***Official 2024 Chicago Cubs Thread***

[Skyh13]

Saw that coming a million miles away

 

[BigJCy]

Not very confident we get out of this inning with the Win.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

3-4 on a tough trip. Take it and get ready to beat the Brewers this weekend.

 

[ISUCubswin]

The one thing keeping me optimistic about this **** show is you get the three starters back and Merryweather in July and this entire bullpen looks different.

 

[Clonefan32]

This FO's commitment to trying to pull relievers off the trash heap is truly unrivaled. Invest in some god **** bullpen arms. Where the **** do we find these guys?

 

[CycloneT]

Got to move Ben Brown to closer at this point. 12 of the 13 losses are either the pen or Kyle Hendricks

 

[clonebb]

If we don't have a 3 run lead, we typically are going to lose.

 

[clonebb]

Can they DFA Hendricks?

 

[ISUCubswin]

Can they DFA Hendricks?

Yes but usually you don’t DFA a guy getting his kind of paycheck unless you are 100% certain he will 100% of the time **** up

 

[Cyforce]

Wow this bullpen pitches so erratically. How can Counsell have any confidence in these guys when Palencia looks like he can strike out anyone one inning, and then completely craters the next?

Dude throws 101, maybe he isn't a multi inning guy.

 

[ISUCubswin]

Dude throws 101, maybe he isn't a multi inning guy.

Really my only knock on Counsell so far from the entire season standpoint. 2 of Alzolays 4 blown saves came after he had already thrown in the 8th.

There are multi-inning relievers and there are not multi-inning relievers. I would argue Adbert, MJL, Palencia, and Almonte are guys on our roster that should not ever throw in an inning and then come back out.

 

[TClone99]

3-4 on a tough trip. Take it and get ready to beat the Brewers this weekend.

Amen. This team is obviously banged up and has played quite poorly for a while. To be in the position it’s in is very encouraging. More guys will drive the ball more consistently than they have, and I really believe the bullpen works itself out eventually. Call me a sunshine pumper if you want.

 

[isucy86]

Really my only knock on Counsell so far from the entire season standpoint. 2 of Alzolays 4 blown saves came after he had already thrown in the 8th.

There are multi-inning relievers and there are not multi-inning relievers. I would argue Adbert, MJL, Palencia, and Almonte are guys on our roster that should not ever throw in an inning and then come back out.

I'm going to give Counsell benefit of the doubt that he's trying to figure out what he has. Not ideal during the season, but really only way a new manager can figure out guys strengths/weaknesses in big league situations.

In the case of guys like Lovelady, Brewer, Thompson, Wisdom, etc. he's giving them a legit chance to prove themselves in case it comes to DFAing a guy.

 

[BigJCy]

Amen. This team is obviously banged up and has played quite poorly for a while. To be in the position it’s in is very encouraging. More guys will drive the ball more consistently than they have, and I really believe the bullpen works itself out eventually. Call me a sunshine pumper if you want.

 

[BigJCy]

Hendricks Double A Start:

 

[Rabbuk]

Hendricks Double A Start:

Turns out 85 without elite placement is just batting practice. Although strangely those numbers aren't bad.

 

[RagingCloner]

Turns out 85 without elite placement is just batting practice. Although strangely those numbers aren't bad.

It’s ******* double a. Basically a bunch of high schoolers and college kids

 

[Rabbuk]

It’s ******* double a. Basically a bunch of high schoolers and college kids

I know but 7 hits and only 2 runs is pretty lucky

 

[ISUCubswin]

To be fair, Steele had a statistically worse outing but management felt good about that outing. Entirely possible Hendricks got out of it what he was looking for

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Steele was just getting work in. There was zero scouting and he was just throwing what he wanted to throw.

I don't know if that was the case for Hendricks.