Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Tuesday 6/23, 6:10 CT

Today’s roster move: Here

Tuesday notes…

RAINOUT FACTS: Last night’s rainout was the Cubs’ second of the year. They had only two last season, both at home vs. the Brewers, on June 18 and Aug. 18. The last season in which the Cubs had more than three postponements was 2022, when they had four for the second straight season. That was their most since they had eight in 2018. Since 1876, the Cubs have had 1,379 games postponed: 659 at home and 720 on the road. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
THAT FIRST GAME OF A SERIES: The Cubs are 0-5 in first games of series after having lost the final game of the previous series. They are 0-4 on the road on Mondays. Three losses met both criteria: by 6-4 at Tampa on April 6, by 9-7 at San Diego on April 27 and by 2-1 at Pittsburgh on May 25. The loss to the Pirates was the only one that followed a series-ending loss at home, as happened Saturday. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
RUN SCORING UPDATE: The Cubs have scored 30 runs in their last three games: eight, 16 and six. That is the second most they have scored in a span of three games this season, behind 33, April 14-17: 10, 11 and 12. The first two were wins at Philadelphia; the third, a win at home vs. the Mets. Their third most in games not overlapping any in the spans in which they scored 33 and 30 were just 22, three times: April 21-23, May 6-8 and May 27-29. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
TODAY IN CUBS HISTORY: A sacrifice fly by Chris Denorfia scored Matt Szczur in the bottom of the 10th to break a scoreless tie and give the Cubs a 1-0 walk-off win over the Dodgers. It happened 11 years ago today, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (Yes, I know today is the anniversary of The Sandberg Game. But everyone knows that. Thought I’d give you a different, lesser-known Cubs walk-off win.)

The Cubs lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Cubs lineup.

Mets lineup:

Edward Cabrera, RHP vs. Kodai Senga, LHP

Edward Cabrera’s last start was pretty awful, so let’s pretend it didn’t happen.

On April 17 against the Mets at Wrigley Field, he threw six innings and allowed three runs, with no home runs allowed. I think we’d take one of those again.

Kodai Senga came to the Mets from NPB in 2023 and had a really good year, posting 4.5 bWAR and finishing second in Rookie of the Year voting and seventh in Cy Young balloting.

Then he got hurt and made only one start in 2024. Last year he came back and had another good year, 2.3 bWAR in 22 starts.

Then he got hurt again. He’s made six starts this year. The first two were decent, since then — yikes. Four starts (and an IL stint in between) in which he posted a 14.59 (!) ERA, 2.514 WHIP and issued 12 walks in 12.1 innings and allowed seven (!) home runs in that span. He didn’t get past the fourth inning in any of those starts.

Senga made two starts against the Cubs in 2023 and posted a 4.09 ERA and 1.818 WHIP in 11 innings. No current Cub has more than seven at-bats against him, and that’s Nico Hoerner (2-for-7, a home run).

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