Cubs (Assad) vs Marlins (Gusto): 09/05/26, 3:10 PM

[Papa Cub]

That game should not have been that intense and I’m sure I speak for the majority of the fans watching that game. It was brutal to watch from our bullpen yet again, but thanks to Rolison and getting us out and sticky situations and Zeferjahn doing his thing. Big win and keep that distance between us in Philly.

Edited 14 hours ago by Papa Cub

[gflore34]

4 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I mean they came into this series over .500. They can’t be that bad. 

They're good at home 42-29, not so good, even bad, on the road 29-43. Wouldn't you agree good teams manage at least .500 on the road?

Edited 14 hours ago by gflore34

[bukie]

2 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

They're good at home 42-29, not so good, even bad, on the road 29-43. Wouldn't you agree good teams manage at least .500 on the road?

Oh, I didn't realize this series was in Wrigley, the walls look different.

[ILMindState]

Never doubted Mason Zeferjahn

[mk49]

59 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

They're good at home 42-29, not so good, even bad, on the road 29-43. Wouldn't you agree good teams manage at least .500 on the road?

You just said it, "They're good at home."  So, they must be a good team at home, right?😁

Seriously, I didn't know about the home/away split.  Great news is that they're coming to Chicago in about 2 weeks.

[gflore34]

11 minutes ago, mk49 said:

You just said it, "They're good at home."  So, they must be a good team at home, right?😁

Seriously, I didn't know about the home/away split.  Great news is that they're coming to Chicago in about 2 weeks.

Yes, they're good team at home.  Hopefully, the Cubs put another dagger in their slim playoff chances tomorrow.

[PackLandVA]

So is it Holmes tomorrow then?

[mk49]

1 hour ago, PackLandVA said:

So is it Holmes tomorrow then?

Yes, most likely.  Sweep on the way.😄

Edited 11 hours ago by mk49

[Rcal10]

2 hours ago, gflore34 said:

Marlins aren't good, Cubs pitching did their best to make them look good.

Well they are playing in Miami where they are 42-28. I would say that is very good. So I guess you are right. They aren’t good, they are very good.

[chibears55]

2 hours ago, PackLandVA said:

So is it Holmes tomorrow then?

Says Holmes for tomorrow now and Meneker posted this for Milwaukee series.

Starters coming up vs. Milwaukee:

Monday - Matthew Boyd 

Tuesday - David Peterson

Wednesday - Kevin Gausman

It is what it is, but it looks they're going after an easier chance to win against Miami with Holmes Sunday over holding him til Monday and trying to beat the Brewers with their best starter.

Kinda like dont waste your best starters trying to beat a very good team, and use him/them against a bad team to try and get an easy win now.

Edited 9 hours ago by chibears55

[Geographyhater8888]

Counsell testing out relief pitchers like he’s at his office desk rummaging through a stack of pens to find one that’s not out of ink. I hope they find an answer and soon. 

Edited 47 minutes ago by Geographyhater8888

[Rcal10]

8 hours ago, chibears55 said:

Says Holmes for tomorrow now and Meneker posted this for Milwaukee series.

Starters coming up vs. Milwaukee:

Monday - Matthew Boyd 

Tuesday - David Peterson

Wednesday - Kevin Gausman

It is what it is, but it looks they're going after an easier chance to win against Miami with Holmes Sunday over holding him til Monday and trying to beat the Brewers with their best starter.

Kinda like dont waste your best starters trying to beat a very good team, and use him/them against a bad team to try and get an easy win now.

Also, kind of like keeping everyone in order of the rotation. Cubs aren’t moving pitchers around to try beating the brewers. They are letting the rotation runs it course. I do think Assad was slotted in so Shota misses Milwaukee. That was the change made. No other change is necessary. The question is, will they run a 6 man staff going forward? I wouldn’t think they would this time. With the off day Thursday, Holmes should be good to go on Saturday after a 5 day rest. All pitchers will be in a 5 day rest. I am pretty sure, whatever they do will have them lined up with who they want going in the first playoff series. Any decisions they make will be based in that, not so they have maybe a 5% better chance to win the game in the regular season. 

[Rcal10]

5 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Counsell testing out relief pitchers like he’s at his office desk through a stack of pens with ink. I hope they find an answer and soon. 

Absolutely what he is doing and what he should be doing. Have to find a few he can count on. I agree with you, hope he find what works. 

[Geographyhater8888]

8 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Absolutely what he is doing and what he should be doing. Have to find a few he can count on. I agree with you, hope he find what works. 

I’ve never seen anything like it before. He’s like Ken Sander constantly picking up and hanging up the phone on prank callers. He’s just picking names out of a hat this point.

Edited 1 hour ago by Geographyhater8888

[Derwood]

Just now, Geographyhater8888 said:

I’ve never seen anything like it before. He’s like Ken Sander constantly picking up and hanging up the phone on prank callers. He’s just picking names out of a hat this point.

All the idiots on Facebook/Twitter/Reddit cry every game because "how could Counsell bring in RELIEVER X in that situation???" and the answer is "what choices does he have?"

[Rcal10]

5 minutes ago, Derwood said:

All the idiots on Facebook/Twitter/Reddit cry every game because "how could Counsell bring in RELIEVER X in that situation???" and the answer is "what choices does he have?"

Yep. And not only that, but he needs to get guys right. He can’t shy away from Zepherjohn because of a bad start to his Cubs career. He needs him. He will probably use Palencia soon,, in a high leverage situation again. And, because he needs him to be right too. Cubs are in the playoffs. I want to go in with him having a plan for his pen. In order to do that, he needs to challenge guys and see who come out on top. Hopefully the ones with the highest ceiling are near that ceiling come playoffs. 

[Geographyhater8888]

22 minutes ago, Derwood said:

All the idiots on Facebook/Twitter/Reddit cry every game because "how could Counsell bring in RELIEVER X in that situation???" and the answer is "what choices does he have?"

That’s when they’re not bitching about his stoic demeanor, where he needs to show passion like Mike Singletary and pull his pants down in the dugout to show frustration. There’s this delusion that because he’s the highest paid manager in MLB history that he’s worth 10 war, and that Pat Murphy is a 10 war manager.

Edited 43 minutes ago by Geographyhater8888