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

[ILMindState]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Padres are going to cool off immediately after this series, aren't they?

They’ll absolutely get smoked by the Brewers in 5

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Bull said:

They have 6 guys totaling 10 WAR.  $ of them have a high WAR than any reliever on the Cubs (except Ben Brown whose WAR was mostly as a starter).

So, notice how I didn't compare them to the Cubs? Let's not do this. 

The point wasn't "The Cubs bullpen vs the Padres". It's that I doubt that the Padres plan tonight is to have Kyle Hart and Griffen Canning throwing in the 5th inning. Those aren't particularly good arms and the Padres are going to want to use Miller/Morejon as much as they can. They can do that by saving their pen a little.

[chibears55]

Way to get him over Ian 🙄

[Wilson A2000]

Terrible AB by Happ

[Andy]

Crap, they got us right where they wanted us when they threw Seiya to second

[javy knows my name]

I like happ's decision to protect on 1-0 there 

[Derwood]

poop

[Bull]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

So, notice how I didn't compare them to the Cubs? Let's not do this. 

The point wasn't "The Cubs bullpen vs the Padres". It's that I doubt that the Padres plan tonight is to have Kyle Hart and Griffen Canning throwing in the 5th inning. 

Fair enough. I agree that they aren't hoping to pull King after three, but the indication was that they want him to give his all and pull him if he gets gassed, because they believe they can trust their bullpen (must be nice). I'd agree with that assessment. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Biggest frauds on planet earth

[abuck1220]

great scouting by the padres to let the cubs get a guy on 2nd with no outs 

[chibears55]

Nothing changes in postseason 

2 HRs given up and 0 for 3 with RISP 

[s2obed]

Ugh. Baseball 101. Get the runner over and get a sac fly at least. 

Edited September 30 by s2obed

[JBears79]

I thought we were trying to be less negative in the game threads now

[Irrelevant Dude]

I just know we're going to get one to the outfield soon.

[Bull]

2 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Terrible AB by Happ

Why is he starting over Comforto or Shaw.?

[Andy]

Everything that pissed us off about this team all year getting crammed into a half hour, super fun

[Geographyhater8888]

I’ll give this one more inning. I know where this is heading.

[mk49]

0 for 3 with RISP, already.

[Bull]

1 minute ago, JBears79 said:

I thought we were trying to be less negative in the game threads now

This is trying. They aren't making it easy.

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Bull said:

Fair enough. I agree that they aren't hoping to pull King after three, but the indication was that they want him to give his all and pull him if he gets gassed, because they believe they can trust their bullpen (must be nice). I'd agree with that assessment. 

Sure. I also expect that. But guys don't magically gain 5 mph on their sweeper when they go from a SP to a reliever. Let alone guys who are expected to find 12 outs tonight. If he's throwing his sweeper 87mph like he was in the first (his average on the year is 82) that's not even in the ballpark of what they were expecting from him. 

That's like two inning juice. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

I bet if Peacock zoomed way out they could fit even more ads on the screen behind the batters.  Something for them to think about for tomorrow.

[s2obed]

It’s still early and 2-0 isn’t a large lead even though it feels huge.

[JBears79]

Just now, s2obed said:

It’s still early and 2-0 isn’t a large lead even though it feels huge.

The crowd has settled down so hopefully that leads to better ABs

[Jason Ross]

Just now, s2obed said:

It’s still early and 2-0 isn’t a large lead even though it feels huge.

Yeah. The good news is that the math really hasn't changed. Cubs weren't going to win with zero runs and were unlikely to win scoring two. So they always needed three or more. 

The only thing that has changed are vibes and urgency. But the math remains the same. Very doable.

[UMFan83]

16 minutes ago, Andy said:

Someone who will give up a first inning homer no doubt

That…doesn’t really narrow it down really at all