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Jed got caught. He and Breslow from Boston are operating at the same level. Just a bunch of B/C level players in hopes that one of them catches fire, and gives the team the chance. The team is just average. The 10+ game winning streaks were pretty much a fluke. Having 3 walk off wins against Cincinnati in a row is something that doesn't really happen. We played Philadelphia at the right time. But the lack of firepower on the offense and pitching is killing this team. The lack of identity of the organization is hurting as well. Someone mentioned it, we're last in the MLB in velocity. We have nothing that scares anybody across the MLB.
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Their stats are weird. Not very good in starting pitching, not very good in offensively hitting, but they're legit in the bullpen from what I've. It's weird, but I don't see it being sustainable for a 162.
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You're becoming an idiot with that post. One, since the beginning of the previous road at Texas, the Cubs have scored 4 or more runs in just 3 games (11 games total). The Cubs pitching knows the offense isn't doing well. The Cubs pitching staff knows the offense is leaving a crap ton of base runners on base. The Cubs pitching staff knows the 2-5 hitters can't hit with RISP. There's a crap ton of pressure when it comes to pitching knowing the offense can't score. Add that with a 2 bogus errors, then there's nothing Cabrera can do.
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Feel bad for Cabrera. Catcher's interference on the strings of the mit, Hoerner getting out at 3rd base, and now this.
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Bench him
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Just curious to as to why the Hoerner challenge was overturned but the challenge at Texas wasn't. Those types of plays at Texas screws the Cubs because there was evidence to overturn the call, but elected not to.
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Something tells me we're going to have an ejection tonight.
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Minnesota 5 Milwaukee 4 Final
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Absolutely not.
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I think that's the weird. They signed him like around Thanksgiving, giving him a 2-3 year deal. For a guy that throws 90 MPH, it's tough because hitters can sit on either fastball or slider. And if that sit on the slider, they still have enough time to react to Phil's fastball. I truly believe it was an odd signing.
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Just don't want Jed to wait until July 30th to make a move. The need to get starting pitching is there. That needs to be addressed not necessarily ASAP, but sooner than later.
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Rea needs to prioritize outs. Fedde having over 60 pitches through two innings isn't a good recipe for the White Sox.
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The pitch locations + velocity on the Taillon's homers allowed is depressing.
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Not sure what Palencia is doing here. He has 100 in his arm. He gave Carter a gift.
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I understand that, but just because they say it's "stands" doesn't mean there's not enough camera evidence. To me, I thought there was enough evidence from the cameras/technology to overturn the call.
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I disagree. Just because it's "stands" doesn't mean there's not enough evidence. Sometimes, they're going to support their buddies on the call. I thought the play at the plate should've been overturned. And I'm not bashing Adam Hamari either, but I thought there's enough to overturn the call. Point of what I'm making is there has been times where it's more "50/50" and they overturned the call. I don't think the play at the plate was 50/50.
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I was going to say, umpires integrity was on the line there, haha. No way they could've overturn that just by screwing the Cubs seconds before.
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The problem I have with replay is that the same exact play will happen tonight between Detroit and Kansas City, and they would overturn that.
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There's some inconsistency going on with replay today. Look, to me, he was obviously out.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-9-26
731.4life replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Just saw where the Cubs released Haydn McGreary from Double-A Knoxville Smokies. Jordan Nwogu maybe a player that they could consider moving up to Iowa. Vince Reilly got up to 98 MPH today in Knoxville. 24 K's in 18 innings for him so far, just 7 walks. He has an opponent Avg. of .183 and a WHIP of 1. He could very well be in Iowa not too long from now. -
I think the biggest question is going to be is trust. How much do we trust these starters in postseason time? Because truthfully, Boyd and Imanaga didn't do well in their postseason starts last season at Milwaukee. I do believe the organization can benefit on a Peralta or an Alcantara, someone with good stuff and can get outs in the postseason. Sonny Gray is off to a good start this season, but his strikeout numbers are down when he has pitched this season. I do believe the team is one quality starter for sure, but I do believe they need another starter that can start games and eat up innings and be fine (perfect example to me would be Dan Haren in 2015). We can't sit here and say "The Cubs are 27-12, they have two separate 10 game winning streaks in less than 40 games played." And we're putting the trust in Justin Steele, Boyd, Imanaga, Wiggins (who knows about him). I'm all for two starters, one for quality and one to eat up innings and keep the bullpen fresh as possible. The team has earned the right to go "all in" and I don't think we have the guys on the mound to do that yet. As good as Shota has been so far, I'm a little worried about what could happen.
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I'll be interesting to see what Boston does with Sonny Gray this season, I think he could be someone that could fit the Cubs. Arizona needs to sell. I thought we should've gone after Alcantara from Miami last season, that didn't work obviously. I do believe there are more quantity of arms available, the quality is going to be the question. I also believe we're going to need two arms for the starting pitching side avilable. So, I'm actually fine with Ober+ one more quality arm. Every team in the American League is 3 games out of the AL Wild Card.
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Reds (Singer) vs Cubs (Rea): 5/6/26, 6:40pm
731.4life replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Haha, can't believe it. -
Reds (Singer) vs Cubs (Rea): 5/6/26, 6:40pm
731.4life replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I agree, but if we're going to bunt, we should've been fine with letting Ian do a squeeze bunt or something. -
Reds (Singer) vs Cubs (Rea): 5/6/26, 6:40pm
731.4life replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Do we bunt here?
