Orioles (Rogers) vs Cubs (Horton): 8/1/25, 1:20pm

[Hortonhearsawho]

New guy looked good. 

[Andy]

Well I like Andrew Kittredge

[Tryptamine]

Ok Cubs, the Orioles have like no one left in their bp, how about getting into it at some point.

[Hot Sauce]

10 minutes ago, DYMNO said:

I am falling in love with Matt Shaw.

[chibears55]

Wait the Cubs got Zach Galifianakis 😅

[Andy]

3 minutes ago, ILMindState said:

Do big Z and Zobrist really hang out together? 

There is no chance, but if they do I want to be a fly on the wall

[DYMNO]

1 minute ago, Hot Sauce said:

I take things slow these days. I’ve been hurt before, y’know?

[gflore34]

I'd like to see Seiya be given at least, Saturday and Sunday off, maybe, give Willie a couple of games at DH.

[ILMindState]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

There is no chance, but if they do I want to be a fly on the wall

The Z buddies, a new reality show featuring unlikely friends Carlos Zambrano and Ben Zobrist will be debuting on Marquee at the end of this ballgame.

[gflore34]

Don't know how many old timers are here but, does anyone remember Mike Krukow throwing a complete game on 64 pitches?

[Outshined_One]

Can Castro also sub for Dansby for a few games while he's also subbing for Seiya and Happ?

[Tryptamine]

Nice AB with RISP as always Dansby

[We Got The Whole 9]

No reason to use Castro or anything 

[UMFan83]

Some of these ABs *coughDansbycough* are a brutal watch.

I guess we're gonna try to win 1-0?

[cubfansince77]

2 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Don't know how many old timers are here but, does anyone remember Mike Krukow throwing a complete game on 64 pitches?

I don't but I wouldn't doubt it: Mike was a good one. He had a similar career to Jon Lieber. Both pitched 14 seasons and both had right around 130 wins. 

[Connor McConnor]

Not scoring with RISP is going to bite us.   

[WhyCantWeWin]

Swanson sucks, gonna be a fun next few years watching him play

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, cubfansince77 said:

I don't but I wouldn't doubt it: Mike was a good one. He had a similar career to Jon Lieber. Both pitched 14 seasons and both had right around 130 wins. 

Don't why that popped into my head and I may be off on the pitch count but, it was a complete game on a low PC.

[Tryptamine]

I've just never seen anything like what Dansby is doing this year. He's a actually a really good hitter with no one on, 122 wRC+ then becomes the worst hitter in the league with RISP 35 wRC+. It's completely baffling.

[Post Count Padder]

Maybe I've missed it along the way but anyone have any clue why Cade was striking out guys a bunch in the minors but is averaging like 6 K per 9 in the majors? Better competition? Working on his arsenal/pitch mix differently?

[Post Count Padder]

The Twins called up 8 players from AAA today lmao. A real Major League "Who are these F'in guys?" moment.

[DYMNO]

I really wish they would’ve worn throwback pullovers for tomorrow. I know it’s wasn’t logistically feasible, but it would’ve been cool.

[Tryptamine]

Just now, Post Count Padder said:

Maybe I've missed it along the way but anyone have any clue why Cade was striking out guys a bunch in the minors but is averaging like 6 K per 9 in the majors? Better competition? Working on his arsenal/pitch mix differently?

It's even more bizarre than that because he legitimately gets plenty of swing and miss on strike 1 and 2, but for some reason not on strike 3.

[Tryptamine]

How is that third pitch a strike but the 2nd one wasn't?

[mul21]

1 minute ago, Post Count Padder said:

Maybe I've missed it along the way but anyone have any clue why Cade was striking out guys a bunch in the minors but is averaging like 6 K per 9 in the majors? Better competition? Working on his arsenal/pitch mix differently?

It's been discussed a bit but for some reason he's not getting near as much whiff in 2 strike counts as he is in other counts.  The overall whiff rate is fine, just not there with 2 strikes and the general consensus is the strikeouts will come.