The Meteoric Rise of the 2023 Chicago Cubs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2023
- The Cubs have been playing incredibly well as of late, and have capitalized on the great performances of Cody Bellinger, Mike Tauchman, Dansby Swanson and many others to make a push for a playoff spot, which seemed so out of reach just weeks ago.
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My brother and I were at the game in St. Louis where Tauchman made the amazing catch! We were stunned, we thought, and so did all the Cardinals fans, that it was a walk-off win for the Cards. We were elated, the Cards fans were in disbelief!
so was i!! we were right behind home plate and i thought it was way gone
Awesome job on this video. I can't believe how good Tauchman has been for the Cubs. Talk about found money.
The CHGO Cubs podcast has called it The Summer of Tauchman
i can’t even begin to explain how hyped i was after the home run save by Tauchman. no matter what happens this season, the summer has been so much fun for the Cubs
I’m a huge Cubs fan, and I’m loving this run they’ve been having. Bellinger, Swanson, Stroman, and now Candelario are all great players in my opinion. Go Cubs Go!
Great freaking video. You broke down the season perfectly. And the Rocky music to go with it? (Chef's kiss)
Well done, sir.
THUMBS UP! ...
Where ya been Llama?
Hey Douglas thank you! Been a busy few months and I haven’t really had any motivation, but it’s impossible to be silent during this run lol
This season reminds me so much of the 1984 Chicago Cubs!
Love our team! Yesterdays game was the best 9th inning I’ve ever watched!
As a Chicago sports fan who is a heavy Sox fan, I’m glad at least one team in town is watchable. I’m here for all of it. Hope they make the postseason!
Exactly my brother hopefully the chicago bears will be watchable too with dj moore on our team too ❤
I think a playoff berth is especially crucial this year if ANY team wants to be able to sell themselves as a viable destination for you-know-who to sign in the off-season. I almost think that’s partially why Jed decided to buy at the trade deadline - not only to give the surging Cubs a better shot to play in October but to show the afore-mentioned free agent that the Cubs front office is willing to make moves for their team (the Angels did the same thing but of course that hapless franchise won’t do anything). Anyway, I sincerely hope the Cubbies keep this going and make some more noise because the more we do, the more attention we’ll get from the guy playing on the west coast haha
This is a solid point
Suzuki adds bonus points too. The west coast is coming to the midwest, bet.
Adbert Alzolay can be the next Mariano Rivera. He doesn't have to blow you away with velocity but he has proven thus far to be the closer and I believe he loves it and has settled in the role. And I also love his signature reaction to the final out.
Love failed starters “finding it” in the pen. Like Wade Davis.
This Cubs line up is loaded with talent and power .....If the Cubs would have one more elite staring pitcher, like Jake Arrieta was at his prime, this team would be scary good. Candelario was a great addition, and he puts this already awesome line up on turbo charge. It will a lot of fun watching this team until the end of the season and hopefully in the post season. GO CUBS !
When Tauchman made that catch I was in my car waiting to find out what happened and when Pat Hughes made that call I was screaming so loudly. The pride of Palatine is saving this season.
This recent surge and climb back into the playoffs picture happened so fast I couldn’t even process it. Don’t know what it’ll happen next but Hope they’re able to keep this up!!
Takes more than just one guy from Palatine to win games and “save the season.” However, he’s def a big part of this great push for the playoffs.
@@Blackhawks87 yup, Dansby, Belli, and Morel are stepping up really well. Love to see it!
I was on a first date, at a bar in Wrigley, that wasn't going anywhere when Tauchman made that catch and I couldn't pretend I wasn't paying attention to the game anymore.
🤣🤣🤣
I was so excited about this team from the beginning and I knew all along they had what it would take to get where they’re at. There’s still 2 months of baseball to play but I love where they’re at
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Oh yeah for sure, me too. Never had any doubt..
@@resmartedSarcasm.
In a week and half Chicago sports talk radio went from saying the Cubs needed to sell and rebuild -- to we need to cement this team with extensions that they knew all along could compete hahaha i love it. tons of baseball left. just let the boys play ball
Yo we have renewed talent in Chicago! Playing the show 23 with this roster is amazing! Great breakdown!
Can’t forget that series from mid to late June where the cubs swept the pirates, took 2/3 from the o’s and than swept the pirates again
If we don't give Bellie a huge contract I will riot!
One productive season since 2019 while already missing time is a bit risky depending on how you define big. The free agent market will determine if he’s worth big $.
@@chicagodude8888fuck that hes productive now and has the pedigree. Sign for 5 years 100 mil
@@maxwolf4036 Boars’ll want more than that. If that’s his asking price I’d sign him in a heartbeat. 6 years $150 million? That’s probably somewhere in the ballpark of what he’s looking for at minimum if he sustains this level of play for the rest of the season.
