Brewers at Cubs; Wednesday, August 20 @ 7:05 p.m.: Jacob Misiorowski (3.89 ERA, 3.29 FIP) vs. Colin Rea (3.99 ERA, 4.61 FIP)

[kevinisaname]

Where has that changeup been? It's been good, I feel like he's barely thrown it.

[folly412]

We went from one starting pitcher to a dozen-plus back down to four.

[BCF]

Owen Cassie has been a game changer for the Cubs this series 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Just now, yfinn6 said:

Offense needs to step up. 

This is the thing. Gotta hit.

Big K of Suzuki.

Long way to go here.

[edfunderburk]

Miz is not currently a starting MLB pitcher

No one should be surprised by his wildness

He’s incredibly talented but inexperienced & it shows 

I’m not sure he should remain in the rotation 

I hope everything I just typed becomes a meme 😏

[Nola Beery]

Bughghghgh!!!

[edfunderburk]

3 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

So, Miz to the bullpen then?

Nashville to reset & learn to pitch

[kevinisaname]

Got out of it, but just a complete loss of control. I wouldn't celebrate that too much, Miz.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, HarveysWBs said:

So, Miz to the bullpen then?

I think he was headed there this season regardless. Anything short of legendary numbers and I believe that was always going to be the plan. Woodruff, Peralta, Preister/Quintana are your SP in October. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Alright. 

Have a feeling the Cubs are going to regret not getting that run in from third. 

[Nola Beery]

Maybe he needs to take his lumps. Builds character and all that.  ??

[Brian]

1 minute ago, HarveysWBs said:

So, Miz to the bullpen then?

May be a good remedy for his hyper EVERYTHING.  He needs to relax for real. 

[BarremlensTSSC]

5 minutes ago, ReverendBrewmeister said:

Cubs do get the big extra-base hit after loading the bases on walks.

Yep.  And then after they only got 1 in the first some of the guys immediately started pressing in their at bats instead of doing what was working in the first inning and trying to see pitches.

[HarveysWBs]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Miz is not currently a starting MLB pitcher

No one should be surprised by his wildness

He’s incredibly talented but inexperienced & it shows 

I’m not sure he should remain in the rotation 

I hope everything I just typed becomes a meme 😏

Everything you said isn’t really contestable this year. He has no business seeing a lineup a second time this year. He could be a great weapon as an opener or one or two inning reliever in the postseason, but how can you trust him for more than that right now?

[willie key]

Cubs win tomorrow and I have no problem saying they are a better team than us.    This was a wake up call and I can see them blowing right past us.    Absolute garbage series from us

[BarremlensTSSC]

3-1 isn't the end of the world.  Could have been worst.  Bats have to start pulling their weight again.

[HarryDoyle]

How is the bullpen going to cover seven innings? We can't afford to gas them this early in this 18 game stretch.

[Brian]

Just now, BarremlensTSSC said:

3-1 isn't the end of the world.  Could have been worst.  Bats have to start pulling their weight again.

This is not bad at all. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

2 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

Maybe he needs to take his lumps. Builds character and all that.  ??

I think a lot of it is just trust the fastball. He was throwing a lot of first pitch sliders and curves, and that wasn't what got him through the first two so clean.

[kevinisaname]

Just now, HarryDoyle said:

How is the bullpen going to cover seven innings? We can't afford to gas them this early in this 18 game stretch.

C-Rod, probably.

[Brian]

Just now, HarryDoyle said:

How is the bullpen going to cover seven innings? We can't afford to gas them this early in this 18 game stretch.

Put in our worst starter. 

[adambr2]

 Don’t care how good his stuff is. If Miz continues to be this prone to losing his command, he isn’t going to have success in this league.

[HarryDoyle]

1 minute ago, kevinisaname said:

C-Rod, probably.

Is a call up going to do much better? They can't let this game get too out of hand.

[Bulldogboy]

No need to panic but Miz needs to establish fastball and go from there. You can treat him like he's Kershaw mixing 4 pitches. Place some blame on Contreras. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

At this point, you have to appreciate the baseball gods. They are making up for the last month in three days here. That Siegler ball was scalded.