Bobson Dugnutt

I’m not sure if that one is on Caleb or Colston. Just not on the same page. Carolina was in zone, I believe, so Caleb’s expecting Colston to sit in the middle but Colston continues on his route.

291 on the ground, 269 in the air. 72.4% from Caleb. 501 yards of total offense. Pure dominance. the decision to go for it on 4th down was silly. You can’t expect this defense to defend 20 yards. The play calling got a bit vanilla in the 2nd quarter but I loved the fast start in the 1st after too many slow starts last year. for all the JVDB preseason love, I didn’t hear his name once. Did he not see the field, or just a quiet day? This defense is going to have to find answers quickly. Jaylon and Tyrique looked horrible. I know he had a sack, but Sweat needs to be more disruptive.

Yeah, seems unnecessary

Yikes, what an embarrassing display from Eddings.

Yeah stop making horsefeathers up to make Jed look bad, guys. Wait, what’s that you say? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6310063/2025/04/25/jesus-luzardo-phillies-cubs-marlins-trade-medical/ ah well, nevertheless.

Man, I really want Seiya back. I understand there’s a line to be drawn if the offers get out of hand and he’s going to command a contract into his late thirties, but the PCA-Seiya-Bregman 1-2-3 has been incredibly special.

The expanded playoffs waters the feat down a bit, but the cubs made the playoffs 5 times in the first ~3 decades of my life. I can’t envision a time where I will ever take postseason baseball for granted. Yes, this pitching staff is straight ass. But this lineup has been otherworldly for the majority of the season. I really don’t anticipate much more than last October, but ya never know.

I don’t really care about Counsell one way or the other, but I’m not sure what he’s supposed to do with this collection of pitchers. He’s been handed the worst staff in the majors and the team is on pace for 90 wins.

He may never play another snap for the Bears again, and what we’re hearing from Poles and Johnson speaks volumes about their frustration levels, but putting him on the PUP list doesn’t signal anything either way. It was the obvious move to make. They get no benefit from cutting him and he’s clearly not ready to go on the active roster. If they IR’ed him before the release of the initial 53-man, he’d be out for the whole season. If they took a similar approach as they did with Bryant and included him on the initial 53-man roster and then IR’ed him, someone else would’ve gotten squeezed off the initial 53, if only for a day, and other teams would have had the opportunity to sign or claim that player. He’d still have to miss a minimum of 4 games and they have to burn one of their 8 designations to return. Because he 1) entered camp with an injury 2) did not participate in any practices or preseason games, they are able to place him on the PUP list, leaving the door open for him to return and saving a DTR for another injured player. Thats it. The Bears made the obvious move because it was the obvious move. We learned nothing new about their feelings toward him or their plans for him.

They did not effectively cut Gordon by putting him on the PUP list lol what are you talking about and no, they have the option to open a 21-day practice window as early as week 3, positioning him to play as soon as week 5. But they do not have to open the 21-day practice window that early. Formerly, it was a 5 week period during which a team could begin the 21-day practice window for a player, but im not sure how the rule changes allowing PUP players to begin their window as soon as week 3 changes this (I.e is it still a 5 week period or is it now 7?). but presumably they have until at least week 8, maybe week 10, to open his window. Like it or not, Gordon is almost certainly here for the next two seasons, so ya just gotta hope he gets healthy and sees the field as much as possible.

I went back to 1991 and found two cases of a team finishing last in pitching fWAR and having a winning record: the 1991 A’s at 84-78 and the 2000 Angels at 82-80. The fact that they’re playing at a 91-win pace tells you just how good the bats and gloves have been.

All our injured pitchers are great and all our healthy pitchers are bad. As soon as the injured pitchers get healthy they become bad and as soon as the healthy pitchers get injured they become good. It’s what’s known as Jed’s Paradox.