MLB: ***Official 2019 Chicago Cubs Season Thread***
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My guess is we will see a position player pitching tonight for an inning or two. Not worth wasting arms and Lester clearly doesn’t give a ****. Can’t wait for him to complain he doesn’t have his personal catcher
CycloneErik
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Let’s all play a game predicting Lester’s tweet tomorrow about tonight’s game.
“Unacceptable. Didn’t have my stuff tonight and the results showed it. Gotta get back to work and get better. Q will pick us up tomorrow. NVRQT”
“Unacceptable. Didn’t have my stuff tonight and the results showed it. Gotta get back to work and get better. Q will pick us up tomorrow. NVRQT”
It's a bad outing but some of you are freaking out over it. Jon's a bulldog, and he's been a good Cub. Doesn't miss starts, never wants to come out of games, and has actually done some, some good things at the plate. (Week or two ago, they said he's tied for most RBIs by a pitcher since beginning of '17. Who ever would have thought of that?)
Flush the game Jon and come back strong like we know you can.
Flush the game Jon and come back strong like we know you can.
The Cubs have better pitching than the Dodgers? Yikes that’s a poor take.
Since the all star break, the Dodgers have a 0.10 better ERA than the Cubs.
The Cubs bullpen is better.
Dodgers have a better 1-3, but are either rolling out a rookie as their 4 or Maeda, whos been under attack by his own fan base wanting him removed from the starting role.
Lastly, the Dodgers aren’t exactly notorious for their pitching in October.
I agree with you on all of the above but I just found it funny that you mentioned that he doesn’t miss starts and never wants to come out of games, yet both of those just happened.
I stopped reading after the Cubs bullpen being better
And yet Maeda's ERA is basically the same as Darvish, Quintana and Lester, all are right around 4.40, plus Stipling has better numbers and also Rich Hill is expected back this year. They also have legit pitching prospects they can call up unlike Chicago.
The Cubs bullpen, when healthy, is better - any national pundit will tell you that. The Dodgers were blasted at the deadline for not improving the bullpen. All they have is Jansen, who’s numbers are drastically declining. Baez is their next best pitcher, is rather mediocre.
Cubs, again when healthy, have one of the strongest bullpens in the game. Cishek is our 4th or 5th best reliever and would probably be their main set up man.
What does healthy mean? With a healthy Kimbrell, Strop and Morrow? Cause that ain't happening. I'd love to hear the four relievers the Cubs have who are better than Cishek.
Rich Hill is planning to take on a bullpen role in October.
I’m interested in hearing who these top pitching prospects are. Other than May, they don’t really have any pitchers on the farm who are expected to produce at the MLB level.
Well May alone is more than the Cubs have, also Tony Gonsolin.
https://www.truebluela.com/2019/8/5...-win-over-cardinals-game-recap-cody-bellinger
