Cubs (Imanaga) vs Cardinals (Pallante): 5/29/26, 6:15pm

[cl smooth]

My boy Shota does not have it tonight. 

[chibears55]

Lol, Solo Shota...

Hes catching up to Taillon 

[UMFan83]

11 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

7th HR allowed in Shota’s last 3 starts

Make that 8 HR allowed in shota’s last 3 starts 

[Gjfificifjdej]

Baseball terrorist Shota Imanaga. Just obscenely bad. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Straight up BP

[Geographyhater8888]

horsefeathers garbage.

[Rex Buckingham]

Just turned the game on... 1st pitch, HR Hererra... game back off

[mk49]

This is crazy.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Not even a bad location, they just seem to guess right quite often

[JHBulls]

CC has such a long leash on Shota. And look, he’s only on 66 pitches thrown. He could still pitching in the 7th. 

[Eeyore]

Best qualifying offer ever!

[Hortonhearsawho]

Paying 20M for this bum is rough

[Soul]

Shitta 

[Derwood]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Has a team(s) ever bring up their top 2 hitting prospects from AAA and just have them sitting on the bench pretty much the whole time up

Just curious with this,  I mean they could of just brought up literally 2 other guys to just sit or just kept Lopez and brought up 1 other guy 🤷

Who are you sitting?

 

[Illiterate Scholar]

The line between good and really bad is just too thin. He's not going to do very well in free agency.

[Irrelevant Dude]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Has a team(s) ever bring up their top 2 hitting prospects from AAA and just have them sitting on the bench pretty much the whole time up

The premise is flawed.  Not all "top hitting prospects" are created equal.  This is a weak system and the Cubs so-called top prospects are fringe Major League players, not future All-Stars.

[UMFan83]

Shota now 4th in baseball in most HRs allowed this year. Still trailing the league leader (Taillon) by 6 though

[cl smooth]

Dansby hitting .190 pisses me off more than anything else about this team at the moment. 

[UMFan83]

Cardinals pulled a struggling starter and have largely shut down the Cubs offense since then. Shota will probably pitch the 6th for the Cubs. 

Of course the Cardinals had an off day yesterday so likely had the flexibility 

[chibears55]

Just now, Derwood said:

Who are you sitting?

 

Just a curious question...

It more of why bring those 2 guys up to just sit when they could be getting valuable AB in Iowa.

Like I said, they could of just kept Lopez or chose 2 other guys to sit on the bench

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, Illiterate Scholar said:

The line between good and really bad is just too thin. He's not going to do very well in free agency.

Wouldn't surprise me if he and Suzuki end up going back to and playing in Japan to end their baseball careers

[Illiterate Scholar]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Wouldn't surprise me if he and Suzuki end up going back to and playing in Japan to end their baseball careers

I would like to distance myself from this take

[BKHoo]

6 minutes ago, cl smooth said:

Dansby hitting .190 pisses me off more than anything else about this team at the moment. 

Really? More than the inordinate amount of HRs we give up? 

[Irrelevant Dude]

10 minutes ago, Hortonhearsawho said:

Paying 20M for this bum is rough

That's kind of Jed's thing.  Why pay 25-30 for a real top guy when you can pay 20 for a mediocre player that you can try to wish into a good season.

[Rcal10]

6 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Just a curious question...

It more of why bring those 2 guys up to just sit when they could be getting valuable AB in Iowa.

Like I said, they could of just kept Lopez or chose 2 other guys to sit on the bench

Well Ramírez replaced an injured player and actually did start twice. As for Alcantara, I am not sure the point of bringing him up. Should have just kept Lopez.