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Ross basically confirmed that Smyly would make his next start -
Rangers losing yet again to Arizona 3-0 Reds down 2-1 to the Angels Marlins lead the Padres 1-0 Brewers beating Twins 7-3 Other than SF losing and maybe Cincinnati its a nearly a worst case scenario night. Was really hoping we'd put some distance between us and the WC race during this stretch of games against bad teams while our competition is mostly playing good teams instead we're going to be right where we started, tied for WC3 and 2 games farther back in the division
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I know he still pitched ok for a bit after that but I'm going to pretend Yan Gomes ruined him.
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Tom you’re being ridiculous. Of course literally anyone else the Cubs could have pitched tonight would have pitched a perfect game.
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Depends, does Not Smyly have a 9.41 ERA in his previous 8 starts and already allowed 4 runs and 9 baserunners in the first 3.1 IP? You act like no starting pitcher in the history of ever has had a short leash due to a very poor stretch of pitching or was pulled early in a game where they are getting hit hard and often. The fact that both applied to Smyly doesn't cancel them out.
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Yeah that honestly irks me more than starting Smyly. I have no idea when pitchers started getting warm that inning but after watching him the first 3 innings, I would have had a really short leash. I get it...Ross needs him to eat innings. But Smyly had nothing tonight and the Cubs still managed to lead the game. I get that it sounds reactionary, maybe in another timeline Smyly gets a ground ball there. Or Bellinger scoops up Candelario's throw before that. Either way, by that point Smyly seemed like a blowup waiting to happen and it happened.
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Any idea if it was contact or non contact?
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I think that guarantees that the Cubs will remain in a playoff spot tonight. Even if Arizona and Miami win and tie up the Cubs, the Cubs will be percentage points ahead of Arizona, though Miami will win the H2H tiebreaker thus jump into WC2
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You pick one tiny tidbit to correct and then fold your arms and say "there argument won!" OK fine, but people have still been talking for a week about hating the decision to start Smyly. Now you'll probably come back triumphantly and point out that Smyly wasn't even announced as the starter until Sunday so the entire argument I made is wrong
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Burning through the heart of our pen during Royals series may not have cost us yesterday's game or today's game but it certainly made things a lot more dicier both nights. At the very least everyone important has had at least 1 day off coming into tomorrow. Guessing they'll prefer to avoid Leiter if they can given that he pitched 3 straight days before this but everyone else should be good to go.
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Considering Smyly was able to last 5 innings in just 2 of his last 9 starts, its not impossible but not very likely either. You are talking about reactionary comments when people have been openly questioning the decision to start Smyly on this board since it was announced. There was even an article written about it.
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Maybe Cuas should try throwing overhand, might have more control
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Cuas trying to keep us from caring about the 9th inning.
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Shane Greene was mentioned earlier in this thread
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Morel now 4 for his last 55
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Damn...3 outs to go
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Damn, I wonder if Seiya could have scored if it didnt deflect off the wall
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And then the Cubs signed him that offseason 😂
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Stupid Tigers defense
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imagine this if you can: winning by 2 with Swanson, Suzuki, Candelario due up and whatever other stuff you said.
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Palencia is such an adventure. You have no idea what you are going to get when he steps onto the mound.
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I love that your defense of "try to win the game" is to point out that the Cubs are losing with 6 outs to go.
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Hey offense, job's not done yet.
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I'm not exactly jacked up about suggesting Wesneski either. But I'd much rather have him start than Smyly for a variety of reasons. But seriously, ignoring how bad the options are, who are you starting the next turn in the rotation?
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So who should make the next start in your mind? Smyly again?
