Cubs (Peterson) vs Mariners (Anderson): 8/22/26, 6:15pm

[mk49]

Peterson pitched very well.  I didn't think he could get 8 K's.

[Papa Cub]

Good lord, Miggy…..stop stabbing at the ball

[Soul]

That was an awesome job of bunting 😒

[Irrelevant Dude]

Cool.  More stories about Smoltz robbing home runs in batting practice please.

[BKHoo]

Man I would have lifted the kid after 5 from purely a confidence perspective.  I am glad they didn’t.  

[Geographyhater8888]

I’m a big believer in pitcher win-loss record as a predictor of future success and Peterson is 7-2 In games that he’s pitched for the cubs with tonight’s game still pending. 

[731.4life]

Thornton has already left 4 pitches over the middle box of the strike zone in this inning.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Wonder if Craig is gonna use Zefer

[mk49]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Wonder if Craig is gonna use Zefer

Probably not, but who knows?

I was actually wondering if he uses Palencia to see how he pitches 2 days in a row.  But, the lead is too small for that, but again, who knows?😁

Edited 2 hours ago by mk49

[Derwood]

Bullpen circle of trust is a dot

[mk49]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Bullpen circle of trust is a dot

Basically, only Webb.  I'm really sad to say it.

[Papa Cub]

11 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Wonder if Craig is gonna use Zefer

Please, God don’t lol 

Thornton and Rolison combo there looked sharp 

Edited 2 hours ago by Papa Cub

[BKHoo]

Thornton has a 2.52 ERA and 1.09 WHIP

[Irrelevant Dude]

Oh shut the horsefeathers up Smoltz.  You are clearly discounting PCA's defense.

[Irrelevant Dude]

So if PCA wins the MVP, it's only because of "Ohtani fatigue.". Not the fact that PCA has had an objectively better season by WAR.

If only there was some metric that could measure how many wins a player's defense is worth and compare that to the value of a pitcher...

Edited 1 hour ago by Irrelevant Dude

[Funky-daddy]

Bateman has been pretty good for Toronto.  Ballesteros finally had a decent game for angels 

[mk49]

3 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

So if PCA wins the MVP, it's only because of "Ohtani fatigue.". Not the fact that PCA has had an objectively better season by WAR.

If only there was some metric that could measure how many wins a player's defense is worth and compare that to the value of a pitcher...

Yeah, also, a pitcher can't win by himself, if his team doesn't score more runs.  

[Derwood]

bloop bloop

[Irrelevant Dude]

Ouch

[chibears55]

Lmao..

Can't trust Webb either

🙄🙄🙄

[soccer10k]

LOL bullpen of doom strikes again.

[Andy]

Nice horsefeathers job, guys. 

[Hortonhearsawho]

We always have the biggest bums have career series vs us.

[PeanutPunch33]

brutal 

[Derwood]

oh FFS