Phillies (Luzardo) vs Cubs (Brown): 4/26/25, 3:05

[Derwood]

I marvel at the fact that a dude as jacked as Nico can't hit the ball more than 325 feet

[chibears55]

Gonna eventually need to add another starter, bullpen slowly coming along. 

With the way the bats have been so far being able to put up 4 + runs even on days they're not all hitting well, pitching needs to be a big priority. Is there a Rick Sutcliffe(trade wise) available out there now.🙂

[We Got The Whole 9]

42 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I marvel at the fact that a dude as jacked as Nico can't hit the ball more than 325 feet

Any time he hits a fly ball it is an automatic out.

 

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Today's start reminded me of a Zambrano start.

[thawv]

13 hours ago, Derwood said:

I marvel at the fact that a dude as jacked as Nico can't hit the ball more than 325 feet

I would say it's his very slow bat speed.  His very low hard hit rate.  He very low exit velocity.  His epic low barrel %.  His low launch angle sweet spot.  I know I'm stating the obvious, but all of this points to no power. 

[Derwood]

3 hours ago, thawv said:

I would say it's his very slow bat speed.  His very low hard hit rate.  He very low exit velocity.  His epic low barrel %.  His low launch angle sweet spot.  I know I'm stating the obvious, but all of this points to no power. 

Which, again, is wild considering he's built like The Miz

 

[CubUgly]

19 hours ago, chibears55 said:

Brown needs to figure out how to get further then twice through the order, I know he had some bad luck this inning but he's also giving up some shots.

 

Yes, there was some bad luck for sure, then he just wore out from sheer pitch volume that inning.   Death by a thousand cuts with all the singles.