The summer of Mike tauchman
Go Cubs!
GO CUBS
I could be wrong but I think Swanson always has had hugeeee second half’s if you look at his splits
It has been a really fun turnaround for this team. They seemed to have really good chemistry, even when they weren't winning games, and I think that can be highly underrated by a lot of people. Teams with that kind of chemistry almost always end up performing well and it feels like they are finally hitting their stride. Just hoping they can keep it up the rest of the way because even if they miss the postseason, if they are still in the race until the end, it will definitely help attract higher caliber free agents who will clearly see that the team is right on the cusp of being a playoff contender at the very least (which of course, you mentioned in your video)
I think the Cubs struggled at the beginning of the year because the relievers were unsure of their roles. It took awhile, but through trial and error, everyone knows their job now. There were some wasted at bats too, but Ross had a team meeting and everything has improved. I give David Ross and the staff credit too, but Tauchman and Bellinger are nuts.
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This is fantastic!
If Gomes wasn’t playing so well, coming up big in so many situations, I would love to see Miguel Amaya playing every day..
Don’t understand how us as cubs fans are not subbed up to this guy 🤷 good job on the vids brother!
This is why I never doubt on my Chicago Cubs.
Such a fun team to watch!
I love the story of Candelario… A former cub, starting out as a young kid finally making it to the nationals instead of the Cubs but now has become a legitimate MLB player who can continue to get better… It’s amazing how many clutch hits he has, he rarely strikes out, he doesn’t swing for the fences he makes good contact, he’s a smart player, good defender… Is that enough? Do they need another hitter? I think they’ll be OK… It’s really about pitching if they want to be truly competitive. But, if Shohei Ohtani is available, should they? Is it worth it? Who else would they go after if they wanted another bat/fielder? Is Candelario enough?Hhmmm..😁👍🏼✌🏼
Tauchman had another great game tonight in beating the Mets 3-2
You, sir, have gained a sub. Have loved the cubs since my first Wrigley game as a toddler in ‘13 and it’s great to see this post-rebuild squad exceed expectations. I see us making a great run for the division, but ending up with the second or third WC spot, then losing in the NLCS to a Los Angeles or an Atlanta. Basically 2015.
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As a naysayer of the Swanson signing. I am more than happy to be proven wrong
Me too with Bellinger. More than happy to be wrong.
@@thomashennegan6485 honestly I had no problem with the Belli signing because it was short. If it didn’t work out, oh well he walks and that’s the end of it. I didn’t think the Cubs would be competing for anything this year aside from pride
I mean Swansons average could. Be better
@@lunarumbreon7699 the only thing keeping me sane was that it was a short deal. Now I wish it was longer, funny how that works
As a dodger fan I am not suprised about bellinger at all. The only thing we weren't sure of, was his return in form if he stayed with us but he is a special player and it really hurts to see him return to form with another team but sometimes a change in scenery is whats needed for a player. Hope to see cubs and dodgers in the playoffs it would be a great series
Pitching is suspect..... 😛 Go Cubs 👍 can't t slug your way to the world series.....you get there with great pitching...... Come on Cubbies 👏
Best vid ever exactly what i needed bro you saved my life i love you
Another great video.
Great job.....Thank you!!!
Great vid
Bro loved the video keep it up man!
Finally someone who know what they’re talking about
Best Cubs content out there!
Man if we keep this team and add on some solid starting pitching we could be dangerous next year
Awesome perspective. I would expect this from a cubs fan. Always looking far into the future for some sign of success
So glad you make these videos… I just hope this streak they are on isn’t a tease… Get us excited and then fall back down to earth… Well I hope not, they better not lose the series against the Mets who are a worse team, and the fact that they played their asses off against the Braves was impressive… But that was at Wrigley and now I will know when we play in Atlanta Because it will be a different surrounding obviously… It was great to see are you short stop playing well against his former team… He is clutch just like Cody Bellinger, if we don’t keep him in Chicago I would seriously question the GM… They need to keep them here they haven’t had this good of a hitter and defensive player and base runner in a long time… They need a good lefty out of the bullpen, a more consistent Rady since Fulmer is either awesome or frustrating as hell… She either hit somebody, throws it away or walks the bases loaded… Or strikes out the right people at the right time… Inconsistency is not a good thing… Now about our young closer Alzolay… Is he good enough? Should we leave him there and let him mature as our actual closer? Or will he eventually be the set up guy and will the Cubs go spend money or trade for a proven closer? I guess will know in a week or two because if the Cubs continue to play better and continue to win series they need to make more additions if they actually want to go further than a play in or one playoff series… Thanks again for your video, keep up the great work✌🏼👍🏼
Good stuff bro Go Cubs
Awesome keep it up
It would take a TON of breaks to fall the Cubs way to make another deep run at a WS Title this year, but despite 2016, the Cubs still (in my view) have enough bad breaks from the last century waiting to even out that they could win the next 5 in a row and still have some in reserve.
