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

[UMFan83]

Ok back To the bench for the next 3 weeks Berti

[Jason Ross]

Happ calls game.

[soccer10k]

Wasn't pretty but I'll take it.

[PeanutPunch33]

W

[Derwood]

Thank Len

[chibears55]

W...  thank goodness 

 

[CubinNY]

Happer

[BKHoo]

Happy!!!

[WhyCantWeWin]

Good win, Berti is useless 

[JHBulls]

W!

This series was certainly… something. 

[Cubs420psd]

Atta boy Happy

[Jason Ross]

Cubs won 3 of 4. The only loss was against Paul Skenes. You don't get style points. Good series.

[Derwood]

Won every game outside of the Skenes start. Pretty much what we expected

[UMFan83]

9 runs scored this series and we took 3 of 4 lol

[Cubs420psd]

Great win but why would you hit Berti in that situation? He's the worst player on the roster by a mile.

 

 

[Hot Sauce]

Just now, JHBulls said:

W!

This series was certainly… something. 

One could argue that winning in this fashion does more for the team than a blowout. 

[soccer10k]

Now we get a day off before 7 of 10 games against Mil and StL.

[Cubs420psd]

19 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Why is Turner still on this roster? Surely there has to be someone better out there

Turner and Berti.

 

Useless space.

[Geographyhater8888]

A win is a win. Let’s see how this idiom translates vs Milwaukee. 

[Jason Ross]

2 minutes ago, Cubs420psd said:

Great win but why would you hit Berti in that situation? He's the worst player on the roster by a mile.

 

 

Berti isn't good by a long shot, but he does get the bat on the ball most of the time. You don't necessarily need good contact in 2nd-3rd, 0 Out, 10th-inning tie game, just...contact and you've got a good chance Brujan scores. Don't think it's a particularly egregious choice. 

If it was 2nd and 3rd, with two outs? Yeah, probably Shaw who sees the PA there. But I suspect the goal was to give the kid today and tomorrow off and in that situation, Berti was probably okay. Sucks he struck out. That wasn't good.

[Derwood]

Berti made a couple of good defensive plays today. Not totally useless

[BKHoo]

We are a bullpen team now. We don’t need offense!!  

[Outshined_One]

I'm getting annoyed at the offense, but will gladly take the W and 3/4 against a better than expected Pirates team.

[UMFan83]

Next 28 games are against teams currently over .500, although 12 of those are against teams exactly 1 game over currently

Edited June 15, 2025 by UMFan83

[BKHoo]

Biggest series of the year so far starts Tuesday. LFG Cubs.