White Sox (Castillo) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 08/17/26, 7:05 PM

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

busch is beyond due, c'mon man

[mk49]

18 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Don't really have many choices after Gausman and Holmes...

Imanaga, Boyd,  Peterson,  Cabrera,  Assad,  and Rea

Pick 2

Just let Shota pitch with Amaya.  By far, he's the best pitcher, as long as Amaya catching.  His career ERA with Amaya (almost 3 seasons) is 2.62.  And, this year, it's 1.69 ERA.

[chibears55]

8 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Rea and Assad have no business starting a playoff game. I get that Shota can give up home runs in a frustrating manner, but the Cubs are likely going to have a few guys like Steele, Brown, and Cabrera to go long out of the pen. 

Shota isn't going to have to go six. They're going to ask him to get 12 outs once in a series. That's it. And between Shota, Read, Assad, Shota is by far the better option. 

Itll definitely be Imanaga and Boyd, theyll live and die with their two main guys for the season. 

[Papa Cub]

Busch ……….catch a break ugh 😩 

[Papa Cub]

2 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

busch is beyond due, c'mon man

Duuuuude his warning track tease was so frustrating

[Geographyhater8888]

The universe will not allow the cubs to win this game.

[UMFan83]

Hey cubs have a good rally going, who we got hitting 5th?

oh..yeah..Happ for some reason

[mk49]

Let's get some runs now.

[Jason Ross]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Itll definitely be Imanaga and Boyd, theyll live and die with their two main guys for the season. 

Guasman, Holmes and Boyd will definitely be your top-3. But the Cubs will need a fourth SP at some point. We saw last year that the short-rest didn't work out for anyone after a 3-game set. So someone in a 5-game or a 7-game will be asked to get a few outs. 

If you're looking between Shota, Peterson, Rea and Assad, one of those guys has a consistent ability to miss bats. None of them are overpowering and all are home run threats for the other team against good lineups. But Shota should dial up the velo in a 4-inning outing and that puts him well over the top here. 

I wouldn't be overly jazzed with that idea but out of a four guy grouping of "blech" I think opener/Shota (12 outs) and then the bullpen sounds like your best plan.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Meatball slider right down the dick, swing and a miss

[PeanutPunch33]

LFGGGGG!!!

[chibears55]

Thank you....

[Rex Buckingham]

Hahahaha, baseball is so dumb

[JHBulls]

Lol, that totally sucked. 

[squally1313]

Just when I thought baseball couldn’t get any dumber, it goes and does something like that 

[mk49]

That worked.  Great defense by the Sox.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

get that insurance run in please

[Papa Cub]

wtf was Vargas thinking??

[Geographyhater8888]

We were owed that. 

[chibears55]

9 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Alright bats, lets get 3 quick easy outs and get back in the field...

 

 

 

🙄🙄

👍👍👍😅😅😅

[Papa Cub]

Thank you, Miguel - 

[squally1313]

If the Sox are trying to avoid 3 appearances in 4 days, they’re down Taylor, newcomb, Hudson, and brazoban, which are 4 of the top 5 relievers listed by FG 

[chibears55]

Great hustle by Happ to score on that from first....

 

Damn, thought they threw another one away 

[Jason Ross]

Baseball is truly a stupid sport. 

But it's less stupid when it works in your favor.

[Funky-daddy]

What is going on with Buschy this year? Has anyone done a deep dive? Emergence of Hartshorn makes it easier to stomach if this is his new norm, perhaps