Padres (TBD) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 6/29/26, 7:05pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Pads are a pretty middling team this season with a lot of holes. Can the Cubs keep the good times rollin'?

	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	TOT
Tyler Ferguson	0	0	0	10	8	18
Trent Thornton	13	10	0	12	0	35
Ryan Rolison	18	0	0	0	23	41
Jordan Wicks	0	0	0	0	11	11
Javier Assad	83	0	0	0	0	83
Jacob Webb	26	20	0	13	21	80
Ethan Roberts	0	15	14	0	9	38
Caleb Thielbar	19	12	0	0	16	47
Bryse Wilson	0	0	0	0	61	61

 

[squally1313]

Griffin Canning supposedly for the Padres, per FG. He sucks. Shota also isn't very good. Hit more home runs, win the game. 

[cl smooth]

horsefeathers manny machado. 

[mk49]

The wind blowing out.  Yes, score more runs, and we'll win.😃

Edited 6 hours ago by mk49

[Outshined_One]

We're also at the start of a ludicrously rough heat wave, so don't be surprised to see guys taken out due to dehydration and cramps throughout this series.

[Brian707]

Yeah Wednesday is an afternoon game, going to be scorching 

 

[Outshined_One]

2 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

Yeah Wednesday is an afternoon game, going to be scorching 

 

I know it's a getaway day, but Wednesday is supposedly going to be the hottest day of the heat wave, and after last year's Bataan Death March Game against Seattle, I wouldn't be surprised if MLB announced a delayed start to that one.

[mul21]

Based on that bullpen usage chart, I think @Bertz's idea of a Shota/Assad piggyback looks like a really good plan.  Get 5 from Shota and let Assad finish to essentially get the pen a reset day, especially if sending Roberts down won't make a difference because of the 10 day window guys have to be in Iowa before they can come back up, which is an unknown for me at this point.

Edited 4 hours ago by mul21

[Brian707]

22 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

I know it's a getaway day, but Wednesday is supposedly going to be the hottest day of the heat wave, and after last year's Bataan Death March Game against Seattle, I wouldn't be surprised if MLB announced a delayed start to that one.

Yeah and Cubs have an off day Thursday and SD doesnt play in LA until late Thursday

[chibears55]

Cubs scheduling lucked out these first 2 games being night games with what the Heat index gonna be at.

🔥🔥🔥

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Should be Canning for the Padres. Maybe he's getting an opener

Canning is having a Michael Lorenzen type season so not a good sign for the Cubs tonight.

Edited 3 hours ago by Tangled Up in Plaid

[muntjack]

13.6% BB rate.  Should be a bloodbath, so......

[chibears55]

Liam Hendricks made his first appearance and pitched 1 inning with 2 Ks...

We're going to be seeing Hendricks and Pomeranz in August closing out games

😅😅😅😅

[Outshined_One]

11 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Liam Hendricks made his first appearance and pitched 1 inning with 2 Ks...

We're going to be seeing Hendricks and Pomeranz in August closing out games

😅😅😅😅

You just get the feeling we're going to end up with Pomeranz-Hendriks-Wicks as our 7-8-9 come September, and we'll all feel oddly okay with it.

[Jason Ross]

56 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Should be Canning for the Padres. Maybe he's getting an opener

Canning is having a Michael Lorenzen type season so not a good sign for the Cubs tonight.

Padres bullpen isn't in great shape either. It's probably less abused than ours, but multiple guys have gone 20+ last two days. I think they need innings from him. 

Factor in the brutal heat about to be faced and there are four or five guys on there that could *really* use the day off. 

[mul21]

52 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Padres bullpen isn't in great shape either. It's probably less abused than ours, but multiple guys have gone 20+ last two days. I think they need innings from him. 

Factor in the brutal heat about to be faced and there are four or five guys on there that could *really* use the day off. 

Did Estrada's arm fall off?

[Jason Ross]

19 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Did Estrada's arm fall off?

Knee injury. "Inflammation" 

[Bull]

3 hours ago, Outshined_One said:

I know it's a getaway day, but Wednesday is supposedly going to be the hottest day of the heat wave, and after last year's Bataan Death March Game against Seattle, I wouldn't be surprised if MLB announced a delayed start to that one.

Looking at that article, Thornton was one of the ones carried off the field. 
 

 

[macarthur31]

 

Jaguar reports for duty!  Does that mean Matt Shaw to the IL?

 

[CubUgly]

2 hours ago, Outshined_One said:

You just get the feeling we're going to end up with Pomeranz-Hendriks-Wicks as our 7-8-9 come September, and we'll all feel oddly okay with it.

I know Wicks had a moment yesterday, but I just don't see it.  

[muntjack]

2 minutes ago, CubUgly said:

I know Wicks had a moment yesterday, but I just don't see it.  

This is the thing with relievers in general.  I've seen Anthony Rizzo pitch a clean inning.  It's possible to dodge bullets in  small samples.  I think the eye test becomes much more important when you're evaluating those samples.  

[Bertz]

26 minutes ago, macarthur31 said:

 

Jaguar reports for duty!  Does that mean Matt Shaw to the IL?

 

Yeah probably Shaw to the IL, that's a shame Shaw had some runway and was producing

That said unlike last time Alcantara was up there are some actual lefty SPs on the docket over the next 10 days so hopefully he gets a chance to shine.

[CubUgly]

4 minutes ago, muntjack said:

This is the thing with relievers in general.  I've seen Anthony Rizzo pitch a clean inning.  It's possible to dodge bullets in  small samples.  I think the eye test becomes much more important when you're evaluating those samples.  

Yeah, my feelings exactly, I've got enough of a sample size of Wicks that one inning against a team that struggled all day with RISP is not going to make me think he's a candidate to be our closer.   And I'd be shocked if the Cubs even consider it for a second. 

[Jason Ross]

To be fair, I don't think he was being serious about Wicks closing in September. 

That said, Wicks passed any eye test you could have asked for yesterday. It's the first eye test here past in a while, but he did well. Even the walk wasn't really a walk. Let's not forget, last summer this board was ready to take Ben Brown and shoot him to the moon. Justin Steele had his first good year at age-26. I'm not entirely ready to take Jordan Wicks and punt him into space. 

[macarthur31]

9 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Yeah probably Shaw to the IL, that's a shame Shaw had some runway and was producing

That said unlike last time Alcantara was up there are some actual lefty SPs on the docket over the next 10 days so hopefully he gets a chance to shine.

I think I read somewhere that during his recent stint in Des Moines, he's gotten the K Rate to 25%, while maintaining the slug.  (Or maybe I dreamed it?). If true, let's get him some run against some lefties.