Blue Jays (Cease) vs Cubs (Peterson): 08/06/26, 1:20 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Blue Jays visit the Cubs as Cease takes on Peterson at Wrigley Field.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	TOT
Tyler Ferguson	0	0	0	2	29	31
Trent Thornton	17	0	22	0	0	39
Ryan Zeferjahn	0	0	0	9	14	23
Ryan Rolison	0	30	0	14	0	44
Jacob Webb	17	0	0	12	11	40
Caleb Thielbar	13	0	0	0	19	32
Aaron Civale	0	18	0	0	0	18

[mul21]

Hopefully this one is a laugher because that pen availability is pretty ugly today.

[Brian707]

Hopefully Thielbar is unavailable 

[Geographyhater8888]

horsefeathers. I thought we dodge a bullet with Cease back in June but nope. 

[PeanutPunch33]

Cease always seems to dominate when he comes to Wrigley.  Hopefully the Cubs can get some payback from his wildcard start last year 

[Derwood]

Toronto has scored the fewest runs in MLB this year

[Bertz]

Honestly I'd be tempted to, regardless of score, try to get 9 out Peterson/Rea/Civale and give the meat of the bullpen a reset.

[PeanutPunch33]

5 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Toronto has scored the fewest runs in MLB this year

I read that Vlad Jr. hasn't hit a home run in his home stadium all year long.  Pretty wild stuff for a guy who's in year 2 of a 14 year contract.  

[The_Achiever]

4 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Honestly I'd be tempted to, regardless of score, try to get 9 out Peterson/Rea/Civale and give the meat of the bullpen a reset.

I'd be ok if they treated this game like a post-clincher.  Pete and regulars deserve a night out and day off today.

[Derwood]

11 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I read that Vlad Jr. hasn't hit a home run in his home stadium all year long.  Pretty wild stuff for a guy who's in year 2 of a 14 year contract.  

It's true. And only 6 HR all year

[We Got The Whole 9]

40 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Toronto has scored the fewest runs in MLB this year

Equally surprising is which team has scored the most 

[mk49]

10 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Equally surprising is which team has scored the most 

Very true.

[squally1313]

Garrett up, Ferguson down. A little surprising. 

[Bertz]

5 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Garrett up, Ferguson down. A little surprising. 

On the one hand with Z in tow and Rea in the pen a ROOGY isnt as necessary as it was a few weeks ago.

On the other hand Garrett up feels weird given the timing.  I wonder if this is more "get to know Tommy" and less "we needed a LHP long reliever right now".

[We Got The Whole 9]

Well thats an interesting development

[Derwood]

[mk49]

27 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Garrett up, Ferguson down. A little surprising. 

Yeah, surprising that Garrett came up.  No surprise about Ferguson, though.

[Funky-daddy]

Why is it surprising Garrett was called up? Hasn’t he been lights out at AAA this year ?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

They just need a fresh arm, the bullpen is dead

[mk49]

3 minutes ago, Funky-daddy said:

Why is it surprising Garrett was called up? Hasn’t he been lights out at AAA this year ?

Yeah, I think he pitched 50+ innings this year, but he gave up like 15 runs in the last two games.  Also, we have enough SP's at the moment.  He'll be a RP?

[Bertz]

3 minutes ago, Funky-daddy said:

Why is it surprising Garrett was called up? Hasn’t he been lights out at AAA this year ?

Rea has been pushed to the bullpen already, Assad will be either in the pen or at Iowa after his next start, and Peterson after two more starts.  Civale's ostensibly a long reliever as well.

It's not bad or crazy but it's surprising they're opting for yet another long guy.

[mk49]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

They just need a fresh arm, the bullpen is dead

Yeah, that makes sense.  Turd pitched the last 2, and he still has an option.

[chibears55]

48 minutes ago, Bertz said:

On the one hand with Z in tow and Rea in the pen a ROOGY isnt as necessary as it was a few weeks ago.

On the other hand Garrett up feels weird given the timing.  I wonder if this is more "get to know Tommy" and less "we needed a LHP long reliever right now".

Maybe a mini tryout to see if he can replace Thielbar 

[chibears55]

12 minutes ago, mk49 said:

Yeah, I think he pitched 50+ innings this year, but he gave up like 15 runs in the last two games.  Also, we have enough SP's at the moment.  He'll be a RP?

Definitely for RP, maybe if he does well enough he can replace Theilbar