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

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Cubbies1996 said:

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

It sure seems like he is much more hot and cold than most, but he will get hot again soon and his numbers will end up close to where they always are.

[JHBulls]

No repeat of yesterday please. Give us a chance in the 9th, please. 

[Cubbies1996]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

It sure seems like he is much more hot and cold than most, but he will get hot again soon and his numbers will end up close to where they always are.

I’m sorry but for what he’s paid the Cubs should expect more consistency 

[PeanutPunch33]

14 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

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

Yes it will, the Phillies vs the Brewers or Dodgers.  This team isn't going to get there by pitching like this or starting Berti or Shaw at 3rd base 

[Geographyhater8888]

6 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Yes it will, the Phillies vs the Brewers or Dodgers.  This team isn't going to get there by pitching like this or starting Berti or Shaw at 3rd base 

Do We or don’t we need a third baseman? I get confused in here.

Edited July 10, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[squally1313]

7 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Yes it will, the Phillies vs the Brewers or Dodgers.  This team isn't going to get there by pitching like this or starting Berti or Shaw at 3rd base 

This was the bottom of the dodgers lineup today. 
 

the Phillies went an entire series in Houston without scoring a run and were swept by the pirates. This is all in the last 5 weeks. Was that not exposing them?

[PeanutPunch33]

2 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

This was the bottom of the dodgers lineup today. 
 

the Phillies went an entire series in Houston without scoring a run and were swept by the pirates. This is all in the last 5 weeks. Was that not exposing them?

The dodgers faced one of the best SP in baseball right now, the Cubs faced a guy with an ERA north of 5.

It's cute that you think this team is beyond any criticism, even when they are on the verge of getting swept by a team that went 9-18 in June.  On to the World Series I guess 🤷‍♂️

Edited July 10, 2025 by PeanutPunch33

[chibears55]

25 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

It sure seems like he is much more hot and cold than most, but he will get hot again soon and his numbers will end up close to where they always are.

That the frustrating thing about Happ is that he can look so good for a handful or so of games and make you think he's gonna be ok and then in a blink of an eye he just cant find holes for weeks.

This season though, yea he hit 9 homers in June to give himself a respectable total of 12 but he hasn't done much hitting overall since May.

Edited July 10, 2025 by chibears55

[Rcal10]

8 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Yes it will, the Phillies vs the Brewers or Dodgers.  This team isn't going to get there by pitching like this or starting Berti or Shaw at 3rd base 

Even with a loss today the Cubs are one game from the best record in the  NL with what apparently you feel is a team that is very flawed and can’t possibly win in the playoffs. They are 16 games over .500 with this apparently bad team. I think we all know they need to add a few pitchers and I think they will. But I also think you are overreacting to a few bad games. 

[UMFan83]

Just can’t believe 48 hours ago we were up 4 games with the Brewers starting a series against the Dodgers and us against the Twins

[soccer10k]

And just like that we’re only 1.5 up on Milwaukee.

[Cubbies1996]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

That the frustrating think about Happ is that he can look so good for a handful or so of games and make you think he's gonna be ok and then in a blink of an eye he just cant find holes for weeks.

This season though, yea he hit 9 homers in June to give himself a respectable total of 12 but he hasn't done much hitting overall since May.

He is essentially a very below average player for 2+ months of the season. Can’t happen. 

[Geographyhater8888]

Tip of the cap to David Festa. Not much anyone can do vs a stud like him.

[JHBulls]

Twins have some nice relievers I wouldn’t mind at the deadline, so let’s not conflict the Twins too much by turning them into buyers. 

[PeanutPunch33]

2 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Even with a loss today the Cubs are one game from the best record in the  NL with what apparently you feel is a team that is very flawed and can’t possibly win in the playoffs. They are 16 games over .500 with this apparently bad team. I think we all know they need to add a few pitchers and I think they will. But I also think you are overreacting to a few bad games. 

Yes and that is precisely what I said, that they have been exposed in *some* areas (pitching, situational hitting) I don't think I said anything wrong or am overreacting 

[squally1313]

Just now, PeanutPunch33 said:

It's cute that you think this team is beyond any criticism, even when they are on the verge of getting swept by a team that went 9-18 in June.  On to the World Series I guess 🤷‍♂️

Oh I have plenty of criticism. See any of the other threads. But you saying these two games are some referendum about the absolute farthest the cubs can go in the playoffs and then referencing the dodgers WHO ARE ON A SIX GAME LOSING STREAK AS WE SPEAK as the team that’s going to make it instead is just meatball garbage and should be called out as such. 

[Outshined_One]

Baseball is dumb.

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Yes and that is precisely what I said, that they have been exposed in *some* areas (pitching, situational hitting) I don't think I said anything wrong or am overreacting 

You understand that if it all takes is two games to ‘expose’ a team, it would take anyone here about 3 minutes to ‘expose’ every single team in baseball for those and every other potential issue. 

[Geographyhater8888]

3 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Yes and that is precisely what I said, that they have been exposed in *some* areas (pitching, situational hitting) I don't think I said anything wrong or am overreacting 

Sort of, the Dodgers and Phillies have flaws too, the defending World Series champions and the Phillies who lost in 6 to Houston a few years back with the same core. If they get the benefit of the doubt then no reason the cubs shouldn’t either,

Edited July 10, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[PeanutPunch33]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

Oh I have plenty of criticism. See any of the other threads. But you saying these two games are some referendum about the absolute farthest the cubs can go in the playoffs and then referencing the dodgers WHO ARE ON A SIX GAME LOSING STREAK AS WE SPEAK as the team that’s going to make it instead is just meatball garbage and should be called out as such. 

This is a game thread, fool, let people say whatever they want in here without acting like the speech police.  The Dodgers are on a 6 game losing streak because they faced the Astros and the Brewers.  The Cubs would hardly fare better if they ran into those teams again, given how they've played lately 

[squally1313]

Citing things that happen to every single team in baseball, several times, and using them as your crux for why the cubs, and only the cubs specifically, won’t succeed, is the definition of ‘only my teams’. 

[PeanutPunch33]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

You understand that if it all takes is two games to ‘expose’ a team, it would take anyone here about 3 minutes to ‘expose’ every single team in baseball for those and every other potential issue. 

I said they were exposed in *some areas".  There is nothing unreasonable about saying what most of us already know 

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

This is a game thread, fool, let people say whatever they want in here without acting like the speech police. 

 

5 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I don't think I said anything wrong or am overreacting 

 

[squally1313]

Just now, PeanutPunch33 said:

I said they were exposed in *some areas".  There is nothing unreasonable about saying what most of us already know 

So then every team is exposed. Cool, good talk. 

[chibears55]

Boy, not much fight those last 2 innings from the top of order on down.

4 games left til break, be cool if they can find a way to at least split them, then take a deep breath and start the second half.

No panic but it would be nice if during the break Hoyer can give these guys a positive shot in arm with a solid acquisition to give them a little boost.