I'd be okay with a little more Elise Menaker coverage today.
I'd be okay with a little more Elise Menaker coverage today.
Next 2 weeks are big. Stay focused on the games in front of you and take care of PIT, then worry about NYY. Then, it's a Dodger road trip. After that, don't let down at Rockies. If the Phillies win tonight, it's down to 3GB in WC.
With regards to ATL and NYM, the Cubs have lost the head-to-head tie breaker with each team, so, in effect, the Cubs are even a game further back of each team. They will have to finish a game ahead of either of them in the WC standings to make the playoffs.Over the next 2 weeks here is who they are chasing with their schedule
Atl - 3 home w/ COL, 3 home with TOR, 1 home with CIN, 2 away with WSH, then 4 home against LAD
NYM - 3 home w/ BOS, 3 home w/ CIN, 3 away w/ TOR, and 3 away w/ PHI.
Gonna be hard to make up ground on ATL with that schedule.
There is nobody the Cubs could end up tied with where they’d have the edge. They split the season series with Arizona, but the #2 tiebreak is divisional record and the Cubs will lose that. They have to win this shit outright.With regards to ATL and NYM, the Cubs have lost the head-to-head tie breaker with each team, so, in effect, the Cubs are even a game further back of each team. They will have to finish a game ahead of either of them in the WC standings to make the playoffs.
Pretty much the same as last year. Behind the 8 ball again. They have to start playing better ball before the end of July.There is nobody the Cubs could end up tied with where they’d have the edge. They split the season series with Arizona, but the #2 tiebreak is divisional record and the Cubs will lose that. They have to win this shit outright.
Cubs went 12-17 to end 2023. Hopefully it’s better in 2024. Tough schedule the rest of the way.Pretty much the same as last year. Behind the 8 ball again. They have to start playing better ball before the end of July.
Or, ditch the Neris as closer pipe dream earlier.Pretty much the same as last year. Behind the 8 ball again. They have to start playing better ball before the end of July.
Or ditch the Happ and Suzuki as cornerstones pipe dream.Or, ditch the Neris as closer pipe dream earlier.
This has been fun, but they are coming from a long ways back, and my expectations are low. At least they are making the season fun again.
Is this where you act like you’ve been watching the games? Oh nope, it isn’t. It’s just you repeating the same thing over & over. Cool life you live.Or ditch the Happ and Suzuki as cornerstones pipe dream.
I assume they’re wanting to stretch him out to 150-160 innings so he can basically have no restrictions next year. He’s at 136 now.Interesting 3 game set against the Pirates starting tonight. The Pirates are beyond out of it, but we face Jones and Skenes, with the game 3 starter TBD. I understand there are some complexities tied to money about usage, but I cannot imagine the front office hasn't told Derek Shelton that Skenes has a hard cap on innings / pitches for the rest of the season.
It’s still too soon.
This is how things turn. Lopez, who has been very good, had a rough patch. Two of the balls weren't hit very hard, but, such is life.
Then I read this morning that Steele is out, so craptastic Kyle Hendricks will face Skenes tonight.