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

[abuck1220]

cubs’ bench is just unacceptably terrible. 

[Geographyhater8888]

I’m so sick of these tired, predictable outcomes. Inability to hit with RISP or in a close game, getting blanked by every single starting pitcher whose half way decent and a double strike if it’s a lefty, triple strike if he pitches for a team with a winning record… It’s grounding day.

Edited June 29, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[chibears55]

Happ with a i need to go home and do my podcast type of AB there 🙄🙄

[Andy]

Bringing this up for no reason other than extreme bitterness, but there was noise about the Astros cheating in pitching well before any of the trash can crap came out and I've never been at all convinced they are doing things on the level there

[Irrelevant Dude]

You can't convince me that Brujan is ever a better option than anyone he is pinch hitting for.  He is awful, and not a major league player.  The Cubs bench is embarrassing.

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

I’m so sick of these tired, predictable outcomes. Inability to hit with RISP or in a close game, getting blanked by every single starting pitcher whose half way decent and a double strike if it’s a lefty… It’s grounding day.

They scored 12 runs like 18 hours ago

[Geographyhater8888]

3 minutes ago, Derwood said:

They scored 12 runs like 18 hours ago

Lance McCullers vs Valdez. The sum total of these last 2 games is great, they’d be in business if they saved some of those runs for a game where it’s a tie game with 2 total runs.

Edited June 29, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[javy knows my name]

So glad we're able to give these critical ABs to Brujan

[Hot Sauce]

3 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

You can't convince me that Brujan is ever a better option than anyone he is pinch hitting for.  He is awful, and not a major league player.  The Cubs bench is embarrassing.

I’d rather Jason Marquis take that at-bat. Like, not even 2008 Marquis, but 2025 Marquis.

Edited June 29, 2025 by Hot Sauce

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, javy knows my name said:

So glad we're able to give these critical ABs to Brujan

So I will ask again. If Candelario is healthy we don’t want him? He isn’t a better option than Brujan? 

[Illiterate Scholar]

6 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

If Brujan is going to pinch hit why not him come in to bunt and then Busch? Baffling. 

My guess is so Busch has a better chance at another AB this game than Brujan. Granted it would probably be against Hader, so..

[PeanutPunch33]

Barring a miracle, looks like the division lead will be down to 1 game.  Shocking after where they were just 2 weeks ago 

[Rcal10]

Just now, Illiterate Scholar said:

My guess is so Busch has a better chance at another AB this game than Brujan. Granted it would probably be against Hader, so..

Exactly. It would be against Hader. Pretty sure Shaw comes into the game to play 3rd so that AB would be his. Not great either. But if he knew he was using 2 pinch hitters I would have gone Brujan then Busch. Brujan try to bunt. 

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

You can't convince me that Brujan is ever a better option than anyone he is pinch hitting for.  He is awful, and not a major league player.  The Cubs bench is embarrassing.

Yep, why i always advocate for better bench players when needed.

Not looking for AllStars, just having a couple guys that can be reliable enough to be counted on when their opportunity comes.

 

 

 

 

[Geographyhater8888]

I jinxed the Cubs saying they’d score a single run.

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Shocking after where they were just 2 weeks ago 

Is it though?  I would file it more under the category of "mildly surprising."  But the Cubs have some obvious holes and there are too many pretty good teams in the NL Central for the Cubs to run away with it.

[javy knows my name]

What a dry shart of a game

[PeanutPunch33]

Dansby's ABs are just embarrassing sometimes 

[Hot Sauce]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Yep, why i always advocate for better bench players when needed.

Not looking for AllStars, just having a couple guys that can be reliable enough to be counted on when their opportunity comes.

 

 

 

 

What happened to the Daryle Wards of baseball? The guy you keep on the bench specifically to take big PH at-bats. That guy has been replaced with “positional versatility”.

Edited June 29, 2025 by Hot Sauce

[BigSlick]

Brujan’s OPS has dropped to .401 on the season. I’m not sure you can argue he deserves to be on any MLB roster. 

[731.4life]

Reds just walked off San Diego

[JHBulls]

Baseball is such a dumb sport.

One day you can score 12 runs and the next day you can face Valdez/Abreu and be dominated.

[UMFan83]

6 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Barring a miracle, looks like the division lead will be down to 1 game.  Shocking after where they were just 2 weeks ago 

I always say the NL Central should always be so winnable in a division with 4 smaller market teams but here we are with the 2nd best record in the NL and there are 2 team right on our ass

[chibears55]

6 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

So I will ask again. If Candelario is healthy we don’t want him? He isn’t a better option than Brujan? 

Ehhhh..lol

I mean if it was just between having him or Brujan 

It like asking if you wanna be punched on the right side or left side of your face 😅☹️

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

I jinxed the Cubs saying they’d score a single run.

I predicted a Taillon QS, fell an inning short and a 4-2 win 🤷‍♂️