Giants (Verlander) vs Cubs (Rea): 5/6/25, 6:40pm

[Derwood]

ell oh ell

[Irrelevant Dude]

Batting practice

[chibears55]

You need strikeout pitchers in extras...

Pressly needs to be released,  he i not a closer

[Andy]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I hate nibbling closers.

The absolute worst. And this is 2 years in a row of being stuck with one.

I can only hope Jed will pull the rip cord on this one faster than he did with Neris

[profisme]

Just now, WhyCantWeWin said:

Second straight year the closer been ass, they had a solid guy in Hodge but demoted him for Assly. Money well spent there, no wonder the astros were keen to dump him

He is brutal. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

How's the knee doing?

[Derwood]

The good news is that there are *checks notes* zero outs

[Cubs206]

Pressly needs to be released.  What a total joke. Leave him out there to throw his arm off. 

[UMFan83]

Has a position player ever pitched in an extra inning game while there are still available relievers?

[Soul]

Should’ve just lost the game outright. better for run differential.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Remember when JD said Pressly has a good ERA?  That was like 5 minutes ago.

[JHBulls]

You can’t even give Ryan Pressly a “Atta boy, Ryan! You’ll get ‘em next time.” pat on the back. Because you know that would be a lie. 

[UMFan83]

7 runs scored without getting an out. Amazing

[Cubs206]

Just now, JHBulls said:

You can’t even give Ryan Pressly a “Atta boy, Ryan! You’ll get ‘em next time.” pat on the back. Because you know that would be a lie. 

He's one of the worst pitchers the Cubs have had "as a closer".  Even marmol wasn't as bad as this clown. 

[Hot Sauce]

Astros fans were happy to see Pressy go. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

He probably hits the IL after the game, for “knee issues”

[Nolansomebody]

What the actual horsefeathers 

[Irrelevant Dude]

There really is no role for Pressly in this bullpen.  Hodge should clearly be the closer, but do you want Pressly pitching in tight games in the 7th or 8th?  He's not a multi inning guy, and he probably can't go multiple days in a row.  So what do you do with him?  At this point, I would think he goes on the DL for awhile and then some rehab appearances in Iowa.

[squally1313]

I mean, he's pitched twice in the last two weeks and was the 6th guy out of the pen today. There are signs he's out of the circle of trust.

[chibears55]

99.9 % positive we're gonna see Pressly put on IL tomorrow 

[Derwood]

none of this was on the defense. Pitchers are just getting teed off on

[Derwood]

Can we have a run rule in MLB?

[Irrelevant Dude]

I'll take "closers with 7+ ERA's for 200," Alex.

[squally1313]

This is an objectively funny final score.

[Derwood]

Cubs won't even put up a fight in the bottom of the inning