Cubs (Assad) vs Rays (Rasmussen): 4/7/26, 5:40pm

[Jason Ross]

Englert sucks. 

[JHBulls]

I’d love to see the combined exit velo of every hit this inning. Lovely to see. 

Edited April 7 by JHBulls

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Well, we all knew this day was coming eventually.  But Matt Shaw looks like he's becoming one of the best outfielders in the game and a cornerstone. 

[chopsx9]

Conforto looks like me rounding the bases.

[Cubfanintheknow]

I think I could beat Conforto in a foot race.

I'm 62 and have one knee replaced.

[chibears55]

28 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Bottom of order gonna be a tough watch tonight...

Will they get 5 hits overall 

 

Cool, glad the bottom guys told me to stick it..  😅😅😅😅

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Well, we all knew this day was coming eventually.  But Matt Shaw looks like he's becoming one of the best outfielders in the game and a cornerstone. 

We kid but if there's a positive he entered today with the second best xwOBA of any Cub in the lineup tonight. He's hitting the ball legitimately well. 

[JHBulls]

1 minute ago, chopsx9 said:

Conforto looks like me rounding the bases.

Yep. He really Jerry Lewis’d his way around the bases. 

[chibears55]

Just now, Cubfanintheknow said:

I think I could beat Conforto in a foot race.

I'm 62 and have one knee replaced.

Lol

Looked like he was just jogging to third,  not expecting to be sent home

[imb]

cade horton was holding the offense back it seems

[CUBDOM4life]

Just now, imb said:

cade horton was holding the offense back it seems

Too soon

[JHBulls]

Hopefully this is the game that wakes up the lineup. 

[CUBDOM4life]

PCA the menace 

[Derwood]

BABIP luck balancing out this game

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Shout out to Rasmussen for impregnating his wife

[imb]

i like the way the ball sounds of ballesteros bat

[JHBulls]

PCA could have speed walked home and he still would have been faster than Conforto. 

[Derwood]

There's your 3 clean innings from Assad. Time for the wheels to fall off

Also, this fuucking stream I'm using is buffering like mad

[Stratos]

55 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Cam Smith had a worse year than Shaw last year. He started well and came back to earth. And yet, here we are again discussing how  good he will become after a hot start. Please stop it, until he does actually prove to be a good major league player. 

I never said anything of the sort, in fact I agreed with you.

[PeanutPunch33]

1 hour ago, chibears55 said:

Bottom of order gonna be a tough watch tonight...

Will they get 5 hits overall 

Elite ?  They're not even close to being very good yet, this is basically the same group that struggled for most part of second half last year.

Theyre obviously going to be much better then this 10 game start, but unless they all start clicking on a higher level then normal,  theyre far from a bat away to being an elite group.

I don't think this team is worse than the one that was 1 game away from the NLCS last year, even without Cade Horton.  They do need the rest of the rotation to be healthy though, including Steele.  Bullpen will get into form soon.  Lineup concerns me a bit but they have the pieces to at least be an above average offense.  

[chibears55]

Don't wait too long Craig, be glad you got him into the 5th

[Derwood]

28 minutes ago, Derwood said:

There's your 3 clean innings from Assad. Time for the wheels to fall off

Sorry, I was an inning off

[chibears55]

Great job Javier...

Well done

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, Derwood said:

Sorry, I was an inning off

he will never regress to the mean. absolute magician

[mk49]

Pure magic.