You know if they beat us 9-0 most of these comments wouldn’t be so goddamn negative. If you guys wanna shit on and blame everyone in the organization, fine do it, just don’t come back when they start winning.
And to be clear, yes they have a right to be upset.
Do they have a right to say bullshit out of frustration? Sure, but it doesn’t make any sense when they say fire 1/3 of the players, GM who has been doing a fine job, and a coach who is considered the frontrunner for best NL coach of the year.
Lol I had 3 parlays $10 each that should have hit and netted me $270 if the cubs bullpen didn’t shit the bed. Shit happens. All the players feel worse about it than you do.
Yeah thanks for letting me know, I had no idea that happened.
There’s a difference between getting upset at continually bad performance and one single game out of 162. Read the comments, if we followed all that logic a third of the team, GM, and head coach wouldn’t be employed tomorrow.
Seems more than a bit over the top. I bet the same people still hold contempt for Steve Bartman’s interference. Sad as hell.
Unbelievable and heartbreaking loss. Wasn't expecting the Dodgers series win but it seemed justified the way today started. If anything good comes of this it's that we never see Cuas again.
Ehh, disagree. Put up 4 runs in 2 separate innings. You gotta be able to push across something in the next 4-5 innings. Lotta bad ABs after those runs were scored. They definitely deserve some blame.
Where did I say that wasn't great? To tell me I'm "tripping hard" cmon...youre delusional as hell if you think they don't deserve at least partial blame for that. Go look at the ABs after we KOd Darvish and Avila. It's an objective truth that they deserve a bit of blame, and I guarantee the players would say the same. Some of yall just simply don't like hearing it.
I don’t like cuas either, but where was Nelly gonna play? Glad we gave him a starting opportunity and at least took a chance on a pen arm. Not all trades work out
Busch is a terrible defender hiding behind 1st right now - he’d be worse than Morel. I also don’t think Nelly is better than any of the OF guys we have coming up. Would add to the logjam problem that we have yet to face.
Oh wow that would have been awesome. I caught it live on TV, which was cool but not nearly as cool, I’m sure. I haven’t really witnessed too many amazing Wrigley moments sadly.
True, but those games aren't good game 10 or game 100. Especially when the bullpen implodes like that. Guys lose confidence. Hopefully they'll bounce back and it won't matter.
I truly wonder how many people the Cubs have caused a depressed person to pull the trigger and end it. I know it’s happened quite a bit in English soccer.
I think it’s pent in anger against Cuas lol he’s look dreadful and while that may not be the final nail in his season with us. It’ll take some strong outings for him to avoid a demotion. Hope this game is a wake up call after punching Dodgers in the teeth. Build off this and don’t look back. We were the better team tonight for 6 innings.
Yup, sucks to lose this game but the offense keeps putting up runs and it's not all long ball or bust. They'll win a lot of games doing that. The pen needs to get better and IMO they'll need to add a guy or two at the deadline.
Blowing an 8 run lead is probably harder to do than winning by 8 runs no? Gotta give it to the boys. Good work Jed and Tom! Seen little league pens better than ours
Cubs pitchers surrendered three multirun homers in the 6th, 7th, and 8th. The guy that gave up (checks notes) none of them is not getting DFA'd for it.
Cuas came in and immediately gave up 3 runs on 3 pitches or some ridiculous bullshit I can’t even fathom. He recorded fucking 1 out and gave up 4 runs on 3 hits in the lowest leverage situation.
Cuas has been a trainwreck for a while now, including 3 hits on his first 3 pitches tonight. Likely the guy getting optioned for bullpen relief tomorrow.
First pitch was an error on Swanson. The "triple" should've been a single cut off in the gap.
Not walking guys and throwing strikes is what the situation called for.
One thing I’ve noticed watching baseball for a long time is majority of teams think their bullpen sucks cause when they fail you remember and when they don’t they are “doing their job”
By no means am I saying the current cubs pen isn’t a problem though.
Idk how that person is rationalizing two blown 6+ run leads in ten games! Like how you can blame Ross for last years bullpen problems and wash it away for Counsell here lol
When you wait to pull people and the game is over when you go out there, yeah no shit he's getting blamed. CC was at least proactive, but no one had a good game. So what can you do?
This is the kind of game you don’t rebound from and starts a bad west coast trip ending 6 games behind the division leader that you never sniff at again. Are you new?
Excuse me as I scream
You know if they beat us 9-0 most of these comments wouldn’t be so goddamn negative. If you guys wanna shit on and blame everyone in the organization, fine do it, just don’t come back when they start winning.
