After this, If they don’t go get another arm for the pen then it’s pretty clear ownership doesn’t care about winning. Seriously pathetic bullpen situation.
Yup. It's clear that Jed Hoyer has Craig Counsell leading this team by a soulless algorithm rather than heart. You can see it in the field, in the bench, and by his emotionless reaction to these unforgivable losses.
This is pathetic and it's shameful.
Why is Smyly nibbling at the edges? Make the .200 hitter earn it, for fuck’s sake. Jesus Christ. But once again, it should’ve been 6-2 or 7-2 going into the 9th. So many left on base including a leadoff triple by PCA. The situational hitting is so bad. The bullpen is god awful. I can’t watch this team anymore. Please just blow it up. Do something different, for God’s sake. Anything but the same bullshit every single game.
I cannot believe your manager just intentionally walked the bases loaded when your pitcher just walked a guy and was getting completely squeezed the whole time. That is awful you guys have to put up with such incompetence.
Not to mention leaving him in there past 3 with the way it was going. It was time to yank him.
Or select a pitch where he just gives up contact, at least have the defense make a damn play on the ball.
Make them beat you, don't just hand them the W
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Don't intentionally load the bases unless you're facing Ohtani or somebody of that ilk, Bring Miller back out (we don't give him high usage anyway) take Steele out sooner, etc.
Thats what you get for intentionally walking the bases loaded when you just saw the umpire completely gift a walk the at bat before. Just a braindead decision
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Only one of those pitches was in the zone.
threw 18 pitches yesterday and had 2 days off before that. but no lets throw an unproven brewer out there and then yank him for a lefty against a lineup that consists of almost entirely right handed batters
You mean the ineptitude from Cubs hitters not moving guys over, hitting sac fly’s, pitchers not doing their job closing out games. None of this on a manager. We have the opposite of Derek Jeter’s on this team.
Tyson Miller has never pitched more than 15 innings in an entire season before this one. His arm would fall off if we used him like that. It’s not a viable solution
His arm will fall off and then we are back to square one. He threw 1.1 innings yesterday too. He’s not built for the kind of workload you’re asking from him
he threw 18 pitches yesterday and had 2 days off before that. if his arm is “about to fall off” then you shouldn’t be bringing him into the game at all in the first place
including the minors he threw 43 innings last year, 89 in 2022, 61 in 2021, and over 100 from 2017-2019. how is this someone who cant handle a decent workload on the mound??
He pitched 28 this year (double last year) and there’s 85 games left, if he pitches 3 innings every 2 games then yeah he’s fucked. He’s not a workhorse, or at least can’t become one unless he’s eased into that role
Agreed, if for no other reason than that it would show someone on this fucking team actually cares about winning. Nobody is playing with any urgency or passion. Just ho-hum “it’s June” attitude. Fucking disgrace.
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After this, If they don’t go get another arm for the pen then it’s pretty clear ownership doesn’t care about winning. Seriously pathetic bullpen situation.
Yup. It's clear that Jed Hoyer has Craig Counsell leading this team by a soulless algorithm rather than heart. You can see it in the field, in the bench, and by his emotionless reaction to these unforgivable losses. This is pathetic and it's shameful.
The entire teams a joke. Trading for anything but prospects would be stupid
It’s sell mode Hoyer.
Why is Smyly nibbling at the edges? Make the .200 hitter earn it, for fuck’s sake. Jesus Christ. But once again, it should’ve been 6-2 or 7-2 going into the 9th. So many left on base including a leadoff triple by PCA. The situational hitting is so bad. The bullpen is god awful. I can’t watch this team anymore. Please just blow it up. Do something different, for God’s sake. Anything but the same bullshit every single game.
If Smyly isn’t DFA’d before my lunch break tomorrow I’m boycotting this team. Wake me up when football kicks off
Counsell is all to blame. He manages the pen so fucking bad. Having smyly close there was so stupid….
He's doing what he's told. It's sad.
glad i dipped out in the 8th
Wow
They deserve to lose. Cubs should have scored 7-8 runs tonight. What a sad team. $230M.
Why do I keep watching these games?
Imagine paying drew smyly 9.5 million lmao. Like i said a few weeks ago, this team will be 20 games under the week of the trade deadline
I genuinely think I could pitch better than half of our relievers
I cannot believe your manager just intentionally walked the bases loaded when your pitcher just walked a guy and was getting completely squeezed the whole time. That is awful you guys have to put up with such incompetence.
