Red Sox (Bello) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 7/19/25, 6:15pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Exciting pitching matchup today!

[Derwood]

Bummer that this is a night game

[Eeyore]

Is it going to rain there? I'm in Northwest Indiana and it's raining hard and is supposed to all day into tomorrow.

[Bertz]

14 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Is it going to rain there? I'm in Northwest Indiana and it's raining hard and is supposed to all day into tomorrow.

Yeah based on the forecast I'd guess this game starts closer to 8

[Hot Sauce]

23 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Is it going to rain there? I'm in Northwest Indiana and it's raining hard and is supposed to all day into tomorrow.

I didn't know you were from Gary. 

[Andy]

26 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Yeah based on the forecast I'd guess this game starts closer to 8

I am going to tonight's game and it's clear in Chicago right now with nothing scary on the radar. There was some rain earlier but I'd guess we start on time

[Dfan25]

Brujan starting at 3B in the 2nd game after the break , it’s weird to say the least .  

[Eeyore]

45 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

I didn't know you were from Gary. 

Born and raised in Hammond but moved a few blocks south to Munster about twenty years ago.

[Rcal10]

12 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

Brujan starting at 3B in the 2nd game after the break , it’s weird to say the least .  

I don’t like this at all. 

[Eeyore]

23 minutes ago, Andy said:

I am going to tonight's game and it's clear in Chicago right now with nothing scary on the radar. There was some rain earlier but I'd guess we start on time

That would be awesome. A summer Saturday without the cubs feels like a loss 

[Eeyore]

1 minute ago, Rcal10 said:

I don’t like this at all. 

I don't understand what it is that Brujan can do that Shaw doesn't do, at least, as well if not better. The glove is significantly worse and Brujan isn't much of a hitter.

[Hot Sauce]

6 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Born and raised in Hammond but moved a few blocks south to Munster about twenty years ago.

I spent several months working in Rensselaer in 2023-24. The winter lover in me loved the cold and snow but kind of a miserable little town to live in. Proximity to Hawks games was great though. Spent a lot of that time making trips up to the UC to keep my sanity.

[ToolDRT]

21 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Born and raised in Hammond but moved a few blocks south to Munster about twenty years ago.

Wow. You’re like 10 minutes from me! That’s very cool. 

[PeanutPunch33]

40 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

Brujan starting at 3B in the 2nd game after the break , it’s weird to say the least .  

That's what happens when the other guy is like 2 or 3 for his last 30.  Brujan got a knock the last time he started in NY. 

I get that some folks (not you, just generally speaking) think the resources are better spent elsewhere due to how good the offense already is and how average the starting pitching is right now - but there is no way I want that dude getting 30 plate appearances in a 7 game playoff series vs the Phillies or Dodgers.  His time will come, but it isn't right now.  Cubs have to address that position with some kind of a trade, whether it's Castro, Suarez or someone else.  

Edited July 19, 2025 by PeanutPunch33

[Geographyhater8888]

Where’s Shaw? Trade, injury or other? 

[muntjack]

16 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

  Brujan got a knock the last time he started in NY. 

Shaw had a hit yesterday, and had a line out as well.  

This seems strange. 

[PeanutPunch33]

8 minutes ago, muntjack said:

Shaw had a hit yesterday, and had a line out as well.  

This seems strange. 

He looked a little better yesterday.  Wonder if there is a trade on the horizon

[muntjack]

Shaw, Wiggins, Long, Triantos for 

Ryan, Castro, Jax  incoming

[Jason Ross]

41 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Where’s Shaw? Trade, injury or other? 

Bryan Bello has significant splits against LHH. He walks LHH 2x more than RHH (114% vs 5.6%) and has a 4.71 xFIP against LHH where as RHH, he has a 3.67 xFIP. This checks out as his two most used pitches are his sinker and his sweeper and these pitches have significant splits against opposite-handed hitters 

Matt Shaw hasn't hit well enough on the year to be penciled in against a pitcher with heavy splits. It is why Reese McGuire is drawing in on a night game after a day game. Carson Kelly could handle this one, but they went with a LHH heavy lineup. The Cubs are forcing Bello off his two best pitches, or, are forcing him to use them in incredibly disadvantageous situations. 

As well, Imanaga is a heavy FB% pitcher. 3b defense less needed. So Shaw is a good defender and RHH. Best to sit him, even if Brujan sucks. It's more than just Shaw, it's that one of them is lefty and they're playing the numbers.

[Bertz]

1 hour ago, Dfan25 said:

Brujan starting at 3B in the 2nd game after the break , it’s weird to say the least .  

Bello has huge L/R splits

[PeanutPunch33]

Calling it right now, the Mets will not make the playoffs and MLB will feel real dumb giving that team 4 all stars

[UMFan83]

21 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Bello has huge L/R splits

And Brujan has a .493 OPS vs RHP this year

[Transmogrified Tiger]

31 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Bello has huge L/R splits

Shaw has also been particularly poor against sinkers, and with Shota on the mound 3B defense is lower priority

[WhyCantWeWin]

23 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

And Brujan has a .493 OPS vs RHP this year

Also Brujan is Brujan

[Backtobanks]

Giving Brujan a start before DFAing him in a week.