Cubs (Horton) vs Tigers (Flaherty): 6/8/25, 12:40pm

[chibears55]

Hope the bats are on today

[SpongeWorthy]

need some ideas besides throwing it as hard as you can down the middle 

[javy knows my name]

Got majorly bailed out twice too

[gflore34]

Missed again over the middle, time and time again, he misses over the middle, guess it's going to take a few more starts for him finally locate.

[gflore34]

2 minutes ago, JBears79 said:

Horton constantly puts himself at a disadvantage early. 

That's going to fly long term, he's got start missing the middle of the plate.

[DYMNO]

Looks like the magic Kelly was enjoying has all but run out. 

[gflore34]

It was the horsefeathers BB to Torres that was key, no reason to pitch him like he's Judge or someone of that ilk.  Just go after him.

[Derwood]

Flaherty is making us look silly

[javy knows my name]

1 minute ago, DYMNO said:

Looks like the magic Kelly was enjoying has all but run out. 

...a month ago

[DYMNO]

Just now, javy knows my name said:

...a month ago

Yup. Sadly. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Such a great series and yet the league had to pick the worst umpiring crew imaginable  

[SpongeWorthy]

flaherty is putting the ball wherever he wants we're cooked

[chibears55]

Cubs need to do some damage second time through order here, get him to start pitching from the stretch.

[gflore34]

That's baseball karma after those two BS hits.

[PeanutPunch33]

Hopefully we can get a run at least here and start chipping back

[gflore34]

7 minutes ago, SpongeWorthy said:

flaherty is putting the ball wherever he wants we're cooked

I watched him a few times, sometimes he's like Ben Brown, cruising along, then he'll lose it.

[Jason Ross]

50 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

I appreciate the long, detailed explanation. I’d this something that he can improve on in the future or he simply doesn’t see the ball well vs left handers and there’s little he or the coaches can fix? It limits your offense 3/10 games or so.

Busch probably isn't going to learn enough for it to matter. Finding short-side platoon partners isn't particularly expensive, nor overly difficult. I'd guess the true talent of Busch against LHP is somewhere between like 80-90 wRC+ right now, so even if he improves it's still going to be in the "not very good " territory, and not worthwhile to experiment. Easier and better off just having a platoon partner. I realize Turner hasn't lit the world on fire this year, but there's more than enough platoon partners out there.

In the end, I wouldn't call this as a "limiting" your offense; it is what it is. Platoons are becoming increasingly more common as LHH hit LHP worse and worse. It's just specialization. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Unreal 

[Jason Ross]

I think his hand got in.

[chibears55]

Happ should know if his hand crossed before the tag there..   you'd think 🤷‍♂️

[DYMNO]

I think he's safe.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Looks safe but idk enough to overturn 

[chibears55]

horsefeathers.

Need a big 2 out hit from Kelly here

[PeanutPunch33]

And now it’s up to Kelly lmao. This would be a bad missed opportunity 

[DYMNO]

I don't hate the send, but the horsefeathers Tigers have made EVERY dang close play. So annoying.