Cardinals (Liberatore) vs Cubs (Assad): 7/5/26, 1:30pm

[chibears55]

Damn, way too close 

[PeanutPunch33]

Assad walks so many damn people 

[PeanutPunch33]

It's time to throw one at their heads 

[chibears55]

Theyre hitting him on purpose 

[chibears55]

Bregman 

King of Pop ups

[cl smooth]

...three hit batters so far? after 2 innings? 

[Andy]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Bregman 

King of Pop ups

I guess in his defense he's not alone today

[Derwood]

Maybe lay off the high inside pitch guys

[chibears55]

Not sure how accurate this is...

Alex Bregman has recorded 33 pop-ups in 395 plate appearances during the 2026 MLB season. Playing for the Chicago Cubs, his popup percentage ranks among the highest in baseball, occurring in over 8% of his total plate appearances.

Total Frequency: Bregman has popped up once every 12 plate appearances, representing the highest frequency among qualified hitters.

Runners in Scoring Position (RISP): Bregman has hit a pop-up in roughly 12.71% of his plate appearances with RISP, totaling 15 pop-ups in these high-leverage situations.

 

[Geographyhater8888]

Maddux Smoltz and Galvine for today.

[Geographyhater8888]

8 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Not sure how accurate this is...

Alex Bregman has recorded 33 pop-ups in 395 plate appearances during the 2026 MLB season. Playing for the Chicago Cubs, his popup percentage ranks among the highest in baseball, occurring in over 8% of his total plate appearances.

Total Frequency: Bregman has popped up once every 12 plate appearances, representing the highest frequency among qualified hitters.

Runners in Scoring Position (RISP): Bregman has hit a pop-up in roughly 12.71% of his plate appearances with RISP, totaling 15 pop-ups in these high-leverage situations.

 

He ranks #2 among qualified hitters at 21.6% on Fangraphs.  That’s almost as high as his RISP slugging percentage. 

[Derwood]

Is Alcantara slow? He looked like he was lumbering

[Derwood]

I need a stat on how many times Counsell has taken a starting pitcher out after 4 2/3 innings with a lead lol

[muntjack]

Boy this feels like a loss.  Can't add on and the bullpen gives up a few. 

[Rex Buckingham]

What is this narrative that Wetherholt is the best defender in the league? He might be really good, but he's done it for like 3 months...

[BigSlick]

if the cubs would like to win this game and avoid a sweep, i suggest they score more runs

[Bull]

Turd Ferguson crapped the bed.

Edited 1 hour ago by Bull

[abuck1220]

nailed that pitching change 

[UMFan83]

Maybe we should have scored more runs

[BigSlick]

lol

[BigSlick]

thank god there are interesting world cup matches on today

[Eeyore]

[PeanutPunch33]

haha

[Papa Cub]

4 2/3 …….once again. 

[UMFan83]

Obviously still several innings left but finishing a homestand 3-3 after winning the first 3 would be pretty annoying