Nationals (Irvin) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 3/29/26, 1:20pm

[chibears55]

That was a lackluster 7th inning 🙄

[BKHoo]

I really don’t want to lose a series to the worst team in baseball.  

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Last try to get Wiemer out.

[mk49]

Only 3 hits, so far.  The offense sucks.

[chibears55]

That game...

 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Way too early overreaction: 

This bullpen isn't very good 

[Andy]

Wrigley wind really screwing us this series.

[JHBulls]

This division is there to be won this year, but this squad isn’t going any further. Just too many holes. 

Edited March 29 by JHBulls

[Andy]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

Way too early overreaction: 

This bullpen isn't very good 

Is it too early to hope that another Palencia is bopping around the minors somewhere? 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

[Andy]

Owen Caissie hit a walk off for the Marlins in case anyone is keeping score on that one

[javy knows my name]

Dinglex Bregdong

[PeanutPunch33]

8 minutes ago, Andy said:

Owen Caissie hit a walk off for the Marlins in case anyone is keeping score on that one

I want a do-over on that one.  With Happ and Suzuki soon to be FAs, Caissie would look great in LF.

[chibears55]

At least I got the Bregman 2 homeruns prediction right 🤷

[Soul]

It’s probably a good thing I’ve only spot-watched this series in between other activities.  Lots of overreaction bait to be had here.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

4 minutes ago, Soul said:

It’s probably a good thing I’ve only spot-watched this series in between other activities.  Lots of overreaction bait to be had here.

Makes it easy to see who to put on the ignore list

[Max Power]

29 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Way too early overreaction: 

This bullpen isn't very good 

It is too early. We’ve seen this before, a rough start for the pen then they figure it out. Plus, the Cubs have been pretty decent at building the pen on the fly.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

also different year same horsefeathers, Brewers down 7-3 in the 8th and score 6 runs

[Gjfificifjdej]

Not how you want to start a season with high expectations obviously, pitching and hitting both straight up not good, but at least Shota only got nuked the one time and Bregman looks as advertised. Atleast they got a win. 

[Geographyhater8888]

That sucked, 

Edited March 29 by Geographyhater8888

[javy knows my name]

37 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I want a do-over on that one.  With Happ and Suzuki soon to be FAs, Caissie would look great in LF.

Definitely let's have a do-over before the stud pitcher we traded him for throws a horsefeathers pitch for the Cubs

[Gjfificifjdej]

56 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I want a do-over on that one.  With Happ and Suzuki soon to be FAs, Caissie would look great in LF.

That is a wild thing to say given how Cabrera is looking like 1 of 2 not awful SP on the team. 

[PeanutPunch33]

15 minutes ago, Gjfificifjdej said:

That is a wild thing to say given how Cabrera is looking like 1 of 2 not awful SP on the team. 

Cabrera has only 1 season where he's pitched over 100 IP, he will never be a workhorse guy that can log 180 IP or 200 IP in a season.  Essentially, they are gambling on him being elite elite for the 5 innings that he will pitch every 5 days.  He's got great stuff but the results haven't been there consistently, and he's a constant durability concern.  

He's prime Sonny Gray on his best day and more like Javier Assad on his worst.  Heck of a price tag for a 27 year old who hasn't figured it out yet.  

 

Edited March 29 by PeanutPunch33

[Jason Ross]

25 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Cabrera has only 1 season where he's pitched over 100 IP, he will never be a workhorse guy that can log 180 IP or 200 IP in a season.  Essentially, they are gambling on him being elite elite for the 5 innings that he will pitch every 5 days.  He's got great stuff but the results haven't been there consistently, and he's a constant durability concern.  

He's prime Sonny Gray on his best day and more like Javier Assad on his worst.  Heck of a price tag for a 27 year old who hasn't figured it out yet.  

 

I love Owen Caissie more than anyone, but "hell of a price tag" was a borderline top-50 prospect, let's pump the brakes, man. Owen Caissie has plenty of swing and miss in his game. And we should know better than to flip out about prospects that get traded and their first month of action. 

Cabrera is a bit of a risk, but was in a bad pitching org for much of his career. The Marlins are on the right track there right now, and they started to really figure it out last year (also coincides with his best run). 

So how about we take a deep breath right now. Maybe Caissie is a star and Cabrera sucks. Or maybe Caissie runs a 30% K rate and doesn't figure it out and Cabrera turns into a solid SP. We have no idea. Hot take statements can make you look real silly in the count of a few weeks when we're talking the first weekend and when one of them hasn't thrown a pitch yet.

[Gjfificifjdej]

36 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Cabrera has only 1 season where he's pitched over 100 IP, he will never be a workhorse guy that can log 180 IP or 200 IP in a season.  Essentially, they are gambling on him being elite elite for the 5 innings that he will pitch every 5 days.  He's got great stuff but the results haven't been there consistently, and he's a constant durability concern.  

He's prime Sonny Gray on his best day and more like Javier Assad on his worst.  Heck of a price tag for a 27 year old who hasn't figured it out yet.  

 

That is 100 innings where I don’t have to watch Taillon and Shota throw batting practice, that is invaluable beyond description.