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

[Derwood]

Not mad about this start. Paredes wore Jamo out with long at-bats, and until that cheapy HR to Altuve, had done well.

[Cubbies1996]

Craig Counsell’s pitching management strike again!

[Dfan25]

And that’s a wrap for today . Gooooooooooooooo  Rockies . Have a nice afternoon gentleman .

[javy knows my name]

Stupid horsefeathers park

[Rex Buckingham]

I mean, that's a lazy fly ball that just happened to land in those stupid Crawford boxes. Let's hope we can get a guy or two on and loft one up there

[chibears55]

Bats gotta respond with at least 1 this inning

[Cubbies1996]

Just now, Rex Buckingham said:

I mean, that's a lazy fly ball that just happened to land in those stupid Crawford boxes. Let's hope we can get a guy or two on and loft one up there

If there’s a lefty pitching for the opposing team that’s probably not happening

[Hot Sauce]

4 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

And that’s a wrap for today . Gooooooooooooooo  Rockies . Have a nice afternoon gentleman .

There’s a lot of baseball to be go in this one. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Not really mad at the Altuve HR, he's a great player.  But a bit disappointed that they are getting completely blanked by Valdez.. 

[javy knows my name]

Now Valdez can comfortably Maddux us

[UMFan83]

Of course the Rockies down score with a runner on 3rd and 1 out but the Brewers do the next inning. Are we gonna be down to 1 game lead (and 2.5 over STL)?

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Craig Counsell’s pitching management strike again!

This sounds like a results bias statement. Jamo handled Altuve twice. He should be able to throw 105-110 pitches. Has he gone to the pen at 94 pitches and the pen game up a run I am sure people would have said why not leave Jamo in? 

[UMFan83]

If the Cubs lose this they will have won just 1 of their last 7 series (1 win, 4 losses, 2 splits)

[chibears55]

Cubs hitters are ready to leave Houston 

They dont want no part of Valdez today

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

This sounds like a results bias statement. Jamo handled Altuve twice. He should be able to throw 105-110 pitches. Has he gone to the pen at 94 pitches and the pen game up a run I am sure people would have said why not leave Jamo in? 

You give him 1 baserunner and dont press your luck and I mentioned that before the HR.

[Cubbies1996]

1 minute ago, Rcal10 said:

This sounds like a results bias statement. Jamo handled Altuve twice. He should be able to throw 105-110 pitches. Has he gone to the pen at 94 pitches and the pen game up a run I am sure people would have said why not leave Jamo in? 

“Should” and “can” are completely different. He’s been incredibly inefficient today and has been bad in his last 2 starts. He competed great today, obviously, and worked out of jams. But you have fresh arms in the pen and an off day tomorrow. Just bad managing by Counsell.  Nothing on Taillon

[Andy]

Really felt something big coming from PCA there. No luck.

[PeanutPunch33]

Not looking great.  Astros have a great bullpen and Valdez doesn't look like he's coming out anytime soon anyways

[UMFan83]

81 through 6.  Definitely has 1 more in him at least.

[Geographyhater8888]

PCA is in a bit of a slump. First time all year really.

[Hot Sauce]

We take Dansby’s defense for granted. 

[Hot Sauce]

Just now, Geographyhater8888 said:

PCA is in a bit of a slump. First time all year really.

He’s fighting it for sure. 

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

You give him 1 baserunner and dont press your luck and I mentioned that before the HR.

Yes you did. That is why I didn’t quote you. That said, he did handle Altuve all game. And let’s be honest, he hit a fly ball to left that is caught in 29 of 30 parks. And while being honest, had the Cubs brought in a pen arm to start the inning, and he gave up a run, don’t you think people would have said they should have left Jamo in? Again, not you. You said it before the inning. 

[chibears55]

Just gotta keep them at 2 and just hope they can score eventually, it only takes 1 baserunner and a deep one.

[abuck1220]

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