Royals (Cameron) vs Cubs (Brasier): 7/21/25, 7:05pm

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Is there an expected stat someone can provide to convince me that Ben Brown isn’t bad?

He's fucking awful

[Cubbies1996]

Just now, s2obed said:

There was no one in AAA that could’ve given us more than Brown? Disgusting.  

No. He sucks

[BigSlick]

Oh my god Mr Brown stop ruining things for my beautiful cubbies. This is NOT nice of you 

[chibears55]

LMAO 

Falling apart again 

[Derwood]

JFC

[Cubbies1996]

What an effing joke. 

[BigSlick]

STOP THIS MADNESS RICJT NOW 

[UMFan83]

What an implosion

[JHBulls]

This is some horsefeathers baseball. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Ben brown horsefeathers garbage 

[cl smooth]

The horsefeathers is going on?!

Ben Brown cannot start again. In any capacity. 

[DYMNO]

Awful. 

[Cubbies1996]

To give up 7 runs to this KC team is a JOKE. 

[Jason Ross]

4 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Is there an expected stat someone can provide to convince me that Ben Brown isn’t bad?

Ben Brown has great stuff, but he's a classic "command vs control" issue. Even tonight, his walk rate is solid. He hasn't walked anyone. 

But I fully believe he cannot command pitches in the strike zone well. He can "get 'em in" but he misses in too often. Specifically, IMO, he gets caught "stealing strikes". As a two-pitch guy, he uses his fastball almost exclusively behind in the count and his curveball a ton when ahead. He can deceive hitters with the two pitches, he throws the fastball up and the deathball breaks down; there's a tunnel there. So when he's ahead in the count, he creates natural confusion. But once you know he's basically only throwing the fastball, he becomes an easy solve. Early in the count, he'll try to sneak the fastball in to get ahead.

He *needs* a third pitch. He has not developed one. 

[Outshined_One]

He needs a change of scenery.

[JBears79]

Brown needs to be kicked out of wrigley and never allowed back in. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

If they cant build his horsefeathers arsenal then trade him. 

 

 

[Nolansomebody]

1 minute ago, cl smooth said:

The horsefeathers is going on?!

Ben Brown cannot start again. In any capacity. 

Technically, he wasn’t the starter…

[Geographyhater8888]

26 runs in 23 innings in relief an injured Tailon. Get a pitcher already 

[chibears55]

4 runs without a ball leaving the infield 

I said before, Brown this season is only good for 2-3 innings as a reliever or just leave him in Iowa to work on his changeup the rest of season 

Edited July 22, 2025 by chibears55

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 minute ago, Jason Ross said:

Ben Brown has great stuff, but he's a classic "command vs control" issue. Even tonight, his walk rate is solid. He hasn't walked anyone. 

But I fully believe he cannot command pitches in the strike zone well. He can "get 'em in" but he misses in too often. Specifically, IMO, he gets caught "stealing strikes". As a two-pitch guy, he uses his fastball almost exclusively behind in the count and his curveball a ton when ahead. He can deceive hitters with the two pitches, he throws the fastball up and the deathball breaks down; there's a tunnel there. So when he's ahead in the count, he creates natural confusion. But once you know he's basically only throwing the fastball, he becomes an easy solve. Early in the count, he'll try to sneak the fastball in to get ahead.

He *needs* a third pitch. He has not developed one. 

He needs a 2nd pitch. His fastball sucks.

[BigSlick]

This is the kind of game that makes me want to DFA someone out of disgust and revenge 

[chibears55]

Gotta answer with something this inning

[cl smooth]

3 minutes ago, Nolansomebody said:

Technically, he wasn’t the starter…

He is not a fit on the big league roster. 

[Cubs420psd]

Why is Brown back with the big club already? Wasn't he down in AAA to work on some things? He got everything fixed in 2 weeks? So damn dumb.