bdutts
- Houston, Texas
He was good last year. The question is, was that a fluke? You’d like to give him some 5th and 6th innings to work things out but can you afford to?
Chicago Cubs 2024
The Cubs DO NOT have a closer. Hoyer, this is on you!!!
Not a surprise since Jed and Ricketts cheaped out on the 'pen
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
I think they gave Neris 9M…
If they don’t have a closer in July, it’s on Hoyer. Spending a bunch of money on bullpen pieces isn’t smart. Alzolay looked the part previously. Neris didn’t have a great week, but overall his stats are decent. Merryweather has the stuff, but is on the shelf. It’s obvious now that they need an upgrade. It didn’t look terrible on paper.
.
Maybe when Steele and Wicks come back, Brown and Wesneski can refortify the bullpen.
Do you realize... that the Cubs starters have allowed ZERO runs in the past four games, averaging almost 6 innings per game? And they're only 2-2 because the bullpen has given up 15 runs in about 15 innings!
Youch!!
Youch!!
Talk about "I've got good news and I've got bad news"!
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
where’s the dislike button when you need it ?
In the last 9 games, starters ERA is 0.88 and reliever ERA is 5.28.
Major League Harry Doyle GIF - Major league Harry doyle Just a bit outside - Discover & Share GIFs
Click to view the GIF
tenor.com
Dude is halfway to the plate by the time he releases it; how could he be that bad?
I'm guessing that he's picked up a baseball and has actually thrown it less than 10 times in his life, his hands probably make the ball feel like a golf ball and in trying to overthrow it....he yanked it left. If we tried to throw a golf ball, with pace, 60 feet... guessing it wouldn't be pretty.
All of that is purely a guess simply because it is hard to imagine him being that god awful.
Bellinger back tonight. Canario down.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
hard to believe he healed that fast from a broken rib
at my age , that’s a 3 month or more recovery
Chuck Nuggets
Dip your nuggets in my staff source sauce.
Michael Busch truthers unite
In fact, it was TWO broken ribs! He went 3 for 4 with a home run....
The good news is that bullpens are a heck of a lot easier to fix than starting rotations. The even better news is that despite, (as of the beginning of the week) having 82 million in salary on the IL ( the most in baseball), the Cubs are in first place.
The organization is strong. The kids are good. We are getting close.