Drew Smyly is on the mound for the Cubs this afternoon, and although he’s no longer trade bait, he does still serve a purpose: eating up innings as a member of the rotation.
Surely, the Cubs won’t want to overdo it with guys like Justin Steele and Keegan Thompson this season, so the best thing Smyly can do is just … keep pitching, maybe soon as part of a six-man rotation to spread out the starts and limit innings even further.
Smyly is coming off a bit of a blow-up outing against the Giants, who knocked him around (7 hits, 5ER) over 4.0 innings of work.
Standing opposite Smyly is Pablo Lopez, who had the two most different starts back-to-back you can have. First, he struck out 11 Reds over 7.0 innings of 1-run baseball with just two hits. Then, he allowed 6 earned runs to the Mets over 2.2 innings with 1K.
Which one will they get today? Go Cubs.
Game Info
Miami Marlins (48-58) at Chicago Cubs (42-63) – Saturday, August 6 at 1:20 CT on Marquee Sports Network, FS1, 670 The Score
Starting Pitchers
Marlins: Pablo Lopez, RHP
Cubs: Drew Smyly, LHP
Chicago Cubs (Lineup Discussion):
- Rafael Ortega, CF
- Willson Contreras, DH
- Seiya Suzuki, RF
- Ian Happ, LF
- Nico Hoerner, SS
- Frank Schwindel, 1B
- P.J. Higgins, C
- Zach McKinstry, 3B
- Chris Morel, 2B
Miami Marlins:
- Miguel Rojas, SS
- Joey Wendle, 2B
- Jesus Aguilar, DH
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF
- JJ Bleday, CF
- Nick Fortes, C
- Charles Leblanc, 3B
- Lewin Diaz, 1B
- Peyton Burdick, LF