Brewers (Henderson) vs Cubs (Gausman): 09/03/26, 6:15 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

Henderson gets the ball for the Brewers tonight at Wrigley Field as Milwaukee takes on Gausman and the Cubs.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	TOT
Trevor Megill	7	0	0	0	12	19
Robert Gasser	0	0	0	76	0	76
JoJo Romero	0	0	0	11	11	22
Grant Anderson	0	39	0	0	0	39
DL Hall	0	0	18	11	0	29
Chad Patrick	28	0	21	0	0	49
Antonio Senzatela	9	0	0	13	12	34
Abner Uribe	0	0	0	14	12	26
Aaron Ashby	0	0	0	13	11	24

[liveforoctober]

Amongst all of the highs of the last few weeks - watching both Pratt and Lara step up with big at bats in pressure spots has been awesome. Of course it foreshadows positively for the future but in the now, combined with Ortiz, that bottom 1/3 of the order has been fun to anticipate each time through. It's a far cry from the bottom 1/3 we were throwing out there in May.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I don't view the Braves or Phillies as really any kind of significant step down from the Dodgers. The Cubs, I do, because of that pitching staff. But if you're a Dodgers hater, it'll definitely be a bit tougher for them this year if things hold - they'd get Arizona, whom they are 6-7 against this year and is just more of a legit playoff team than Cincinnati was...then they'd get the Braves in the NLDS.

Brewers likely drawing Philadelphia on the other side. I'd want the Cubs again. The pitching is a giant achilles, the likes of which none of the serious teams have.

[formerlybis]

Honest admission - my head knows the division race is over, but my heart won't celebrate until the magic number reaches Jeffrey Leonard. 

We still have 7 more games in a row in this stretch of 16, and the bullpen has covered a lot of innings lately, It's nice to have the extra man out there post-Sep. 1, but it'd still be good if we could get a little length out of Henderson and save a couple of these guys that have pitched the last two in a row. I imagine the Cubs BP is in much worse shape.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

2 minutes ago, formerlybis said:

Honest admission - my head knows the division race is over, but my heart won't celebrate until the magic number reaches Jeffrey Leonard. 

We still have 7 more games in a row in this stretch of 16, and the bullpen has covered a lot of innings lately, It's nice to have the extra man out there post-Sep. 1, but it'd still be good if we could get a little length out of Henderson and save a couple of these guys that have pitched the last two in a row. I imagine the Cubs BP is in much worse shape.

Lol. The Cubs need a 16-6 finish to overtake us if we go 6-16. The Brewers are playing for a bye. The Cubs are playing to be the 4th seed and honestly, to keep San Diego at bay at this point.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

In picking up Senzatilla and Romero, the Brewers effectively took what was already a strength of their team, and made it perhaps bulletproof. Granted its been a small sample, but those two moves are looking very good.

I still have hope for May to figure his crap out and provide meaningful, effective starts this month and into the postseason. His stuff and makeup is better than what we've seen the last couple outings, and having a veteran steading presence in the playoff rotation would be a very good development. 

The Cubs, on the other hand, only picked up Zeferjahn (who has been bad) to try to solve their biggest weakness, which was their pen. 

[cragi]

52 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

Amongst all of the highs of the last few weeks - watching both Pratt and Lara step up with big at bats in pressure spots has been awesome. Of course it foreshadows positively for the future but in the now, combined with Ortiz, that bottom 1/3 of the order has been fun to anticipate each time through. It's a far cry from the bottom 1/3 we were throwing out there in May.

Agree and I know Murph loves Sal, but with his health, he is 4th OF on this team and it’s pretty clear. Lara has to play and get consistent ABs

The future is bright. Pratt and Lara were fringey top 5 prospects in the org and have made the jump well. 

im not sure who the cubs all gave up to acquire pitching at the deadline, but these orgs are likely to head opposite directions with so many top tier prospects still in play for Milwaukee

 

[Team Canada]

42 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

The Cubs, on the other hand, only picked up Zeferjahn (who has been bad) to try to solve their biggest weakness, which was their pen. 

To be fair, their rotation was in shambles too, so it was imperative they add there, and they did probably as well as could be expected there for the number of bodies they needed.

[formerlybis]

1 hour ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Lol. The Cubs need a 16-6 finish to overtake us if we go 6-16. The Brewers are playing for a bye. The Cubs are playing to be the 4th seed and honestly, to keep San Diego at bay at this point.

Oh, I know the logic/rational part of this and agree. It's the irrational part of me that hasn't conceded yet.

[Brian]

1 hour ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Lol. The Cubs need a 16-6 finish to overtake us if we go 6-16. The Brewers are playing for a bye. The Cubs are playing to be the 4th seed and honestly, to keep San Diego at bay at this point.

 

1)  Brewers

2) Braves

3) Dodgers

4) Phillies

5) Cubs

 

6) AZ & SD are both in the running for #6 as of today.