Cubs (Boyd) vs Padres (King): Wild Card Game 1, 9:00pm CST

[Stratos]

Padres have activated Joe Musgrove and he's on their WC series roster  He hasn't pitched in 2 years.

[mk49]

1 minute ago, Stratos said:

Padres have activated Joe Musgrove and he's on their WC series roster  He hasn't pitched in 2 years.

Interesting.  I just checked.  He did have four rehab starts, but it was in Aug.

[Jason Ross]

1 hour ago, javy knows my name said:

Same thought. Boyd's gonna need to miss some bats because we are pretty vulnerable with him out there

Don't think he's going to be able to. He had 4 whiffs last playoff Game 1 against the Padres. Padres are good against fastball-changeup off lefties (8th best combined wOBA against that combo). Where they suck is against sliders. So he'll have to get his whiffs basically on that pitch, but he doesn't throw it much to RHH. So something will have to give.

This is probably a defensive effort tonight.

[chibears55]

Man, im already tired and ready to go to sleep 😅

[Derwood]

Game is no NBCSN, even out of market.

[Rcal10]

7 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Game is no NBCSN, even out of market.

I have it in Arizona. Watched the white sox on NBCSN. Didn’t know I have it until yesterday. 

Edited yesterday at 01:35 AM by Rcal10

[PeanutPunch33]

let’s horsefeathers go.  Cubs in 2 

[javy knows my name]

46 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Don't think he's going to be able to. He had 4 whiffs last playoff Game 1 against the Padres. Padres are good against fastball-changeup off lefties (8th best combined wOBA against that combo). Where they suck is against sliders. So he'll have to get his whiffs basically on that pitch, but he doesn't throw it much to RHH. So something will have to give.

This is probably a defensive effort tonight.

Yikes. That doesn't sound promising.

I think predicting this one will be easy; if the bats don't show up in the first 5 innings of this game, we don't have much of a chance.

That said, I'm pretty sure we hit King well last postseason so I'm expecting more of the same tonight

[Irrelevant Dude]

Stream still not active on peacock?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I miss having a pitcher like Schlittler or Tolle

[Irrelevant Dude]

Here I thought the game was starting at 9...

9:10 first pitch

[Papa Cub]

8 hours ago, Rcal10 said:

I would agree Peterson is the 2nd lefty in the pen. Not entirely sure Shota doesn’t piggyback someone and pitch 4 innings. But I agree he won’t be used as a one inning pen arm. 

I agree with Shota most likely piggybacking off of one of the starters. Do you think Gausman or Holmes backs with Boyd tonight? I was hearing some rumblings earlier about that scenario 

[Jason Ross]

5 minutes ago, javy knows my name said:

Yikes. That doesn't sound promising.

I think predicting this one will be easy; if the bats don't show up in the first 5 innings of this game, we don't have much of a chance.

That said, I'm pretty sure we hit King well last postseason so I'm expecting more of the same tonight

It's gonna be a defense-game I think. King only had 5 whiffs last year against the Cubs in Game 3 and has seen his K% drop 6% since 2024. Below average. And he's been knocked around three starts in a row.

Whichever defense comes to the rescue more is going to win this game, I think. Cubs have an elite defense. Padres have a good defense.

[Papa Cub]

35 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Game is no NBCSN, even out of market.

Do you have YouTube Tv?

[Derwood]

4 minutes ago, Papa Cub said:

Do you have YouTube Tv?

yep

 

[Rex Buckingham]

How about a leadoff double, Pete?

[We Got The Whole 9]

I can handle a loss; just dont embarrass us. Lets put together good ABs, pass the baton, but be aggressive in the zone. We should be able to navigate their lineup and not get totally blown up. 

 

Cubs in 3. 

[ILMindState]

The helmet ad is an abomination 

[Rex Buckingham]

This camera angle sucks

[Irrelevant Dude]

Is this really the angle we're going to get all game?

[JBears79]

What is this angle

[UMFan83]

What’s with this awful off center camera angle?

[Thurman Merman]

The dirt color is messing with me too

[soccer10k]

Four swinging strikes already (three if the foul tip doesn't count).

[ILMindState]

I thought the angle was a problem with my feed