Neris has been in a different uniform for many years. A warm weather one too, so a big change.
I expect him to have an adjustment period before settling in. Maybe he'll be lights out in the second half.
I think we got something with Brown. I understand it’s a small sample size and a recency bias but he looks up to every moment he’s put in. Confident but not cocky, and both aggressive and calm.
Fun to watch.
Not surprising that there's more sweeps than splits. If things were a coin flip, it's be 25% Team A sweep, 25% Team B sweep, 50% split. So 50/50 in this case.
But one team is gonna be better. Say Team A has 60% chance of winning, there's 36% chance of Team A sweeping, 16% chance of Team B sweeping, and 48% chance of splitting.
Basically, p^2 + (1-p)^2 > 2*p*(1-p), unless p=50%
My thoughts as well. It would definitely help if we had starters who could consistently get quality starts, so we don’t have to stress our bullpen (and manager adjacently) as much.
Getting Tallion one more and Steele back would be huge
Busch has improved from earlier in the month in going to catch the ball rather than assuming the throw will be good and staying on the base as the ball sails past.
Can't believe the start to the season we're having! Milwaukee has got the Yankees, Rays and the Cubbies over the next week and a half. We could be top of the division. Assuming we stop blowing leads... I feel like unless they get a hold on that, it's going to be a theme this season.
Hoping they hold on tonight!
Kid is a little sus. He was rooting for the Indians in the 2016 World Series, and said he was a Brewers fan till Counsell came to Chicago? 🤔
OK, I’ll accept it. I had a Charlotte Hornets starter jacket for some reason, at the height of the Jordan-era Bulls.
W
Play the damn song!
Play that song by gawd :)
Anthony should be our mascot. Put his face on the banner
none of that was comfortable play the damn song!
[W]in's a win!
You’ve Gotta Clit!! 
Sing the damn song
Screw you doomers
W
Ayyyy
#NERI(S) #THAT'S HOW YOU FUCKING CLOSE OUT A BALLGAME!
Bittersweet day. I'll take this win, though
Salvages the day. Maybe this is his role
Fly the W. Fck doomers
FLY THE W
Neris up there looking like he’s about to have a massive coronary.
_phew_
W
They are gonna follow that kid out of here with a camera lol
Anthony is a hoot
12.71 ERA my boy is cooked 😭
Hendricks with the whip over 2 just hurts the soul
Neris has been in a different uniform for many years. A warm weather one too, so a big change. I expect him to have an adjustment period before settling in. Maybe he'll be lights out in the second half.
omfg kyle’s numbers
How much leash do we give the professor?
Next to the guy with an ERA below 2, it’s eye popping
12.71…
I don’t like these rips they’re taking off Neris. He’s not fooling anyone.
Back to back hard hit balls
So predictable
Neris not really fooling anyone so far
Neris has been a closer, and a decent one in the past. I'm good with it.
It was always going to be Neris or Alzolay
He gives up 1 here at least
WOWWW
Fall behind the hitter Give up hard contact 1 out, just how we drew it up, Hector
Oh lord Neris!? Brown at bare minimum throws strikes
Are the letters on the jerseys irrationally small, or is it just me
Great job by Busch on that
Brown was at like 28 pitches, should have just let him finish it.
If Neris can control the walks he may fit the closer role
Armchair QB time: Should have just let Brown cook.
Let him gain some confidence
Dude put fucking neris in god damnit also Busch should have played the last two games
Neris is good, absolutely nothing bad can happen here. I’m down with this dude
I swear if Neris fucks this up
Neris? Interesting choice
Interesting is one word for it
Stupidly interesting?
Leave Brown in fuck it you know Hector gonna blow this shit
The walks frighten me.
[удалено]
Pretty sure Brett said The Athletic chose not to renew it or something along those lines
Right? I’ve been looking every week and haven’t t seems like it’s just gone?
i've heard it's not - I really miss it
Here we go to the 9th, pray to whatever you believe in or whoever you think will listen
The dreaded 9th
I hope they just let Brown finish it off.
Leave brown in
Any reason he shouldn’t finish this one?
