7/22 Cubs (Hendricks) @ Reds (Leake) 11:35AM CST ABC7

[sontensei]

wait a sec so if they go with say wood after hendricks as the long man and the beelers start is a similar outcome who is the long man?

 

Wood threw more than an inning last night, so there's probably no one who will go 2+ innings today. Which is fine because they have 9 relievers.

 

EDIT: And Hendricks has already thrown 6 innings today.

 

hate to be negative nancy but i think beeler is out by the 3rd or 4th

[sontensei]

dang another hard liner

[Ski]

I'm just not going to get excited on hard hit balls anymore. It's not like the BABIP on line drives is .700 or anything.

[sontensei]

and a soft soft tapper to the pitcher. they might not even need chapman for game 1

[Guest]

wait a sec so if they go with say wood after hendricks as the long man and the beelers start is a similar outcome who is the long man?

 

Wood threw more than an inning last night, so there's probably no one who will go 2+ innings today. Which is fine because they have 9 relievers.

 

EDIT: And Hendricks has already thrown 6 innings today.

 

hate to be negative nancy but i think beeler is out by the 3rd or 4th

 

Okay, I think the 9 man bullpen can probably handle 9 innings today as a worst case scenario. They'd almost certainly let Medina throw as many as he can given a reasonable pitch count too.

[ctcf]

That Mesoraco Bobblehead Day ad in the background is just kinda sad.

[Ski]

At least the Cardinals would be putting up a fight late and down in the game.

[sontensei]

That Mesoraco Bobblehead Day ad in the background is just kinda sad.

 

The Royals sent Yordano Ventura to AAA and his Bobblehead day is saturday

[Schwarber Fan]

Does Bryant ever pull a foul ball?

[sontensei]

At least the Cardinals would be putting up a fight late and down in the game.

 

cardinals would have had 3-4 doubles and a homer by guys no none ever heard of before and it would be a 1 run game.

[Andy]

At least the Cardinals would be putting up a fight late and down in the game.

STL's line-drive BABIP is probably like .850, don't even torture yourself like that

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Even if Beeler gets lit up I think they will just leave him in there for awhile and tell him to just take one for the team.

[sontensei]

At least the Cardinals would be putting up a fight late and down in the game.

STL's line-drive BABIP is probably like .850, don't even torture yourself like that

 

:banghead:

[ctcf]

Is it possible to force Logan to start game 2 after the Cubs lose this one?

[Schwarber Fan]

What a catch.

[sontensei]

How has denorfia been in CF? is a Fowler / Denorfia Platoon viable?

[Ski]

At least the Cardinals would be putting up a fight late and down in the game.

STL's line-drive BABIP is probably like .850, don't even torture yourself like that

I'd like to amend my previous estimate. According to this article, BABIP on linedrives is approximately .730.

 

http://www.purplerow.com/2012/4/26/2978376/expected-babip-and-a-whole-lot-more

[Ski]

Also, the Cardinals rank 6th in the majors with a .310 BABIP. The Cubs are 11th with .301.

[Guest]

How has denorfia been in CF? is a Fowler / Denorfia Platoon viable?

 

What problems would that solve? Fowler has hit well recently and has always been a better RH hitter anyway.

[sontensei]

dunno why they just dont call up edwards to start i mean he is on the 40 man

[Guest]

dunno why they just dont call up edwards to start i mean he is on the 40 man

 

Edwards isn't a starter anymore.

[sontensei]

How has denorfia been in CF? is a Fowler / Denorfia Platoon viable?

 

What problems would that solve? Fowler has hit well recently and has always been a better RH hitter anyway.

cuz denorfia hits righties better RH than Fowler does LH?

[Guest]

How has denorfia been in CF? is a Fowler / Denorfia Platoon viable?

 

What problems would that solve? Fowler has hit well recently and has always been a better RH hitter anyway.

cuz denorfia hits righties better RH than Fowler does LH?

 

He does not.

[sontensei]

i hate frazier and votto bad

[sontensei]

How has denorfia been in CF? is a Fowler / Denorfia Platoon viable?

 

What problems would that solve? Fowler has hit well recently and has always been a better RH hitter anyway.

cuz denorfia hits righties better RH than Fowler does LH?

 

He does not.

 

uhh

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/splits/_/id/6431/chris-denorfia

Vs. RHP

Denorfia

.AVG .313

.OPS . 731

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/splits/_/id/29252/dexter-fowler

Vs. RHP

Fowler

.AVG .214

.OPS 663 ?