Rangers (Bradford) vs Brewers (Henderson): 8/28/26, 6:40pm

[RobertCrawley]

23 minutes ago, owbc said:

The Cubs are great at the things Counsell can control. He can’t do anything about their god awful pitching.

Greg Clown$ell is average at best.

[AKCheesehead]

3 hours ago, jay87shot said:

It's really hard not to be optimistic about our world series chances right now. Just about everyone on the offense right now is hitting the ball well. Misi, Henderson, Harrison, and May looks like it should be able to hold its own in the playoffs. The bullpen has probably been the biggest strength for over a month and we will be getting back 2 of our better chess pieces within a week or so.

 

Agreed. I kinda wish the playoffs were starting right now while we’re dialed in, hot, and mostly healthy. 

[Frisbee Slider]

Chourio advances the rally during both of his plate appearances with runners on base last night.

[82brewcrew82]

11 hours ago, RobertCrawley said:

Greg Clown$ell is average at best.

He's regressed to the mean.

[BruisedCrew]

13 hours ago, owbc said:

The Cubs are great at the things Counsell can control. He can’t do anything about their god awful pitching.

I don’t think the Cubs pitching is really that god awful these days. It’s definitely better than it was in the first part of the season. 

It looks bad compared to the Brewers. But for the last few months their runs allowed per game is one of the best in the NL. The deadline acquisitions and pitchers returning from injuries have helped. 

[Brewcrew82]

8 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I don’t think the Cubs pitching is really that god awful these days. It’s definitely better than it was in the first part of the season. 

It looks bad compared to the Brewers. But for the last few months their runs allowed per game is one of the best in the NL. The deadline acquisitions and pitchers returning from injuries have helped. 

Their defense masks a lot of their pitching issues. It's not that good. 

[BruisedCrew]

15 hours ago, willie key said:

At this point I don’t think 5-2 is good enough for the cubs.   

I would say it’s a necessary, but not sufficient, condition. 

Gaining 3 games plus the tiebreaker could make things more interesting with 15 games still to play, , especially if they can gain another 1 or 2 this weekend or next weekend. 

[BruisedCrew]

Just now, Brewcrew82 said:

Their defense masks a lot of their pitching issues. It's not that good. 

Either way, their overall run prevention is significantly better since the big slump that dropped their record to .500 in mid June.