Cubs (Rea) vs Giants (Whisenhunt): 8/27/25. 8:45pm

[Brandon Glick]

For what it's worth, if the Cubs played in literally any other division, they'd be within two games of the division lead (or outright own it).

[BigSlick]

Lefty with a 4.91 ERA? Oof, we’re in for rough sledding 

[KCCub]

Big blow to the Brewers -

 

 

[ILMindState]

Brewers will just call up some random 28 year old career minor leaguer and he will become the best closer in the league.

[Post Count Padder]

25 minutes ago, ILMindState said:

Brewers will just call up some random 28 year old career minor leaguer and he will become the best closer in the league.

They signed Erik Fedde. It's over.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

40 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Big blow to the Brewers -

 

 

Uribe is better anyway.

[Bertz]

9 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Uribe is better anyway.

Uribe is being ridden real hard this year  I'd be nervous as hell about him right now if I was. Brewers fan.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/08/27/the-defensive-excellence-and-dominance-of-nico-hoerner/

[squally1313]

Castro for happ, Turner for Busch

[Derwood]

[Bertz]

I am generally of the mind that all the "do something!" stuff w/r/t the lineup is just silliness, but an actual low hanging improvement to make is to give Happ less exposure to LHP.  For his career he's only intermittently effective against them and now's not exactly one of his feasting periods.

Don't start like taking him out of the 6th inning of games because of a lefty reliever, but do probably stop starting him against most lefty starters.

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

I am generally of the mind that all the "do something!" stuff w/r/t the lineup is just silliness, but an actual low hanging improvement to make is to give Happ less exposure to LHP.  For his career he's only intermittently effective against them and now's not exactly one of his feasting periods.

Don't start like taking him out of the 6th inning of games because of a lefty reliever, but do probably stop starting him against most lefty starters.

Do you think he’s the right guy to take out if you can only take out one of Happ or PCA?

[Bertz]

8 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Do you think he’s the right guy to take out if you can only take out one of Happ or PCA?

Yes but I wouldn't pound the table over it.  Might also depend on matchups?  I feel like Happ's issue against lefties is his swing is pretty grooved, so there might be some guys you like him against even right handed.

[KCCub]

Jamo to the IL again, Assad up

[Bertz]

22 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Jamo to the IL again, Assad up

Sounds pretty encouraging TBH

[Rcal10]

Fedde pitched 2 shutout innjngs in a 1-0 game. Brewers up. He was cut by two teams and was available to 29 other teams before the Brewers could sign him. He sucks and was signed today. And somehow he has pitched 2 without any incident. Is he going to be the pitching version of Andrew Vaughn? 

[Rcal10]

1 hour ago, squally1313 said:

Do you think he’s the right guy to take out if you can only take out one of Happ or PCA?

Factoring in the huge centerfield in SF, I think you have to play PCA. If the game was in Wrigley I might think otherwise. 

[Soul]

Cy Fedde.

Brewers have the best FO in baseball and it’s not close.  They know more about players than the teams they play for.

[PackLandVA]

Cy Fede just gave up a 2-run dinger. But of course, the Brewersalready have the tying run in scoring position.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I read an article speculating that Kenley might be available on the wire soon. I dont think he'd make it to us, but if he did, I hope we would pick him up.

[Rcal10]

26 minutes ago, Soul said:

Cy Fedde.

Brewers have the best FO in baseball and it’s not close.  They know more about players than the teams they play for.

If Fedde does well it is luck. It isn’t the Brewers knowing something about him. I agree they have a great organization, but Fedde sucks. So does Vaughn. Those guys playing well and for that matter, Collins too, is 100% horseshoe up their ass luck. 

Edited August 28, 2025 by Rcal10

[JHBulls]

Dave is like what the horsefeathers is happening? 

[chibears55]

Did Tucker bat already, didn't even notice him come up, I thought Suzuki was hitting 2nd before I noticed there was 1 out..lol

[Eeyore]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Did Tucker bat already, didn't even notice him come up, I thought Suzuki was hitting 2nd before I noticed there was 1 out..lol

Whiffed

[Eeyore]

Is it bad when you can pick out individual voices in the crowd?