Cubs (Horton) vs Pirates (Skenes): 9/16/25, 5:40pm

[PackLandVA]

15 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

That was part of the reason the first two months the offense was amazing.  Now if they could find their dongs more often they could make a deep run

I actually don't mind small ball/retro situational hitting.  I'm pretty much over the "dong or K" mentality, although I'd imagine the MLB still prefers this.

[Geographyhater8888]

8 minutes ago, mk49 said:

That's what I was thinking, too.  It's like 10 or 11 LOB in 6 innings today.  

It’s been a while since they homered with a runner one base.

Edited September 17, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[DYMNO]

Man, Castro sucks. 

[JHBulls]

8 minutes ago, Derwood said:

The Pirates broadcast hasn't shown this entire at bat because their version of T-Mac is walking around showing all the dogs at Pup Night

And the dogs version some of the Cubs AB’s tonight would have been if they took a massive dump. 

[chibears55]

I dont care if a RHer is starting tomorrow for the Pirates, I want to see Alcantara in RF over Castro.

[I owned a Suzuki]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

I dont care if a RHer is starting tomorrow for the Pirates, I want to see Alcantara in RF over Castro.

Castro has had a solid month of Sept

[Dfan25]

Cubs broadcast is saying they can’t clinch tonight because SF and Arizona are playing each other . Is that right ? If Reds lose and Arizona wins that would cancel Cin and SF .

The best Arizona can do is tie with Cubs and Cubs hold tiebreaker i believe ? Am I missing something ?

Edited September 17, 2025 by Dfan25

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Castro has had a solid month of Sept

Doing what?

Hes 7 for 42 in September including tonight 

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

Cubs broadcast is saying they can’t clinch tonight because SF and Arizona are playing each other . Is that right ? If Reds lose and Arizona wins that would cancel Cin and SF .

The best Arizona can do is tie with Cubs and Cubs hold tiebreaker i believe ? Am I missing something ?

I don't think theyre looking at tie breaker scenario, just that the magic number will be 1

[JHBulls]

I had no idea the magic number was down to 2. Boog has only mentioned it every 1 and a half innings tonight. 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

LOB: 12

[squally1313]

8 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Doing what?

Hes 7 for 42 in September including tonight 

.421 OBP going into tonight, 118 wRC

[Ding Dong Johnson]

12 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Doing what?

Hes 7 for 42 in September including tonight 

Re-check those numbers.

[chibears55]

Thinking about playoffs roster with the bench and who'll be the 4 players on it.

I know the bench isnt as important now cause of DH so I was wondering if they got Billy Hamilton to be a runner for the playoffs and will Counsell allow Busch to play against Lefties or will he be starting Turner or Santana 

Im just figuring Amaya for sure, after that I dont know.

A RH bat for first and 2 runners in Castro(IF)and Hamilton(OF)? 

[squally1313]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

Thinking about playoffs roster with the bench and who'll be the 4 players on it.

I know the bench isnt as important now cause of DH so I was wondering if they got Billy Hamilton to be a runner for the playoffs and will Counsell allow Busch to play against Lefties or will he be starting Turner or Santana 

Im just figuring Amaya for sure, after that I dont know.

A RH bat for first and 2 runners in Castro(IF)and Hamilton(OF)? 

I think McGuire gets the nod over Amaya for the first series at least, Amaya has just missed too much time to rely on. 
 

I wonder if Ballesteros gets a spot to be the LHB off the bench and Castro is just there to sub in defensively wherever he’s needed. 

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, Ding Dong Johnson said:

Re-check those numbers.

OK, he walked 8 times

[itisallpartoftheplan]

horsefeathers that ump.. how are you going to K PCA up like that?

[BKHoo]

25 minutes ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Castro has had a solid month of Sept

Not really. He has walked a lot.  Other than that he has done very little at the plate. 

[BKHoo]

It’s really hard to only score 4 runs on 14 hits. Hopefully we can close this game. 

[UMFan83]

25 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

Cubs broadcast is saying they can’t clinch tonight because SF and Arizona are playing each other . Is that right ? If Reds lose and Arizona wins that would cancel Cin and SF .

The best Arizona can do is tie with Cubs and Cubs hold tiebreaker i believe ? Am I missing something ?

I think there are scenarios where the Cubs end up in a 3 team tiebreaker with Arizona and the Mets that the Cubs haven’t locked in yet so technically they can’t clinch tonight. Like if all 3 teams tied, there’s a possibility that ARI/NYM are WC2 and WC3 and the Cubs are eliminated. 

Edited September 17, 2025 by UMFan83

[UMFan83]

Just now, BKHoo said:

It’s really hard to only score 4 runs on 14 hits. Hopefully we can close this game. 

And 5 walks!  19 baserunners, 4 runs

[I owned a Suzuki]

1 minute ago, BKHoo said:

Not really. He has walked a lot.  Other than that he has done very little at the plate. 

So he is what he is....a valuable bench player. Why is everyone expecting an all star?

[chibears55]

Just now, squally1313 said:

I think McGuire gets the nod over Amaya for the first series at least, Amaya has just missed too much time to rely on. 
 

I wonder if Ballesteros gets a spot to be the LHB off the bench and Castro is just there to sub in defensively wherever he’s needed. 

Maybe with McGuire, might depends on how Amaya looks the final week, i know hes playing tonight. 

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I know Jed hates paying for relievers but I hope the resign Keller.

[JHBulls]

Pitching was on point tonight.