Southpaw19

Few players have had a more difficult start to 2024 than Kyle Hendricks. The Cubs righty has been rocked for 24 runs over his first 17 innings. He has surrendered an MLB-high seven home runs. It would REALLY be nice if The Professor™ showed up tomorrow and gave us a start similar or greater than the one versus the Giants last summer. Though at this point, I'd settle for 5-6 IP, 1 HR, 5K, 2 BB and getting out with a DUB. With all the bullpen usage this week... it'd be nice if he could harness 2016 Kyle, but I don't see that happening. GO CUBS - WIN THE SERIES!

2024 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of April 20) 1. Rob (47) +11 2. Andy (46) +12 3. Sammy Sofa (45) +9 4. Derwood (41) +12 5. SouthSideRyan (40) +9 Tomthebombadil (40) +10 7. Southpaw19 (35) +9 8. BaconRev (34) +10 Happ-y Days (34) +10 10. sweetpeteman (33) +9 11. Rex Buckingham (30) +6 12. Tinkertini26 (26) +11 13. Busch Lite (23) +7 14. Wicks Vapo-Rub (22) +7 15. You’re Steele The One (20) +5 16. Eagle’s Taillon (18) +4 17. Around the Hoerner (16) +5 OnlyPhams (16) +7 Swansong (16) +4 20. ShōCago (15) +1 Biggest Output of the Week: Andy, Derwood Coming May 5th! BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (---) C TBD (--) 1b TBD (--) 2b TBD (--) 3b TBD (--) ss TBD (--) LF TBD (--) CF TBD (--) RF TBD (--) DH TBD (--) B1 TBD (--) B2 TBD (--) B3 TBD (--)

As someone else said... Leiter for now.

Next man up for Closer please. 4 BS in 3 weeks is too many.

... or not ...

Best way to shake off a horrid result, is to get back at it with an earlier start time! Wicks (0-2, 5.68 ERA) vs. Pfaadt (1-0, 6.48 ERA) Cubs lineup not yet out as of this post, but here is the DBacks lineup. Let's get a series win and move on to the next homestand! Batters AZ B HR RBI SB AVG OPS Marte, K2B S 4 9 1 .301 .895 CarrollCF L 1 5 7 .232 .642 Gurriel Jr.LF R 5 20 2 .278 .878 Walker, C1B R 3 11 0 .269 .828 Suárez, E3B R 2 13 0 .246 .686 GrichukRF R 1 4 0 .217 .675 MorenoC R 0 6 0 .244 .714 AlexanderDH R 2 7 1 .300 .839 NewmanSS R 0 2 0 .188 .485

I'm on it!

Approved.This is your first roster move in the first half of the season.You have three remaining.

Approved.This is your first bench move in the first half of the season.You have two remaining.

I'm still perplexed everyone skipped Ohtani...

Approved. This is your first roster move in the first half of the season. You have three remaining.

Approved.This is your first roster move in the first half of the season.You have three remaining.

2024 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of April 13) 1. Rob (36) +14 Sammy Sofa (36) +15 3. Andy (34) +17 4. SouthSideRyan (31) +12 5. Tomthebombadil (30) +18 6. Derwood (29) +13 7. Southpaw19 (26) +15 8. BaconRev (24) +11 Happ-y Days (24) +9 Rex Buckingham (24) +9 sweetpeteman (24) +7 12. Busch Lite (16) +9 13. Tinkertini26 (15) +6 Wicks Vapo-Rub (15) +6 You’re Steele The One (15) +7 16. Eagle’s Taillon (14) +8 ShōCago (14) +6 18. Swansong (12) +6 19. Around the Hoerner (11) +5 20. OnlyPhams (9) +4 Biggest Output of the Week: Tomthebombadil BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (---) C TBD (--) 1b TBD (--) 2b TBD (--) 3b TBD (--) ss TBD (--) LF TBD (--) CF TBD (--) RF TBD (--) DH TBD (--) B1 TBD (--) B2 TBD (--) B3 TBD (--)

Approved.This is your first bench move in the first half of the season.You have two remaining.

Approved. This is your first bench move in the first half of the season. You have two remaining.

You may change your Bench Player(s) three times in the first half of the season and three times in the second half of the season (up from just twice last season). HOWEVER … there must be twenty-one (21) days between bench player transactions.

2024 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of April 6) 1. Rob (22) 2. Sammy Sofa (21) 3. SouthSideRyan (19) 4. Andy (17) sweetpeteman (17) 6. Derwood (16) 7. Happ-y Days (15) Rex Buckingham (15) 9. BaconRev (13) 10. Tomthebombadil (12) 11. Southpaw19 (11) 12. Tinkertini26 (9) Wicks Vapo-Rub (9) 14. ShōCago (8) You’re Steele The One (8) 16. Busch Lite (7) 17. Around the Hoerner (6) Eagle’s Taillon (6) Swansong (6) 20. OnlyPhams (5) Biggest Output of the Week: Rob BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (---) C TBD (--) 1b TBD (--) 2b TBD (--) 3b TBD (--) ss TBD (--) LF TBD (--) CF TBD (--) RF TBD (--) DH TBD (--) B1 TBD (--) B2 TBD (--) B3 TBD (--)

This is the MLB equivalent of "Lions gonna Lions".

Oh right... it's still the Rockies. LOL

Remember how laughable 5-0 was, and you felt fine against the awful Rox? Oops.

Who the F woke up the Rockies?

Gray road set: 1-0 Stupid, ugly blue road top: 0-2 Just saying...

First standings will be next Sunday. No sense in posting one after 4-ish days.