Rockies (Feltner) vs Cubs (Cabrera): 6/16/26, 7:05pm

[Andy]

LOL Rolison throws a wild pitch and falls on his face trying to get to the plate.

Between that and the Cubs turning a PCA cycle into 2 runs (pre-rally) yesterday and PCA getting picked off after the single, we are finally approaching fun-bad territory, which is at least better than boring-bad.

[abuck1220]

cubs lead the league in pitching injuries and HRs allowed, while also having the worst velocity in the majors. BUT they also have zero pitching prospects that would crack a top 100 (200?) prospect list. 
 

nobody involved in the pitching side of things in this organization should ever work in baseball again. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Time to flush this turd, see ya tomorrow

[Papa Cub]

Aside from the injuries - this is just a bad baseball team

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

This feels like the end of the season right here. Wildcard is in play, but the injuries are just mounting up and has done so for a long time. We are down to Shota, Rea, Brown and Assad as starters. We are screwed. 

So basically if everyone is healthy our 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th starters maybe?

[Derwood]

Just now, abuck1220 said:

cubs lead the league in pitching injuries and HRs allowed, while also having the worst velocity in the majors. BUT they also have zero pitching prospects that would crack a top 100 (200?) prospect list. 
 

nobody involved in the pitching side of things in this organization should ever work in baseball again. 

Yet they treat Tommy Hottovy as some sort of pitching savant

[Geographyhater8888]

Brown, Imanaga, Assad, Rea and Wicks will be out 1-5 for at least another week. 

[PeanutPunch33]

2 minutes ago, mk49 said:

TBH, after watching every ST game, I didn't have that much expectation on Cabrera.  I thought I'd be happy, if he's our #3 (of course, with Horton and Boyd healthy).  I thought Shota was going to be better.

I never was a big fan of Cabrera but Shota, one of my favorite players, to see his struggles since last season hurts.  I bet he goes to Tampa Bay next season and they turn him into a stud... lol 

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, JHBulls said:

This feels like the end of the season right here. Wildcard is in play, but the injuries are just mounting up and has done so for a long time. We are down to Shota, Rea, Brown and Assad as starters. We are screwed. 

Hoyer should just blow it up , theyre getting nothing consistent from the bats, and the pitching is all but dead.

Trade who you can, especially the guys on final year, and play the iowa kids, maybe 1 or 2 will surprise them.

[abuck1220]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Yet they treat Tommy Hottovy as some sort of pitching savant

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE PITCH LAB

[UMFan83]

RISP tonight:

Cubs 0-7

Rockies 2-5 (with one of the outs scoring a run)

[PeanutPunch33]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Yet they treat Tommy Hottovy as some sort of pitching savant

To his credit, he did do wonders with Horton and Brown.  But I wouldn't be opposed to some new voices in the clubhouse.  

[bryzz0brist]

we're deep, we'll be fine.

Shota

Assad

Rea

Boyd - isn't he due back soon?

Ben mf Brown

 

[JHBulls]

5 minutes ago, Andy said:

LOL Rolison throws a wild pitch and falls on his face trying to get to the plate.

Between that and the Cubs turning a PCA cycle into 2 runs (pre-rally) yesterday and PCA getting picked off after the single, we are finally approaching fun-bad territory, which is at least better than boring-bad.

 

Still boring.

So boring in fact that I had didn’t realise PCA hit for the cycle until now. 

[bryzz0brist]

4 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Yet they treat Tommy Hottovy as some sort of pitching savant

he's real "chill"

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, abuck1220 said:

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE PITCH LAB

They developed a kick change for Jamo! and now he's given up 47 HRs!

[Papa Cub]

Cabrera starts getting dinged and looks like straight horsefeathers - oh, I’m injured. 🤕 🥴🧐

[abuck1220]

1 minute ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

To his credit, he did do wonders with Horton and Brown.  But I wouldn't be opposed to some new voices in the clubhouse.  

the only “wonders” involving horton is me wondering whether he’ll ever throw 50 innings in a season. 

[Rcal10]

5 minutes ago, Papa Cub said:

Aside from the injuries - this is just a bad baseball team

This just isn’t true. They arent even a BAD baseball team with all the injuries. Now you can argue they are average. And it would be hard to disagree with you. But they are average with so many injuries. I don’t like the way the season is going. I am very disappointed. But they are not a bad team now, and without injuries would be pretty good. 

[Geographyhater8888]

Tip of the cap to the Rockies, they’re the better team. It’s close but I’ll give them the edge.

[mk49]

3 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

This just isn’t true. They arent even a BAD baseball team with all the injuries. Now you can argue they are average. And it would be hard to disagree with you. But they are average with so many injuries. I don’t like the way the season is going. I am very disappointed. But they are not a bad team now, and without injuries would be pretty good. 

Even with all the injuries, if they can hit with RISP a little better, they should be about 8 games above .500 now.  And, pretty much all the position players are healthy.

Edited 20 hours ago by mk49

[abuck1220]

how about you’re not allowed to challenge if your OPS is under .700

[bryzz0brist]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Tip of the cap to the Rockies, they’re the better team. It’s close but I’ll give them the edge.

[JHBulls]

12 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

So basically if everyone is healthy our 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th starters maybe?

Pretty much. It is that grim. 

[Derwood]

Waste a challenge only to roll over another grounder to the left. He's righty Jason Heyward right now