Cubs-Brewers Game One Thread, By The Numbers

[Chicago Al]

Why does hitting come so easy for this bum ass team?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, We Got The Whole 9 said:

horsefeathers disaster. Leave Soroka in for 6+, this one is over 

Then send him to the IL.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Ben Brown is gonna come in and end up looking amazing. Book it 

[DYMNO]

See ya, fellas. 

[chibears55]

Well this was pretty much predictable..

Boyd was shaky as it was since September and needing rest, but hey let start him with 3 days rest against the Brewers on the road. 

He got all of 2 outs, but at least he'll be available and rested for Game 4 if they get there 😒

I guarantee no other manager that in the postseason now would of started Boyd today and would of taken advantage of getting him and Imanaga those extra days off. Today should of been the day to go with a Rea, Assad, and or Soroka combo to get 6 innings.   Counsell screwed this one up and better hope Imanaga with just 4 days rest can get it done Monday 

[cubfansince77]

2 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

We knew it was going to be bad with Boyd on short rest. It sucks, but this game isn’t over.

LOFL...you are literally correct but figuratively? It's over bro. Soroka is almost as bad as Boyd. HEY.....the inning is OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Derwood]

Just waiting for the Penn State game to start 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

This is why you get quality SPs at the deadline. This is on Jed more than Craig or Boyd.

[cubfansince77]

1 minute ago, Chicago Al said:

Why does hitting come so easy for this bum ass team?

Gotta love rhetorical questions. Effers are GOOD which is why they left us in the dust in the divisional race. 

[Geographyhater8888]

We all knew Boyd was too good to be true.

[Wilson A2000]

2 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

horsefeathers disaster. Leave Soroka in for 6+, this one is over 

 

Jed and Craig horsefeathers down their legs

This is not Jed’s fault. This is mostly on Counsell and the rest on Boyd. 

[Caesar]

9 minutes ago, mk49 said:

Rea should have started.

Absolutely. 

[Derwood]

Just now, Geographyhater8888 said:

We all knew Boyd was too good to be true.

Nah, he was incredible at Wrigley and we wouldn't have made the playoffs without him. But starting him today (on the road, short rest, against a team he sucks against) was monumentally stupid

[We Got The Whole 9]

Just now, Wilson A2000 said:

This is not Jed’s fault. This is mostly on Counsell and the rest on Boyd. 

I think they are lockstep but IDK

[Hot Sauce]

4 minutes ago, DrCub said:

I’ll give you the Cubs and 5 runs right now…..0

I hit submit reply when it was still 4-1. 😭

[JHBulls]

[Hot Sauce]

2 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

We all knew Boyd was too good to be true.

Bad hot take.

[Wilson A2000]

1 minute ago, Ding Dong Johnson said:

This is why you get quality SPs at the deadline. This is on Jed more than Craig or Boyd.

Didn’t the Cubs have the best rotation in baseball post All-Star game? Horton goes down and a bad decision by Counsell is the reason for this.

[Stratos]

1 minute ago, Ding Dong Johnson said:

This is why you get quality SPs at the deadline. This is on Jed more than Craig or Boyd.

Hey our 220m payroll could have afforded another TORP in the offseason too.  Colin Rea is ok but man....

[Jason Ross]

It feels like this one is already over. I'm hoping that it's just that nagging voice inside my head, but feeling a bit despondent about it already. 

[cubfansince77]

3 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Those last 2 hits weren’t even on bad pitches. It’s like they have the pitch com bugged with a Bluetooth headset in their helmets.

Some of you guys are just full of pathetic excuses. They are good and proved it this season. Just be a man and admit it. You sound like a kid with comments like that. Give credit where credit is due. Even Shildt did that after his team gagged against the Cubs. He admitted Dansby was the MVP. Manned up about it....you should try it

[Geographyhater8888]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Nah, he was incredible at Wrigley and we wouldn't have made the playoffs without him. But starting him today (on the road, short rest, against a team he sucks against) was monumentally stupid

You’re correct. Without his first half performance we’d have less wins.

[Geographyhater8888]

Just now, cubfansince77 said:

Some of you guys are just full of pathetic excuses. They are good and proved it this season. Just be a man and admit it. You sound like a kid with comments like that. Give credit where credit is due. Even Shildt did that after his team gagged against the Cubs. He admitted Dansby was the MVP. Manned up about it....you should try it

That wasn’t younger and cheek enough?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Geographyhater8888 said:

We all knew Boyd was too good to be true.

Boyd is good, but he's not "start on 3 days rest" good.  The Cubs could have started Rea and then had their rested rotation lined up for the rest of the series.  Even losing game 1, they would have been in decent shape going forward.  Now they are going to lose Game 1 and they put themselves in a less than ideal position pitching-wise.  Starting Boyd was a mistake, and an avoidable one.

[We Got The Whole 9]

The Nico error was so bad