***Official 2023 Chicago Cubs Thread***
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Didn't we basically cut Chavez? Kind of ironic we can't get an out and he's the winning pitcher tonight with an ERA of like 1.60.
Can we get some relief pitchers with good control? Leiter, Palencia, Cuas, Merrywearher, and Wesneski can’t throw strike or wild within strike zone.
I guess it's karma for that botched wild pitch call that was actually a foul ball and gave the Cubs a free run
He's 40 years old and spent most of the year on the IL.
The pen would've been fine if it could've stayed healthy. The good news is that there's tons and tons of big arms in the pipeline.
A healthy Boxburger and Fulmer would make a world of difference. Veterans matter in a race.
Man, how valuable is Alzolay? We really miss Alzolay and Fulmer.
Wow. This is just a garbage take. Hoping a star player gets injured for accomplishing something nobody ever has before is pathetic. Maybe take a break from sports.
How do you shape next years pen? Leiter and Merryweather have to be your bottom 2, Smyly and Alzolay…do you go get 3-4 more arms and tell everyone else to enjoy Des Moines?
First of all don’t want him injured, but teams have plunked others for far less. I don’t actually mean in his ear hole but hitting him in the ass would be more than fair. Not upset that he accomplished something no one has done before, but disrupting the game for two minutes in extras in a playoff race is a garbage time to do it, and I am surely not alone in that take. JD was saying it on the broadcast, a bunch of people are saying the same thing on Twitter, hell, a buddy that HATES the Cubs texted me last night that it was ridiculous of Acuna to do that in that moment. Celebrate it before tomorrow’s game or at his first bat, whatever that’s fine. But that moment was not the time to do it.
Maybe don't give up a stolen base in that situation then? The celebration was going to happen the second he reached the accomplishment. The Cubs picked a really bad time to let it happen.
Also, most the takes I see on Twitter are poking fun at Boog and JD for whining. Glad Ross came to the defense of the moment.
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Were you upset about Sammy's celebration mid-game? Every major record-breaking event is acknowledged in game like this, especially when the player is on the home team. This is just sour grapes. You deserve to be ear holed a lot more than Acuña does.
It looks like it's between us and the Marlins unless the Astros can provide some major help this weekend.
Just all around ineptness the last 2 nights. It's such a waste because the starting pitching has been so good this series and we can't find 1 relief pitcher that can even get through an inning.
It should also be noted that PCA may be a superstar in the making but he also needs to quit trying to be a hero and just hold the runner at first.
Just all around ineptness the last 2 nights. It's such a waste because the starting pitching has been so good this series and we can't find 1 relief pitcher that can even get through an inning.
It should also be noted that PCA may be a superstar in the making but he also needs to quit trying to be a hero and just hold the runner at first.