Cubs (Taillon) vs Padres (Waldron): 4/29/26, 3:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Padres really feel like they're a whole lot of smoke and mirrors, I just can't buy into their record.

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Yacksel Ríos	0	0	13	0	0	13
Ryan Rolison	35	0	0	0	22	57
Phil Maton	0	0	0	28	0	28
Javier Assad	0	70	0	0	0	70
Jacob Webb	0	0	0	15	0	15
Hoby Milner	0	0	14	0	22	36
Corbin Martin	14	0	0	0	0	14
Ben Brown	0	0	0	43	0	43

[cl smooth]

yacksel rios? ryan rolison?

who the horsefeathers are these NPC relievers the cubs have?  

[squally1313]

Pseudo knuckleballer who has gotten beat up is fun. 

[Bertz]

Matt Waldron sucks, but!

- A 12-something ERA is ripe for regression

- Knuckleballers are weird...I don't think we've faced one since pre-pandemic?

- Taillon’s not exactly Cy Young

Definitely feel much closer to good than great for this one.

[Brian707]

6 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Matt Waldron sucks, but!

- A 12-something ERA is ripe for regression

- Knuckleballers are weird...I don't think we've faced one since pre-pandemic?

- Taillon’s not exactly Cy Young

Definitely feel much closer to good than great for this one.

I can see the Cubs scoring 12 or 0 today 

[Derwood]

Hate that Tatis still hasn't hit a homer. Please don't break out today

[Bertz]

8 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

I can see the Cubs scoring 12 or 0 today 

It's irrational but honestly it feels like there's no in-between

[chibears55]

Curious as to why Kopech hasn't signed yet, is he still injured ?

Hed be a good arm to have in the pen if healthy 

[Jason Ross]

5 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Curious as to why Kopech hasn't signed yet, is he still injured ?

Hed be a good arm to have in the pen if healthy 

He ended last year with a multitude of knee injuries and only pitched 11 innings. His ERA was good, but he walked the world last year. He had 13 walks in those 11 innings and 12 K's. He did so with velocity trending the wrong way, though still over 97mph (down over 1mph from the year before). 

MLB teams wouldn't leave a healthy arm laying around that they trust. So either:
1. He's not healthy and teams have red-X'ed him
2. He's not healthy and is taking extra time rehabbing and coming back and will sign with a team later

But either way, I don't think he's healthy or he'd have signed a long time ago.

[Stratos]

Not sure if mentioned in last night's thread but Taylor said during last broadcast that Palencia was doing some throwing off a mound and may be back in about a week.

[Stratos]

Last 14 games PCA hitting .292/.393/.438 for a 140 wRC+ with 10.7% BB%

Shaw hitting .400/.444/.560 for a 186 wRC+

Edited 22 hours ago by Stratos

[We Got The Whole 9]

25 minutes ago, Stratos said:

Last 14 games PCA hitting .292/.393/.438 for a 140 wRC+ with 10.7% BB%

Shaw hitting .400/.444/.560 for a 186 wRC+

14 game splits are insane for about the whole lineup

[Jason Ross]

40 minutes ago, Stratos said:

Not sure if mentioned in last night's thread but Taylor said during last broadcast that Palencia was doing some throwing off a mound and may be back in about a week.

Every time a player comes back, another breaks his leg. So be prepared for Hoby Milner to be down.

[We Got The Whole 9]

23 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Every time a player comes back, another breaks his leg. So be prepared for Hoby Milner to be down.

Yeah this trend has been very obnoxious. 

 

I wonder if the Mets keep sucking, would a trade for Devin Williams occur. We wanted him, he's sucked horribly, they'd probably be happy to move him in a couple months. IDK maybe far-fetched but it crossed my mind. 

[squally1313]

27 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

14 game splits are insane for about the whole lineup

Yeah PCA's 140 wRC is actually dragging down the overall team wRC over the last 14 days (144)

[squally1313]

3 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Yeah this trend has been very obnoxious. 

 

I wonder if the Mets keep sucking, would a trade for Devin Williams occur. We wanted him, he's sucked horribly, they'd probably be happy to move him in a couple months. IDK maybe far-fetched but it crossed my mind. 

On the topic of teams that have sucked, Crochet and Suarez are locked up for a long time but Sonny Gray is in the last year of his deal

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

On the topic of teams that have sucked, Crochet and Suarez are locked up for a long time but Sonny Gray is in the last year of his deal

And shouldn’t cost much. Maybe he is an option. But won’t be for a while. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

11 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

On the topic of teams that have sucked, Crochet and Suarez are locked up for a long time but Sonny Gray is in the last year of his deal

I like Gray quite a bit and he fits our profile. Worth watching. 

[chibears55]

30 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Yeah this trend has been very obnoxious. 

 

I wonder if the Mets keep sucking, would a trade for Devin Williams occur. We wanted him, he's sucked horribly, they'd probably be happy to move him in a couple months. IDK maybe far-fetched but it crossed my mind. 

They'd probably have to eat alot of that contract 

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

They'd probably have to eat alot of that contract 

Eh. He has a .591 BABIP in 8 innings. I'd imagine their opinion of him (and their implied valuation of him) hasn't materially changed. I'd take him at the deal he signed right now. 

[JHBulls]

Sut just loves narrating the play by play lol. 

[Derwood]

As per usual, I have the non-Cubs broadcast. Tony Gwynn Jr. sounds EXACTLY like his dad

[Derwood]

This pitcher is ass. Score a million off him

[sneakypower]

dang

[We Got The Whole 9]

Son of a bitch