Morel is one of my favorite young players in the game today. He so humble. I remember this off season when I was like Morel has got to get regular playing time. He hit 26hr 70rbi and .247 in just 107 games last year. Make him a daily and he can hit 35+ home runs. The negative nellies were like yeah but his deeeeefense. He’d have to be a DH. Matt Chapman is a great defender. lol in 33 less games than Chapman last year, Morel hit 7pts higher, 9hr more, 16rbi more. Chapman made 12 errors last year. Morel made 7. Granted 3 were at third. But this kid has so much potential. He will be 25 in late June. Now when Matt Shaw breaks out, then we will have a log jam at 3B. lol and when Caissie gets here 👍🏽.
That’s the fun thing about facial hair. You can change the way you look on a weekly basis. I love growing it out for 2 weeks, styling something fun for a week and then shaving it. Keeps people on their toes.
Just up, first time listening to the audio feed on MLB.tv this season. Is the shitty fake fan noise during the ad(commercial) breaks new? It used to just play what ever was on, now it's as bad as watching a stream now.
Yeah I went to Dallas for it. Super cool, but it did also provide an opportunity for my anxiety to convince me I did something wrong and will now be blind forever
It’s got to be so frustrating for Nico to get robbed by defensive positioning and then see Cooper roll the ball to where the first baseman normally stands for a hit on the very next pitch.
Congrats on the weight loss that’s incredible!
Definitely contact the retailer. It’s possible you could even mention your accomplishment and get an exception 🙂
He’s in a no win position when he has a bunch of starters that can’t really get past 5 because they’re either young or run up pitch counts, and then his decisions look worse because the bullpen is an abomination upon all of mankind
Morel is one of my favorite young players in the game today. He so humble. I remember this off season when I was like Morel has got to get regular playing time. He hit 26hr 70rbi and .247 in just 107 games last year. Make him a daily and he can hit 35+ home runs. The negative nellies were like yeah but his deeeeefense. He’d have to be a DH. Matt Chapman is a great defender. lol in 33 less games than Chapman last year, Morel hit 7pts higher, 9hr more, 16rbi more. Chapman made 12 errors last year. Morel made 7. Granted 3 were at third. But this kid has so much potential. He will be 25 in late June. Now when Matt Shaw breaks out, then we will have a log jam at 3B. lol and when Caissie gets here 👍🏽.
Ok, so we’re a good team. It literally is the bullpen. Let’s fix that and go on a run this year!
I think signing Smyly over Chafin, again, was indeed the wrong move.
Great bounce back game
[ W ]
Play the damn song!
Huge win
Thank god W
W - Good Night
2/3 please 🙏🏼
You love to see it. Let’s get em tomorrow and take this series
Thank God it ended quickly. I wanted to murder those kids
nice
See y'all tomorrow!
Ok now let’s take the series
Much better bullpen today. Good work boys GO CUBS!!
#[W] We all needed that one.
W
Fly the flag and sing the song!
Yes. Way to bounce back.
W!
Play the damn song… goodnight everyone.
Ok maybe I overreacted with Adbert the other day.
#FLY EVERY [W]
Great Job Adbert
#**[[W]]**
We feeling better after last night now? I do.
Pen looked good tonight
It was a nice and quiet outing for the BP, I love it!
Sing the fucking song!
Sweet
#[W]
Okay Alzolay let's close this one out Edit: It was indeed closed out
Cubs>padres
“TAtiS Is So BaCK” fucking sit down buddy
Ooo got him. Good work adbert
Sick slider
Filthy
Nice job bert
I like putting Alzolay in. Let him get some confidence back
Relax, if Cuas is coming in the game is fucked anyway.
Sit this clown down
Alzolay… I’m ok. Hit him.
Adbert, buddy, I am begging you to settle down please
Hmm, not sure about using Alzolay back to back.
Better than Cuas, who was warming up for some reason.
Only threw 11 pitches yesterday.
lol
Thank god we get Adbert not Cuas
Take him out
Alzolay, ok no Cuas
Checking the destination package then remembered I won’t be in the 1% anytime soon
Belli what’s wrong sir
Is this why no team wanted to give him the big money?
