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Include his 3 hit game on 8/9 (8/10 was an off day) and it’s even more absurd.

Cubs averaging 5+ runs this series and holding the Reds to 3 runs per game. Wow they’ve really been clicking on all cylinders all weekend.

100%. But the way that game unfolded, you can’t fault anyone for being frustrated. Basically this: The Reds starter should’ve been knocked out of the game in the 3rd or 4th. Then the bats started first pitch swinging and let him off the hook. And yet, somehow, Cuas, Smyly, and Wesneski, against all odds, got them through 7 with a 2-1 lead. Couldn’t the sketch the pitching performance in a bullpen game/game 2 of a DH out any better. So losing after all that is going to feel like a gut punch. That said, the cubs gained ground yesterday on a team in front of them and knocked two games off the schedule with no ground lost against a team behind them. Not to mention the hope that the solid relief performances from guys outside the circle of trust can carry over to future games, taking the load off the main three guys. Big picture, successful day! Small picture, kick in the nuts!

Cubs fans on a cubs message board expressing frustration immediately after the cubs lose a walkoff. Imagine that.

or…

This is easily your best running bit. I laugh every time. Keep up the good work.

That rule applies until 8/31. Starting 9/1, because of the extra two September call ups, you don’t get the extra roster spot for double headers.

Other than Taillon, what an excellent turn through the rotation starting with the Wicks start on Saturday.

But enough about White Sox fans’ concealed carry strategies. How bout that Cubs W?!

I don’t care about pitcher wins one iota. That said, get Justin Steele a win tonight.

Please be good again Keegan

It would’ve been nice to avoid them altogether, but Leiter hadn’t pitched since Monday and Alzolay only threw three pitches, so not the worst outcome. That said, someone needs to emerge as a fourth reliable option with Fulmer out.

Yep, Another nice ball to Webster that that the DB popped out with his helmet. TBH I thought it should’ve been a completed pass and a fumble but it’ll go down as an incomplete pass. Followed up with a nice completion to Webster for a first. I didn’t see the fumble you mentioned but the INT was bad. Seemed like a total miscommunication between him and the WR.

He also had a completed pass to Kmet called back on an OPI by Scott and another pass that went right off Tonyan’s hands. He hasn’t looked as good today, but I think better than the numbers might indicate.

Girardi is perfectly tolerable. I really don’t get the over the top disdain for him. Not terrible, not great. Just…ok. Sutcliffe on the other hand. Unlistenable.

less jackin’ off, more jackin’ bombs imo

sure is

They should just do what the cardinals do and trade a bunch of guys of zero consequence.

Happy the White Sox are finally bringing someone in to address the pornography addiction that’s run rampant through the clubhouse.

Cody Bellinger was an excellent use of resources.

Senga and Smyly signed a week apart. I would think by the time Senga signed they had a pretty good idea of how much it would take to sign each pitcher, and what options were left out there to use the surplus funds on if they signed Smyly instead of Senga. The Mancini-Cubs rumors were persistent going back to early/mid-December, so same idea there. Maybe Senga specifically had no interest in choosing the Cubs over the Mets, but if it came down to who was offering the most money, the Cubs likely had a pretty good idea of what a plan B of Smyly/Mancini would cost. And for a team that would be staring down the potential departures of Hendricks and Stroman post-2023 and had only Justin Steele, who was coming off 3 excellent months sandwiched between 2 poor months on one end and an injury on the other, penciled in for 2024 and beyond at the time of Senga’s signing, 5 years at an AAV of $15 million (let’s even call at $16 million+, acknowledging that we’d have had to outbid the offer that ultimately brought him to NY), to me, was a feature, not a bug. I’ll concede a bit on Barnhart as Amaya was no sure bet to be a contributor to the 2023 squad and they weren’t going to wrap up the off-season without signing a backup catcher. Even if Barnhart at $3.5 million for two years was not my preferred choice.

The misallocation of dollars really aggravates me. ~$20 million to Mancini, Barnhart, and Smyly that could’ve gone toward solidifying the middle of the rotation. Hindsight is 20/20, but I’d sure feel a lot better heading into this 28 games in 28 days stretch with Senga, Walker, Eflin, or someone from that tier of the 2023 FA class. Jed made some really nice moves this off-season, but I do wish he hadn’t wasted meaningful dollars to less than useless players. I know Smyly has provided some value at points this season and it might be unfair to lump him in with the other two, but pooling the resources dedicated to all three to level up a tier on the 2nd starting pitching acquisition would’ve been a wiser use of funds.

It’s too bad KB has been sidelined by injuries the last few years, but he was the best player on the most successful stretch of Cubs baseball of any of our lifetimes. He has the stats and the hardware to back it up. Not a bust. Terrible take.

After a very rough start to the season, Fulmer’s been excellent for going on three months now.

Can we get a ruling on whether this makes him an elite pitching prospect?