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Nico Hoerner has only struck out three times in a game three times in his career: 7/17/23, 4/30/23, and tonight.

Luke Little’s two most recent appearances were his first two consecutive outings without walks of his major league career. cubofcoffee.com/cub-of-coffee-…

I wonder if the Cubs take a chance on Nido here. He's heated up a little with the bat (though expectations there should be low) but he's been a good defensive catcher his whole career.

Mark Leiter Jr. has a better K-BB% over the last two seasons than Tanner Scott, and he’s under team control for two more seasons

Shōta Imanaga has six of the top ten Cubs starts by whiffs since 2022 and 8 of the top 20.

The Cubs are lined up to face Skenes and Jones again this series which would be the 4th time this year for each. No other team has faced either 3 times.

Shota Imanaga tied a career high in swinging strikes today with 22. Drew Smyly keeps the Cubs record since 2021 with 23 whiffs against the Giants on September 9, 2022 baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_searc…

In 2023 (when Hosmer was on the Cubs), the Cubs hit .353/.389/.471 against Williams in four appearances

The most whiffs the Guardians pitching staff got in a game all year was 31. They already have 27 through 5 innings today.

It didn't quite work out, but good to see someone pinch hit for a lefty with a righty against Leiter. Always wondered why more teams didn't do that when he was with the Cubs.

Did a quick thread on the other site about Yusei Kikuchi. You can find my baseball takes more frequently there for now.