I guess what I’m saying is, go Cubs!
My guy Seiya been HOT HOT HOT
Somehow underrated moves by the FO were removing Hosmer and Mancini from the roster. Those ABs going to Tauchman and Morel, and now Candy man, have played a big role in the turnaround.
I didn't watch much of the Cubs in the first half of the season. I saw how they were doing and expected it to be another write-off, mediocre to bad year. But wow am I excited now. It helps that the Pirates totally collapsed after a strong start, and the NL Central has no clear leader like the East and West do. As of today, the Cubs hold the 3rd WC spot and are only 0.5 game behind the Brewers for the division lead. Hopefully they can keep it up and win the Central.
Hopefully we can win the division
The Cubs are going to win the division.
@@craigbrindle108 we better
Pre-season and early-on in the first two months the heart of the Cub's offense was considered to be Swanson, Happ, and Suzuki. Cubs finding success despite two of those three not performing as expected. If and when they do get hot and start hitting, the Cubs are going to be a force.
They were also torching at bats with hosmer, Mancini and Barnhart was playing more. Hoerner was out a bit and Madrigal sucked.
cody is so back baby
Great video.
Thank you Jeremy!
Couldn’t agree more the pitching is the missing link. When this team is hitting they crush it. Biggest win differential in the league (I think) 6 straight series wins, LFG!
They’re rise to the top has been just as quick as their fall to the bottom in 2021. Let’s hope they’re great play continues!
GO CUBS
Give us a check in on the farm vid 🗣️
👍 Thumbs up
Go Cubs go
Another thing, I didn’t realize just how good our young Justin Steele would be… He looks like a number one pitcher, and only throwing 92 or 93 tops, with so much crazy movement on his sliders and cutters… The kid knows how to pitch… Even without a 98 mile an hour fastball, it’s all about movement and pitch placement… It’s such a great thing to see… Should they get another starter? Because this idea that you can have two or three pictures doing one game sometimes makes sense but is that what they should be doing? Is drew Smyly good enough to start a game and go six innings at least? Should they continue doing this half and half or 1/3 1/3 and 1/3 situation? I’m not so sure, it kind of makes sense because it keeps the hitters off balance but you never know about consistency because when you have one picture who’s on you don’t need to change him you want that picture finishing the game or at least going seven or eight innings because sometimes the next guy could have a bad day and ruin it for the guy who started it… So I’m not sure if that strategy is really wise but I guess we’ll see but I think we should try to get another legitimate starter who can actually win games and not be so damn frustrating like Jameson Taillon… His problem is that he throws strikes… Unfortunately his strikes are in too much in the zone and there’s not enough depth on his slider/breaking pictures… They just roll up there… I don’t know what to do with him… I hope he gets better and more consistent… But I guess we’ll wait and see. So frustrating because this team has the Moxie, they’re good defenders, they come back and never quit… The starters are decent the bullpen is just up and down,ugh… cubs baseball is so exciting and so frustrating
Really good job with this video. I really enjoyed it. By the way, do you know what's going on with David Bote?
Thank you! Bote been solid in AAA (.845 OPS) but I don't think he's on the 40-man (we DFA'd him some time ago) and I think there's been injuries so he just hasn't gotten a shot
Let's not jinx the team. We still got two months of the season left. I got ptsd from all the years pre 2016 still😂
I'm not gonna lie... your videos are amazing, but when you make videos like seiya suzuki could be an all star, christopher morel is on a historic tear, they all seem to just start being bad after these video so hopefully u didn't just curse the whole cubs team 😅 (great video as always, keep up the good work)
Shades of the 2019 nationals
Admittedly I was disappointed in landing Swanson with Correa, Boggarts and Turner available. Fast forward at 7/$177 million he’s produced a 4 war in 99 only games. Boggarts at 11/$280 with a 2.2 in 107, Turner at 11/$300 mil with a 1.3 in 111 games and Correa at 6/200 mil with a .9 war in 102 games. Never have I been happier to eat crow.
I'm glad we didn't sign that cheater Correa
We need to take advantage of the upcoming schedule. Nick Madrigal needs to learn how to run the bases. He is a rally killer. Hopefully Happ gets it going. Those are my concerns.
And with this video You just jinxed em. Lmfao great video tho !
Cubs just need their starting pitching to get back on track. Steele, Tallion, and even Hendricks have been pretty decent, but Stroman and Smyly have been struggling. If they can get back on track and the lineup can stay hot they should be pretty good.
After the Meat it's Torranto and they are no push over.