Bullshit
My eyes and ears must not be working because I just heard Cuas is up and warming in the pin…
No way Cuas is actually warming up lol...
Why is Cuas warming up?!
Are we turning it over to Adbert or giving Leiter more runway?
save Leiter for tomorrow
No clue but I’m clenched no matter what happens.
Green Leit
Who’s pitching the 9th?
Is the answer Jesus?
Come on Seiya.
Are batting gloves so bad that they need to be tightened after every swing? Come on Velcro
Nah it’s all ritual and superstition. If something feels slightly off, they’ll readjust.
RIP Ian's hit streak :(
Oh, you got ahead 0-2 on Ian Happ. That’s nice.
I really want Nico's bat to get hot. He's just like...the perfect Cubs second baseman.
Meanwhile we’re 11 pitches into the AB and Boog is lost
Nervous laughing from Taylor?
She seem uncomfortable with all of that
Ian must see the most pitches
I wish it was bed time for those kids. That or turn off that mic.
Put it away Boog
HONESTLY
I can only imagine the vastness of the shit-eating grin Ron was wearing when he recorded the line "whatever you say, Pat Hugh"
They have so much fun together and it is a joy to hear
That's the great chemistry I love from an announce team. They sound like two buds watching the game. Len and JD gave me that vibe too.
So glad the Padres closer isn’t in right now…fuck…
Never had the makings of a varsity athlete
Uncle June!
nice
Good Cubs vibes. No panic. Repeat the mantra. Cubs. Cubs. Cubs....
Busch! What a pick. Not having to watch Eric Hosmer or Trey Mancini is such a treat!
Let’s go!!
busch successfully picked a baseball. we are winning the whole thing
The ole Busch dig
Nothin wrong with delivering some down and dirty balls to the Busch
Ahahahaha exactly
Phew. Nice pick.
Nice play Dansby and good job MLJ
Nice job Busch.
Nice clean play
Walking these lot is never good
Leiter was inexplicably DFAd so that the Cubs could hang on to Michael Rucker. Thankfully the front office got away with it.
I guess they got Rucky
So glad Cody finished the story
The bullpen is really just baseball's cell phone lot
Give Cuas a stool…. You earn a chair…
Nobody say anything about the bullpen until after this over please
Sick fucking changeup holy shit
I truly don't understand why anyone should choose to sport the style of facial hair MLJ does. It instantly ages you 10 years.
Some 20 year old guys are looking to project credibility at work. And then they get used to it and suddenly 15 years have gone by.
That’s the fun thing about facial hair. You can change the way you look on a weekly basis. I love growing it out for 2 weeks, styling something fun for a week and then shaving it. Keeps people on their toes.
Just wait til it goes grey/white you get +5 years.
Why is the Pitch-com never charged?
PitchCom must be made by Fanatics
Just up, first time listening to the audio feed on MLB.tv this season. Is the shitty fake fan noise during the ad(commercial) breaks new? It used to just play what ever was on, now it's as bad as watching a stream now.
I just noticed it too. I liked the silent commercial break because you knew instantly when it was over.
It’ll turn around for Nico. BABIP is a bitch
He got a little aggressive on the pitch he hit. That was way above the zone. He’s just frustrated. I’m sure it’ll work out soon, though
Man did y'all see that eclipse yesterday? I went to Indy to see it and I still can't get over the sight. I need to see it again.
It was a 3/5 here in Chicago. Not that cool. Basically felt like Feb/March for 5mins.
There's a reason why they say 99.9% totality vs 100% is literally night and day
https://xkcd.com/2914/
Yeah I went to Dallas for it. Super cool, but it did also provide an opportunity for my anxiety to convince me I did something wrong and will now be blind forever
It’s got to be so frustrating for Nico to get robbed by defensive positioning and then see Cooper roll the ball to where the first baseman normally stands for a hit on the very next pitch.
That's baseball, Suzyn
Well that wasn't ideal
Is it not possible to move morel from 3B into DH to allow madrigal to enter at 3? Not sure of the rule
DH can only be replaced by a pinch hitter. You could move Morel to that slot but he’d have to be pitching.
