Cubs (Brown) vs Marlins (Cabrera): 5/19/25, 5:40pm

[JHBulls]

Dude doesn’t have it tonight. 

[KCCub]

Alright Ben let’s get it together and salvage this start. 

[chibears55]

Brown will be heading to Iowa soon, i said before I think he'll be a pen guy more then a SP

[WhyCantWeWin]

Brown is looking awful, even those outs were loud

[BigbadB]

He definitely needs to work on some secondary pitches. Seemed like the Marlins players were sitting fastball the entire first inning. 

[chibears55]

Bats gonna need to tune it up again tonight

[CUBDOM4life]

Not sure if anyone noticed but Ben left a lot of pitches in the middle of the zone that inning

[Derwood]

It's time for everyone to accept the fact that Ben Brown just kinda sucks

[UMFan83]

Well that was an awful first AB back by Shaw

[WhyCantWeWin]

Not ideal for Shaw

[chibears55]

12 minutes ago, Derwood said:

It's time for everyone to accept the fact that Ben Brown just kinda sucks

I dont think he sucks, I think he just not ready and needs that 3rd pitch to keep hitters off balance more especially in games where his breaking ball isn't quite on and they sit on fastball.

[PeanutPunch33]

I like Ben's potential but I don't understand how a guy his size is such a soft tosser.  He's like 6 ft 7 and throws as hard as Marcus Stroman.  You'd think his fastball would be easy cheese at 98+, not to mention some sort of an advantage from his extension/length in pitch delivery 

Edited May 19, 2025 by PeanutPunch33

[BigbadB]

His curve ball has nearly a 40% whiff rate. He’s got the potential to be a very solid starter if he gets more comfortable with his change up. 

[UMFan83]

Looks like the Cubs were out late celebrating their Crosstown Cup last night. 

[Geographyhater8888]

7 minutes ago, BigbadB said:

His curve ball has nearly a 40% whiff rate. He’s got the potential to be a very solid starter if he gets more comfortable with his change up. 

He needs to change his grip so his change up is more than 1 mph slower than his fastball. It’s basically a fastball with a weird grip.

[BigbadB]

He seems to be dialed in now. 

[DYMNO]

Nice rip for Buschy.

[UMFan83]

I don't know why we seem to be giving up on pitchers super quickly on this board.  Ben Brown has just pitched his 100th MLB inning and his ERA coming into today for his career was just over 4.00.  At this best he looks pretty electric but I think he's still figuring out how to harness his stuff.

[Hunter]

Amaya!

[DYMNO]

MIGGY

[UMFan83]

This dude is really sharp. He keeps hitting the corners perfectly and then getting them with breaking pitches. Gonna be tough to score

 

edit: never mind Amaya just homered and the Cubs lead

[PeanutPunch33]

Miggy

[WhyCantWeWin]

I thought he caught that lmao

[chibears55]

Off the glove homerun..Miggy 😅

[Hunter]

Shaw looking bad on the pitches low and away.