Yankees (Warren) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 7/31/26, 1:20pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Hey, the Yankees are in town. Yay?

[Brock Beauchamp]

	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	TOT
Tyler Ferguson	0	0	14	0	0	14
Trent Thornton	19	8	0	16	0	43
Ryan Rolison	23	15	0	0	24	62
Javier Assad	0	0	0	0	83	83
Jacob Webb	0	14	0	13	15	42
Gavin Hollowell	0	15	0	0	13	28
Caleb Thielbar	0	0	0	18	11	29
Aaron Civale	27	0	0	0	9	36

 

[cl smooth]

what are shota's stats since adjusting his position on the pitching rubber?

[macarthur31]

https://x.com/sambernero/status/2083194356215824655?s=20

 

Superfan Sam Bernero captures a click of Antoine Kelly comin' into Wrigley.  🤔

 

Edited 6 hours ago by macarthur31

[UMFan83]

Hopefully this game is fast because it's supposed to rain pretty hard starting mid-afternoon and is not going to stop the rest of the day.  Guessing if it goes into rain delay it's not going to resume today.

Edited 6 hours ago by UMFan83

[Bertz]

6 minutes ago, macarthur31 said:

https://x.com/sambernero/status/2083194356215824655?s=20

 

Superfan Sam Bernero captures a click of Antoine Kelly comin' into Wrigley.  🤔

 

Kelly's been really good at Iowa.  I suspect he's a LOOGY more than anything but this should be a guy who can contribute.

Thielbar to the IL?  Or extra body because a trade is close?

Edited 6 hours ago by Bertz

[macarthur31]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

Kelly's been really good at Iowa.  I suspect he's a LOOGY more than anything but this should be a guy who can contribute.

Thielbar to the IL?  Or extra body because a trade is close?

Kelly's already on the 40-man, so there wouldn't have to be any work to be done there.  So, perhaps one of the bullpen guys to the IL? (or DFA?).  

To your last point, having him posted at the Hotel Zachary now would be less disruptive that chartering the bus for him at some point this weekend.  Buckle up.

[mul21]

14 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Kelly's been really good at Iowa.  I suspect he's a LOOGY more than anything but this should be a guy who can contribute.

Thielbar to the IL?  Or extra body because a trade is close?

Maybe Assad to Iowa since they're likely to have a starter in place and available before his next turn in the rotation comes up and it gives them a fresh arm for the weekend?

[Dfan25]

Jesse Rogers doesn’t sound optimistic about this one getting play

[KCCub]

 

 

[Rcal10]

28 minutes ago, Dfan25 said:

Jesse Rogers doesn’t sound optimistic about this one getting play

Problem is tomorrow looks worse. So they might have to get this in while it rains, depending on how bad the rain is. 

[squally1313]

Is there really a high probability that we're going to ship out one of our relievers and need extra arms lying around? Or would this just be for mechanics reasons....you need to cut someone to add new pitcher to the roster/40 man, but new pitcher is stuck in LA or Detroit and won't be here until Sunday

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Is there really a high probability that we're going to ship out one of our relievers and need extra arms lying around? Or would this just be for mechanics reasons....you need to cut someone to add new pitcher to the roster/40 man, but new pitcher is stuck in LA or Detroit and won't be here until Sunday

Hollowell to the IL. 

[mk49]

3 hours ago, cl smooth said:

what are shota's stats since adjusting his position on the pitching rubber?

I don't know, but I checked Boyd's stats, after he came back from the IL on 6/25.  At the same time, I also checked other SPs, during the same period, Shota was our best pitcher over the last 30+ days.

ERA: 1.55
xERA: 3.36
FIP: 2.90
xFIP: 3.63

K/9: 7.76
BB/9: 1.86
HR/9: 0.62

For every single stat (listed above), Shota was the #1 on the team.  

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, macarthur31 said:

https://x.com/sambernero/status/2083194356215824655?s=20

 

Superfan Sam Bernero captures a click of Antoine Kelly comin' into Wrigley.  🤔

 

Gavin Hollowell on the 15-day IL with right shoulder inflammation. LHP Antoine Kelly recalled from Triple-A.

[UMFan83]

I'm sorry I haven't been following the minors that hard lately, I swear it feels like they just have endless random pitchers I've never heard of to call up.

[CUBDOM4life]

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Kelly is a a former Brewers 2nd rounder who's always had good stuff but a huge history of control issues. He's been a lot better in that regard since joining Iowa so I guess we'll see.

[KCCub]

Nitpicking here - love that they are getting Ramirez more playing time, I don't love that it's coming at the expense of Seiya. He DH'd yesterday, and it's a crosswind blowing out to left/knocking down balls to right hurting lefties (Conforto). 

[The_Achiever]

Now I know why I've been seeing so many Yankee fans around town.  They just finished up a series on the south side and now have 3 on the north.  

Pretty cool.  

[Geographyhater8888]

18 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Nitpicking here - love that they are getting Ramirez more playing time, I don't love that it's coming at the expense of Seiya. He DH'd yesterday, and it's a crosswind blowing out to left/knocking down balls to right hurting lefties (Conforto). 

They don’t want to risk injury for when they trade Seiya for Emerson Hancock.  

[mul21]

32 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I'm sorry I haven't been following the minors that hard lately, I swear it feels like they just have endless random pitchers I've never heard of to call up.

I read the minor league summaries and I'd never heard of Wantz or Kelly so I'm in the same boat.

[PeanutPunch33]

7 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

They don’t want to risk injury for when they trade Seiya for Emerson Hancock.  

I don't understand the hype on that guy.  He doesn't strike many people out, he doesn't have good secondary pitches and he's not exactly a young - he'll be 28 next season.  I've heard some call him the "best controllable arm available" at the deadline yet I don't see what makes him better than Detmers, Soriano, Greene. etc. 

I wouldn't trade Shaw for him, let alone Seiya ++

[Geographyhater8888]

3 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I don't understand the hype on that guy.  He doesn't strike many people out, he doesn't have good secondary pitches and he's not exactly a young - he'll be 28 next season.  I've heard some call him the "best controllable arm available" at the deadline yet I don't see what makes him better than Detmers, Soriano, Greene. etc. 

I wouldn't trade Shaw for him, let alone Seiya ++

He’s the cheapest controllable arm that’s still a capable starting pitcher. That’s my read on it from what little I know. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Geographyhater8888

[Derwood]

Last time I looked at the AAA roster, every single pitcher had an ERA of 5.00+