Cubs (Flexen) vs Yankees (Rodon): 7/11/25, 6:05pm

[UMFan83]

Well hopefully we’re still in first by the end of the weekend

[BigSlick]

Ah. Ok. Well the fun, counterintuitive thing didn’t happen and we’re gonna lose. Oh well

[Cubbies1996]

10 hours ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Tonight is the night the Cubs breakout of their funk against LHP. Shake up the lineup. Move Happ down, and good things will happen!

I was quite wrong. More terrible ABs in a Mickey Mouse ballpark. 

[Geographyhater8888]

26 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

That should do it 

It’s a shame they couldn’t put that 151 wRC+ vs left handed pitchers in April to good use vs Rodon, which is just as relevant now as it was 3 months ago.

Edited July 12, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[Derwood]

Might be time to switch over to finishing Squid Game season 3 (2 eps to go)

[Geographyhater8888]

7 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

That should do it 

 

Edited July 12, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[SpongeWorthy]

7 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

And still have garbage players making starts somehow. Maybe it’s just a thing that happens in a 162 game series. Or maybe it’s Just A Cubs Thing. 

[chibears55]

Had a feeling I'd be checking out the summer league bulls game earlier then I wanted to, now I'll be bored of it before halftime and have nothing to watch 

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, SpongeWorthy said:

Yes, my argument was obviously ‘we should spend less money’ and not ‘your complaint about bad players getting starts happens to every team in baseball regardless of budget’. 

[chibears55]

When the baseball gods fuks with fans..

Cubs have 3 hits and Turner and Berti has 2 of them 😅😅

[cl smooth]

whew, glad i didn't go to THIS game!

[Geographyhater8888]

Probably the most predictably garbage performance I’ve seen all year. This game was lost on paper. Checked all the boxes.

Edited July 12, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[We Got The Whole 9]

Wicks is gonna get traded for some hopeful rp reclamation project at the deadline. 

[BigbadB]

Biggest strike zone I’ve seen this year, but only when Rodon is on the mound. F this game. 

[PeanutPunch33]

22 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

It’s a shame they couldn’t put that 151 wRC+ vs left handed pitchers in April to good use vs Rodon, which is just as relevant now as it was 3 months.

Pretty disappointed with the abysmal effort tonight. Now they get max fried tomorrow. Fun 

Edited July 12, 2025 by PeanutPunch33

[CubinNY]

I love NYC so much. I don’t know why the Cubs always horsefeathers the bed there. 

[Cubbies1996]

Really don’t understand why they haven’t started Wicks yet

[Geographyhater8888]

11 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Pretty disappointed with the abysmal effort tonight. Now they get potential cy young award winner max fried tomorrow. Fun 

I don’t expect things to be any different tomorrow either unless Boyd completely blanks them.

Edited July 12, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[chibears55]

17 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Wicks is gonna get traded for some hopeful rp reclamation project at the deadline. 

Im sure Hoyer gonna do his best to use Wicks and or Brown in any trade package to try and avoid using Wiggins for teams wanting young pitching in return.

[Cubbies1996]

At this point why not try Owen Caissie or someone in Iowa to give this lineup a different look or a spark?

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, Cubbies1996 said:

At this point why not try Owen Caissie or someone in Iowa to give this lineup a different look or a spark?

Only way they might consider bringing Caissie up this season is if one of the OFers go on IL, otherwise they won't bring him up just to sit on bench.

[We Got The Whole 9]

And the Brewers just smacked the Nats for 6 runs. Fun.

[PeanutPunch33]

3 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

At this point why not try Owen Caissie or someone in Iowa to give this lineup a different look or a spark?

giving happ that no trade clause was so dumb. Caissie will almost certainly be in a different organization in a few weeks. Just hope they get a true difference maker for it, like Gore 

[Tryptamine]

Cub weaknesses getting absolutely exposed tonight. Weak against lefties and desperately need a SP because enough with this bullpen games already. 

[PeanutPunch33]

9 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

I don’t expect things to be any different tomorrow either unless Boyd completely blanks them.

this is why I think Philly is such a bad matchup in a playoff series. Ranger Suarez is the NL version of Skubal, Sanchez is great and they’ve already gotten blanked twice by Luzardo.  That makes the Wheeler game a must win and… he’s one of the best pitchers in the game