen shut them down. 

[javy knows my name]

Runs per game avg went down today lol

[Rcal10]

Last 2 years the cubs have been on the wrong side of almost every tie breaker for the WC. I don’t expect them to be fighting for the WC this year, but if they are it is nice to have the tie breaker on the Dbacks. (I expect them to win the division with 93+ wins, but good to have an edge if it does matter.)

[SpongeWorthy]

51 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

I’m not sure why as it’s not like there is a big rivalry but I hate AZ. Let’s win this game and win the series. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO3ahXhaTjQ

[We Got The Whole 9]

Our record is absolutely nuts when considering who we've faced. We better not ease up when the 'soft' part comes.

 

If Hoyer locks up Tucker we are going to own the division through the decade at the very least.

[JHBulls]

2 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Our record is absolutely nuts when considering who we've faced. We better not ease up when the 'soft' part comes.

 

If Hoyer locks up Tucker we are going to own the division through the decade at the very least.

Someone should tell Jed and the Ricketts.

Sign Tucker, own the division, more revenue. It makes sense.

Edited April 19, 2025 by JHBulls

[Dfan25]

I was going to comment on the tiebreakers , I see rcal touch on it . With that said the have a question about the tiebreaker with SD . They split 6 games and they both scored 25 runs . Who gets the tiebreaker if needed ?

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

I was going to comment on the tiebreakers , I see rcal touch on it . With that said the have a question about the tiebreaker with SD . They split 6 games and they both scored 25 runs . Who gets the tiebreaker if needed ?

Good question. 

[soccer10k]

So far 9-5 during our rough stretch that started April 4. Get at least 2 of the next 6 and that’s a winning record through the April portion of it.

[Bertz]

Ben Brown's opponents and how they rank in runs/game this year

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12th

8th

10th

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Obviously want him to cut down on the walks but generally still pretty happy with him all things considered.

[JHBulls]

5 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

I was going to comment on the tiebreakers , I see rcal touch on it . With that said the have a question about the tiebreaker with SD . They split 6 games and they both scored 25 runs . Who gets the tiebreaker if needed ?

It goes in alphabetical order. 

[Dfan25]

Okay I looked about the tiebreakers and I think in the case of the Cubs and Padres the tiebreaker goes to the team hat has the best record in their division . Cubs ( Central and Padres west . If someone can  check on this .it would be nice 

Edited April 19, 2025 by Dfan25

[Dfan25]

2 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

It goes in alphabetical order. 

Now that makes sense , Manfred is a really smart guy .

[soccer10k]

8 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

I was going to comment on the tiebreakers , I see rcal touch on it . With that said the have a question about the tiebreaker with SD . They split 6 games and they both scored 25 runs . Who gets the tiebreaker if needed ?

 

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

Okay I looked about the tiebreakers and I think in the case of the Cubs and Padres the tiebreaker goes to the team hat has the best record in their division . Cubs ( Central and Padres west . If someone can  check on this .it would be nice 

I think that is correct. 

[JHBulls]

1 minute ago, Dfan25 said:

Now that makes sense , Manfred is a really smart guy .

There is no danger of that. 😛

[Rcal10]

5 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Ben Brown's opponents and how they rank in runs/game this year

10th

12th

8th

10th

2nd

Obviously want him to cut down on the walks but generally still pretty happy with him all things considered.

Which is why I am pushing back on chibears assessment that Brown is going to be a late innings pen guy. I believe he is a starting pitcher, and can be a good one. 

[Thurman Merman]

1 hour ago, SpongeWorthy said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO3ahXhaTjQ

I knew what this was gonna be before I clicked

[Bertz]

Cubs are 2 games up and we're getting to the point where you can see light at the end of the tunnel with the schedule

[Rob]

15 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Cubs are 2 games up and we're getting to the point where you can see light at the end of the tunnel with the schedule

There's a quick respite against the Pirates in there (which, us being the Cubs, I fully expect us to blow). But for the most part the teams we're facing are pretty tough until mid-May.

I don't think the Cubs are as good as they've played thus far. But hey, this is the best time for us to be overperforming. If we can just play like the slightly above average team that we are moving forward from that point, we should sneak into the playoffs without too much trouble.

[Bertz]

11 minutes ago, Rob said:

There's a quick respite against the Pirates in there (which, us being the Cubs, I fully expect us to blow). But for the most part the teams we're facing are pretty tough until mid-May.

I don't think the Cubs are as good as they've played thus far. But hey, this is the best time for us to be overperforming. If we can just play like the slightly above average team that we are moving forward from that point, we should sneak into the playoffs without too much trouble.

I'm not especially convinced the Giants are anything more than a .500 team having a good month.  

The schedule certainly doesn't get easy until mid May, but I consider the Phillies series next weekend to close out the truly intimidating stretch.