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

[Geographyhater8888]

I’ll take a 5-2 homestand versus the Yankees and dodgers with Fried, Cole, Skubal and Cease starting 4/7 games.

Edited 12 hours ago by Geographyhater8888

[CubUgly]

13 hours ago, Dfan25 said:

Every time I think they will kick Thornton off the roster because of peripherals , he escapes extra innings 😂

I think that's the third time this year he's pitched in extras where the Manfred man didn't score this year?

[Brian707]

9 hours ago, Derwood said:

Can the Twins help us out this weekend?

Doubt it. Maybe they get one this weekend.  Brewers schedule gets tough after though 

[Geographyhater8888]

Can someone explain to me why Edward Cabrera has a positive war with a 5.08 FIP? He’s below league average in infield fly ball%.

[mk49]

3 hours ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Can someone explain to me why Edward Cabrera has a positive war with a 5.08 FIP? He’s below league average in infield fly ball%.

If you exclude his first two starts, which he pitched well, his fWAR is -0.1.  And, for his last 8 starts, the fWAR is -0.4.  

[Geographyhater8888]

15 minutes ago, mk49 said:

If you exclude his first two starts, which he pitched well, his fWAR is -0.1.  And, for his last 8 starts, the fWAR is -0.4.  

For the entire season he has a 5.08 and he’s at .2, regardless of what it is over his last 8 starts. I wonder why that is while Assad is at zero with a sub 5.

[Post Count Padder]

I think we need to take a moment to appreciate Peterson. The rotation was falling apart, Jed made a deal to help stop the bleeding and Peterson has answered with a 1.57 ERA over his last 5 starts. Granted, that number is not sustainable but commendable job to keep things together through the deadline and beyond.