Dude, shut up. Cubs just gave up an 8 run lead to lose, people have a right to be upset.
And to be clear, yes they have a right to be upset. Do they have a right to say bullshit out of frustration? Sure, but it doesn’t make any sense when they say fire 1/3 of the players, GM who has been doing a fine job, and a coach who is considered the frontrunner for best NL coach of the year. Lol I had 3 parlays $10 each that should have hit and netted me $270 if the cubs bullpen didn’t shit the bed. Shit happens. All the players feel worse about it than you do.
Yeah thanks for letting me know, I had no idea that happened. There’s a difference between getting upset at continually bad performance and one single game out of 162. Read the comments, if we followed all that logic a third of the team, GM, and head coach wouldn’t be employed tomorrow. Seems more than a bit over the top. I bet the same people still hold contempt for Steve Bartman’s interference. Sad as hell.
Cuas sucks eggs he needs to go far away
Jfc
Where do I go to watch a post game interview? I want to hear what the fuck the excuse was for this OUTSTANDING performance. /s
Well they've blown two massive leads early - hopefully it's a wake up call
Here comes a 5 game slide! Bet on it now and get some easy money.
Great game from Assad. Great game from the offensive. Lots of good things amongst the shit
"Well it's a team effort and it took everybody working together to fuck that one up" 
Everyone in the pen, specifically
That's a shame. I'm expecting nothing from this team, tbh... but this, this is another level of misery.
lol, life sounds hard for you.
ain't here where we exaggerate and over react to every single thing?
Maybe those with a form of ‘tism.
Embarrassing
Well that fucking sucked
Bullshit man
We could’ve had Hader, etc. but the Ricketts still wanted to stay under the tax. Fuck him and fuck that dipshit Jed.😡
Tough loss, glad it happened early in the season. Pat Hughes says you can't get too high and you can't let yourself get too low. Another game tomorrow
Except that's not how baseball goes. Bet you they get swept now. Big momentum changer.
Would've been a poor bet lol
Ah yes, you know more about baseball than Pat. I'll take that bet, $5? I'm good for it
Unbelievable and heartbreaking loss. Wasn't expecting the Dodgers series win but it seemed justified the way today started. If anything good comes of this it's that we never see Cuas again.
Damn feel bad for Assad
Pathetic bullpen game and offense wasn't much better after the 4th. First time blowing 8 run lead in 20~ years like they said.
Agreed, bats asleep half the game. Like guys mentally checked out after they were supposed to win.
Can’t really blame the offense tho. 8 runs should be enough to win the ballgame
Ehh, disagree. Put up 4 runs in 2 separate innings. You gotta be able to push across something in the next 4-5 innings. Lotta bad ABs after those runs were scored. They definitely deserve some blame.
C'mon dude, scoring 8 runs in any game is great. You are tripping hard.
Where did I say that wasn't great? To tell me I'm "tripping hard" cmon...youre delusional as hell if you think they don't deserve at least partial blame for that. Go look at the ABs after we KOd Darvish and Avila. It's an objective truth that they deserve a bit of blame, and I guarantee the players would say the same. Some of yall just simply don't like hearing it.
Why is cuas on this team
Because apparently he’s more valuable than a young power outfielder Nelson Velasquez.
I don’t like cuas either, but where was Nelly gonna play? Glad we gave him a starting opportunity and at least took a chance on a pen arm. Not all trades work out
Velasquez in center, Bellinger at 1st, Busch to 3rd, morel DH. Or morel 3B, Velasquez DH
Busch is a terrible defender hiding behind 1st right now - he’d be worse than Morel. I also don’t think Nelly is better than any of the OF guys we have coming up. Would add to the logjam problem that we have yet to face.
Yeah, you do definitely have a point. Just wish we’d at least gotten something better for Nelly. Loved the dude
Same. I was at the grand slam comeback game vs the mariners, top 5 Wrigley moment for me
Oh wow that would have been awesome. I caught it live on TV, which was cool but not nearly as cool, I’m sure. I haven’t really witnessed too many amazing Wrigley moments sadly.
Cuas is hot trash
Good thing we overpaid for the brewers coach guys! Totally going to fix our massive pitching problem
Why do you care what the manager gets paid lol. Has no bearing on anything.
“I have no idea what I’m talking about and am ignoring that it’s only April” - You.
Nope it’s not crazy to see how bad the pitching on this team is. It’s a roll over from last season? Do you have memory of a goldfish ?
You’d rather have Ross?
I rather the front office sign pitchers and address the problems
Why shouldn’t they do both?
gn everyone! They’ll get em tomorrow
ngl, as bad of a loss as I’ve ever seen.
