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I just assumed that without Michael Busch in the lineup today this title meant he was on the IL

Thank God we added on in the top of the inning.

It’s crazy how often the bullpen blows leads in the first inning they come in the game. I suppose it’s better than blowing it in the 9th like they were doing earlier.

Outside of Dansby that’s pretty much our A lineup. edit: whoops I missed Wisdom in there for Busch. It’s got the Belli, Seiya, Morel grouping though

He’s had 6 complete games, most recently in 2021

Probably not a bad idea, though I swore I read the other day that this is a particularly bad year for goalie prospects.

Always happens when someone starts an injury thread. I learned my lesson in 2004. Initially we got nothing but good news once someone started it this year but apparently it was just setting us up for wave 2 of the injuries

Apparently Kyle Hendricks is starting tomorrow.... Edit: nevermind already mentioned

Plus it was blown in the 5th inning, so while frustrating the Cubs couldnt do anything on offense until the 9th, it wasn't the gut punching late inning type of loss that we've had several times this year.

Can't believe I'm doing this (everyone at NSBB is rolling their eyes) but wallowing in the misery helps me feel better after losses like this so, I'd say the following losses this year are worse than today's loss: 1. 3/28 - Opening Day, you get a gift run to take the lead in the 9th and immediately blow it 2. 4/8 - What will forever be known as "The Padres loss" 3. 4/16 - Down 4-1, roar back to take 5-4 lead. Then immediately give up 4 runs to trail 8-5, then score 6 runs in the 7th to take an 11-8 lead but give up single runs in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th (including a 2 out solo HR that barely got out in the 9th to tie it) to lose to Arizona 4. 4/20 - Leading 2-1 in the 9th, Adbert gives up a 2 run HR to lose to Miami 5. 4/27 - Maybe not quite as painful because it quickly became a "wash our hands of this one" loss early on but losing 17-0 is pretty brutal even if position players pitching was a big part of that 6. 5/2 - This is borderline even with today but blow a 4-0 lead to the Mets, take a 6-5 lead in the 11th with a runner on 2nd and 0 outs, that runner gets thrown out at the plate and it only takes 2 batters in the bottom of the inning to give up 2 runs and lose So I'll call this the 7th worst loss of the year. Games that were close but ultimately kept behind today include: 4/28 - Cubs rally to tie Boston in the 9th only to get walked off on a weird bloop that might have been an inning ending double play if caught because the runner at 3rd wasn't tagging 4/30 - Adbert gives up a 3 run HR to DJ Stewart to break a 1-1 tie in the 6th 5/3 - Adbert blows a 1-0 lead in the 8th by allowing a series of increasingly harder hit singles to allow 3 runs and lose to the Brewers 5/8 - Definitely a tip your cap game with Cease going but getting 1 hit is pretty annoying. Thats 11 of our 17 losses and yes I know I'm weird.

I hear ya. I still think the Padres loss was worse. 8 run lead in the 6th inning is just insane to lose. As is the 6 run lead they blew to the Rockies in the 8th though they managed to win that one. Everyone is going to have their “favorite” inexplicable loss though since there are so many to choose from so that’s a perfectly fine one to choose

They have what 17 losses? Maybe 10 of them fall into that category. Wild

Nice little fake rally to twist the knife even farther

I was really worried that Jed didn’t focus enough on the bullpen this offseason but I never in a million years thought it would have affected this many games this early in the season. Wild stuff

Any more Pirates pitchers out there willing to walk a half dozen batters without even coming close to throwing strikes?

Just realized the Cubs get the heart of the Braves rotation this week too Lopez, Sale and Morton This is an unreal run of starting pitchers we’re in the middle of facing.

The Pirates have not scored more than 5 runs in any game since April 14th. Well until today that is. They've averaged 2.1 runs per game over that 23 game stretch.

For who though? We’re so depleted from injuries and bad pitchers that somehow Jose Cuas is back on the roster.

I think I know why Keegan Thompson has been stuck in Iowa for much of the last 2 seasons.

Battle of the shittiest pens you’ll ever see.

My son’s team lost 27-5 today in large part because we couldn’t throw any strikes. Rough to watch but somewhat understandable for 8 year olds

7 runs on 3 hits, 0 errors and 6 walks lol

Gotta be rough to be a Pirates fan and dammit Morel is out, see you on the IL

I hope Seiya jumps on the first pitch after the game resumes and tries to drive one into the gap

None of this counts if the game gets rained out. But at the same time the game is not official either so I think its either suspended at 6-6 or restarted.