Phillies Recap + Mets Pitching Scouting Report

Monday Morning Cubs Show · Apr 16, 2026 · 1h 9m · transcript

The Cubs are 9-9 and the mood swings are already doing midseason numbers. I’m solo today, trying to keep it tight, and I start with the thing that actually keeps you sane over 162 games: stop living and dying on every pitch and start measuring the season by series. The Phillies set gives us the perfect example, from an ugly start to a loud offensive response that reminds us what this lineup can look like when the at-bats stack.

Then we get into the headline: Shota Imanaga. I walk through the contract and qualifying-offer weirdness and why it might have lit a real chip on his shoulder. The…