Cubs (Imanaga) vs Twins (Woods Richardson): 7/8/25, 6:40pm

[profisme]

Imanaga seems like he is a couple ticks low on his fastball velocity. He is gonna get rocked at 89 mph. 

[javy knows my name]

He's lucky Correa didn't hit that sputtering fart to St Paul

[Cubbies1996]

Just now, profisme said:

Imanaga seems like he is a couple ticks low on his fastball velocity. He is gonna get rocked at 89 mph. 

That’s what I thought too. Pitches weren’t in terrible spots. But major leaguers are going to hit 89 MPH fastballs wherever they are in the zone 

[Eeyore]

Somebody needs to explain to Armstrong about preventing the runner from getting into scoring position.

[Cubbies1996]

So many pitches down the middle the Cubs aren’t capitalizing on 🙃🙃🙃😑😑😑

[Derwood]

Do the Cubs have somewhere to be? Really impatient so far

[KCCub]

3 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Somebody needs to explain to Armstrong about preventing the runner from getting into scoring position.

2 outs, catcher running, shortish fly ball, I don’t mind him selling out there for a play at the plate. 

[chibears55]

7 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

Really surprised there hasn't been a single move yet across the league that wasn't basically waiver wire fodder for organizational depth. I know we still have 23 days until the deadline, but I still can't believe not even a mid tier trade has happened yet. 

Lotta teams still in WC mode, there should be some movement after the break

[Hot Sauce]

Shaw has better odds to homer than Nico. 😄

[JHBulls]

So nice that Boog has traveled more over the last few road series. He might not be a lot of people’s cup of tea, but he’s the best colour announcer the Cubs have. 

[Hot Sauce]

Good baserunning by Happ!

[Derwood]

grrrr

[Cubbies1996]

Cubs are close to breaking through against Woods-Richardson. Hopefully Shota can hold up!

[Cubbies1996]

88 mph fastball from Shota 😬😬😬😬

[We Got The Whole 9]

Shaw had a barrel. Just missed one.

[731.4life]

The 89 MPH fastball is concerning.

[DrCub]

2 minutes ago, 731.4life said:

The 89 MPH fastball is concerning.

Could not agree more.  Hamstring?  

[UMFan83]

Come on don’t let this horsefeathers shut us out

[profisme]

The offense forgot that we had a game today. 

[Cubbies1996]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Come on don’t let this horsefeathers shut us out

Yeahhhh he’s in a rhythm now. Quit swinging at the first pitch. Make him work. 

[731.4life]

3 minutes ago, DrCub said:

Could not agree more.  Hamstring?  

It could honestly be anything. I know when Ryan Weathers had his velocity down, it was due to a lat strain, which landed him on the 60-day IL.

Imanaga is fine, but he's pitching with little room for any mistakes. One thing Cubs can't do is to go down 2-0 in the 7th, and then it's basically over from there.

The only benefit to Imanaga throwing 89 is that it looks like a rising fastball, so it's missing some barrels.

Edited July 9, 2025 by 731.4life

[Dfan25]

They look pretty bad up there . Running out of outs before they get into that bullpen . 

[Derwood]

Imanaga has settled in nicely, but oof, these at-bats...

[Derwood]

3 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

They look pretty bad up there . Running out of outs before they get into that bullpen . 

their 8/9 inning guys are great, but there's a lot of "meh" in there

Edited July 9, 2025 by Derwood

[Hot Sauce]

Shaw will add to his RBI total in this game. Making my claim now. It will happen for it has been spoken.