Mariners (Kirby) vs Cubs (Boyd): 6/20/25, 1:20pm

[Jason Ross]

Damnit. Cal Raleigh is really good. 

[Derwood]

Who saw this coming from Raleigh? Holy christ

[mul21]

I don't understand why he's seeing strikes.

[UMFan83]

I think every run the Mariners have scored has been with 2 outs

[Geographyhater8888]

1 minute ago, mul21 said:

Carson Kelly is also not a career .100 hitter, so he's going to have a bounce as well.

Nor is theibar a sub 2 ERA guy. 

[soccer10k]

Maybe not a good idea to throw a middle middle fastball to the guy with 29 home runs this year.

[Cubs420psd]

The horsefeathers kinda BP fastball was that? JFC

[Brian707]

Two innings in a row, get the first two men then all hell breaks loose. Meanwhile the Cubs get doubled off twice on scorchers to end innings

[chibears55]

You pick a guy in every lineup you just dont throw over the plate too and Raleigh is one of them. 🤦‍♂️

[Cubs206]

Just now, Derwood said:

Who saw this coming from Raleigh? Holy christ

I had to move to Seattle so I’ve seen them before and he’s the real deal. The rest of them not so much 

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Nor is theibar a sub 2 ERA guy. 

To be fair:

He probably isn't on talent. But so far, his xERA is under 2.00. So it ain't like he's been lucky.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

1 hour ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Shaw isn't in the same stratosphere as PCA as a prospect.  If that's the type of improvement you are expecting from him, you will be disappointed.  He'd probably already be on a bus back to Iowa if the Cubs had any viable option at 3b besides him 

I’m sure this has been responded to but catching up on this thread. PCA was #16 by MLB Pipeline heading into 2024. Shaw was #19 by MLB Pipeline heading into 2025.

[gflore34]

2 minutes ago, Cubs206 said:

I had to move to Seattle so I’ve seen them before and he’s the real deal. The rest of them not so much 

He's very good nevertheless, he's on hot streak, I sincerely doubt he'll maintain his current pace.

[chibears55]

Cubs bats need a fucks this horsefeathers inning and bat around

[NorthsideAvenger]

So stupid loss incoming. 

[DrCub]

25 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

horsefeathers Neris. I mean Pressley

I think he prefers “White Neris”. 

[gflore34]

7 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Damnit. Cal Raleigh is really good. 

Career 225/308/436 I don't know if that qualifies as really good, he's on heater that much is true.

[mul21]

The BA and xBA numbers today are going to be quite disparate.

[CUBDOM4life]

Seattles sleeve ad blends in nicely with the rest of their uniform

[gflore34]

Tucker's first HR in forever would be nice here, hasn't hit a HR since 6/09.

[chibears55]

Been a looong time since Tucker hit a homer

[Jason Ross]

7 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Career 225/308/436 I don't know if that qualifies as really good, he's on heater that much is true.

He's a career 127 wRC+. This year he has made significant changes to his bat. He's making more contact, swinging at less balls, increased his barrel rate, and his launch angle. His xdata is very close to his real data. Entered today with a .417 wOBA and an xwOBA of .393. That's the 17th best in baseball. Nothing he's doing this year suggests this is just a heater. He's a much better hitter than he's been and he's been a good hitter.

It's okay to just say he's really good. He's really good.

[CUBDOM4life]

2 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Tucker's first HR in forever would be nice here, hasn't hit a HR since 6/09.

Nice. 6/9

[Cubbies1996]

The bullpen was probably due for a rough game but good lord. At least make them work for it. Don’t groove pitches down the middle 

[cubfansince77]

Pressly is a high wire act...like to see him moved to strictly mop up/low leverage situations. Thielbar has been great but just plain grooved one to the hottest hitter in baseball. FB right down the middle and he did what he's supposed to do with it.

Now we need some late inning magic to overcome the BP failure today. To be fair, the BP has been the best in baseball for quite some time. You don't like to see them come back to earth but that's what it looks like. Most of our guys are older or reclamation projects, they weren't gonna keep that up forever.