Mets (Peterson) vs Cubs (Horton): 9/23/25, 6:40pm

[Brandon Glick]

Mets fans are going to hate Cubs fans for eternity if they beat them after getting swept by the Reds over the weekend...

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, Brandon Glick said:

Mets fans are going to hate Cubs fans for eternity if they beat them after getting swept by the Reds over the weekend...

Good, the Cubs fans have experienced a horsefeathers-ton of pain at the hands of the Mets.  About time the Cubs did some hearts crushing of their own.

[soccer10k]

Please win at least 2 of 3 this series just for pure entertainment.

[squally1313]

This series starts tomorrow, for anyone else who might be confused.

[gflore34]

12 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

This series starts tomorrow, for anyone else who might be confused.

MLB or TBS was confused as well, did anyone noticed MLB had the Mets at Cubs on TBS last night?  Saw it several times during Cubs-Reds.  Thought, that's cool, Cubs get to play day-night, double city, double header!  Would have to be split squad.

Edited September 22, 2025 by gflore34

[Gjfificifjdej]

Tough series on the weekend but there were decent things displayed. Concerned about Shota being pretty awful lately for sure

[Brandon Glick]

My bad, all. This series starts tomorrow. 48 hour game thread, woo!

[Connor McConnor]

58 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

Please win at least 2 of 3 this series just for pure entertainment.

 Yes please.   A sweep would be even better.  

[Geographyhater8888]

The Cubs Letting the Reds into the playoffs while knocking the Mets out of the wild card picture with a 3 game sweep would be nice payback for 2015.

[javy knows my name]

Have we lost 4 in a row all year?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

11 minutes ago, javy knows my name said:

Have we lost 4 in a row all year?

Just happened for the first time.

[javy knows my name]

1 hour ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Just happened for the first time.

That's what I thought, thanks. Meant "had"

[chibears55]

News for next season 

 

[Bertz]

I've been a bit out of pocket, has Craig announced the playoff rotation?  Because the way they're coming at the Mets is a bit ambiguous.

With the Cubs going Horton-Boyd-Shota coming out of the offday, one option is to go the same order for the wildcard round, with everyone getting extra rest, a week between starts.  The other possibility is Boyd/Shota start the WC series on normal 5 days rest, and Horton is going Tuesday/Sunday this week to set up for a potential NLDS game 1.

There's pros/cons either way, but I assume the plan is the former.

[mul21]

2 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I've been a bit out of pocket, has Craig announced the playoff rotation?  Because the way they're coming at the Mets is a bit ambiguous.

With the Cubs going Horton-Boyd-Shota coming out of the offday, one option is to go the same order for the wildcard round, with everyone getting extra rest, a week between starts.  The other possibility is Boyd/Shota start the WC series on normal 5 days rest, and Horton is going Tuesday/Sunday this week to set up for a potential NLDS game 1.

There's pros/cons either way, but I assume the plan is the former.

I think it would be real risky to hinge the rest of your playoff hopes on the guys who haven't exactly been stellar of late in the first two games of the WC series.  I'd bet Horton gets one of those two and if there's a game 3 it's all hands on deck.

[Old Style]

Forgive me if this has already been discussed but I’ve been doing my best to avoid current events for the last week or so. Did Matt Shaw really skip Sunday’s game to go to the Charlie Kirk memorial??????

[muntjack]

Yes

[Old Style]

FFS where are his priorities? A horsefeathers racist podcaster and you skip a game a week before the playoffs for his memorial? Hell, the Ricketts family probably flew him on their personal jet. 

[squally1313]

38 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I've been a bit out of pocket, has Craig announced the playoff rotation?  Because the way they're coming at the Mets is a bit ambiguous.

With the Cubs going Horton-Boyd-Shota coming out of the offday, one option is to go the same order for the wildcard round, with everyone getting extra rest, a week between starts.  The other possibility is Boyd/Shota start the WC series on normal 5 days rest, and Horton is going Tuesday/Sunday this week to set up for a potential NLDS game 1.

There's pros/cons either way, but I assume the plan is the former.

I think the plan is the former, and the almost-worst case scenario* plan where Sunday matters is the latter. 

*Worst case scenario is by the time we get to Sunday we've already lost HFA

[ILMindState]

Good thing Hitler's birthday isn't in October. It would be nice if our starting 3b showed up for the playoffs.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

19 minutes ago, Old Style said:

FFS where are his priorities? A horsefeathers racist podcaster and you skip a game a week before the playoffs for his memorial? Hell, the Ricketts family probably flew him on their personal jet. 

He should be grilled by the beat reporters, but I'm sure nothing will come of it.

[chibears55]

58 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I've been a bit out of pocket, has Craig announced the playoff rotation?  Because the way they're coming at the Mets is a bit ambiguous.

With the Cubs going Horton-Boyd-Shota coming out of the offday, one option is to go the same order for the wildcard round, with everyone getting extra rest, a week between starts.  The other possibility is Boyd/Shota start the WC series on normal 5 days rest, and Horton is going Tuesday/Sunday this week to set up for a potential NLDS game 1.

There's pros/cons either way, but I assume the plan is the former.

Have to think Imanaga will be Game 1 on regular rest, he probably will only go 5 on Thursday against the Mets.

I personally feel it'll be best to go Horton for Game 2 and then they can go with Boyd with Taillon warming up as soon as Boyd gets in trouble if needed for Game 3.

[Irrelevant Dude]

42 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Have to think Imanaga will be Game 1 on regular rest, he probably will only go 5 on Thursday against the Mets.

The Cubs have often tried to get Imanaga an extra day of rest, so why wouldn't they do the same here?  Horton on 6 days rest followed by Imanaga on 5 days rest makes more sense than Imanaga on 4 followed by Horton on 7.  I feel like if they planned on Imanaga to go in Game 1, they would have lined up the rotation differently for this week.

[Rcal10]

46 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

The Cubs have often tried to get Imanaga an extra day of rest, so why wouldn't they do the same here?  Horton on 6 days rest followed by Imanaga on 5 days rest makes more sense than Imanaga on 4 followed by Horton on 7.  I feel like if they planned on Imanaga to go in Game 1, they would have lined up the rotation differently for this week.

I think it they don’t need Sunday for home field they hold Horton to start game 1 of that first series. If they need him for that game and for home field, he just might pitch Sunday. I think home field matters that much. But if they do secure home field before then I agree it will be Horton first. Then Imanaga. You also might see Taillon instead of Boyd. If there is a 3rd game that would be Thursday, so Taillon would be on normal rest. And he has done better than Boyd lately. 

[UMFan83]

1 hour ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

He should be grilled by the beat reporters, but I'm sure nothing will come of it.

He was....he said he was friends with Kirk and would text with him after every Cubs win.  Kirk's wife invited him and they connected due to their shared faith.  🤮

Interested to see what reaction, if any, he gets when he comes up to bat for the first time tonight. 

Edited September 23, 2025 by UMFan83