*******Official Cubs 2025 Thread*******
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Glad to see we invested our Bellinger savings into shoring up the bullpen.
Don't you EVER disrespect Little Feat like that again!
No argument from me.Well, it's no Game 5 of the 2024 WS melt down, but it wasn't good. winking emoji.
Counsell said postgame that Merryweather had gotten up repeatedly in the previous games and fully warmed up, so he was not available. Supposedly a few other guys weren't available. Brett Taylor made a good suggestion in his post game notes that wouldn't this have been a good day to piggyback Rea knowing you'd probably get short inning from your starter and the bullpen was taxed?
He's 40 and would need at least a month to ramp up. So, in the near term it's probably time to warm up the Des Moines shuttle bus and see who can stick in the majors.
You're obviously taking another cheap shot, but be real - when has a manager in that situation (interviewing after the team blows a huge lead) ever really wanted to be there? I didn't see the Yankees' manger interview after the WS. Was he all smiles and fully engaged with the media?
If the Cubs are serious about having a strong bullpen, Jed has plenty of resources. The Cubs' organization has a whopping EIGHT players on the top 30 prospect list that are R5D eligible this fall. Obviously they're not all going to be on the 40-man by November. Between the high-ceiling guys in Des Moines and actually using prospects as valuable trade chips, Jed could have a great bullpen practically overnight if he wants. I'd say Horton, Ballesteros, Alcantara and Caissie are untouchable, but anyone else in the minors should be fair game (Other than Horton and Ballesteros, other R5D eligible players are Triantos, Birdsell, C. Hernandez, McCullough, C. Franklin & Gray).
one week into the season and it feels like 2024 all over again
we replaced Belli with Tucker, but otherwise we are running back a mid level of MLB team
we replaced Belli with Tucker, but otherwise we are running back a mid level of MLB team
Not a cheap shot, and I admit I haven't watched Counsell speak much, but he's clearly upset and just one more question about the bullpen away from blowing up.
Outside the salary bump, he probably wishes he'd never left the Brewers.
Funny how obsessed you are with the Cubs. I couldn’t even tell who the Yankees manager is, and haven’t watched a Yanks manager interview since Joe Torre. Was your uncle wearing a Cubs jersey when he touched you?
I've never been on an opposing team's message board/thread with the sole intent of causing trouble in my entire life, no matter who they were playing. Never cared to. I'm not obsessed with other teams. I guess that's the difference between you and me.
Have a great season.
Who scored the first run in an MLB game at Sutter Health Park?
Oh, and who hit the first home run?
With our bull pen that comes need to put up at least 10 runs tonight
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Getting a message in with a timestamp - I watched the cycle LIVE.
- Sep 13, 2002
- 100,830
- 214,150
- 113
Kelly's cycle was the very first in the month of March if what I read is correct.
Weird that Mark Grace was the last Cub to hit for the cycle.
Sorry, boys, I didn't make it that late last night.
Sorry, boys, I didn't make it that late last night.
I still can't get over Kelly hitting for the cycle versus someone like PCA or Tucker. I could see Hoerner or Swanson doing it. Shaw. If Kelly had one more biscuit for breakfast the double would have been a homer, but he was really chugging on the triple.
me niether
I went to bed when it was 5-1 thinking that I'd wake up to a 6-5 Cubs collapse
