I’m glad it’s a Saturday with a number of kid-related activities to distract me, because otherwise I’d really be stewing about the state of things with the Cubs and the NL Central. The Cubs are now 5.0 games back in the NL Central, which is the SECOND LARGEST divisional deficit in baseball, behind only the 6.0 games in the AL Central.
The commentary after the game from the team seems to have been about the positivity going forward, about the hard contact they made in the game, and about the unfortunate sequencing of hits. There’s some truth there, but I won’t blame anyone – myself included – for not feeling all the upbeat. I’ll feel upbeat when the hits do start finding grass (or seats) in big moments. “I think we got the best lineup in baseball,” Matthew Boyd said, per The Athletic. “Through 162 games, stretches of all sorts of things will pop up. We know who we are as a ballclub. We know what we can do and what we’re capable of. We’re one of the best teams in the National League. Stuff happens. The best part about baseball, like Ryne Sandberg would say, is you get to show up tomorrow.”“We didn’t win a game tonight. Move on to tomorrow.”Craig Counsell after tonight’s loss. pic.twitter.com/v7dKZFAz43
“I came when I was like 6 years old. I don’t really remember too much … it’s not like a Wrigley.”Cade Horton on visiting Busch Stadium as a kid pic.twitter.com/T0Nb9kC0SR
— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) August 8, 2025 Jameson Taillon (calf) threw another rehab start at Iowa last night, and seems to be just about ready to come back:Jameson Taillon retires the first two hitters he faces in the fifth inning and that'll be it for him in St. Paul. Final line: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K. Taillon threw 78 pitches including 53 for strikes. He got five whiffs and topped out at 93.3. Much better outing.
— Tommy Birch (@TommyBirch) August 9, 2025 The Braves have claimed Vidal Brujan off of waivers from the Orioles, which means that Brujan lasted just 4 days on the roster of the last-place Orioles. He lasted 138 days on the roster of the competitive Cubs. This is all you need to see from the Brewers game to see how it fits into the rest of their season:Tie game at AmFam Field in the fifth. Mets starter Kodai Senga fumbled a Blake Perkins chopper and Brice Turang made him pay with a two-run homer on the next pitch. pic.twitter.com/wr85m8tevj
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) August 9, 2025The Brewers batted around and scored three runs in a go-ahead fifth inning — with only one hit. E1Two-run homerWalkCatcher's interferenceWalkRBI hit by pitch
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) August 9, 2025BLAKE PERKINS WINS THE GAME WITH THE THROW OF THE SEASON pic.twitter.com/9J3SoAsfiv
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) August 9, 2025 Speaking of the Brewers:Brewers are signing reliever Julian Merryweather to a minor league deal after he opted out of his contract with the Mets, a source says. He will be reporting to Class AAA Nashville. Merryweather spent 2023-2025 in the majors within the division with the Cubs.
— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) August 8, 2025 Uh oh; he’s gonna magic poof his way into that five-game series later this month and own the Cubs, isn’t he? Not that focusing on the Brewers right now makes a ton of sense:Yeah, all the talk about the Brewers (who might win like 105), the deadline, the starting pitching, etc is a waste of time right now. Just not good enough from what always needed to be the team strength and a great unit. This group needs to *hit* for anything else to matter. t.co/hcjWrpnPWP
— Matt Clapp (@TheBlogfines) August 9, 2025MORE CUBS FROM BLEACHER NATION: Go Ad Free | Subscribe to the BN Newsletter
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