Pirates (Burrows) vs Cubs (Boyd): 6/14/25, 1:20pm

[Brandon Glick]

For a minute, I was worried Joe Burrow took up an offseason gig to help the Bengals pay Hendrickson and Stewart.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Dansby Swanson at a 97 wRC+ and 0 OAA. Are we going to pretend hes injured again?

[chibears55]

Just win an easy one today...

[NorthsideAvenger]

20 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Dansby Swanson at a 97 wRC+ and 0 OAA. Are we going to pretend hes injured again?

Does Craig see a different Swanson than the rest of us? Because I want to see Shaw and Swanson swapped in the lineup.

[JHBulls]

Andrew McCutchen is old as horsefeathers and still kills the Cubs. 😞

[profisme]

Anemic offense again. Loved seeing Tucker go the other way with it yesterday for a double in the gap. He needs to do that far more often. I remember Soriano and Aramis having the same problem. They would go into a funk and try to pull everything. Then they would drive the ball the other way a couple times and would snap out of it. 

[profisme]

Let’s see some running today

[profisme]

There we go and then advanced the runner. Now just don’t strike out Ian. 

[profisme]

Holy cow. A manufactured run. More please.

[Connor McConnor]

Captain obvious here, it was more fun when we were scoring lots of runs.  

Edited June 14, 2025 by Connor McConnor

[PeanutPunch33]

Everyone says, we don't know what we'd do without Taillon this season.  Which is true.  But where would this team be without Matt Boyd?  What a signing that was.  Justin Steele-ish production all year 

[Tryptamine]

More RISP failure by Dansby

[Tryptamine]

Please keep hitting him 5th guy who makes millions of dollars to manage a baseball team.

[profisme]

Dansby just really sucks at making contact when he needs to. Like epically ******. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Can't wait to be done with all these aces 

[Irrelevant Dude]

14 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Everyone says, we don't know what we'd do without Taillon this season.  Which is true.  But where would this team be without Matt Boyd?  What a signing that was.  Justin Steele-ish production all year 

The big question is, can he hold up for a full season?  If not, we're in trouble.

[profisme]

The offense really sucks right now and Dansby is a massive pothole in the middle of the order. He needs to start fricking bunting. This has gone beyond ridiculous. 

[Geographyhater8888]

None of the cubs last 6 runs have been hits with risp.

[Tryptamine]

a 41 wRC+ in high leverage situations for Dansby before today. For comparison sake, Jon Berti has a 55 wRC+ overall.

[Tryptamine]

Just now, Geographyhater8888 said:

None of the cubs last 6 runs have been hits with risp.

They can't score without HR right now. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Yeah Swanson is really bad, his contract is going to be a pain the next few years

[Geographyhater8888]

5 of their last 24 runs have scored on hits inside of the park, including PCAs double with the ghost runner. 

[gflore34]

Boy, Flaherty go rocked, as sharp as was against the Cubs, he was just as not sharp today.  Hanging breaking balls, meatball FB's and the Reds didn't miss them.

[Hot Sauce]

58 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Andrew McCutchen is old as horsefeathers and still kills the Cubs. 😞

If this ain’t the truth! 🤣

[Tryptamine]

So many wasted lead off hits.