2nd time in his last 4 starts that Assad was able to go 7 IP. Crazy because it looks like his pitch limit is around 90 pitches. Exactly what we needed.
With Horton trying to force his way onto the team.
Hendricks isn’t technically homegrown and I have no idea if they’ll pick up his option but there’s a full rotation of pitchers who came up through the Cubs org lol
Wouldn’t be surprised which would suck bc his pitch count isn’t bad and we have a 5 run lead so the last thing you want to do is have to use the pen for 4 innings.
definitely looks like he’s fighting through cramping though so I bet he’s done
At one point I pointed out how the Cubs had nothing but bad teams ahead of them while the Brewers had at nothing but teams who ranged from great to at least decent. The Cubs were 1.5 games out to start that stretch and 4.5 games out now lol.
I know every team has their guys that struggle with walks but Palencia and Cuas both look like they have no idea where their pitches are going to end up as they're throwing them.
There was a period where the Cubs looked nearly unbeatable too. The odds aren't great but I'll wait until at least after the first H2H series to give up on the division.