Tigers (Montero) vs Cubs (Rea): 7/22/26, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, the Cubs keep doing it despite their pitching staff being in tatters. They're successfully limping to the deadline, which is really the most you can expect of them given the circumstances.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Tyler Ferguson	7	0	0	20	0	27
Trent Thornton	0	10	0	4	0	14
Ryan Rolison	15	0	0	20	0	35
Javier Assad	0	0	0	26	0	26
Jacob Webb	0	17	0	15	0	32
Gavin Hollowell	8	0	0	12	0	20
Caleb Thielbar	0	15	0	5	0	20
Aaron Civale	0	0	0	0	47	47

 

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Well, the Cubs keep doing it despite their pitching staff being in tatters. They're successfully limping to the deadline, which is really the most you can expect of them given the circumstances.

I originally read "tatters" as "taters". 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

I originally read "tatters" as "taters". 

Stupid fat hobbitses!

[Derwood]

It should be illegal for this to be a night game

[mul21]

15 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Tyler Ferguson	7	0	0	20	0	27
Trent Thornton	0	10	0	4	0	14
Ryan Rolison	15	0	0	20	0	35
Javier Assad	0	0	0	26	0	26
Jacob Webb	0	17	0	15	0	32
Gavin Hollowell	8	0	0	12	0	20
Caleb Thielbar	0	15	0	5	0	20
Aaron Civale	0	0	0	0	47	47

 

Man, what a huge reset day for the pen after the Monday debacle.

[PeanutPunch33]

Offense is on fire right now.  And Peterson deserves a lot of credit for yesterday's performance 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Montero has been really good despite having no ability to get whiff

[Brian707]

1 hour ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Offense is on fire right now.  And Peterson deserves a lot of credit for yesterday's performance 

The wind deserves credit too. He could just throw meatballs and it was next to impossible to reach the bleachers 

[BKHoo]

Steele may not be back at all this year now? Who botched that injury? He was injured way early in the season last year.  Ugh. 

[Outshined_One]

2 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

Steele may not be back at all this year now? Who botched that injury? He was injured way early in the season last year.  Ugh. 

Where are you seeing that?  Last update was about a week ago when Craig said Steele wouldn't be back in the rotation, but would likely help the pen in some capacity in September.

[BKHoo]

I’ll have to think about where I saw it but - September was presented as the best case scenario. 

[Jason Ross]

41 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

Steele may not be back at all this year now? Who botched that injury? He was injured way early in the season last year.  Ugh. 

No one really botched anything. Steele has a long injury history. I think people forget, he was a prep-pick in the 2014 draft; the same year the Cubs took Schwarber. From 2015-2021 (his MLB debut) he had two years where he topped 50 IP. He's had one TJS prior to to this. Two years ago he got hurt on Opening Day and last year in April. Him having a set back returning from a brace surgery was always a likely outcome. 

As of last week, the Cubs have stated that he will start throwing in August and is targeting a September return for the bullpen. But also, to be fair to the Cubs, they have been saying it was unlikely he'd start games this year since like, June. They're being overly cautious at this stage, and probably for good reason. There's a very real chance of another setback once he gets on a mound or rehabs, so yeah, he might not be back. Time is working against him at this point.