Orioles (Sugano) vs Cubs (Boyd): 8/2/25, 1:20pm

[Tryptamine]

June 7th 40-24,since then 24-22. They might just be a kind of mediocre team. 

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, Dfan25 said:

Then he needs to go to the IL . Cubs need the absolute best version of Kyle Tucker . The current one sucks 

Kyle Tucker going into today has been a league average hitter since July 1. Who do you suggest take those ABs to improve that performance 

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I would say it's time to go with Nico in the leadoff spot every day.  He consistently gives the best at bats of anyone in the lineup.  Put Busch cleanup and PCA 6th to spread the lefties out.

Hoerner (R)

PCA (L)

Seiya (R)

Tucker (L)

Kelly (R)

Busch (L)

Swanson (R)

Happ (S)

Shaw (R)

 

Maybe you switch Tucker and keep him where he's been all year because even slumping he still takes good ABs and gets on base, but PCA brings speed

I dunno, maybe that's stupid.  If every one of your hitters is slumping at the same time nothing looks great

[Rcal10]

Probably our worst loss of the year. Got to win tomorrow. It’s baseball. Sometimes weird horsefeathers happens. 

[cubfansince77]

6 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

We just have to accept that the Brewers are probably the greatest team in baseball history and we're playing for home field in the Wild Card round.

Meh, they don't have to be the greatest team in history....they only have to be better than the Cubs, which they pretty clearly are right now

[Dfan25]

2 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Kyle Tucker going into today has been a league average hitter since July 1. Who do you suggest take those ABs to improve that performance 

Cubs don’t need a league average bat Kyke Tucker, they need the superstar . If he is hurting it’s going to become a bigger issue as the season goes on . They have Castro now . Cassie / Ballesteros are options .

To have Kyle Tucker trying to play with a bad finger is a really bad idea . ( If this is what’s going on

[Lagartijo]

Should have let Boyd finish that game. He had the right stuff today. It has to feel awful for him. Threw a great game and has nothing to show for it. That should have been his 12th win of the season 

[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

June 7th 40-24,since then 24-22. They might just be a kind of mediocre team. 

Again I don't understand why we just lop off 40% of the season and say the most recent 46 game stretch is the real Cubs.  Even this mediocre stretch is a 85-77 pace.   The Tigers just had a 1-13 stretch or something like that.  The Yankees played well under .500 for a month.

It's frustrating and this game was a huge gut punch but I assure you if the Cubs had a 9 game division lead none of this stuff would be magnified like it is.

[Cubbies1996]

All in all…this team better get hot soon. Too many talented teams in the NL now with Jed sitting on his ass at the deadline

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

June 7th 40-24,since then 24-22. They might just be a kind of mediocre team. 

I just went back since the break, didn't realize they've been 500 this long.

They need to figure something out these final 50+ games.  They likely need to finish at least 32-20 to finish ahead if thd Brewers, unless the Brewers go into a funk themselves and start playing 500 ball for the next month.

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Again I don't understand why we just lop off 40% of the season and say the most recent 46 game stretch is the real Cubs.  Even this mediocre stretch is a 85-77 pace.   The Tigers just had a 1-13 stretch or something like that.  The Yankees played well under .500 for a month.

It's frustrating and this game was a huge gut punch but I assure you if the Cubs had a 9 game division lead none of this stuff would be magnified like it is.

lol the Venn diagram of people who thought this team would top out at 85 wins back in March and people absolutely livid that they’ve been playing to an 85 win pace in a sample size clearly designed to make them look bad is just one big circle. 

Edited August 2, 2025 by squally1313

[Michael Busch Light]

Still 2 arms short. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

18 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

do you really think the Cubs are trending towards a 19-33 finish

It as likely as them going 33-19 down the stretch. With that said, let me have the negativity from the loss for a little while. I'll get over it and be fine tomorrow. 

[Rcal10]

12 minutes ago, 17 Seconds said:

Milwaukee is going to have a chance to bury us in that 5 gamer

And we have a chance to catch them too. Cubs haven’t played well for a while now. Just hovering around .500 for 30-40 games. Brewers have been ridiculous. Has anyone here ever watched a complete baseball season? If so, has anyone seen a team play like the Brewers have for 100+ games? Especially one that is not crazy talented. This is not knocking the Brewers. They are good. But they are not 115 win good. They will cool down. Maybe even go into what the Cubs are experiencing and not really slump, but not play great for the next 50 games. Tread water, like the Cubs haven’t played well for a bit. Cubs need to start playing well. I think they will. Play .600 ball from here on out, win 94 games and let’s see how that stacks up. I would say it wins the division. But if not, they are in the  playoffs and we have to tip our cap to the Brewers. But nothing is decided on August 2nd. 

