You can expect a roster move today, as lefty Derek Holland will officially arrive. I can imagine a variety of possibilities for the roster move with him, from a positional guy getting bounced or IL’d, or a reliever getting IL’d. I don’t want to speculate until we hear more. But something will happen one way or another.
Until then …
Kintzler on late-inning loss, strike zone pic.twitter.com/2Adw4shP5u
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) July 27, 2019
To give you an example of how the Cubs felt about home plate umpire Adrian Johnson's strike zone Friday night, even Kyle Hendricks – yes, the most polite player in baseball – felt like he had to say something.
It was after this 2-2 pitch to Shaw was inexplicably called a ball: pic.twitter.com/dfSPViR509
— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) July 27, 2019
Hendricks on getting pulled: pic.twitter.com/Kwf10PEo10
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) July 27, 2019
Maddon on pulling Hendricks pic.twitter.com/ZYX5gAfhg5
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) July 27, 2019
Hamels with start Sunday for Iowa, which would put him in line to start at home against the Brewers next weekend.
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) July 26, 2019
The Mariners announce that they're calling up for @IowaCubs infielder Ryan Court from Tacoma. What a story. Court began his pro career in 2011 and has never played in the big leagues. Sounded like he even had trouble finding work this off-season. Finally getting his shot.
— Tommy Birch (@TommyBirch) July 26, 2019
#NeverDoink #BearsCamp pic.twitter.com/7egomtbF7j
— Bleacher Nation Bears (@BN_Bears) July 27, 2019
And the Cubs have won a series on the road! pic.twitter.com/0SW1nczJZV
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) July 27, 2019
When the Cubs piss me off, I like to remember that eventually the Sun will expand into a red giant, consuming the Earth.
And I will have died five billion years before that.
Eat at Arby’s.
— Brett Taylor (@Brett_A_Taylor) July 27, 2019