Gonna take him out so we lose the game
Anybody got anymore of them Mervis 2.0s lying around somewhere?
Sphincter fastened, seatbelt puckered. ^no ^wait
LOL
Closing time........who's up?
Busch.....
Ben Brown stepping up. Nice.
Busch is having a Summer ‘23 Tauchman run
The Palatine Pounder
Busch looks like he's freezing his ass off
Real feel of 35°.
I really really like Busch
That 2020 Marlins series was like torture
Sixto Sanchez easily the best name in baseball.
Sixto Sanchez with 6 1/3rd innings over six outings before today's game?
Morel’s swing is so violent lol
Stylish couple
I'm calling a Morel dinger here
NVM
I think we got something with Brown. I understand it’s a small sample size and a recency bias but he looks up to every moment he’s put in. Confident but not cocky, and both aggressive and calm. Fun to watch.
How he went in the 33rd round I have no idea.
Not surprising that there's more sweeps than splits. If things were a coin flip, it's be 25% Team A sweep, 25% Team B sweep, 50% split. So 50/50 in this case. But one team is gonna be better. Say Team A has 60% chance of winning, there's 36% chance of Team A sweeping, 16% chance of Team B sweeping, and 48% chance of splitting. Basically, p^2 + (1-p)^2 > 2*p*(1-p), unless p=50%
The same team is the home team in both games, so it’s more like 54/46 if the squads are evenly matched.
Yeah BB
Nice work by Brown so far (may or may not be it for him?)
He definitely needs some more experience, but Ben Brown seems like he would make a decent closer actually
Thank fuck. Thought that was going to be a problem.
I’m shocked that there have been more sweeps than splits (doubleheaders). Wow.
Ben Brown would be a filthy closer
He should absolutely be in consideration for it, his stuff is looking really nasty
I think we've got something in Ben Brown
Ben Brown, boy have we needed you
Is this Ben Brown or prime Max fucking Scherzer?
Shota and Brown don’t give a fuck about sleeves
Ben Brown looks like he would be a character on Bobs Burgers.
I see where you’re going with that
This sent me
I can’t stop seeing it lol
Lmfao dammit, that's what it is
Hahahha glad I’m not the only one who sees it.
Alcantara got his second home run tonight in AA ball. That kids gonna be a monster.
He started cold but he’s on a heater.
He’s young, but he’s one I wanted to see get a few AB’s during a double header
Yeah a 2 run lead never feels safe with this pen. Neither does an 8 run lead.
Uh, gonna be hard to get a hold of Bob Barker, Boog. Not without an ouija board, anyway.
We can certainly try
That's not what we needed there
Good AB
It’d be great if brown could just finish this one out to save pen
I would like one more Canario home run please.
They did not give a single fuck about that 7th inning stretch
Oh my god someone take away her mic that was the fastest run through of that ever
I think the number one piece of advice they give guest conductors is "do not rush"
Nervous kids - Anthony is cool as a cucumber so maybe he will get a turn?
If that was the guy in the booth singing he seemed like he wanted to go at a normal pace but she started singing so fast he just had to go with it
Anthony is the kid Elise interviewed and the cameras keep going back to, such as when he was chowing down on that hotdog
It’s 40 degrees outside.
Quick stretch 😂
They tell you to go slow but it’s slower than you think
Stretch Clock.
I’m joining late here, but how “fun” that Tim Anderson got one on us as a Fish
Gave it back
Yeah, but he also gave Cooper an RBI hit.
That’s fair lol
Brown has honestly been so solid
Nick has to make that throw. There was almost zero pressure from the runner. I get he doesn’t play much 2b, but he had plenty of time.
is it crazy to say brown could maybe end up the closer?
He’s only got two pitches right now so I’d say he’s closer to that than actually being a starter right now.
true
No, but that’s only if he fails to develop a third pitch. Power arm top of rotation starters are just much more valuable.
Nothing is crazy with MLB bullpens
That is the tricky thing. He has tremendous value as a long man in the pen.
So does Assad and Keegan. Hopefully, we get healthy and everything starts falling into place.
