Padres (Sears) vs Cubs (Boyd): 6/30/26, 7:05pm

[UMFan83]

Can someone in the media ask Craig why our batters are chicken horsefeathers and don’t challenge obvious balls?

[Derwood]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Can someone in the media ask Craig why our batters are chicken horsefeathers and don’t challenge obvious balls?

I've come to believe that he is outright telling them not to

[Derwood]

I lost track of how many balls have bee called strikes. 7? 8? It's only the 3rd inning

[We Got The Whole 9]

Stole a walk from Alcantara 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

can't wait until they challenge on a ball entirely in the zone

[Soul]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

can't wait until they challenge on a ball entirely in the zone

That’s exactly what will happen too.

[chibears55]

7 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Enormous zone is enormous

Crazy how these guys wont challenge,  I wish someone would ask Counsell or a hitter about why

[Illiterate Scholar]

It seems like a) the Cubs maybe adjusted their strategy for the batters to wait and b) the calls are not as obvious when you're not watching on tv with the strike zone graphic. He's had quite a few misses through 3.5 innings, yet the Padres went 0-2 on challenges. It's hard!

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

boy oh boy the Cubs pitchers gotta take advantage of the huge zone with them blowing their challenges

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

boy oh boy the Cubs pitchers gotta take advantage of the huge zone with them blowing their challenges

Yep, now is also when framing becomes huge too

[Outshined_One]

Ethan Conrad just made his season debut in the ACL and hit a 105 mph single in his first plate appearance.

[Derwood]

Making some loud outs

[mk49]

6 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

Ethan Conrad just made his season debut in the ACL and hit a 105 mph single in his first plate appearance.

Finally!

[PeanutPunch33]

Boyd's pitch count is solid.  He can give them 8 more outs if he doesn't have a blow up inning 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

the butthole was clenching tight against machado/andujar with a guy on

[Papa Cub]

Good stick, Boyd 

[Papa Cub]

6 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Boyd's pitch count is solid.  He can give them 8 more outs if he doesn't have a blow up inning 

If he can go 6.0 full that would be good. I don’t think CC will let him go over 80 tonight 

[chibears55]

There we go Busch....

 

[Papa Cub]

That was fuggin skyrocketing 

[mk49]

Haha!  I was thinking Buschy hasn't hit well lately.  Very nice.

[chibears55]

Suzuki Busch Bregman Happ

Need to get these guys rocking 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, mk49 said:

Haha!  I was thinking Buschy hasn't hit well lately.  Very nice.

he really hasn't but it's been harder to notice because his walk rate right now is absurd

[chibears55]

Swanson, damn

That hit the board

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

[Outshined_One]

Fun night so far.