[17 Seconds]

having flashbacks to 2018 hearing all this "the Brewers will inevitably hit a slump" stuff as they continue to win

[Lagartijo]

What a miserable performance on such an important day! They played exactly as those old Cubs teams that lost these kinds of games all too often 

[cubfansince77]

16 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

do you really think the Cubs are trending towards a 19-33 finish

Don't think he was being serious but this club is gonna struggle to reach 90 wins which means they'd have to play .500 ball (26-26) the rest of the way. Pitching is suspect, Offense is offensive and the only thing that is really consistently  good is the defense. 

Most will disagree with me, but I couldn't care less: glad Jed didn't mortgage our solid stud prospects for guys that wouldn't have put us over the top this season. Again, we are about the 5th best team in the NL right now. Even if we sneak into the playoffs we won't go anywhere. Again, the patch work bullpen with all the old guys is the worst aspect of this. I understand not trading for a starter, more than one other GM said the asking prices were clownish. Tallion (yay) and Assad coming back can't be discounted but at the end of the day get ready to see Caissie in right next year cuz King Tuck is Puckering when it counts most. NO sense in giving that guy a mega deal. Which means they probably will of course. Nothing ever surprises me with the Cubs. 48 years of being a Cubs fan assures that. 

[Geographyhater8888]

Cubs are a going through the end and flows of a painfully mediocre 2 Month stretch. I remember the orioles treading water for the final 90 games last year. Hopefully it ends more like the 2023 rangers than last years Orioles, If this trend hold up.
Not saying it will for all you gloomers reading this. 

Edited August 2, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, 17 Seconds said:

having flashbacks to 2018 hearing all this "the Brewers will inevitably hit a slump" stuff as they continue to win

The 2018 brewers went 40-39 in June, July, and August before going nuclear in September. The takeaway being that you can play like this for a stretch, but expecting a three month run is a totally different conversation. 

[Caesar]

Let’s be real! Should’ve lost yesterday’s as well. Palencia gave up the lead as well if it wasn’t for the wind saving them. Bullpen is mediocre.

[NorthsideAvenger]

13 hours ago, cubfansince77 said:

Don't think he was being serious but this club is gonna struggle to reach 90 wins which means they'd have to play .500 ball (26-26) the rest of the way. Pitching is suspect, Offense is offensive and the only thing that is really consistently  good is the defense. 

 

I was being negativity and snarky at the same time. Tomorrow I will be fine. 

Edited August 3, 2025 by NorthsideAvenger

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, Caesar said:

Let’s be real! Should’ve lost yesterday’s as well. Palencia gave up the lead as well if it wasn’t for the wind saving them. Bullpen is mediocre.

Did the wind only blow when the orioles were hitting 

[chibears55]

10 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Again I don't understand why we just lop off 40% of the season and say the most recent 46 game stretch is the real Cubs.  Even this mediocre stretch is a 85-77 pace.   The Tigers just had a 1-13 stretch or something like that.  The Yankees played well under .500 for a month.

It's frustrating and this game was a huge gut punch but I assure you if the Cubs had a 9 game division lead none of this stuff would be magnified like it is.

For me it just gives an idea on how they have been playing the last what 2 months, and continuing this pace isnt likely going to get them the division unless the Brewers fall flat.  

Hot start, mediocre middle, now they have to at least finish somewhere in between the two these last 52 games.

32 and 20 would be pretty good heading into the playoffs. 

[UMFan83]

6 minutes ago, 17 Seconds said:

having flashbacks to 2018 hearing all this "the Brewers will inevitably hit a slump" stuff as they continue to win

worth noting that the 2018 Brewers hot streak was over 30ish games.  The 2025 Brewers have been playing 119 win pace baseball for 62 games

[cubfansince77]

3 minutes ago, Caesar said:

Let’s be real! Should’ve lost yesterday’s as well. Palencia gave up the lead as well if it wasn’t for the wind saving them. Bullpen is mediocre.

Yeah, that's a fact: did you see O'Neill stand there in utter dismay that his ball to left field didn't go out? I thought it was gone off the bat. Bully sucks, again what do they expect with all the washed up rejects in it? One or two reclamation projects is fine but 4 or 5? It's clownish.