IST: Cubs vs Pirates(Home Opener)

[zack54attack]

Last 2 outings, the BP has been fine. Hope they are fixed.

 

[CSF77]

Great job by Brach Kintzler and Rosario today..
All gave 2 solid innings

Therapy must be working. ;D

 

[beckdawg]

watch the cubs bullpen now goes on some historic unearned streak... cuz ya know baseball

 

[chibears55]

Last 2 outings, the BP has been fine. Hope they are fixed.

Something like 12 scoreless in a row since Saturday night...
Maybe demoting CJ was a wakeup call

 

[chibears55]

Nice DP to end the game...

Liking the Bote Descalso combo at 2B so far

 

[chibears55]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1115369211600175107

 

[anotheridiot]

would have really been nice to move up a game to tonight.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

would have really been nice to move up a game to tonight.

I don't know why they didn't. Supposed to be nasty weather next two days.

 

[beckdawg]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1115644858100867073

 

[zack54attack]

So Lester hopes to make his next start vs. Angels..

 

[zack54attack]

And Nevermind. He's on the 10-day IL .

 

[zack54attack]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1115663188215906305

 

[TC in Mississippi]

I've seen speculation that Colin Rea or Duane Underwood could get the call to start but Rea would require knocking someone off the 40 man and I'm not sure they're ready to give Underwood another look yet. It's likely going to be Chatwood.

 

[CSF77]

FIP:
Brach: 4.82
Kintzler:

I've seen speculation that Colin Rea or Duane Underwood could get the call to start but Rea would require knocking someone off the 40 man and I'm not sure they're ready to give Underwood another look yet. It's likely going to be Chatwood.

They have Underwood and Steele on the 40 and healthy.

Most likely Underwood and Chatwood do a piggyback game

 

[fatbeard]

Last 2 outings, the BP has been fine. Hope they are fixed.

Or, it never really needed to be "fixed" in the first place. It was just small sample size noise that happened to coincide with the start of the season, exacerbated by the "Tear it all down!" Chicken Littles desperately searching for validation of their angst-y offseason takes.

 

[SilenceS]

Or, it never really needed to be "fixed" in the first place. It was just small sample size noise that happened to coincide with the start of the season, exacerbated by the "Tear it all down!" Chicken Littles desperately searching for validation of their angst-y offseason takes.

You telling me these posters didnt call this terrible pitching? I know saying we should have signed a reliever would have settled all these problems. Maybe I just foolish.

 

[CSF77]

Or, it never really needed to be "fixed" in the first place. It was just small sample size noise that happened to coincide with the start of the season, exacerbated by the "Tear it all down!" Chicken Littles desperately searching for validation of their angst-y offseason takes.

From Cubs site

Right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. needed to hit the reset button. He looked great during the spring, but the pause he debuted in his delivery in the preseason morphed into an illegal re-planting of the foot in his regular-season debut. In my opinion, Edwards also seemed far too willing to immediately abandon a change that he worked so hard on for months. Then on Friday in Milwaukee, the reliever tried throwing a few pitches with his eyes closed in a pregame mound workout.

All of those things point to a pitcher who was searching. When that happens, a trip back to the Minors -- where the pressure is not as high -- can sometimes be the remedy. The Cubs need him to settle into a routine, get back to the basics of what got him to the big leagues and just regain confidence. I have no doubt Edwards will be back in Chicago's bullpen at some point this year.

 

[CSF77]

These guys are human also. We tend to forget that

 

[CSF77]

As far as the rest of the pen goes. Strop and Kintzler have been the best. Brach is getting better but has been lucky.

But they are getting better

 

[fatbeard]

From Cubs site

Right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. needed to hit the reset button. He looked great during the spring, but the pause he debuted in his delivery in the preseason morphed into an illegal re-planting of the foot in his regular-season debut. In my opinion, Edwards also seemed far too willing to immediately abandon a change that he worked so hard on for months. Then on Friday in Milwaukee, the reliever tried throwing a few pitches with his eyes closed in a pregame mound workout.

All of those things point to a pitcher who was searching. When that happens, a trip back to the Minors -- where the pressure is not as high -- can sometimes be the remedy. The Cubs need him to settle into a routine, get back to the basics of what got him to the big leagues and just regain confidence. I have no doubt Edwards will be back in Chicago's bullpen at some point this year.

You won't hear an argument from me that he didn't need to be sent down.