I liked how they played against Atlanta so let's hope it's the same outcome GCG
Let s go cubs
I really like Wesneski.. not only does he have a 96 mile an hour fastball, but every pitch has so much movement and cutting action… It’s just sometimes he leaves the fastball in the wrong place or the breaking pitch breaks into the zone instead of out… I hope he can get it together because I think he has the potential to be really good as a starter if not a reliever… But I would really like to see him make it as a starter. And drew Smyly, some days he looks fantastic, and like I said before does it make sense to have two or three pictures per game like this? Is it better to have juice :-) pitch seven innings instead of switching off? Anyway I don’t know how long this will work but I still prefer if a picture is going well leave them in the game instead of taking them out for the next guy who might be having a bad day… It’s unconventional, maybe that’s what david Ross Lakes, maybe he got that from Joe Maddon… If it works, great… But so far I’m not really sure.
I think Suzuki is just struggling in his mind… He’s trying so hard to be great he’s putting so much pressure on himself… It’s having a negative effect… He wants to impress so badly and I get it… The talent is there, he just needs to relax, get to know these pictures because he still learning what it’s like in the major leagues… The pitching is better and he’s seeing so many new guys it should take at least two or three years before he can start getting to know how to adjust to major league pitcher. But I believe he’ll get there eventually.
I really hope so too, I was so hyped after the cubs landed gol from Japan, I’m a bit disappointed from his results so far but hopefully after his reduced role he can come back and be the guy he was out of Japan. Too much talent to give up on like some have
They need to bring his hitting coach from japan
Bad day to post this lol but good vid
Always seems to happen this way
When Cody Bellinger had a couple of bad years… That doesn’t mean his talent was lost, or that he will never get back to MVP form… I never believe that, he’s still young, the talent is still there, he had a couple injuries and setbacks… Not a big deal, now that he’s healthy, his career is revived and he needs to stay in Chicago… But he’s not the only reason I believe the Cubs are doing well, obviously it’s a team Game and some of these guys like Gomes, Tauchman, Cody, Dansby, Happ, Nico Hoerner, Morel, Jeimer..etc. These guys are coming through in the clutch… and the starters have been very competitive..That’s what’s happening is that they are finally knocking in guys who are on base… And they’re still getting on base via walks… And you have to give credit to David Ross because he is doing a great job keeping this team together, focused, never letting down, they have the mindset that they can beat anyone… And I believe it… They just need a little more talent if they want to go further than just one playoff round.
Happ is NOT coming through in the clutch and his BA with RISP and other stats indicate that including being just 5th on Cubs team in RBI's despite batting the #3 spot most of the season. He is a BB magnet being 3rd in MLB with 79 but other than that is a disappointment when it comes to clutch. As pitchers realize he is struggling to hit and with Bellinger batting behind him they aren't afraid to challenge him more and we are seeing his OBP drop as a result.
The meteor fell to earth last night.
They are definitely beating my expectations for the season and honestly a team like them could get hot and go on a run so im excited for whats to come
Bellinger's "2nd best season" - I'll take that in my keeper league (and keep him 8th round next year).
I see the Cubs making the playoffs--at least a wildcard spot
It’s giving 2015 cubs vibes.
All I gotta say is 2019 Nationals!!
This team is far from a postseason lock. The inept pitching staff will become noticeable when the offense comes back to earth.
While they arent serious contenders this year i dont think they are THAT far off. They need an ACE and 1 more big bat and some bullpen help.
But they are way closer than i thought theyd be at this point
who’s here after the cubs have finally fallen back down to earth after coasting on barely beating east teams for almost 2 months and now losing 8 of 10 to a real team in the Dbacks and to the fucking rockies…
Me
RISE, NOW I'M WAITING ON THE FALL !!!!
I dont know anything but...we havent had a notable leadoff since Dexter, hoping Tauchman stays put!
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Are you gonna make a video for the fall of the 2023 cubs for when they miss out on the playoffs?
If they do yes
@@llamabaseball I’m sorry for being an asshole but the way they lost the last two games deserves a comment like mine!
@@Idkyou89 haha no problem ur absolutely rigjt
I’ve seen little leaguers take more pitches than these clowns.
Is our spiffy new manager unable to coach these guys?
I can’t understand why our team thinks that .200 hitters are the way to go.
I'm a dodgers fan but I more videos like thi
the rise 😂
Of course I was at the one game they lost against the braves 😑
Who is the you know who? TROUT?
Braves gave them those game 😅😅😅🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I lived through 1969 😉😃
Did you say Jason Hayward lol
Yup we released him but he was still under contract for another year and is being paid bout $22M by us this year
@@llamabaseball dam I didn't know that, that's crazy. He maybe had like 3 clutch plays his whole time in Chicago. Big waste of money
what the hell happened
man we need tauchman back
Suzuki and Wisdom are starting to fade and become less important to the lineup.
Till they met the Jays
And won the series? 😭
@@llamabaseball Yaya next time
Just kidding the big O