Cubs (Cabrera/Imanaga) vs Guardians (Cecconi/Messick): 4/5/26, 12:10pm/TBD

[Jason Ross]

Don't love going to Roberts here. Webb was fine. Roberts, down-1...feels like an unnecessary white flag with Maton and Harvey.

[UMFan83]

Looks like for the 10th year in a row it’s gonna take a month to figure out the pen and get them in line

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, Jason Ross said:

Don't love going to Roberts here. Webb was fine. Roberts, down-1...feels like an unnecessary white flag with Maton and Harvey.

I was going to say, Maton and Harvey should both been available to start this inning. I don't get the punting of this game but whatever

Edited April 5 by Tangled Up in Plaid

[chibears55]

Gotta wait til June to fix the bullpen...

Bullpen mostly sucks and a handful of guys not hitting,  theyre lucky to be 4 and 5 now

[BigSlick]

team giving me a lot of "I hate this team" vibes

will change once they win a few in a row

[abuck1220]

unless Harvey and maton were both hurt/sick, this was really, really, really bad bullpen management. 

[Jason Ross]

Just now, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

I was going to say, Maton and Harvey should both been available to start this inning. I don't get the punting of this time but whatever

My guess is that the choice is something like "Cade Smith is really good, and if you don't use Roberts than he was kind of wasted in the DH". Early in the year save bullets. 

That said, I'd have probably gone to Maton or Harvey regardless and kept it to one.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

2 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

My guess is that the choice is something like "Cade Smith is really good, and if you don't use Roberts than he was kind of wasted in the DH". Early in the year save bullets. 

That said, I'd have probably gone to Maton or Harvey regardless and kept it to one.

I'm fine with it after blowing it, but it was 4-3 to start the inning. why are we punting with a lead?

[chibears55]

Used 6 pen arms today, guessing with game tomorrow and Taillon on mound,  Counsell don't want to use up anymore tonight. 

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, BigSlick said:

team giving me a lot of "I hate this team" vibes

will change once they win a few in a row

Hopefully we dont have to wait til May/June for that to happen consistently 

[Geographyhater8888]

At least the Brewers finally suck after all these years.

Edited April 5 by Geographyhater8888

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

I'm fine with it after blowing it, but it was 4-3 to start the inning. why are we punting with a lead?

Jacob Webb came in with the lead. He is a reverse splits guy and the Guardians were going L-R (with a PH who was L) and L to start the inning. It made sense with Milner and Thielbar likely "emergency use" only. 

Roberts only came in when the Cubs were down 5-4.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

Jacob Webb came in with the lead. He is a reverse splits guy and the Guardians were going L-R (with a PH who was L) and L to start the inning. It made sense with Milner and Thielbar likely "emergency use" only. 

Roberts only came in when the Cubs were down 5-4.

what I'm trying to say is why is Webb coming into the game with a one-run lead in the 8th when there are two relievers better than him who are available.

[chibears55]

Popup or K for Bregman 

Edited April 5 by chibears55

[Jason Ross]

2 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

what I'm trying to say is why is Webb coming into the game with a one-run lead in the 8th when there are two relievers better than him who are available.

Again, I just explained. Jacob Webb is a reverse splits guy. He's very good against LHH usually. And the Guardians are incredibly LHH heavy. Harvey has been worse against LHH as has Maton. Webb was on paper, the right choice between the three in that spot.

[731.4life]

3 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Used 6 pen arms today, guessing with game tomorrow and Taillon on mound,  Counsell don't want to use up anymore tonight. 

I figured that out when he let Brown came back in to face another inning. Honestly, I'm fine with that. 

Tampa Bay is going to be playing with some emotion tomorrow, as they should be. In addition, there's no more "babying" guys like Brown. I am okay with throwing Brown into the fire and see if he can survive.

[UMFan83]

More robot ump challenges please 

[chibears55]

Can Happ do it again or do we have to wait another bunch of ABs 🙄🙄

[Derwood]

Cubs out of challenges? Why did Bregman yell about that pitch but not challenge it?

[JHBulls]

Shut the horsefeathers up, JHBulls! Don’t say it again. 

[Jason Ross]

Alright! We're cooking with gasoline.

[Jason Ross]

Scott Kingery is alive.

[chibears55]

Alright, need 1 more hit

Come on Kelly, just like last April

[abuck1220]

lost a game that was blown (twice) by the bullpen without using their two highest paid relievers. not ideal. 

[chibears55]

Ugggh