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

[PeanutPunch33]

why is Shota still in 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

lol, the walk right in front of Grichuk again.

[chibears55]

Get him out already, hes done

[UMFan83]

Great idea to walk the guy before Grichuk

[abuck1220]

get him out 

[Bull]

What a luxury it is to have elite defense at nearly every position.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Grichuk must have been sitting on the splitter because those were two meatballs

[abuck1220]

the cubs have a billion rested relievers, what are we doing 

[Jason Ross]

2 minutes ago, Funky-daddy said:

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

I think he switched his swing to hit LHP better. But I haven't super dug-into it. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, abuck1220 said:

the cubs have a billion rested relievers, what are we doing 

it's craig

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

no harm no foul, get some more runs

[PeanutPunch33]

wow, great job Shota.  

[squally1313]

Good work shota. Get a couple more. 

[Jason Ross]

I mean, Shota has 20 whiffs and 10 K's tonight. I think we're probably being a little harsh.

[abuck1220]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

I mean, Shota has 20 whiffs and 10 K's tonight. I think we're probably being a little harsh.

I just wanted nothing to do with him vs grichuk again 

[Funky-daddy]

3 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

I think he switched his swing to hit LHP better. But I haven't super dug-into it. 

Hm must have. Platoon splits are pretty close this year and up about 100 vs lefties

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, abuck1220 said:

I just wanted nothing to do with him vs grichuk again 

Yeah, Grichuk is a pretty bad matchup for him. Gamble for sure. But I also understand the Cubs probably want to get the BP back to being in a good space and if they can buy an inning, especially when Shota is having a very good game (he made, what, one really bad pitch all night?) I understand the roll-of-the-dice. 

[PeanutPunch33]

That might be the worst AB of the year 

[chibears55]

Zeferjahn, and need 1 more to get to Webb

[Derwood]

Alcantara does not look like a major league hitter

[Jason Ross]

2 minutes ago, Funky-daddy said:

Hm must have. Platoon splits are pretty close this year and up about 100 vs lefties

His bat speed is a lot lower. When Busch was hitting LHP decently in the minors his slugging against them went way down but he managed to OBP his way to decent results. 

I think this is his tradeoff. I'd probably rather have last year Busch who didn't hit LHP, if we're being honest.

[chibears55]

Need a 2 run blast by someone here

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

His bat speed is a lot lower. When Busch was hitting LHP decently in the minors his slugging against them went way down but he managed to OBP his way to decent results. 

I think this is his tradeoff. I'd probably rather have last year Busch who didn't hit LHP, if we're being honest.

My question would be why is he taking his approach against lefties into his AB against righties.

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

My question would be why is he taking his approach against lefties into his AB against righties.

Not approach; I think it's specifically the swing. His swing last year was essentially perfected for hitting RHP. Tilt and everything. Geared to hit the types of pitches a RHP would throw a LHH. But LHP attack LHH differently, so you have to angle and tilt a bit differently. And you can't really have a bag of swings; it's one or another. 

[PeanutPunch33]

not a great approach by Seiya there