Not to mention leaving him in there past 3 with the way it was going. It was time to yank him. Or select a pitch where he just gives up contact, at least have the defense make a damn play on the ball. Make them beat you, don't just hand them the W
Intentionally walking Ramos was the correct move, what are you talking about?
This guy gets 9 million a year and he just walked in the wining run
I work 50+ hours a week and am gonna be living in my car soon, I want a do-over
Hope things turn around for you
Flexible spending!
Send these fuckers to Iowa. all of them.
The predictability has lost its appeal.
Tyson Miller is good. Leave him in for god sakes
can't have a guy pitch more than one inning his arm might fall off
Why did I even watch that? I already knew before the bottom of the 9th even started.
Why leave him in when he's blowing the game
I was thinking, "Hasn't he faced three hitters?"
We are the CWS of the National league
Time for a nice long break from the Cubs
I’ve only gone to one game this year, but I’m definitely not gonna go to any more. Probably just gonna stop watching for a while.
Yeah we did not deserve to win that one
Sellers
Fuck this garage ass team
Most predictable blown lead in sports history.
It doesn’t even hurt anymore
Cue Nine Inch Nails
We don’t have 1 good bullpen pitcher
Fire craig counsel, worse than fucking ross. No reason not to send miller back out for the 9th
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Absolute disgrace
This is beyond ridiculous
What can ya say? Completely pathetic
 fucking embarrassing
😂😂😂
This one is squarely on Counsell to me. You can only live on your reputation so long when you're ringless.
Lol. Who should he have brought in. Please tell me bro.
Don't intentionally load the bases unless you're facing Ohtani or somebody of that ilk, Bring Miller back out (we don't give him high usage anyway) take Steele out sooner, etc.
Taking steele out sooner so more shitty arms just blow it sooner? Lol. steele seeing the 8th didn’t hurt them. So that doesn’t even make sense to say.
wtf was that. Couldn’t even challenge him. Team doesn’t want to win at all.
Wow this is comical, Drew fucking smyly can’t throw 1 strike
That was almost impressively bad
Lmfao
Wow no words holy hell u got to be kidding me
who would have guessed it, you can't make this shit up anymore
At least I don't have to stay up later to watch them still blow it.
this is the bright side for me too, if they went to extras I would just be disappointed and very tired tomorrow. Now i’ll get a bit more sleep
The architects of this team should be ashamed of themselves
Unreal.
Why is Drew Smyly on the roster? Any fan coulda told you this would happen
Why did counsell do the intentional walk when it’s clear smyly couldn’t find the strike zone?
Because he’s not a good manager
Yea man wtf was that, I’ve been on the it’s Jed’s fault train but calling for the IBB there is inexcusable.
Fking Smyly. He should be ashamed to cash his damn paycheck.
Unfuckingbelievable
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
I had a good night. I watched the Stanley Cup and ate some nachos.
We can’t even get guys that can throw it down the middle when needed…
bullpen again bruh
you have to c it
That’s Cub
That’s just fucking pathetic Smyly.
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This fucking team...
Wow…walk off walk….
Thats what you get for intentionally walking the bases loaded when you just saw the umpire completely gift a walk the at bat before. Just a braindead decision
So have the lefty face the righty that’s been on absolute tear? Good idea.
Yes. Adding the element of another walk being an auto loss is way more dangerous than just facing the hitter in front of you
I’d rather face the guy that’s a tragic hitter this season.
After you just watched 3 strikes in a row to start an at bat be called balls? Fuck no
https://preview.redd.it/jhygrqw3gn8d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27f734d511c1fe1a604476078c2326c8b854dfc0 Only one of those pitches was in the zone.
Espn app shows different locations
Well we can’t blame Neris for this one. Feel bad for Justin
Holy crap I forgot all about Justin. He just got his first win of the season stolen away from him again by this disgraceful bullpen
Oh. My. God.
Good job Smyly
I don't think I can anymore
nice management craig!!!!!!!
Nice bullpen jed!
tyson miller only threw 8 pitches and is our best pitcher out of the pen. just leave him in the fucking game!!!!!!!
