Cubs-Padres Game Three Thread: Sudden Death Baseball

[Guest]

We have a nice team. Imagine Steele and Horton in the rotation tho

Edited October 3, 2025 by Pinerider

[Bertz]

 

 

 

 

[Jason Ross]

This will be on repeat for the next 48 or so hours.

[Guest]

Jameson is pitching sharp. If boyd can regain his form that's a decent 1-2 punch at the top

[soccer10k]

47 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

They want all 4 division series starting on the same day so they can have a quadruple header. I guess the NL gets the day off between games this year. Works for me to give our arms a rest

I assume that since they like having all the WC games on the same 3 days, they want to give the two bye teams a bit of an advantage. Otherwise a team could throw their ace on normal rest in Game 1. Now you’d have to throw him on short rest.

[JHBulls]

Have we got the NLDS schedule yet or nothings confirmed?

A quick google search shows Game 1 tomorrow and Game 2 on Sunday. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

Have we got the NLDS schedule yet or nothings confirmed?

A quick google search shows Game 1 tomorrow and Game 2 on Sunday. 

Game 1 Saturday. Followed by Monday, Wednesday, Thursday.

[Irrelevant Dude]

4 minutes ago, Pinerider said:

Jameson is pitching sharp. If boyd can regain his form that's a decent 1-2 punch at the top

I haven't ever been the biggest fan of Taillon, but he is their best starter right now.  He has looked outstanding the last few weeks.

[JHBulls]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Game 1 Saturday. Followed by Monday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Awesome! Thank you. 
 

I guess we will get times after this game. Appreciate it. 🙂

[gflore34]

8 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

This will be on repeat for the next 48 or so hours.

I remember that just like was today!!!

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, JHBulls said:

Awesome! Thank you. 
 

I guess we will get times after this game. Appreciate it. 🙂

Just looking at the full schedule for NLDS/ALDS - Assume an early to mid afternoon game Saturday and an early evening game Monday.  Games 3 and 4 at Wrigley will most likely be afternoon for Game 3 and early evening again for Game 4.

[squally1313]

7 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

I assume that since they like having all the WC games on the same 3 days, they want to give the two bye teams a bit of an advantage. Otherwise a team could throw their ace on normal rest in Game 1. Now you’d have to throw him on short rest.

Happy for our sake this isn’t the case, but I’m a big fan of starting the divisional series the next day after the wild card. You want the best teams to advance and win, make it as hard as possible on the teams without the bye. 

[SOFNR]

2 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Awesome! Thank you. 
 

I guess we will get times after this game. Appreciate it. 🙂

I believe 1pm if the Yankees win. 8 if its the Red Sox.

[gflore34]

In the off season I'd like to see the Cubs pursue Cease.  Cease, Horton, Boyd, Shota, Taillon could be okay.

[Hortonhearsawho]

The day off is going to be huge for our bullpen because even Kittredge should be good to go on Saturday. 

[JHBulls]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Just looking at the full schedule for NLDS/ALDS - Assume an early to mid afternoon game Saturday and an early evening game Monday.  Games 3 and 4 at Wrigley will most likely be afternoon for Game 3 and early evening again for Game 4.

Had a look. Game 2 has a 9:08PM ET time set, the other games don’t.

https://www.mlb.com/postseason

[Soul]

13 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

This will be on repeat for the next 48 or so hours.

I still miss Len.  That was so fun.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

In the off season I'd like to see the Cubs pursue Cease.  Cease, Horton, Boyd, Shota, Taillon could be okay.

Steele?

[gflore34]

2 minutes ago, Pinerider said:

Steele?

Knew I was forgetting someone, was it May or early June for his ETA?

[Soul]

10 minutes ago, SOFNR said:

I believe 1pm if the Yankees win. 8 if its the Red Sox.

Looking like 1pm at the moment.

[Guest]

I feel like Boyd gets the start Saturday TBH. Had a short outing in game 1

[gflore34]

The Yankees' starter looks real good, real good. Despite this, I've complete faith in the Yankees bullpen to allow the Red Sox, at some point, to bring the tying run to plate.

Edited October 3, 2025 by gflore34

[Irrelevant Dude]

It was nice to see Tucker get a few more hits, and hopefully he can keep that up, but it is still concerning to have him in the middle of the order with no slug and station to station (at best) on the bases.

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Pinerider said:

I feel like Boyd gets the start Saturday TBH. Had a short outing in game 1

I dunno if pitching him on short rest is ideal considering his signs of wear and tear and the fact that he’s pitched over 100 innings more than he has in any of the last 3 seasons. 

[CUBDOM4life]

27 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

This will be on repeat for the next 48 or so hours.

I was there that day! Was a memory of a lifetime