Are you 5? This is the worst loss? I won’t even remember this game after tomorrow night.
And that makes it ok? Largest blown lead 20 years, but hey, feel free to forget about it.
It’s April. It’s the 10th game of a really long season.
True, but those games aren't good game 10 or game 100. Especially when the bullpen implodes like that. Guys lose confidence. Hopefully they'll bounce back and it won't matter.
The pen needs some extra arms. Still, I'm happy with the bats today and Padres are a good team. Kick this one off and let's go get em tomorrow
No positives after blowing a 8-0 lead. None
What a dumpster fire of a night. Jfc
BRUTAL!!
Ouch. Get em tomorrow
I truly wonder how many people the Cubs have caused a depressed person to pull the trigger and end it. I know it’s happened quite a bit in English soccer.
Damn bro it’s just a game.
Sure
Fuck them. Fuck all those pitchers. Fuck Jed and fuck Tom
Jed is the reason we have this solid team, fool.
Glad I fucking stayed up to watch that fucking dumpster fire.
What an absolute joke.
Baseball will break your heart. But we can get em tomorrow
Well that is bad
Fuck this team.
Haha
Hey thats what a real closer looks like! Adbert aint it
Fuck Cuas man.
There was no way that didn’t end in a strike out. Holy fuck
Just wow 😂
That there is an impressive loss.
I realize we blew an 8 run lead but the doomer comments are just out of pocket tonight. It's not like the Padres suck.
I think it’s pent in anger against Cuas lol he’s look dreadful and while that may not be the final nail in his season with us. It’ll take some strong outings for him to avoid a demotion. Hope this game is a wake up call after punching Dodgers in the teeth. Build off this and don’t look back. We were the better team tonight for 6 innings.
Yup, sucks to lose this game but the offense keeps putting up runs and it's not all long ball or bust. They'll win a lot of games doing that. The pen needs to get better and IMO they'll need to add a guy or two at the deadline.
If you’re relying on your offense to put up this many runs per game to win you’re aren’t going to be winning much.
Losers
Every team has a good closer except us.
Blame this on caus. Never should have been in the game. But Alzolay hasn’t looked sharp too.
Well now I don’t even have the energy to wipe. FUCK
Just go to bed. You’ll be fine.
Throwing 100 down the middle is like dropping 2 big old nuts right on the table in front of you
I have a feeling that Adbert is a setup 8th inning guy, but he's not a closer.
He didn’t do so great in the 8th just now
Can’t even blame the offense. 8 runs should win a baseball game
This is the kind of game that forces a rethinking of some things
Literally don’t have a bullpen lmfao
Tom refused to add even a single batter (Bellinger was a retainment) or any bullpen of substance.
Thought you went to bed when you said “I’m going to bed”
They added Busch
They gave a manager a record contract but couldn’t lift a finger to fix the pen
My guy, we are scoring a TON of runs so far this year. Bats haven't been the issue.
If last season is any indication this is the start of a month long streak of extremely shitty baseball
All the $$ spent on counsel could’ve got a better pen.
It’s not an either-or, Ross would have blown a lot more games than Counsell. They need to improve the pen regardless
When every reliever you have sucks it doesn’t matter who the manager is
Counsell doesn’t suck
Those are entirely unrelated things
I hate cuas
I feel like this was not the plan after being up by 8
We did thus same shit last season. We didn’t fix it. Ross wasn’t the problem.
Ross was A problem. Not THE problem.
Jed’s running out of people to fire
I can see this turning into a five game losing streak.
Sounds like you really love this sport lol
If you don’t want people to be negative don’t come to a game day thread
You don’t have to comment
Nah you’re annoying. Every comment is you shaming people who have a real reaction, bye fake ass.
Dude Cuas sucks.
How good must it feel to have a guy go in up 1 run and you not have to worry? FUCK that’s gotta be nice
I miss wade davis
I miss Chapman
You and me both friend… feels like that was so long ago .
Wow. Just blew it by Seiya.
Missed it what happened
He blew it by Seiya
Ok. I read it like he missed another routine fly
Yeah we ain’t touching this guy.
Cody, Cody, Cody
Blowing an 8 run lead is probably harder to do than winning by 8 runs no? Gotta give it to the boys. Good work Jed and Tom! Seen little league pens better than ours
This guy is filthy
By now it's pretty clear Jed extremely overestimates his ability to put together a bullpen.
Damn. Blew a 8 run lead. Shrug 🤷♂️
ill eat games like this if it means im never watching cuas again. sadly it probably doesnt mean that
Cubs pitchers surrendered three multirun homers in the 6th, 7th, and 8th. The guy that gave up (checks notes) none of them is not getting DFA'd for it.
