Cubs at Brewers; Tuesday, July 29 @ 6:40 p.m.: Quinn Priester (3.28 ERA, 3.84 FIP) vs. Colin Rea (4.06 ERA, 4.96 FIP)

[kevinisaname]

1 minute ago, BCF said:

This site is a bunch of whiners lmao 

No one's forcing you to be here.

[Underachiever]

3 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

"Let's Go Cubbies"

Can't we throw these people out, why do we even let them in our stadium !!

I assume you aren’t there. 

[HarryDoyle]

If we can get out of this still up three, that would be huge.

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, BCF said:

This site is a bunch of whiners lmao 

Says the guy that whines about everything.

[Underachiever]

Does Ashby often come in during an inning?

[adambr2]

2 minutes ago, BCF said:

This site is a bunch of whiners lmao 

Good thing it has you to straighten everyone out and contribute nothing but whining about other posters in thread after thread. You taking over for ghostdrew?

[igor67]

I can't imagine Vaughn will be able to maintain his 1.000+ OPS, but walk rate is way up strike out rate way down, and there is the good chunk of data suggesting his home park was unusually tough on his power numbers so I'm becoming a believer that he will at least continue to be a positive force.

 

[Bulldogboy]

He's hitting 9th for a reason 

[kevinisaname]

YES! Got out of it. PHEW!

[Underachiever]

Whew

[adambr2]

Bringing Ashby in with 2 outs and runners on to face the righty is a bit odd. But it worked out. 

[jason21nl]

Ashby has some ridiculous movement!  Way to get out of it!

[HarryDoyle]

Still had to hold my breath the way Turang is going tonight.

[yourout]

1 minute ago, HarryDoyle said:

Says the guy that whines about everything.

So if you are whining about whiners does that mean you're a whiner as well?

[Bulldogboy]

OK. Need more runs. Perkins for Chourio not ideal but let's go.

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Does Ashby often come in during an inning?

No but in this case it had to be done because Priester was done. Of course, this could've been avoided if Murphy had Ashby ready to start the sixth.

[yourout]

3 minutes ago, igor67 said:

I can't imagine Vaughn will be able to maintain his 1.000+ OPS, but walk rate is way up strike out rate way down, and there is the good chunk of data suggesting his home park was unusually tough on his power numbers so I'm becoming a believer that he will at least continue to be a positive force.

 

It's really strange because he has very good hitting mechanics and has been stringing good at bats.

[adambr2]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

OK. Need more runs. Perkins for Chourio not ideal but let's go.

I actually think they’ll be fine if Chourio needs to miss some time, as long as it isn’t more than a month or so.

He's so young and has had a ton of work this season. With Perkins back, the OF depth is in a better spot than the IF depth.

If he has a few weeks to get healthy and fresh for the stretch run, I don’t think that’s the worst thing.

[yourout]

Let's put up another nickel here.

[kevinisaname]

What is going on defensively tonight? I'll take it!

[BCF]

2 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

No but in this case it had to be done because Priester was done. Of course, this could've been avoided if Murphy had Ashby ready to start the sixth.

Ashby was always gonna come in to face Busch and Tucker. If he was in to start the 6th Ashby probably wouldn’t have been able to face them.:

[OldHeidelberg]

Wait, what happened to Chourio?? Miss a month???

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, adambr2 said:

I actually think they’ll be fine if Chourio needs to miss some time, as long as it isn’t more than a month or so.

He's so young and has had a ton of work this season. With Perkins back, the OF depth is in a better spot than the IF depth.

If he has a few weeks to get healthy and fresh for the stretch run, I don’t think that’s the worst thing.

Yelich may have to play more outfield and move Frelick to center.

[kevinisaname]

Just now, OldHeidelberg said:

Wait, what happened to Chourio?? Miss a month???

Just conjecture at this point. I don't believe there's been an update.

[BCF]

Perkins-Frelick-Collins OF is more than capable of handling things if Jackson misses time…

Perkins is a very good OF’er