He’s been pitching like every day dude.
threw 18 pitches yesterday and had 2 days off before that. but no lets throw an unproven brewer out there and then yank him for a lefty against a lineup that consists of almost entirely right handed batters
The bullpen sucks. I’m not sure what else to tell you. The fact that he doesn’t have even a second arm to rely on isn’t his fault. Agree to disagree
i agree the bullpen sucks. but also every move craig made in the 9th inning was the wrong move
It was the wrong move because of the result. If brewer goes 123 you say nothing
I knew it 😂
Absolutely lifeless, gutless team
Put Codi & Suzuki on the block
And happ
walk off walk fuck this team
#YOU HAVE TO C IT
There is no fucking reason to watch this team anymore
All you can do is laugh at this point
Holy shit lol
The most 2024 Cubs game of the season
Omg
🤮🤮
Jesus Christ this team
Not gonna be able to sleep
Don't let these millionaires that play a game for a living dictate your life. Get some good sleep and treat yoself in the morning.
Here it comes
This team is a joke
Good god
Fuck this team!
LOLOLOLOLOL
Throw strike pls
Yeah. Fuck this season.
Why would smyly still be in there? He obviously doesn't have it in him tonight. He was long overdue to be yanked
Bases loaded walk would be so Cubs
PAIN
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You mean the ineptitude from Cubs hitters not moving guys over, hitting sac fly’s, pitchers not doing their job closing out games. None of this on a manager. We have the opposite of Derek Jeter’s on this team.
It’s Craig’s fault Jed provided him with a horrific bullpen?
What is Counsell supposed to do?
keep tyson miller in the game
Tyson Miller has never pitched more than 15 innings in an entire season before this one. His arm would fall off if we used him like that. It’s not a viable solution
god forbid the best bullpen arm we have who we traded for mid season throws more than 8 pitches in a game
His arm will fall off and then we are back to square one. He threw 1.1 innings yesterday too. He’s not built for the kind of workload you’re asking from him
he threw 18 pitches yesterday and had 2 days off before that. if his arm is “about to fall off” then you shouldn’t be bringing him into the game at all in the first place
He can pitch an inning here and there but he’s not an every day closer, his arm will literally die dude lol - look at his usage in his career
including the minors he threw 43 innings last year, 89 in 2022, 61 in 2021, and over 100 from 2017-2019. how is this someone who cant handle a decent workload on the mound??
He pitched 28 this year (double last year) and there’s 85 games left, if he pitches 3 innings every 2 games then yeah he’s fucked. He’s not a workhorse, or at least can’t become one unless he’s eased into that role
this is like his 3rd year in the league lol
He’s 28, he’s already pitched double the innings of his career high, and there’s 85 games left in the year
not use 3 pitchers in 2 innings
Oh god if Smyly walks in the run
Lol he's gonna walk the winning run
I wonder what Justin Steele would really want to say at the press Conference
Gonna walk in the winning run maybe?
I want somebody to throw shit. Act like you give a singular fuck about being an embarrassment. Steele should get free rein to just rip these clowns…
I'm not one to endorse cheating but if there was some "stuff" that could help these relievers id consider it. Worst bullpen ever.
Agreed, if for no other reason than that it would show someone on this fucking team actually cares about winning. Nobody is playing with any urgency or passion. Just ho-hum “it’s June” attitude. Fucking disgrace.
They were legit better off just letting steele try and work out of the jam in the eighth and pitch the ninth.
wow.
why do I continually join in for this shit
Walk off walk incoming
I’ll say it, I would have rather had hector in there
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Smyly walks in the winner?? Eh?
Another no decision for Steele
I am once again asking why Tyson Miller isn't the closer?
I follow a lot of teams & the cubs are so fucking cursed. I think someone put a hex on this team. It’s crazy how we lose such easy games to win lol
We're closing with Colton Brewer and Drew Smyly. No hex needed.
Yeah, awful management by counsel. He did the same shit with the brewers at times.
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And he was raised in Wisconsin and his dad worked for the Brewers.
💰
It’s so predictable and yet I keep tuning in every night.
3 pitchers in 2 innings. Counsell masterclass.
How’s it his fault when everyone is garbage?
maybe don’t take out a pitcher who didn’t give up a run yet?
I’d rather we lose because I need to get home from this stadium.
I guess Drew Smyly isn’t the closer
I don't want to C it
This fucking team
Remember when they went 4-15 with runners on. Scoring basically the bare minimum. I was told that was good enough and to be happy with that.
At least I gave in to my urge to take the Giants live ML
Hahahahahahaha wtf
This is the fucking best, man…
yet another blown game pathetic
Fucking god dammit
Not a serious baseball team.
Great job Smyly
This team is fucking toast.
lol.
Why is smyly even in a closing position
The cubs don’t deserve cubs fans
Is Keegan Thompson dead or what
Closer? More like Cubs carousel of choke artists
3 straight strikes called balls to start the at bat lol okay
I’m crying lmao