It’s Monday which means there’s a Monday Morning Cubs show and it just got posted. So here’s a blog including the description right here:
Welcome back to the Monday Morning Cubs Show for June 9th and we got a loaded one for you guys starting with Kyle Hendricks’ 100th career win, which we think is actually surprising. We talk playoff odds, world series chances and a janky starting pitching staff before heavy ball or strike. Should the Cubs have played differently against Skubal? Do we have a deep offense or is this its true colors? Do we still love Cade Horton? Michael Busch was awesome this week and Matt Shaw looks like a Rookie of the Year while Nico gets a raw deal. There’s a bunch of reasons to be positive about a 3-3 week and a couple fun notes on Mahoney’s list about his favorite band and maybe a fun fact or cracker jack. Go Cubs.
It’s a loaded show and we’re using more segments this time and trying some different stuff I suppose.
A lot of laughs as always. Mahoney’s on point per usual.
Some specific stuff:
- Michael Busch has been really good but shouldn’t hit against lefties because Justin Turner gives you more competitive at bats
- Playoff odds are good but should be better if the Cubs had more favorable starting pitching
- I think Chris Sale would hate to come back to the Chicago Cubs
- Kyle Hendricks should have more than 100 wins based on how fondly we remember him
- The St. Louis Cardinals are Busch League for disrespecting Clayton Kershaw, who is one of the greatest plkayers of all time
- Jameson Taillon is our default #1 right now and that’s kinda funny because our starting pitching is not that good.
- In other words it’s janky
- It should be much better after the trade deadline because Jed Hoyer is smart enough to see this is a World Series team
- Matt Shaw is a good bet to win Rookie of the Year because he’s only going to get better and that probably means hitting 3 long-term. He just needs to put on some weight and act like he belongs.
Go listen to the show for the full conversation
Great episode as always! It’s impressive to see Kyle Hendricks hit his 100th career win—what a milestone. The insights on playoff odds and the starting pitching staff were spot on. Michael Busch and Matt Shaw are definitely making waves this season. Do you think the Cubs have what it takes to make a deep playoff run this year? WordAiApi