***Official 2024 Chicago Cubs Thread***
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Yes. What I was trying to do was show Tommy Birch's re-tweet that said Edward's opted out but officially listed as released. Not sure where the tweet went.
What does Canario have to do to get a fair chance in Chicago. Feels like Nelson Velazquez all over again. At least it forces them to play PCA nearly daily for now. Just figured anyone but Masterbouni would be the call up as he's done nothing this year when he's been up.
As has been alluded to, the roster in Chicago is blocking a lot of talent and several guys haven’t gotten regular AB’s to showcase what they can do. You can bring in Joe Torre to manage this team, the talent just ain’t there.
Keegan Thompson does not **** around
3 batters, 3 K’s. None of this get in trouble ********. Love to see it. Cubs win
3 batters, 3 K’s. None of this get in trouble ********. Love to see it. Cubs win
Wouldn't hold my breath that this is the kind of outing he'll consistently repeat. He's either lights out or can't locate the strike zone on a given outing. He had 3 bad outings of his 4 appearances in May and wasn't exactly great in Iowa this year and last either. Two years ago he was one of the better arms in the bullpen but after his terrible year last year and his inconsistent outings this year I'm not sold that he's back to the pitcher he was in 2022.
Yup. I've just seen enough bad outings in person by Thompson in Iowa that I don't have a lot of confidence that he's going to be a reliable bullpen arm. When he's on he has some good stuff but when he's off he's really hard to watch as he either can't throw a strike or when he does it gets hit hard and usually comes with a batter or 2 he's already walked that inning. Coming into this season I even wondered if he'd wind up a DFA candidate at some point as he's been up and down a lot and not been able to string together enough good outings to stay up.
