*** Official 2025 Chicago Cubs Thread***

[ClonesTwenty1]

And the damn Cardinals keep winning.

 

[HoustonClone]

Closers taking lesson from each other. Have to do better.

 

[BigJCy]

He has seemed off last few weeks. Hitting and defense

been not seemed

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

Man...palencia has such a good arm...but his slider doesn't slide much and he still struggles throwing strikes consistently

He needs a change up.

 

[HoustonClone]

Man...palencia has such a good arm...but his slider doesn't slide much and he still struggles throwing strikes consistently

The four pitch walk showed he isn’t ready to close yet. Tucker could/should have caught that but when he didn’t, Palencia cratered.

 

[cyatheart]

He needs a change up.

Yes, Def has to get a second pitch he can throw for a strike consistently l, just doesn't have that right now

 

[Clonefan32]

Tucker, after taking a horrible route on that ball, sure also took his time getting to that last ball in the corner.

 

[NoCreativity]

Lol, and I was just advocating for Palencia to get a shot at closing. This bullpen us such trash.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

The four pitch walk showed he isn’t ready to close yet. Tucker could/should have caught that but when he didn’t, Palencia cratered.

Thankfully Pressly seems to be throwing “okay” for now. Probably time to put him back in that roll.

 

[cyatheart]

Tucker, after taking a horrible route on that ball, sure also took his time getting to that last ball in the corner.

He looks like he's got cement in his shoes on some of those fly balls.

 

[BigJCy]

Lol, and I was just advocating for Palencia to get a shot at closing. This bullpen us such trash.

Yep they aren't that good to begin with and also feels like to me some of them are being over-used. Have a bad feeling of what they will be come August & September.

 

[HoustonClone]

Thankfully Pressly seems to be throwing “okay” for now. Probably time to put him back in that roll.

No. Seventh inning seems good for him.

 

[cyatheart]

I don't know, i really like palencia, just has to get another pitch he can throw with confidence, just isn't there yet

Where was Hodge tonight?

 

[BigJCy]

Also would have been nice to have that run back from the Ballesteros bad slide.

 

[David Freshman1982]

Imagine how good this Cubs team would be in terms of results if they had a Lee Smith, or Randy Myers, or Wade Davis etc... Instead we watch this end-of-game puke job year after year in the Jed regime. /tired_of_it

 

[BigJCy]

I don't know, i really like palencia, just has to get another pitch he can throw with confidence, just isn't there yet

Where was Hodge tonight?

Going on the IL with oblique injury.

 

[Clonefan32]

That 0-2 slider might be the worst pitch I’ve ever seen. Can’t locate it— why are you throwing it in that count?

 

[Clonefan32]

Going on the IL with oblique injury.

The Chicago Cubs— where obliques go to die.

I feel confident Jed already has some no name AAA guy in mind to replace him

 

[Ankency]

I don't know, i really like palencia, just has to get another pitch he can throw with confidence, just isn't there yet

Where was Hodge tonight?

Unavailable. Going on IR with oblique problem

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

Going on the IL with oblique injury.

Team better get their bodies right.