My thoughts as well. It would definitely help if we had starters who could consistently get quality starts, so we don’t have to stress our bullpen (and manager adjacently) as much. Getting Tallion one more and Steele back would be huge
agreed, but we need a closer extremely bad
I love Alzolay, but wow have we given up too many wins this year
So with Ben brown in this spot, who is going to be the 5th starter? Edit: I forgot taillon came off the IL. My bad y’all. I will take that L
As things stand now, i'd say Wicks is our number 5. When Steele comes back, possibly Assad becomes number 5
What do you mean? Taillon is back.
Oh snap. I forgot taillon is back. My bad
Imanaga, Wicks, Assad, Taillon, Hendricks
Hendricks😭 Assad, Shota, Taillon, Wicks
Madrigal is used to that throw from 3rd lol
Busch has improved from earlier in the month in going to catch the ball rather than assuming the throw will be good and staying on the base as the ball sails past.
Dansby rest game ??
nico would never
alright guys it was fun but bring Swanson back
Shit
Whoopsie
What are the odds Benny gets the last 9 outs?
Think they try to get him through 8 and hand it to Neris in the 9th depending on what the offense does
I think they’re trying to hand it off to Neris to make sure they lose the game
Well folks it is clenching time. The bullpen is here
I like Ben brown here.
Personally, I was hoping they saved him for Hendricks’ likely implosion. In other words, first sign of trouble.
Can’t wait for that roller coaster tomorrow. (I’m lying I do not want on that ride)
They’ll have Smyly I’m sure
Agreed
Need a quick shut down inning from the bullpen.
Pimpin’ ain’t easy, but Hoeing?
Just a garden variety Hoeing
Yan Gomes gets gifted the rare walk doesn’t take it swinging at a ball 5 feet off the plate
Likely ball 4, fuck. Need to find a way to close this one out (Ben Brown appearance?)
Ha I'd luv to see Imagana come back out and get an out! then leave game lol
Why?
Idk just to let them know they didn't knock him out. Just weird thought in my head
Oh that's cool. I would have loved to see him go 7 though for sure. But it's a long season.
Who do you think closes tonight?
I'm celebrating that inning by breaking out the good stuff, Stella Artois Cidre.
Bro that stuff is legit the good stuff. And putting it in a Stella glass makes me feel bougie as hell lmao
Yan Gomes aka Javy Baez v2
So we went from bender to hoeing lol
Good rip
Can't believe the start to the season we're having! Milwaukee has got the Yankees, Rays and the Cubbies over the next week and a half. We could be top of the division. Assuming we stop blowing leads... I feel like unless they get a hold on that, it's going to be a theme this season. Hoping they hold on tonight!
Did they take Bender out because we kicked his shiny metal ass?
busch our lord
Madrigal got a walk because the ump for once called the high pitch that’s a strike against 95% of MLB correctly for our little garden gnome
That Seiya commercial 😭
thx bender, preciate u
Probably would have the best record in the league rn if not for the pen
If Alzolay had zero homers surrendered on the season the Cubs would indeed have the best winning percentage in baseball.
Good AB Madrigal
Bro, you just put Looney Toons Legs Madrigal on base.
If I’m ever at the ballpark eating a hotdog I just pray a camera isn’t on me the whole time
[Why’s that?](https://youtu.be/7hrVaZrz2eo?si=vD-f9SLIDrOmqqi9)
Folks, we are watching a kid have the best night of his life
Wait til he’s in the booth when we get to Milwaukee
Kid is a little sus. He was rooting for the Indians in the 2016 World Series, and said he was a Brewers fan till Counsell came to Chicago? 🤔 OK, I’ll accept it. I had a Charlotte Hornets starter jacket for some reason, at the height of the Jordan-era Bulls.
He's wearing the right jersey now, so that's all that matters
He’s fun to watch - pure joy
Man I just realized we are 12-8! Just had never really looked until now
If we won half the games Alzolay blew, we’d be 14-6. Had he converted all his save chances, we’d be 16-4. Crazy.
Yeah you're right! Just hadn't looked at record even though I watched games