Blue Jays (Corbin) vs Cubs (Rea): 6/20/26, 1:20pm

[Geographyhater8888]

27 minutes ago, Andy said:

Less fun is Cody Bellinger, who we gave away to make room for Tucker, sitting at 2.7

To be fair, he has 3 homers and a 70 wRC+ away from Yankee stadium where he benefits from the dimensions. I don’t think we’d get the same bang for buck that the Yankees do.

[mk49]

2 hours ago, Andy said:

Less fun is Cody Bellinger, who we gave away to make room for Tucker, sitting at 2.7

Very true.  

[Rcal10]

2 hours ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

To be fair, he has 3 homers and a 70 wRC+ away from Yankee stadium where he benefits from the dimensions. I don’t think we’d get the same bang for buck that the Yankees do.

This is so very true. He is the perfect player for Yankee stadium. In Chicago, my bet is his numbers would be worse than Happ’s. And we all know how much Happ is loved here.

EDIT: based on his road splits .197/.300/.293 he would be unplayable for the Cubs. That is Dansby territory. 

Edited 19 hours ago by Rcal10

[Stratos]

On 6/20/2026 at 3:27 PM, chibears55 said:

Could be neither if one not willing to take a 1 yr deal, everything depending on the CBA situation and how it affects the offseason/season. But if Shaw a guy for the OF with PCA, I could see them adding a 1 yr player to bridge the gap for Hartsorn jump in 2028.

I dont know if they believe in Alcantara enough to be an everyday guy, just feels like they dont care to give him that opportunity when he is up.

Alcantara has tools but seems pretty raw in hitting skill and baserunning, and might always have below average bat-to- ball ability.  If he succeeds he may be a late bloomer type, he still has a lot of baseball skills to acquire. 

Alcantara reminds me a bit of Morel.  Lots of raw athleticism but lacking in baseball skills.  Their contact skills were both poor and are both RHB and couldn't handle RHP breaking balls, especially sliders. 

At least Alcantara gets good marks for fielding though, unlike Morel.

Like Morel, I think Alcantara probably needs to go to a low payroll team and get years of fulltime PAs where he'd be able to suck a lot longer than the Cubs are willing to put up with.

Edited 3 hours ago by Stratos

[Stratos]

On 6/20/2026 at 4:29 PM, chibears55 said:

Ok Bregman,  time to power up and get that big RBI now

Seems so rare that Bregman hits the ball hard in the air somewhere.