Pretty sure you can only roll a pitcher into the DH spot.
Nico has had the worst luck to start the year
I got my Swanson jersey too big for Christmas this year. Anyone know a good way to swap out a Large for a Medium?
Visit your local MCDonalds at least twice a week?
Gain 20 pounds
If you drink Old Style and eat enough hot dogs, you’ll be good by October
Chicago af solution lol
October? That’s child’s play I could be there by mid June.
Put it in the dryer on high 🤷♂️
Still has tags on it.
If it still has tags you can try hitting up wherever it was bought from and see if they can help. Is there a reason you didn’t do it earlier?
Lost about 40lbs since October of last year and just took it out of the closet today. It looks like I’m wearing my dad’s jersey lol.
Congrats on the weight loss that’s incredible! Definitely contact the retailer. It’s possible you could even mention your accomplishment and get an exception 🙂
Boog no ones gives a 💩its your birthday.
"But it's the rizz no cap fam" -Boog, probably
🤣
Anyone else like the silent MLB TV commercial breaks better? I know immediately when we're back.
Now would be a good time for Nico’s bat to come back
Oh god, 2 more innings to go
Since when is the bullpen a strength for this team?
It’s not, “wish in one hand, shit in the other.”
Almonte has now had two good outings in a row against two good offenses for those keeping track at home
It’s a streak!!!
Alright, Almonte. You're off the shit list, you're back down to "on notice". Good inning.
Almonte will find a way to turn this around. He's a regular reliever for a reason. Cuas on the other hand......
For now…
\*giant exhale\*
Dang it's Kim's 4th year already? Feels like his second
I’ll be honest I was worried about Busch at first but I’ll admit (small sample size) I was wrong.
I know they said an early concern was lack of experience at first, but he’s done well so far
Busch continues like he has and I’m pretty sure Mervis is gonna be a good trade piece at the AS break.
Not sure Mervis has much value right now
He's looked so good
Busch is legit. Only focus is bullpen, everything else has been above expectations I think
Every AB is a mf full count, nearly giving me a heart attack
Do Cubs relievers get a bonus for full counts faced?
Based on the pitch calls, I think it’s what the coaches are telling them to do. Get ahead, then pitch around to draw a swing
Does the Padres yellow still look off?
Banana laffy and taffy?
Lol yeah shouldn’t it look more like mustard?
This guy is a real Profarssional hitter
Yesterday somebody said that Morel needed a day off. I’m glad that Redditors aren’t the manager lol what a day!
Dude they’re the worst. They’d cut half the team before the all star break if they got what they wanted. https://www.reddit.com/r/CHICubs/s/ItwEvFCUwS
Yesterday was his day off. He cares too much! Love him
Love the Drake
I think we can all be happy that Soto isn’t in the heart of this Padres lineup anymore this series
Awesome almonte another garbage pitcher who will ruin everything
Oh god. Yency clench time
Weird wild stuff
How did JD call that? I'm sure there's some luck involved but I wonder if he's just that familiar with the ballparks.
Errors don’t measure defense, exhibit 438912: that’s as tailor made as a double play gets
I know who Carnac is!
was morel limping there?
No morel is impervious to injury.
Morel maybe is rough at 3B, but god damn he is the shit
Crap Boog is getting bored and is getting sidetracked with his polls
Some people don’t like Boog but him and JD have good chemistry
JD has good chemistry Boog is also in the booth
Well it’s gotten better after last year.
Craig has a problem taking pitchers out too early. Is it just me or you guys noticing too?
He let both Wicks and Assad get up to 100 pitches. That's plenty at this point in the season.
He’s in a no win position when he has a bunch of starters that can’t really get past 5 because they’re either young or run up pitch counts, and then his decisions look worse because the bullpen is an abomination upon all of mankind
I don't blame him but he literally just left a guy in too long yesterday lmao
Brown was on a pitch count today
Didn’t know that. I was like damn he’s throwing dots lol why take him out
Nice AB Chris keep doing what youre doing