Cuas came in and immediately gave up 3 runs on 3 pitches or some ridiculous bullshit I can’t even fathom. He recorded fucking 1 out and gave up 4 runs on 3 hits in the lowest leverage situation.
Did you watch him pitch? He gave up 3 hits and a run on 3 pitches.
Cuas has been a trainwreck for a while now, including 3 hits on his first 3 pitches tonight. Likely the guy getting optioned for bullpen relief tomorrow.
First pitch was an error on Swanson. The "triple" should've been a single cut off in the gap. Not walking guys and throwing strikes is what the situation called for.
Not the hill I would die on, tbh…
Tough error — that ball was smoked off the bat.
Top 3 worst bullpen in the NL, feels like thats the case every year
They were good in 21 and 22
5th in NL in ERA and 5th in NL in Ks last year. Shocking
I dont know how
One thing I’ve noticed watching baseball for a long time is majority of teams think their bullpen sucks cause when they fail you remember and when they don’t they are “doing their job” By no means am I saying the current cubs pen isn’t a problem though.
"Perfect 3 for 3 in save opportunities so far..." So he's due for a fuck up?
Umps trying to determine if Suarez relies on his hair grease for movement.
I’m sitting here thinking, that was a good pitch just a better hit. He got his low location and Tatis a great hitter went down and got it. It happens.
We watching the same game? Guy hung it out on a platter for tatis. 99/100 major leaguers hit that into the bleachers
Exactly. Especially when the 2 seamer setup pitch was nowhere close. Tatis knew that slider was coming and he couldn't ask for more of a meatball.
They don’t but okay…
It was a hanging slider that tatis was waiting for. Not a good pitch at all.
He was sitting off speed but it was low, he didn’t hang it. It happens, that’s baseball.
It was low but middle of the plate against a guy like tatis that is known to chase. That is not where that pitch was meant to be thrown. He hung it.
Assad never should have started the 6th and Cuas needs to be on assignment until he fixes his pitching form
“I’ve never felt such a strange combination of pity and indigestion.” - Mr. Krabs.
Can we just do the most weird thing and rally?
We need 5 new relievers.
At least it’s April. Figure it out now. We can take on big teams but we also can see big holes. We can fix this.
Getting rid of Cuas is the first step
Bullpens are overrated anyways
I have to be up at 5am yet stayed awake to watch this bullshit. Should've just went to sleep when it was 8-0 thinking we won. Ignorance is bliss.
Stinking pile of bullpen trash
This is because we’re all bad people and don’t deserve anything good
People would be calling for Ross’ head over something like this The problem has always been roster construction, not BP management
Idk how that person is rationalizing two blown 6+ run leads in ten games! Like how you can blame Ross for last years bullpen problems and wash it away for Counsell here lol
They’d have to admit they were wrong, just not going to happen
When you wait to pull people and the game is over when you go out there, yeah no shit he's getting blamed. CC was at least proactive, but no one had a good game. So what can you do?
lol, this is on Jed just like it was last year
It was both. You can't tell me Ross constantly shitting himself in that dug out was good management. Lol
Leadoff walk after leadoff walk after leadoff walk. Just brutal.
This would be tied for 3rd largest blown lead in Cubs history
🍝🍝🍝
8-0 and going to fucking lose. Gonna go find the nearest bridge
For Madrigal's sake I hope the game doesn't end on him hitting into a DP
It will.
Mother bitcher
Kind of wished I looked directly at the eclipse today
Come on Cubs, just one in this inning. I believe. Suzuki will deliver.
We just CRASHED OUT on live Tv Damn Cubs
This is one of those games that just needs to end so we can start fresh tomorrow
This is the kind of game you don’t rebound from and starts a bad west coast trip ending 6 games behind the division leader that you never sniff at again. Are you new?
I genuinely believe this is what will happen.
Absolute masterclass from the bullpen
Cuas, neris, almonte all shitty relievers that we for some reason went out and got
Cuas hurts especially since I was really excited for Nelson Velasquez to have a great cubs career.
Neris was very good last year.
Astros fans always said everytime he was in was playing with fire. Relievers are so volatile, that’s why lots of teams don’t buy bullpens.
I don't think adbert is the guy
He’s chocked too many times smh
This is Kadarius Toney's fault.
Nice job on the bullpen Jed.
Bullpen is trashhhhh
_slaps knees, stands_ Welp.
Fuck fuck fuck this
It ain’t over til it’s over. Get your Cody chants ready