Cubs @ Reds: Series Thread (Games 41-44)

Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 05/22/2022 - 11:23pm

The Cubs finished their homestand with a win and head to Cincinnati with a record of 16-24. See below for daily matchups.

Game 41, Monday, May 23, 5:40 pm central

CHC: LHP Drew Smyly (1-5, 3.97 ERA)

CIN: RHP Vladimin Gutierrez (0-5, 8.65 ERA)

Game 42, Tuesday, May 24, 5:40 pm central

CHC: RHP Marcus Stroman (1-4, 4.88 ERA)

CIN: RHP Tyler Mahle (2-4, 5.23 ERA)

Game 43, Wednesday, May 25, 5:40 pm central

CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-4, 4.89 ERA)

CIN: RHP Luis Castillo (0-2, 4.60 ERA)

Game 44, Thursday, May 26, 11:35 am central

CHC: LHP Justin Steele (1-4, 3.82 ERA)

CIN: RHP Hunter Greene (1-6, 5.49 ERA)

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2022 Series Thread

Comments

Submitted by crunch  on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 5:02pm  

d.ross says contreras expected to avoid the IL

Submitted by crunch  on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 5:15pm  

i know pete crow-armstrong isn't ready for the bigs or anything, but how much longer they gonna let him embarrass A-ball pitchers in myrtle beach?

they have a self-created logjam in the low minors, so it's kinda inevitable that some guys will linger until there's room at higher levels.

guys like y.pinango and j.nwogu aren't spectacular, but they don't belong in lower A ball level...and they need playing time.

Submitted by tim815  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 3:53am  

You answered your own question. Trades create promotions. Other things might not.

Submitted by crunch  on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 8:04pm  

wisdom 4 games in a row with a HR.

c.morel has started 7 games.  3 in CF, 2 at 3rd, 1 at 2nd, 1 at SS

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 3:24pm  

may 24th...

our leadoff hitter has a .315 ob% and the #2 hitter is sporting a solid .262 ob%

121 games to go.

season ends with 6 in a row vs CIN.  i dunno if anything in the dumpster will be left to keep a flame going.  sad thing is by that point it may actually be better quality baseball.

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 5:43pm  

pre-game lineup shakeup...yan gomes scratched (left oblique tightness) and lineup rearranged.

morel leading off, ortega moves to hitting 2nd, and schwindel 5th

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 5:47pm  

small sample size blah blah etc...

watching morel is like flashing back to 2016-era cubs and their joy + aggression on the field.  he would have fit in well with that cubs era.

Submitted by Cubster  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 5:58pm  

Nice first inning. Gomes out with oblique strain, Schwindel is today's backup catcher.

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 6:13pm  

"nice first inning." - cubster

"yeah, okay, whatever.  hold my beer." - stroman

Submitted by Cubster  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 6:53pm  

Schwizdom?

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 7:22pm  

nice.

i was looking forward to the hoerner/madrigal "hoes mad" middle IF.

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 7:31pm  

this reds team is so hopelessly terrible they have mahle out there in the 5th with 100+ pitches, 6 runs given up, and no outs yet.

...and he's done with 103 pitches, leaving with 0 outs and men on 1st/2nd

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 05/25/2022 - 8:58am  

KB is back on the IL with exacerbation of the same low back injury. Sigh. 

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 05/25/2022 - 3:37pm  

Hoerner up, Gomes to IL. Schwindel to backup catcher.

Submitted by crunch  on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 9:15am  

contreras returns thursday, in the lineup and catching.

Submitted by Cubster  on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 1:01pm  

Sigh. 

Fixed: "nice first half of an inning"

That is all.

Submitted by crunch  on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 1:07pm  

yeah...this game sure...exists.

c.morel, though...keeps on doing things.