Certainly had a special appreciation for Maddlock. Home town guy i saw when he was just a youngster. Too bad the cubs screwed up again, and are still doing so.
Chicago Cubs 2026
Yeah, Cam having nice April after a rough March.
Hindsight is 20/20, but I still make that trade. Just don’t get the opportunity to get a guy of that quality for that price for a year. Tucker was exactly what Cubs needed last year. Unfortunately, he got hurt and didn’t work out like we would have liked.
Cam looked like a world beater the first couple of months last year too, then... not so much.
Bregman is has hit .346 over the past 7 days. Seeing some positive regression toward his career averages. He is too good of a hitter to have stayed down for long.
The offense in general seems to be starting to come around... although doesn't hurt that Philly appears to have forgotten how to play decent baseball.
Also enjoy seeing Shota's velocity up about 2 mph yesterday. After a cold start, Dansby is picking it up late too.
Baseball is such a statistically dorky sport for regressions to the mean. Love it so much.
As Dansby goes, so goes the team... He is hitting .290 in wins and .100 in losses.
.300 for the last 7 days, though...
Given that none of the eventual division winners last year were in first place as of this time last year (and two that were in first place didn’t even make playoffs), seems like it’s still early.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
It's still extremely early in the season. Barely 10% of all games thus far played.
9-9 record.
1.5 games out of first place.
But we're going to have to have 2 of our 3 best pitchers (Boyd & Steele) available for the final four months of the season. And then we'll still need to trade for a big-time starter at the deadline. The hitting will come around. Be we need more pitching!
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
They pounded the Phillies the last two games which certainly helped that differential.
Still plenty early and with this division being mediocre, no need to panic unless the rest of the starting staff goes down.
At least we aren't the Phillies and Mets... Spent like drunken sailors and aren't even .500.
We all probably assume they will rebound, yet we are fatalistic about our own team, despite having the best roster in the division... I guess that's what happens when you decide to hitch your wagon to a team that was for decades referred to as "the lovable losers".
Barring a setback, Boyd will pitch against the Phillies next week. He threw 64 pitches last night at AAA... kind of uneven results, but he was hitting 94 mph and struck out 6 in 3 & 3/4 innings.
The park factor at Wrigley has been abysmal so far this year. (well below the 3 year average) It's been really tough for hitters and pitchers to play there, so far. That will change when the weather heats up a bit.
20 years ago a guy like Palencia who throws triple digits regularly would be a rock star... (Remember when Chapman first broke in? Must see TV...) Now every team seems to have a couple.
Increased focus on velocity and spin rate, increases swing and miss rates as well as limiting hard contact, but are very stressful on your arm. Most guys have to go MAX effort to be able to get MLB hitters out. For many, it's do things that will stress the heck out of your arm, or never make the Show.