Cubs (Horton) vs Nationals (Trevor Williams): 6/3/25, 5:45pm

[Brandon Glick]

Former Cub (and Pete Crow-Armstrong trade piece) Trevor Williams faces Chicago tonight. Hopefully he doesn't hold a grudge against us for sending him to the Mets...

[CubinNY]

Willams was kind of ****** with the Cubs, but then he's been mostly mediocre. I was in DC over Memorial Day weekend. Their park is lovely. I like it. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Abrams, Bell, and Wood are all on fire right now. Proceed with caution.

[gflore34]

25 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Abrams, Bell, and Wood are all on fire right now. Proceed with caution.

Most especially Wood, he's the best bat of the three.  If Horton can limit base runners ahead of him, hell keep the Cubs in the game, Cubs should feast on the Nationals' bullpen. 

[javy knows my name]

Of course the day the wind starts blowing out we go on the road for 2 weeks

[musclemom]

Let's go...

[PackLandVA]

Cubs hitter don’t have very good numbers against Williams in limited ABs.

[Brian707]

No Tucker in the lineup

[PackLandVA]

Just now, Brian707 said:

No Tucker in the lineup

Wonder if he'll be back before the ASB. 🙄

[Brian707]

Hopefully its just a day after a day off two for one to rest his finger

[CUBDOM4life]

[musclemom]

1 minute ago, Brian707 said:

Hopefully its just a day after a day off two for one to rest his finger

Fingers crossed

[PeanutPunch33]

I understand that the Cubs are hyper aggressive on the bases but they really need to stop doing it with guys like Tucker, Suzuki, Busch.  It's only a matter of time before one of them is shelved for 60 days.  At least save it for September/October 

[PeanutPunch33]

Also, wow the Padres are horsefeathers dumb for giving up James Wood and Abrams for 1 year of Soto lmao.  Wow that one could be historically bad.  Is there a better left handed slugger in the game right now than Wood?  

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

 It's only a matter of time before one of them is shelved for 60 days. 

do we have any proof this is the case?

[Rob]

7 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Also, wow the Padres are horsefeathers dumb for giving up James Wood and Abrams for 1 year of Soto lmao.  Wow that one could be historically bad.  Is there a better left handed slugger in the game right now than Wood?  

Ohtani

[mul21]

11 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

do we have any proof this is the case?

Huge, raging, doom boners.

[Soul]

14 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

do we have any proof this is the case?

Of course not but it's frustrating to see that kind of thing happen.

[Stratos]

26 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I understand that the Cubs are hyper aggressive on the bases but they really need to stop doing it with guys like Tucker, Suzuki, Busch.  It's only a matter of time before one of them is shelved for 60 days.  At least save it for September/October 

Maybe Tucker just needs a sliding oven mitt but for his face.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

15 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

do we have any proof this is the case?

Well as I recall just 2 days ago I read that Tucker will be out at least 2 weeks so Jonny Long might be coming to DH.. But I also read it happened on the last swing of his last AB so maybe we shouldn't let him bat either.

[Derwood]

The Carson Kelly at cleanup experiment needed to end like 10 games ago.

Dude hit .203/.292/.328 in the month of May

[BKHoo]

52 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Also, wow the Padres are horsefeathers dumb for giving up James Wood and Abrams for 1 year of Soto lmao.  Wow that one could be historically bad.  Is there a better left handed slugger in the game right now than Wood?  

Not just those two but Gore and Hassell III also.  That could go down as one of the best trades ever. 

Technically it was for 2 years of Soto, they just decided to trade him after 1. 

Edited June 3, 2025 by BKHoo

[WhyCantWeWin]

7 minutes ago, Derwood said:

The Carson Kelly at cleanup experiment needed to end like 10 games ago.

Dude hit .203/.292/.328 in the month of May

I dont know the actual numbers but from the eye test he was still making hard contact the few at bats I watched of his

[PeanutPunch33]

53 minutes ago, Rob said:

Ohtani

Yeah I can't even argue with that one lmao.  That guy is unreal

[squally1313]

7 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

Not just those two but Gore and Hassell III also.  That could go down as one of the best trades ever. 

Technically it was for 2 years of Soto, they just decided to trade him after 1. 

That's important context on both sides. Gore and Hassell are great, but the Padres ended up with a year of Soto, Michael King, Drew Thorpe (who was in their trade to get Cease), and some other pieces. Weird trade, but still love the aggression.