Official 2023 Chicago Cubs Season Thread Vol: (17-17)

[arstyle27]

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[certifiedflyboi23]

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Happ is tearing it up.

 

[CP1708]

W. 29-27

Bryant a 2-run bomb
Almora a solo shot

Butler/Montgomery with 9 innings of 1 run ball.

Cards lose again, Brewers down late.

 

[dland24]

CP.....is Addison basically a platoon player at this point?

 

[arstyle27]

Great win and finally a beautiful night at Wrigley. The opener and ring night were soooo cold lol

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[CP1708]

CP.....is Addison basically a platoon player at this point?

Naw, he has a shoulder injury they are nursing along, and with Baez being a stud, no sense in grinding Addy worse when they can rest him plenty and use Zo/Happ at second or outfield.

He really could use a 10 day rest, but he's gaming it.

 

[sportsjunkie]

4 game win streak. Not bad. I hope Jake pitch well tonight. We need it.

 

[sportsjunkie]

W. 29-27

Bryant a 2-run bomb
Almora a solo shot

Butler/Montgomery with 9 innings of 1 run ball.

Cards lose again, Brewers down late.

We tied for 1st place now. We need to sweep the Marlins. We got a 4 game set against the Rockies coming up.

 

[zack54attack]

Sweeping the Cardinals felt great. Hoping to do the same against Miami and keep this thing rolling

 

[dland24]

CP.....is Addison basically a platoon player at this point?

Naw, he has a shoulder injury they are nursing along, and with Baez being a stud, no sense in grinding Addy worse when they can rest him plenty and use Zo/Happ at second or outfield.

He really could use a 10 day rest, but he's gaming it.

Gotcha.  He is my favorite Cub and on my fantasy team.  Was debating on dropping him as he has been useless recently, and his PT has been inconsistent.  

 

[CP1708]

W. 30-27

Rizzo with the 3-run homer to pen the floodgates, Heyward, Baez, and Jay add 2 rbi each with doubles and Arrieta a solid 6 innings.

5 in a row.

Good to see last year's Cubs come back.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Starting to heat up

 

[CP1708]

Major League Baseball is investigating an accusation of domestic violence against Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, a league official confirmed to ESPN's Jesse Rogers on Thursday.

In a post on Instagram, Russell's wife, Melisa, accused her husband of cheating and implied that the couple was breaking up. A comment related to the post from someone Melisa Russell identifies as a close friend accused the player of physically abusing his wife.

During Wednesday night's Cubs game against the Marlins, in which Addison Russell did not play, Melisa Russell posted a photo of herself in a bathing suit in a body of water. The text read: "Being free to be able to make your own choices for your own happiness beats being cheated on, lied to, & disrespected any day. #herestonewbeginnings #onlygetsbetterfromhere" The post and subsequent comment have since been deleted.

Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Associated Press that the department "does not have any current investigation" into Russell or allegations of domestic violence.

A Cubs official told the Chicago Sun-Times that the team is looking into the matter but would have no comment at this time.

In 2015, the league and players union agreed to a new, more rigorous domestic violence policy. Former Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman was suspended 30 games under the policy last season. Mets closer Jeurys Familia, infielder Jose Reyes and Braves outfielder Hector Olivera have also received lengthy suspensions under the policy.

After an All-Star season for the championship Cubs last season, Russell is struggling this year. Entering Thursday's play, Russell, 23, was batting .209 with three homers and 19 RBIs and his errors are up. Javier Baez has been seeing more time at shortstop.

Disgusting if true. I pray it isn't. |I

 

[joaridran23]

KB first at bat 0-2 count deposits it into left center bleachers! 14th homer of year

 

[eentegra]

i too hope that the AR rumors are not true. meanwhile javy can fill in no problem.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Got rocked out there today.
Lets hope to get this win tomorrow to prevent the sweep.

Still 2 games out from the division, but we gotta snap out of it.

 

[joaridran23]

Back to back bombs from Addison, and Kyle today in the 6th. Then Montero later on. Nice to get a W

 

[CP1708]

W. 31-31

Zobrist, Addy, Schwarber, Montero all go deep.

Rough game overall, but glad to close one.

Draft starts tomorrow, two first round picks and a second rounder, need those to deepen the system.

Gonna need a 2015 type second half to get us where we wanna be for October. I know it's frustrating, but stay patient everyone.

 

[sportsjunkie]

We just one game out though. 3game set with Mets. Take at least 2.

 

[CP1708]

Bonus Slot Money
27 Cubs – $2,373,300
30 Cubs – $2,184,300
2nd Round (Pick 67): $ 901,900
3rd Round (Pick 105): $ 511,900
4th Round (Pick 135): $ 382,300
5th Round (Pick 165): $ 285,800
6th Round (Pick 195): $ 222,600
7th Round (Pick 225): $ 175,500
8th Round (Pick 255): $ 148,500
9th Round (Pick 285): $ 137,500
10th Round (Pick 315): $ 131,300

Despite holding the last pick in the first round (for having the best record last season), the Chicago Cubs actually have the 18th highest bonus pool in the draft, thanks to their extra pick.

The St. Louis Cardinals, by contrast, have the lowest bonus pool in the draft ($2,176,000), after forfeiting their first-round pick for Dexter Fowler and sending their second-round and supplemental second round pick to the Astros as penalty for the hacking scandal.

 

[CP1708]

#27 LHP Brendon Little

Can hit 95, has a hammer curve. Theo's first pitcher he's taken in the first round with the Cubs.

 

[CP1708]

#30 RHP Alex Lange

Again, 95 with a hammer curve.

Two college arms directly into the system, we have one more pick tonight.

Exactly what we need right now.

 

[CP1708]

#67 RHP Cory Abbott.

Late riser, good Slider. Another college arm.

 

[CP1708]

Round 3 and 4 so far, two more college arms.

That's 5 pitchers so far, all from college ranks. 4 of them were mentioned with nice Curveballs and the other was a slider guy.