2024 Cubs

[jeffy]

5-4 on this trip and .5 games out of 1st.

Not bad at all.

[mrfelina]

What are they going to do with Alzolay?

What a mess.

[1060Ivy]

Alzolay pitched a clean inning today but will be surprised to see Alzolay continuing with closing duties.

And it’s appears to be offical - Albert is no longer the closer

https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2024/0...-field-mlb

Options are becoming more clear

Brown seems like he could be dominant with a great 2 pitch arsenal but don’t know if you want to place those expectations on a rookie who has been developing as a starter. Yeah, guessing that 95% plus of relief pitchers were initially developed as starters.

Guessing that Neris and Leiter will get first opportunities with Neris most likely being the first option

[Butcher]

Neris is not a good option.

[1060Ivy]

Hendricks on IL as is Smyly. Wesneski and Little have been called up

Cooper is DFA’d. Guessing he’s gone as Wisdom and Mervis are now on roster. Preferred Cooper over Wisdom but that’s just me.

No clue when / if Hendricks returns. Both he and Smyly are on 15 day IL

[mrfelina]

Liked Cooper over Wisdom too.

Guess power will win out every time these days.

[1060Ivy]

Belli is on the IL - fractured rib

PCA is getting called up

[jeffy]

Belli is on the IL - fractured rib

PCA is getting called up

Son of a bitch.

[funkster]

Feels like non stop injuries this year.

[mrfelina]

And yet the keep on with the kind of resiliency they're showing.

Impressed.

[1060Ivy]

Cubs have depth primarily via prospects that have been able to step up and produce at the MLB level. You never know how prospects develop and how they’ll react when in the MLB. The Cubs farm system has provided wins so far in this first month of the season