Braves (Wentz) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 9/2/25, 6:40pm

[UMFan83]

Alcantara got owned pretty badly there

[Papa Cub]

Why Castro?? Is Tucker hurt or something?

[BigSlick]

taking Tucker out of the game seems suicidal to me

[mk49]

Yeah, why?  Tucker finally started hitting.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Wait, what did I miss?  Why was Tucker pulled?

[UMFan83]

He had a weird looking slide earlier that I thought looked strange but they did t say anything about it nor did he look shaken up

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, BigSlick said:

taking Tucker out of the game seems suicidal to me

I would think something is bothering him. I am pretty sure CC isn’t playing this like a spring training game and only playing him 5 innings. 

[DYMNO]

There HAS to be some health concern, no? Why else would you possibly take Tuck out of the game?

[squally1313]

Well either counsell has seriously committed to this whole ‘the rest of the season doesn’t matter, keep everyone fresh’ and we’re going to see unprecedented levels of playing out the string. 
 

or there’s something wrong with Tucker, which would be very, very bad 

[DYMNO]

Well that is not good news. At all. 

[Guest]

It was the slide, he's banged up

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

He had a weird looking slide earlier that I thought looked strange but they did t say anything about it nor did he look shaken up

I was right. Though I did not want to be right

[BigSlick]

i suppose the cubs are intent on winning this with only 4 runs. i wouldn't recommend it, but thats what they're doing

[DYMNO]

Damn BABIP gods. 

[UMFan83]

Willi Castro and Slumping Suzuki as your 2nd and 3rd hitters is brutal

[Irrelevant Dude]

It sucks that Willie Castro has gone from a guy we wanted to see in the lineup every day to keep everyone fresh to a guy that is almost unplayable.

[BigSlick]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

It sucks that Willie Castro has gone from a guy we wanted to see in the lineup every day to keep everyone fresh to a guy that is almost unplayable.

Willi Castro has, completely by accident, become the Neifi Perez of this team, who can play every position but play them badly and not hit

[Brian707]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I was right. Though I did not want to be right

Hopefully just precaution.  He hit a HR after that 

[squally1313]

If I’m remembering it right, the weird slide was in the first, pre home run, so it obviously isn’t an immediately dire situation. For whatever reason it apparently takes injuries a couple hours/weeks to set in. 

[chibears55]

36 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

It’s just hard to believe based on where we were at the ASB that Seiya’s OPS for the season is nearly 50 points lower than 2023 and 2024  his last 40 games not including today: 

.194

.329

.254

.583

If anyone could use a few days off it him, just to give him a good mental break.

[Andy]

It is insane how good Shaw is on defense

[Guest]

Shaw flashing that glove again wow

[Irrelevant Dude]

Matt Shaw definitely doesn't have a strong arm, but he's getting really good at that quick bounce throw.

[UMFan83]

Is it just me or is the score 4-3 in the 8th inning in like 80% of Cubs games since mid-July

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Is it just me or is the score 4-3 in the 8th inning in like 80% of Cubs games since mid-July

Every game is a battle.