UPDATE ON YOUR WEATHER: The Cubs’ first postponement in almost a year—since April 5 of last year at Cincinnati—came about due to the weather on Thursday. Up until yesterday, they have completed 175 games on the scheduled schedule. Since Friday, July 15, 2022, when the second of their four games against the Mets washed out, they had played 121 straight games at home. Next day, it was repaid. Since the beginning of 2020, the Cubs have only had ten games postponed: eight at home and two away. 2010–19 saw 32 postponements, 2000–09 saw 27, and 1990–99 saw 25.They’ve had 1,373 in total since 1876 (656 at home and 717 on the road). In the prior season, they averaged 9.3 (4.4 at home,
WHAT A RELIEF: In their last eight games since April 9, the Cubs bullpen has allowed nine earned runs (11 runs total) in 32⅔ innings (2.48 ERA).
THE LEIT SHOW In nine outings in 2024, Mark Leiter Jr. has pitched 10 shutout innings with 11 strikeouts and left six of his seven inherited runners stranded. Leiter, along with Jason Foley and Hunter Gaddis, is the only pitcher in the National League and one of just three in Major League Baseball (minimum nine games) to have yet to allow an earned run this season.
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Now that he is well, he has started two rounds of rehabilitation; the outcomes are irrelevant, as they generally are. Maybe 75–80 pitches tonight, given that he threw 68 in the previous one.
The majority of the current Marlins roster has only had a few career at-bats against Taillon because he hasn’t faced the Marlins since 2021.
Before the Marlins included A.J. Puk in the rotation this season, he had only ever appeared in MLB as a reliever. Thus far, the performance has been unsteady, with a 5.91 ERA, 2.438 WHIP, and 14 walks in just 10⅔ innings.
Cubs hitters, who are often quite patient, might take advantage of that. Puk’s lone career appearances against the Cubs came in four relief appearances last year.
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