6/25 Reds (Latos) vs. Cubs (Jackson) - 6:05 pm CT WGN

[haubrich91]

Cincinnati Reds (38-38) vs. Chicago Cubs (32-43)

 

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Mat Latos

0-0, 3.86 ERA

Career vs. Cubs: 5-2 with a 2.83 ERA in nine starts. 57.1 IP, 59 K, 16 BB.

 

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Edwin Jackson

5-7, 5.12 ERA

Career vs. Reds: 4-1 with a 3.45 ERA in seven starts. 44.1 IP, 38 K, 8 BB.

[Clem Fandango]

Mat Latos plunked Kris Bryant because he hit a home run off of him in his first AB this season while Latos was rehabbing.

 

Just throwing that out there so we hate him with an extra amount of fury

[Derwood]

Latos has Rizzosquishedfacesyndrome

[d_money]

Latos looks like a young Don Zimmer

[mul21]

Latos looks like a young Don Zimmer

 

Looks more like Badger to me.

[Guest]

It feels like Edwin starts every third game, not every fifth.

[jersey cubs fan]

It feels like Edwin starts every third game, not every fifth.

it really does. Maybe it's because the guys in front of him are the ones pitching great and the team is winning which draws my attention back to them just in time to see another Jackson start.

[coldsteel]

Yeah, Jackson again? Oh well. maybe he'll pitch a no-hitter

[Guest]

Latos looks like a young Don Zimmer

 

Looks more like Badger to me.

He looks like a circumsized penis. Acts like one too.

[coldsteel]

Jackson looks like Lando Billy Dee Williams in episode 5 coolest dude in the room when compared to Mat Latos - who looks like someone who has doubtless experienced an unfortunate lifetime and about the very last person you would ever invite

[ConstableRabbit]

Latos looks like a young Don Zimmer

 

Looks more like Badger to me.

He looks like a circumsized penis. Acts like one too.

Acts all hard then spews out a bunch of nonsense?

[DiamondMind]

1. Billy Hamilton (S) CF

2. Todd Frazier ® 3B

3. Joey Votto (L) 1B

4. Devin Mesoraco ® C

5. Jay Bruce (L) RF

6. Chris Heisey ® LF

7. Skip Schumaker (L) 2B

8. Zack Cozart ® SS

9. Mat Latos ® P

 

 

1. Junior Lake ® CF

2. Ryan Sweeney (L) LF

3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

4. Starlin Castro ® SS

5. Luis Valbuena (L) 3B

6. Nate Schierholtz (L) RF

7. John Baker (L) C

8. Darwin Barney ® 2B

9. Edwin Jackson ® P

 

Gametime Forecast: 62°F • Mostly Cloudy • 1% PoP

[NOLA]

Clearly our strategy is to sneak up on the Reds by putting awful OBP guys at the top of the lineup. The old Soriano leadoff strategy...they'll never suspect that one.

[DiamondMind]

I'm sure they're thinking "Well, we tried Valbuena, and he failed - so lets try putting fastball/early in the count hitters back at leadoff"

[NOLA]

With the lack of choices on this current roster, Valbuena should be batting 1 or 2 every night, cold streak be damned.

[Andy]

With the lack of choices on this current roster, Valbuena should be batting 1 or 2 every night, cold streak be damned.

There is literally no reason for Lake to be batting leadoff. I hope Theo told him to do that as a sneaky tanking move because otherwise Renteria looks stupid for doing it.

[DiamondMind]

Well, Lake like, bunts sometimes, and stuff

 

I mean theres really no one else TO lead off anyway, our team obp is like 200

[sneakypower]

Lake career .985 OPS at leadoff

[DiamondMind]

Whats with the 6:00start times btw

[jersey cubs fan]

Whats with the 6:00start times btw

Same question. Getaway day?

[NOLA]

Here's a fun fact:

For the Cubs, 4 of the 9 guys in the starting lineup tonight will be hitting under the Mendoza line, and a 5th is hitting .204.

[DiamondMind]

Whats with the 6:00start times btw

Same question. Getaway day?

 

theres another one next series against washington

 

start times for that series are so weird - 7pm, 3pm, noon, 6pm

[Andy]

Lake career .985 OPS at leadoff

I sincerely hope this is a joke, because you can't possibly believe there's a legitimate correlation

[Andy]

Whats with the 6:00start times btw

Same question. Getaway day?

Getaway for the Reds, yeah

[DiamondMind]

But who cares about the Reds?