Brewers (Henderson) vs Cubs (Gausman): 09/03/26, 6:15 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

Gausman gets the ball for the Cubs tonight at Wrigley Field as Chicago hosts Henderson and the Brewers.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	TOT
Tyler Ferguson	0	0	0	37	0	37
Trent Thornton	0	13	0	0	23	36
Ryan Zeferjahn	19	0	0	17	0	36
Ryan Rolison	20	0	12	0	19	51
Jacob Webb	0	18	0	0	7	25
Daniel Palencia	0	0	0	12	13	25
Colin Rea	26	0	29	0	8	63
Caleb Thielbar	0	12	0	19	11	42
Aaron Civale	0	15	0	0	0	15

[Tryptamine]

I just hope they make the playoffs at this point.

[Tryptamine]

Kind of amazing that the Cubs are dead last in the majors for pitching fWAR. Ben Brown, who hasn't pitched in how many months now, is double the fWAR of the 2nd highest pitcher Shota who is 1.0. This is just a remarkably bad group of pitchers and thank god for Clay Holmes and to a lesser extent Kevin Gausman. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

This'll be the game where we get great pitching and just get shut down at the plate, like game 5 last year. 

[UMFan83]

In 2023 with 22 games remaining the Cubs reached their high water mark for playoff odds at 93%. They were 12 games over .500 and in WC2, 3.5 games ahead of the Marlins for WC3 and 4 games ahead of the DBacks and Reds for the playoff cut line. 
 

Today with 22 games remaining the Cubs playoff odds are 98.5%. They are 16 games over .500 and in WC2, 4.5 games ahead of the DBacks for WC3, 5 games ahead of the Padres for the playoff cut line. 

[abuck1220]

i guess the "good" news is the cubs are done with the dbacks and padres so they can't be swept by either one and lose three games in the standings in the blink of an eye. if i remember right, the dbacks just kept beating the cubs head to head in 2023. 

 

pathetic that this is how we have to look at things at this point...

[BKHoo]

We own the tie breakers versus the Phillies, Dbacks and Padres, right? 

[PeanutPunch33]

If I'm trying to find a bright side with the bullpen, Palencia would have had a scoreless outing if Taylor made that catch in RF on the Yelich double.  Hit him right in the glove.  Also seems like Thielbar has looked better his last few outings and they will get Shelby Miller in the mix at some point.  

Got 4 weeks to get this bullpen back on track.  That's the only hope for a deep playoff run.  

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

Got 4 weeks to get this bullpen back on track.  That's the only hope for a deep playoff run.  

I would say getting a serviceable pen is the missing leak to a deep playoff run. I agree with you. And with pen arms there is a possibility a few could be pitching well come playoff time. That is all they need to compete. They have enough offense and defense. They have a solid first starter in the playoffs and then a few veterans who have done it before. They just need a few pen arms to get hot and pitch well when needed in the playoffs.

[BigSlick]

I'm tired of losing games. I would much prefer to win games. 

[ILMindState]

Leo Rivas .130 hitting ass broke the bullpen

[Soul]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

In 2023 with 22 games remaining the Cubs reached their high water mark for playoff odds at 93%. They were 12 games over .500 and in WC2, 3.5 games ahead of the Marlins for WC3 and 4 games ahead of the DBacks and Reds for the playoff cut line. 
 

Today with 22 games remaining the Cubs playoff odds are 98.5%. They are 16 games over .500 and in WC2, 4.5 games ahead of the DBacks for WC3, 5 games ahead of the Padres for the playoff cut line. 

I’m rooting for these guys regardless.  It’s such a fun offense to watch.  I’m glued to the TV because of the bats and the glove work.  I can’t recall a Cub team with a bigger disparity between hitting and pitching.  It’s a shame.

Part of what got us to that 98% probability is pitching that we are unlikely to see the rest of the way.  It doesn’t help that we have 3 more series against playoff teams.

[ILMindState]

 

 

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

If I'm trying to find a bright side with the bullpen, Palencia would have had a scoreless outing if Taylor made that catch in RF on the Yelich double.  Hit him right in the glove.  Also seems like Thielbar has looked better his last few outings and they will get Shelby Miller in the mix at some point.  

Got 4 weeks to get this bullpen back on track.  That's the only hope for a deep playoff run.  

Yea, there was also the play in 1st inning on Contreras ball, where Bregman didn't get a clean transfer to his hand from glove which could of been 3rd out but inning continued and they scored 2 after that.

[Charlie Grimm]

Dear MLB, "umm, yea, umm, ya, no , ummm, umm, I mean, well listen, ummm, listen he pitched a good game, ummm, ya , umm" Thank you for making me the highest paid Manager in the MLB's history because I screamed the loudest. I also would like to thank the Cubs for paying me the outrageous 40 million to not win the Central in my 3rd straight season of my 5 year 40 Million contract. Ummm, ya, ummm, Sincerely, Craig

[BigSlick]

i legitimately forgot that Yelich was still in the majors before this series. Thats how much he had been an afterthought until his corpse decided to wake up and kill the Cubs one last time

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, Rcal10 said:

I would say getting a serviceable pen is the missing leak to a deep playoff run. I agree with you. And with pen arms there is a possibility a few could be pitching well come playoff time. That is all they need to compete. They have enough offense and defense. They have a solid first starter in the playoffs and then a few veterans who have done it before. They just need a few pen arms to get hot and pitch well when needed in the playoffs.

I think the 4 key guys from that pen that theyll need to pitch well come the playoffs are... 

Rolison, Zeferjahn, Webb, and Palencia

Those 4 will be the main guys that will have to get them through innings 7-9 for the most part.

The other 6(WC) or 5 will just have to be good enough to get them through innings 4-6 or 7 depending on how the starters do and score of games.