Astros (Lambert) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 5/24/26, 1:20pm

[Papa Cub]

2 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Hell yes Pedro. 

All it takes is a little spark 🔥 

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

hearing boog saying hitting balls at better angles for the 50 millionth time is why I want game audio without broadcasters

Or just get rid of Boog and his useless yapping the whole game

[chibears55]

16 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

I'll go with K, GB and FB on 11 pitches for Lambert this inning.

Just a little off 😂🤣😂🤣

[cl smooth]

Listening to Boog and JD talking about Shota’s increase in ground ball outs. Explain it to me like I’m 5: Why would that be a bad thing for Imanaga? 

[chibears55]

Solo Shot Shota

[chopsx9]

2 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

They traded for a 4-5 win baseball player who put up 4.5 wins and we won home field advantage for the wild card by 2 games and then won that series and it was really cool. I know that stuff is in the past and therefore doesn’t matter or whatever, but we really need to stop fetishizing banking future wins at the expense of being good now. Bellinger at $25m vs Tucker (a better player) at $16m is maybe Matt Boyd in terms of the difference in salary. 

Nobody is fetishizing - at least I'm not -  having Smith as a trade chip could help make the Cubs better now not in the future and it's not a meritless argument that they ultimately weren't any better off with Tucker.  

[squally1313]

3 minutes ago, chopsx9 said:

Nobody is fetishizing - at least I'm not -  having Smith as a trade chip could help make the Cubs better now not in the future and it's not a meritless argument that they ultimately weren't any better off with Tucker.  

They won 92 games with a 4.5 win right fielder. If it’s World Series or bust, fine, then the people who complain about everything will be proven right 97% of the time. But it was very cool having those three playoff games at wrigley and winning the series and Tucker was absolutely a key part of that. 

[JHBulls]

14 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Or just get rid of Boog and his useless yapping the whole game

[chibears55]

7 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

They won 92 games with a 4.5 win right fielder. If it’s World Series or bust, fine, then the people who complain about everything will be proven right 97% of the time. But it was very cool having those three playoff games at wrigley and winning the series and Tucker was absolutely a key part of that. 

Isn't it WS or bust when you trade away your top prospects for a year of a player, or rental piece at deadline ?

Im not upset they traded Cam Smith but when you trade a top prospect for a player, you'd like it to be for a player with control in return or a rental player that helps gets you to the LCS or WS at least

Edited 1 hour ago by chibears55

[chopsx9]

7 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

They won 92 games with a 4.5 win right fielder. If it’s World Series or bust, fine, then the people who complain about everything will be proven right 97% of the time. But it was very cool having those three playoff games at wrigley and winning the series and Tucker was absolutely a key part of that. 

They already had a 4+ RF and they didn't trade for Tucker hoping for a 4.5 win season.

[chopsx9]

Nice to see some PCA walks.

[Papa Cub]

PCA showing some great plate discipline - gotta look for the positives during a funk I guess 

[chibears55]

So are we just gonna get a 1 inning tease of offense today and die a slow death with another loss 🙄🙄🙄

[gflore34]

Does the opposition ever GIDP?  Like horsefeathers ever?

[Gjfificifjdej]

I hate these players so horsefeathers much. 

[chibears55]

Lol... 

No longer leading 🙄

[JHBulls]

Astros going to sweep the Cubs to go a healthy 23-31 on the year. 

[Papa Cub]

Annnnnnddddd here we go again 

[Rex Buckingham]

A lead was fun while it lasted

[JHBulls]

Well, thanks for the 2016 World Series. 
 

Sell the team and take Jed Hoyer with you. 

[profisme]

If you hit the 9 hitter you deserve this result.

[UMFan83]

Wow we suck

[chibears55]

Ballgame...

This team just dont have it anymore..

The pitching now sucks, and the bats are awful

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Astros going to sweep the Cubs to go a healthy 23-31 on the year. 

0-6 homestand and 8 straight losses in Chicago yikes

[Geographyhater8888]

I know that the offense has been dog horsefeathers but there’s not one pitcher on this staff who can accidentally hold a team scoreless for 7 innings and win a game by a 3-2 score?