*** Official 2025 Chicago Cubs Thread***

[cyatheart]

I'm sorry, PCA on first, Nico at the plate, you gotta steal or bunt, and we did neither.

 

[515Clone]

The wrong question. Why didn't PCA try to steal a bag. Nico has been our best hitter the last 7 days.

 

[Pharmacy99]

Why are we not having Nico bunt there. I mean come on,

We don’t play small ball. We don’t play good fundamental baseball.

 

[cycloneworld]

Feels like Tucker hasn’t done anything this summer so looked it up.

.225 batting average
1 HR
9 RBI
.662 OPS

He had an amazing start but can’t disappear like he has…

 

[chuckd4735]

Pitching is fine. Offense is horrible right now.

 

[Clonefan32]

People bash the pitching but we have about a half dozen guys who have simply forgotten how to hit a baseball

 

[BigJCy]

Feels like Tucker hasn’t done anything this summer so looked it up.

.225 batting average
1 HR
9 RBI
.662 OPS

He had an amazing start but can’t disappear like he has…

Major Power Outage.

 

[Pharmacy99]

Tucker is one of baseball's top 10-15 players. Just don't see him on the same tier as: Judge, Ohtani or Soto. Or have the same media cache that sells tickets. What he has going for him is a pretty weak FA market this offseason. Tucker, Alonso and Schwarber are the big names. There are some opt-outs like Bregman who could impact the market, but otherwise not many hitters you'd pencil in 2/3/4 in a lineup.

Tucker doesn't have elite slug, is a .270 hitter and will be 30 next season. No way I see him getting a $500M contract. I would think any GM is going to feel Tucker has ideally 8 years left. So my guess the best Tucker is looking at is $350M. And that was based on Tucker's early season play.

Schwarber is 33 and strictly a DH. It wouldn't surprise me if the Cubs couldn't get Schwarber for half the speculation on Tucker. He's a good fit- go with an OF of: Suzuki, PCA, Caissie/? and DH Schwarber.

If he continues current pace, he may not even get $400. Tucker is good but not at the level of Otani and Judge.

 

[Clonefan32]

Feels like Tucker hasn’t done anything this summer so looked it up.

.225 batting average
1 HR
9 RBI
.662 OPS

He had an amazing start but can’t disappear like he has…

Boog mentioned the other day that his hand injury from 6 weeks or so ago was still bothering him. Which would make some sense— just no power

 

[Clonefan32]

Says something about the current state of the cubs that I’m excited Willy Castro is up this inning

 

[cyfanatic13]

Yeah never putting PCA in motion there seemed like a major miss. Just not fun baseball to watch when the Cubs are at the plate for a very long stretch now

 

[Pharmacy99]

People bash the pitching but we have about a half dozen guys who have simply forgotten how to hit a baseball

Many players were having career high years. Now all of them are regressing.

 

[cyatheart]

Man people have figured out Suzuki.

 

[Pharmacy99]

Man people have figured out Suzuki.

So as PCA

 

[cyatheart]

Boog mentioned the other day that his hand injury from 6 weeks or so ago was still bothering him. Which would make some sense— just no power

Have to wonder, his bat looks really slow

 

[cyatheart]

We going to be closer to the last wildcard than we are the Brewers possibly.

 

[Clonefan32]

Whatever. It’s almost football season anyway

 

[BigJCy]

3 freaking hits and that's even with the Reds starter having to leave with an injury in the 2nd inning.

 

[NazClone]

Now 3 games out of first after being up 5 early in the season.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

Whatever. It’s almost football season anyway

This is true and does make it a little easier to bare a late season collapse if that does end up happening again.