Padres-Cubs Wild Card Game One Thread, By The Numbers

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, Rcal10 said:

It was the contact play. Ramirez is running as soon as the ball is hit, period. It isn’t bad baserunning. Besides that, playing out. If he doesn’t run they get the guy at 1st. Then the next batter grounds out and they don’t score. 
 

So the contact play with a guy on third doesn't work for other teams either apparently.

[Irrelevant Dude]

26 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Mike Shildt didn't do anything wrong per se, but using your top 3 relievers in a loss in a series this short *hurts*

Morejon, Miller, and Estrada threw 9, 13, and 10 pitches respectively, so I don't think they are too concerned with that.

And they didn't use Suarez.

Edited September 30, 2025 by Irrelevant Dude

[Cubfanintheknow]

8 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I think bunting with Merrill was a dumb move by Shildt. That is so 70’s baseball and proven not to be the right move. 
 

Merrill always seems to kill us, too. Very happy with the bunt.

[Guest]

Significance of the game 1 win can't be over stated. Just need 1 of the next 2 to advance and with our bats we def. have the ability to close it out tomorrow

[gflore34]

10 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

It was the contact play. Ramirez is running as soon as the ball is hit, period. It isn’t bad baserunning. Besides that, playing out. If he doesn’t run they get the guy at 1st. Then the next batter grounds out and they don’t score. 
 

Believe the GB to Vest was the first out of the inning so, still have two outs, two chances to get the runner home.  Nevertheless. i believe we can agree the baseball world does not care as much about  Red Sox - Yankees as ESPN does.

Edited September 30, 2025 by gflore34

[Jason Ross]

20 minutes ago, Connor McConnor said:

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(It'll be a lot more fun when we win, but even during a loss we'll be live)

[Rcal10]

7 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

So the contact play with a guy on third doesn't work for other teams either apparently.

Interestingly enough, had Schidt called it with Bogaerts on 3rd he would have scored on the play by Swanson. 

[Rcal10]

3 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Believe the GB to Vest was the first out of the inning so, still have two outs, two chances to get the runner home. 

You believe wrong. It was the second out. 

[Connor McConnor]

Hey Caesar....Your boy Dansby had a good game today!  Where ya at?

Edited September 30, 2025 by Connor McConnor

[Guest]

Show yourself! 

[Bertz]

7 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Morejon, Miller, and Estrada threw 9, 13, and 10 pitches respectively, so I don't think they are too concerned with that.

And they didn't use Suarez.

They're certainly not down for the series, but you've now given the Cubs' hitters a fresh look.  Morejon and Miller were definitely used in their ideal pockets of the lineup.  And because they're now up against elimination, unless tomorrow they torch Shota or Cease goes really deep you probably have to plan on using them three days in a row, which *really* impacts performance.

[Chicago Al]

24 minutes ago, Connor McConnor said:

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[Connor McConnor]

Just now, Chicago Al said:

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Me either.  They need to push it more.  Nice to put a face to the article writers.  And the stat gurus. 

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, Pinerider said:

Show yourself! 

Careful what you wish. You have to remember the nonsense he spews doesn’t have to be factual. Just need something bad to happen so he can go off. My hope is he never shows himself again. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Is the 2:08 start time official for Thursday (if necessary)?

Or could MLB decide to shift that back tomorrow night if one or both of the prime time series end in 2 games?

[squally1313]

8 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

We'll be live after every game. Come spend some time with us, We're taking questions, reacting, etc. 

(It'll be a lot more fun when we win, but even during a loss we'll be live)

Can you let us know the time stamp of when you power rank game thread posters?

[Bertz]

Not the biggest fan of this but willing to let Craig prove me wrong

 

[Jason Ross]

3 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Can you let us know the time stamp of when you power rank game thread posters?

Do you want me to timestamp when I rank *all* the posters or just when I rank you? 

Spoiler

You'll be waiting a while.

Just kidding.

I love you. You're in my top-1,000 on this site.

 

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

Not the biggest fan of this but willing to let Craig prove me wrong

 

Me neither. But I didn’t like Palencia coming in when he did either. So what do I know🤷

[Irrelevant Dude]

I don't like that starting Kittredge takes your biggest shutdown middle relief guy out of middle relief.  It will be interesting to see how they piece things together.

[Brian707]

8 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Is the 2:08 start time official for Thursday (if necessary)?

Or could MLB decide to shift that back tomorrow night if one or both of the prime time series end in 2 games?

Thursday the Cubs will be on a Greyhound up to Milwaukee 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

They're really trying to neutralize Tatis and Machado.

[Brian707]

15 minutes ago, Connor McConnor said:

Hey Cesar....Your boy Dansby had a good game today!  Where ya at?

Don't call him out please lol.

[UMFan83]

20 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Is the 2:08 start time official for Thursday (if necessary)?

Or could MLB decide to shift that back tomorrow night if one or both of the prime time series end in 2 games?

It will absolutely be changed to a night game if it’s the only Game 3. At least that’s how they’ve done it the previous 2 years.  I would say the only way it stays at 2pm is if 3 or 4 of the series go to a deciding game. 

[DrCub]

54 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Yeah, let Shota start. Stick with the routine, but be ready to make a move just like you were today. Thankfully, they've got a win banked, so there is far less pressure on them. 

Hoping this plus a lessor started for the Pads translates into a ton of runs for us