Cubs (Horton) vs Twins (Festa): 7/9/25, 6:40pm

[Geographyhater8888]

Just now, PeanutPunch33 said:

Even if they get lucky and come back and win this game, this team has been exposed in some areas.  They won't make it the NLCS as currently constructed.  They need pitching and another hitter (IMO)

They definitely won’t come back. Not against that bullpen.

[JHBulls]

8 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I think you are seeing things that are not happening. The.balls to right field he had no chance of catching. He wasn’t jogging. That is his speed. 

That’s fair enough, I was being too reactive in the moment.

I’ve taken a deep breath. I’m fine now. 

[Rcal10]

8 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

I didn't say anything about the balls to RF. Yes, they were hits. 

I was just pointing out his whiffs and that his line is likely worse than he threw.

I know you didn’t. And I agree with everything you said. I was commenting on your original point while also adding my view on what others said. You saw him exactly how I did. I thought he looked good, but some people were suggesting Tucker hurt his numbers. That was meant for them, not you. Sorry for confusion. 

[PeanutPunch33]

3 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

They definitely won’t come back. Not against that bullpen.

I think they'll come back if they see Jax again.  Never been overly impressed with him.  

[DrCub]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

That’s fair enough, I was being too reactive in the moment.

I’ve taken a deep breath. I’m fine now. 

I don’t know that he could have got to the balls, but it certainly did not look like full effort to me either. 

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

That’s fair enough, I was being too reactive in the moment.

I’ve taken a deep breath. I’m fine now. 

I am frustrated as well. So I understand. I also think we are spoiled by how much ground PCA makes up in the outfield. We may at times expect other outfielders to do that too. And no one could. 

[731.4life]

5 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Even if they get lucky and come back and win this game, this team has been exposed in some areas.  They won't make it the NLCS as currently constructed.  They need pitching and another hitter (IMO)

I think they need another solid reliever as well. Doesn't have to be a closer, but Griffin Jax (using him as an example) I think will be perfect.

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, DrCub said:

I don’t know that he could have got to the balls, but it certainly did not look like full effort to me either. 

Looked to me that he knew he couldn’t catch them so he positioned himself to take them off the wall. I think he played them fine. He may have oveetbrown the first cut off man on the play they scored. However has Dansby turned quicker they could have had him anyway. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Just now, 731.4life said:

I think they need another solid reliever as well. Doesn't have to be a closer, but Griffin Jax (using him as an example) I think will be perfect.

I just looked up his stats on baseball reference and I was wrong about him.  He has great career numbers and a low FIP.  Wouldn't be a bad trade deadline target 

[chibears55]

26 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Jeez, I knew that Tucker isn’t a very good outfielder. But didn’t realise he was also an incredibly lazy one. 

I dont know if it laziness but yea he hasn't really played some balls well the last month.

[Cubbies1996]

Why waste Turner in this spot? Some of Counsell’s decisions make 0 sense. 

[squally1313]

12 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Even if they get lucky and come back and win this game, this team has been exposed in some areas.  They won't make it the NLCS as currently constructed.  They need pitching and another hitter (IMO)

If this is your standard for ‘getting exposed’, the NLCS isn’t going to have any teams in it. 

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Why waste Turner in this spot? Some of Counsell’s decisions make 0 sense. 

How did they waste Turner, if that is even a thing. He will probably go in and play 3rd base. Who else would he possibly bat for?

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Why waste Turner in this spot? Some of Counsell’s decisions make 0 sense. 

"Waste" is an interesting choice of words.  As if he's a big weapon off the bench.

[Geographyhater8888]

What a garbage loss.

[Cubbies1996]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

"Waste" is an interesting choice of words.  As if he's a big weapon off the bench.

Mostly coming from the perspective of saving him for a situation with RISP. Since that’s the one decent thing he’s done this year. 

[cubfansince77]

Lead probably down to 1.5 after tonight. Thought we were pointed in the right direction after that home stand but apparently not. We are leaking oil gents, no other way to look at it. The Brewers are smoking hot and we're treading water. ASB can't come soon enough. 

[chibears55]

14 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Looked to me that he knew he couldn’t catch them so he positioned himself to take them off the wall. I think he played them fine. He may have oveetbrown the first cut off man on the play they scored. However has Dansby turned quicker they could have had him anyway. 

Should of played this last one the same way and held him to a single 🤷‍♂️🙃 lol

Edited July 10, 2025 by chibears55

[Soul]

Sorry everyone.  It was me who said the Twins had collapsed.  You’d think I’d learn…

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Geographyhater8888 said:

What a garbage loss.

Down by 2 with 2 innings to go, can we please stop assuming games are lost when they are still well within reach?  Chances are the Cubs will lose, but we have seen them come back several times this year.

[chibears55]

6 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Why waste Turner in this spot? Some of Counsell’s decisions make 0 sense. 

He pinched hit for Berti with 2 outs, likely hoping he could get lucky and hit #201 and cut lead to 1 there.

 

 

 

 

 

[squally1313]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Down by 2 with 2 innings to go, can we please stop assuming games are lost when they are still well within reach?  Chances are the Cubs will lose, but we have seen them come back several times this year.

Lol, the cubs have lost one whole game in a row, people were saying this game was over when they were down 2 with 8 innings left 

[Rcal10]

5 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Should of played this last one the sane way and held him to a single 🤷‍♂️🙃 lol

I agree. And for the record, I haven’t been impressed with his defense either. But I just disagree that he could have caught those balls to right earlier and even the one in the 7th. Yes, he should have played that one as a single. 

Edited July 10, 2025 by Rcal10

[Cubbies1996]

I am not a fan of Happ’s constant cold streaks. He’s been garbage for a month now 

[Rcal10]

9 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Mostly coming from the perspective of saving him for a situation with RISP. Since that’s the one decent thing he’s done this year. 

And who would he bat for? Berti. That is it. So now he just takes the AB while in the line up.