Rex Buckingham

This is where stars come through...

Terrible 3-0 call changes the whole AB for Busch

Meanwhile, Seattle has 4 guys who would be in the argument for the Cubs' best pitcher, Anderson, and another 20-y/o top 50 prospect pitcher tearing up AA to the tune of 11 k/9 with a 7.14 k/bb (Ryan Sloan- who also happens to be from Elmhurst)

Really felt like he had a shot at 3rd

Jacob Webb... what a pickup

So hot

The challenge rule is dumb. Just get the calls right

He had back issues, right? Could just be being extra cautious.

A poor man's Rickey Henderson is somewhere between Lou Brock and Kenny Lofton

19th most in the league with 36, per StatMuse (https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/team-record-when-scoring-2-runs-or-less) one less than the Dodgers, Red Sox and Yankees (all at 37)... one more than the Brewers at 35.

Cubs record in games they score 0-2 runs: 4-31 Brewers record in games they score 0-2 runs: 9-25 hmmm... nearly the same amount of games with low offensive output, yet the Brewers have 5 more wins... whatever could be the difference? edit: StatsMuse says Cubs are 4-32, Brewers are 9-26... I was counting manually thru BRef game logs, so I may have been off... point remains https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/team-record-when-scoring-2-runs-or-less

Not the most efficient innings, but effective

He has shown elite discipline so far, and as has been repeatedly discussed, the pitchers at A and AA have been absolutely unable to beat him in the zone. That's a huge point in his favor, no doubt. But he has 41 PAs at AA so far, so let's pump the brakes on assuming he will continue this and be able to do the same at the MLB level. I want him to be able to do so as much as anyone. It would be awesome having him in the OF next to PCA for 5+ years showing elite discipline and baserunning and what I would assume is very good defense. If he can keep this up in the MLB, he will be an extremely valuable player. But he isn't even close to being MLB ready yet. There are so many players who have dominated A and even AA and just never could get over the hump at AAA, let alone the majors.

Why would the other owners care? This Bears stadium stuff isn't keeping the other owners from making more money, and I imagine the McCaskeys are probably well-liked around the league.

I'm sure that ball was quite wet