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 17 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 17 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 7 hours ago by Geographyhater8888

[Bertz]

I was cautiously optimistic about Velasquez with the idea he'd go from 93 as a starter to closer to 95 as a reliever.  But he actually lost velo last night?  I wonder if he gets a second outing or if he immediately gets the boot for Maton today.

Assad appears to be getting hit with the regression stick hard right now.  He's been more than due for a long time.

[Rcal10]

45 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I was cautiously optimistic about Velasquez with the idea he'd go from 93 as a starter to closer to 95 as a reliever.  But he actually lost velo last night?  I wonder if he gets a second outing or if he immediately gets the boot for Maton today.

Assad appears to be getting hit with the regression stick hard right now.  He's been more than due for a long time.

I think Assad goes down. He will be back, but he threw a lot of pitches. Probably won’t be available again for some time. 

[Dfan25]

13 hours ago, Rcal10 said:

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. 

No , Ballesteros should have not hit in that situation , considering Counsell hasn’t showed any faith in him so far againts them . He got a walk , but that doesn’t mean it was  the right call or the move that gave his team the best chance . 
 

I think using Kelly and Shaw for Moises and PCA in those situations was the higher percentage move , especially with Pete when the tying run was at the plate . 
 

Shaw is running like a 186 wrc againts lefties . PCA has been better this season so far , but pretty meh overall at 86.  . Even if they bring a righty for Shaw I like the matchup better than Pete againts a lefty .

 

I edited my original post to talk about how good of a job Counsell has done so far this year overall . With that said it’s fair to question that decision last night IMO .  Pete should not take important at bats late in games againts lefties at this point , simple as that . 
 

it really doesn’t matter if the game is in April or September . They all count the same .