https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_with_a_home_run_in_their_first_major_league_at_bat sort by team Huh, Brewers are the only current team to never have a player homer in their first at-bat. The Braves did when they were in Milwaukee, but the Brewers (even the one year in Seattle) haven't.
I'd say the Cubs lost that trade...but not really (Castro has a -0.2 fWAR and is owed another $40 million over the next 4 years). That being said, time for Warren and Richard to be relegated to somewhere esle. Give Patton and Pena a shot. Hell, give Concepcion a shot, he's holding lefties to a .293 OPS so far this year.
What the horsefeathers Cubs? End this horsefeathers against this shitty team now. Next time Joe, maybe leave in the pitcher who's mowing through the lineup and not even at 100 pitches
Bradley has some good stuff but it looks like even Castillo isn't sure of where it's going. Where he sets up seems to have little bearing on where the ball is going - he's set up on the inside part of the plate and had the ball be on the outer half twice in this Rizzo AB.
Eh, not a bad send. Nobody is really expecting Ross to run, so it was a lot closer then it should've been. Out, and the top of the order leads off next inning. Safe, runner on second with a hot hitter up.
Do the Cubs seriously have no other left handed pitchers? This guy is supposedly a LOOGY but can't get lefties out (they're batting .353 against him this year, not counting tonight).