Guardians (Cantillo) vs Cubs (Horton): 7/3/25, 7:05pm

[Jason Ross]

Shaws EV's tonight: 90,94, 102 (last one had an xBA of .750)

[chibears55]

Not a good start Pomeranz, need you to stay clean tonight.

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I love how good they are vs RHP but there is definitely a trade off there vs LHP.  Hopefully, they can figure something out.  This team is actually constructed pretty similarly to the Phillies when Steele is healthy.  

Why i agree with you in that as much as im rooting for Shaw, I think Hoyer might have to go get a big RH bat ( hopefully Suarez) to help Suzuki and be that other threat from the right side to keep teams honest and from loading up with lefties to face the Cubs LHers.

We'll see

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

Why i agree with you in that as much as im rooting for Shaw, I think Hoyer might have to go get a big RH bat ( hopefully Suarez) to help Suzuki and be that other threat from the right side to keep teams honest and from loading up with lefties to face the Cubs LHers.

We'll see

To be fair to the Cubs, they have the 20th best hitter against LHP in baseball as well as Suzuki. It's just that it's a lefty, in Kyle Tucker. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Milwaukee lost 

[Jason Ross]

We should talk more about Ryan Braiser and how good he's been.

[soccer10k]

Umps really helped us out with Ramirez. First pitch was a ball and he probably didn’t go around on the second pitch. Should have been 2-0 instead of 0-2. I’ll take it.

[PeanutPunch33]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Why i agree with you in that as much as im rooting for Shaw, I think Hoyer might have to go get a big RH bat ( hopefully Suarez) to help Suzuki and be that other threat from the right side to keep teams honest and from loading up with lefties to face the Cubs LHers.

We'll see

If they do, + a good SP at the deadline, I straight up think this team is as good as '16, whether it works out or not.  I'll take their chances against anybody.  

[PeanutPunch33]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

We should talk more about Ryan Braiser and how good he's been.

That was a great decision by CC too.  

[chibears55]

Let Go !!!!!!!

Palencia likely shut down after back to back so we'll probably see Hodge or Flexen in the 9th

[CubinNY]

I usually don’t enjoy low scoring games but this game has been great 

[soccer10k]

Score a run, please.

[Jason Ross]

Just now, CubinNY said:

I usually don’t enjoy low scoring games but this game has been great 

Yeah, it's been a fun chess match today. 

[Cubbies1996]

Happ is hitting .233? Yeesh

[UMFan83]

Boo-urns

[Jason Ross]

5 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Happ is hitting .233? Yeesh

In his defense, he's been very unlucky. He's running a wOBA .23 points below his xwOBA and a BABIP that would be the lowest of his career despite having strong batted ball data. He's been better than a .233 batting average suggests. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Not thrilled to see Pressly here, hopefully he gets it done 

[UMFan83]

Reluctantly Pressly is probably the best option here but I hate it

[chibears55]

Bats are just not charged tonight , likely not but maybe they came into tonight looking ahead to the Cardinals series and just wasn't ready to go.  

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Reluctantly Pressly is probably the best option here but I hate it

Of course he gives up a leadoff baserunner..

Thought maybe they'd go with Keller or Hodge here.

Edited July 4, 2025 by chibears55

[soccer10k]

Alright time for a walkoff. Let’s avoid the zombie runner.

[chibears55]

Who wants to be the hero

[Jason Ross]

Dude. That wasn't even borderline. Stop whining, Nolan.

[CubinNY]

Saaaaaafeee

[DYMNO]

SAFE