8/31 Reds (lorenzen) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 7:05 on CSN

[UMFan83]

Holy hell

[Ski]

WWHHHHYYYYYYYYY

[Derwood]

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[ScrubMD]

Ok, take Grimm out, please.

[Ski]

Seriously, why couldn't SF's bullpen collapse like this?

[Ski]

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[Schwarber Fan]

Nice job, Grimm.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 4-16 (.200) when they allow 7 or more runs.... 70-39 (.642) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[UMFan83]

Gotta keep them right there and then get some dong magic going.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

He can't miss bats. That not a position where he will succeed regularly.

 

His K% is higher than the league average.

 

 

His swing and miss numbers are well below average. I like Hendricks enough and he's a solid #4. Hindsight and all I still make the move Joe made becaus Phillips sucks.

 

Well, he is a control/command pitcher that can paint the corners. And a called third strike works the same as a swinging one. The fact is: He strikes out guys at a higher rate than the league average. So that means they aren't putting the ball in play against him more than league average. There is no way to spin it that he is going to have more bad-luck sequencing... just because. And, not to mention, he gives up a below league average amount of hard contact, and he gets a ton of ground balls. So you are just wrong.

 

isn't it going to be harder for him to sustain his current k-rate by relying on called strikes instead of swings and misses?

 

Yes, which is why I personally don't like pitch-to-contact guys with excellent command as much. Once they lose that ability, there isn't much left. But, as long as he is getting it done with that stuff, then he is no more susceptible to BABIP luck than another guy with a similar K-rate.

[Schwarber Fan]

Would be nice for these shitty teams to put up a fight against teams like the Pirates.

[UMFan83]

I don't understand why he is still pitching

[Sammy Sofa]

Stop, STOP.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

So Justin Grimm is giving up bombs to scrubs? Sweet.

[TruffleShuffle]

can't say i was expecting a complete collapse against ivan de jesus, eugenio suarez, tucker barnhart and adam duvall.

[weis21]

Cubs definitely have a couple more runs in them

[BigSlick]

I guess Grimm was due to have a bad outing sometime I guess, it's too bad

[UMFan83]

Was that Duvalls major league debut?

[Sammy Sofa]

Would be nice for these [expletive] teams to put up a fight against teams like the Pirates.

 

So you think it's that these teams choose to "fight" as opposed to facing better pitchers/pitching performances?

[UMFan83]

I guess Grimm was due to have a bad outing sometime I guess, it's too bad

 

Bad inning sure, complete implosion though?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

For [expletive]'s sake, Grimm. How do you hang so many meatballs?

 

I should have more confidence in a guy with an ERA around 1.

 

Lol this post

 

Hahaha. What a horrible post.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I hate relief pitchers.

[Derwood]

Was that Duvalls major league debut?

 

No, his first AB was a homer off Mike Leake, then he was traded FOR Mike Leake, and then his first AB as a Red was that homer

[UMFan83]

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[Ski]

Would be nice for these [expletive] teams to put up a fight against teams like the Pirates.

 

So you think it's that these teams choose to "fight" as opposed to facing better pitchers/pitching performances?

One shouldn't assume every post in the game threads is completely rational. Hell, look at me. We're just frustrated.