Cubs (Rea) vs Dodgers (Sasaki): 4/25/26, 6:15pm

[chibears55]

White flag pitcher is in, Velasquez 

[mk49]

I agree Assad wasn't good at all.  But, Counsell should have brought up a lefty like Milner or Martin, instead of Assad to finish the inning.  Then, Assad or Ben from then 5th.  Oh well.

[JHBulls]

I find it sad that Mary Hart is going to miss the comeback. 😞

[Rcal10]

22 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

I really don’t care if he started a rally last night . We have a larger sample than one AB,  that’s says he absolutely sucks againts lefties . 
 

it’s ok to criticize when they made dumb decisions . 

But by that logic, should Ballesteros batted with guys on 1st and second with no outs. He hasn’t been good against lefties, in the minors. Of course you say nothing about  that because he walked. An AB in April with the. bases loaded down 4 isn’t a bad decision. Or at least not any worse than not pinch hitting for Mo. 

[Rcal10]

26 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

I really don’t care if he started a rally last night . We have a larger sample than one AB,  that’s says he absolutely sucks againts lefties . 
 

it’s ok to criticize when they made dumb decisions . 

Double post.

Edited 10 hours ago by Rcal10

[JHBulls]

Can PCA punch a teammate or something? If it helps him not have uncompetitive AB’s, why not at this point. 

[Papa Cub]

PCA - brutal performance at the plate to say the least. No competitive plate appearances and just looked out of his league tonight 

Edited 10 hours ago by Papa Cub

[JHBulls]

Eh, it’s Baseball. They are going to lose 65+ games. 

[javy knows my name]

Assas could not have been worse. That was brutal to watch 

[Geographyhater8888]

This was exactly why Counsel refused to pitch Assad in the playoffs.

[CubinNY]

2 hours ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

This was exactly why Counsel refused to pitch Assad in the playoffs.

They are using him like a rented mule. It’s clear he was out of gas. 
 

moronic

[Geographyhater8888]

3 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

They are using him like a rented mule. It’s clear he was out of gas. 
 

moronic

No. He was left off the playoff roster in favor of Michael Soroka because they don’t trust him. He’s an excellent bottom of the rotation depth starter and can eat innings, but his inability to miss bats and so so stuff is why he didn’t throw a single pitch last October. 

Edited 2 minutes ago by Geographyhater8888