Pirates (Keller) vs Cubs (Rea): 6/15/25, 1:20pm

[Brandon Glick]

Happy Father's Day, all! Let's fly the W!

[Bertz]

The leverage guys in the bullpen are all almost certainly unavailable.  Maybe Keller can go, but you'd certainly try to stay away from him if possible.  And with a 5.5 game lead I think it'd be dumb to push it.

Given the above and the Pirates struggles with lefties, I would be shocked if Thielbar and Cabrera don't each go and wouldn't be surprised if each were asked for more than 3 outs.

[BKHoo]

Just now, Bertz said:

The leverage guys in the bullpen are all almost certainly unavailable.  Maybe Keller can go, but you'd certainly try to stay away from him if possible.  And with a 5.5 game lead I think it'd be dumb to push it.

Given the above and the Pirates struggles with lefties, I would be shocked if Thielbar and Cabrera don't each go and wouldn't be surprised if each were asked for more than 3 outs.

Sounds like today is a good day to put up a lot of runs. 

[Bertz]

2 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

Sounds like today is a good day to put up a lot of runs. 

Yeah probably not

 

[Derwood]

Mentioned this in yesterday's thread, but 11 of Dansby's 13 homers are solo shots.

OPS with:

Bases Empty: .832
Runners on: .548
RISP: .423
 

[CUBDOM4life]

[UMFan83]

I thought it was wild that the Cubs Rockies series only had 14 total runs scored. Well this series has only had 11 runs scored in the first 3 games. Better pitching this series though. 

[CUBDOM4life]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

Yeah probably not

 

The lineup the Cubs are rolling out today isn’t helping either 

[Geographyhater8888]

16 minutes ago, CUBDOM4life said:

 

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

Yeah probably not

 

I’m 50/50 on this. 

[Chicago Al]

Happy Fathers Day gentleman, let’s get this W!

[NorthsideAvenger]

2 hours ago, BKHoo said:

Sounds like today is a good day to put up a lot of runs. 

No. Who wants that anyways? I want the Cubs closer to load the bases in the top of the 9th and then wiggles out of the situation and preserving the 3-2 W.

Give me that "hold on to your butts" game.

sarcasm.

Edited June 15, 2025 by NorthsideAvenger

[chibears55]

Bottom 3 of order and Rea on the mound,  yikes, not exactly going for the kill today.

Hopefully Rea is on and they get some production out of them 3 today. 

[BKHoo]

Shaw getting a day off? 

[Derwood]

5 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

Shaw getting a day off? 

and Tucker

[Hot Sauce]

2 hours ago, Bertz said:

Yeah probably not

 

[DrCub]

Over under for this game is 0.5 runs.  I’m taking the under.  

[CubinNY]

This will be one of those crazy games where both team total 17 runs. 

[PackLandVA]

Well, at least the Cubs' bench today is much better than in previous games.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

I like that Counsell is thinking big picture and getting a few guys a few days of rest  with the day off tomorrow. Maddon used to do the same thing. Of course the Cubs bench was much stronger in those days.

[Geographyhater8888]

13 minutes ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

I like that Counsell is thinking big picture and getting a few guys a few days of rest  with the day off tomorrow. Maddon used to do the same thing. Of course the Cubs bench was much stronger in those days.

It’s nice having a bench where Tommy LaStella is left off of the playoff roster thanks to quality depth.

[UMFan83]

Rea and Brown in a race to see who can get pulled from the rotation when Shota is back 

[Cubbies1996]

Cannot wait for Rea to be out of the rotation. 

[Derwood]

Dude gives up a lot of hard contact

[UMFan83]

The Cubs have trailed at some point in 7 of their last 8 games

[gflore34]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Rea and Brown in a race to see who can get pulled from the rotation when Shota is back 

Rea, and it no even close, while inconsistent, Brown has the stuff to dominate, Rea has no capacity to do so.