Cubs (Taillon) vs Astros (Valdez): 6/29/25, 1:10pm

[PeanutPunch33]

1 minute ago, javy knows my name said:

Everything going against Taillon today and he's just getting guys out

I'm not trying to diminish his success or anything or be a hater but he is facing a mostly right handed lineup.  It's a good matchup for him.  And I'm enjoying watching how he's bounced back from the 1st inning

[Cubbies1996]

What do we think happens when Amaya comes back? Is there a chance Kelly is DFA’d instead of McGuire? Kelly’s had a bad couple months now. But i know catching is one of those positions where the defense and game calling matter a lot more than the offense. 

[Rcal10]

Just now, Cubbies1996 said:

What do we think happens when Amaya comes back? Is there a chance Kelly is DFA’d instead of McGuire? Kelly’s had a bad couple months now. But i know catching is one of those positions where the defense and game calling matter a lot more than the offense. 

No.

[Derwood]

Valdez is tough because one pitch has sideways break and another has downward break. Unless you guess correctly, you're screwed

[Geographyhater8888]

5 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Did he not look 39 last year

There 3 possibilities here, because in limited plate appearances vs lefties at age 39 he’ll go on a heater and put up a similar slash line after the all star break, he’s having a down year and the ageless wonder will turn back the clock on some other team next season and keep playing at a productive level until he’s 50 and bored of baseball, the third and most likely scenario is that age has caught up to him. He’s been on a downward trend since 2019 after turning 34 as you’d expect, even with his production.

[chibears55]

20 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Do you think it doesn’t 

Sure, for last season 🤷‍♂️😅

[Dfan25]

6 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

What do we think happens when Amaya comes back? Is there a chance Kelly is DFA’d instead of McGuire? Kelly’s had a bad couple months now. But i know catching is one of those positions where the defense and game calling matter a lot more than the offense. 

No . With that said if McGuire keeps hitting home runs there is a small chance they just cut Brujan . I know it would leave them with only Berti as a position player on the bench , but Brujan is basically a PR only 🤣

Edited June 29, 2025 by Dfan25

[Derwood]

4 scoreless out of Jamo. I'd love to see him start the 5th but have Flexen or Pomeranz ready

[chibears55]

Getting guys in scoring position, gotta start cashing them in

[Geographyhater8888]

Cubs need to get back to their core identity as an offense and start launching some fly balls into the Crawford boxes. Non of this hitting singles or doubles with RISP nonsense.

[Dfan25]

Hey , Turner !

[PeanutPunch33]

That's a nice knock by Turner 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

17 minutes ago, Derwood said:

What he did in Milwaukee doesn't concern me.

He's been a serviceable #5 starter this year

Yeah, I get not being enthralled with Rea, but he was like the 8th starter going into the year.  Three guys got injured and Brown has disappointed. Until they trade for another starter, it kinda just is what it is with Rea. We’ll just hope they can squeeze a few more starts like last night out of him until that time comes.

[UMFan83]

63 through 5. Just not giving him any tough inning to wear him out 

[Dfan25]

Cubs seem to take the we are facing elite pitchers narrative way too seriously .

[UMFan83]

Feels like the Cubs need 2 starters, a late inning reliever and 2 right handed IF bats but there’s no way they can address all of that at the deadline

[chibears55]

Taillon last inning, question is will he finish and finish without giving up a run.

[Geographyhater8888]

No need to be too intimidated by Valdez guys, he entered the game with a 2.88 ERA, not a 0.00. Someone should’ve told these guys that over a month ago.

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

Cubs seem to take the we are facing elite pitchers narrative way too seriously .

Yep, they just up there swinging at anything close to the plate.

 

[PeanutPunch33]

Where was this last year, Isaac 

[chibears55]

Take him out now, dont push your luck

[soccer10k]

Stupid Crawford Boxes.

[Andy]

You just knew the Cubs weren't going to be allowed to be the only team to get a ridiculously cheap ass homer into those boxes this series

[JHBulls]

Jamo didn’t deserve that today. 

[chibears55]

Yep, knew it would happen 

Why let him face the top of order again and being over 100 pitches.

CC played press your luck and got Whammied

Dumb

Edited June 29, 2025 by chibears55