6/17 Pirates (Liriano) @ Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20PM CDT ABC7, MLBN

[badger]

Can't even score on Bad Jake

 

I was in a meeting, but 11K's and 2 hits is Bad Jake?

[BigSlick]

Zobrist seems to never throw an at-bat away. There are times when he's not picking up the ball and he swings wildly, like anyone else, but he comes in with the same determination and strategy in every at bat.

[David]

omg will almora walk TWICE in teh same game?!

[apete6]

Can't even score on Bad Jake

 

I was in a meeting, but 11K's and 2 hits is Bad Jake?

 

And 3 walks, but, yeah, a WHIP approaching 1 and over 110 pitches in 6 innings is Bad Jake these days. He's set himself up a hell of a standard. Just incredible.

 

99% of pitchers on the planet would kill to be Bad Jake.

[NotSoSober]

Almora be a bad ass

[David]

Can't even score on Bad Jake

 

I was in a meeting, but 11K's and 2 hits is Bad Jake?

 

100+ pitches in 6 innings isn't great...it's kind of a rich harden start

 

almora!!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

All he does is drive in runs

[BigSlick]

Albert Almora should stay in the majors imo

[UMFan83]

I know this is still the 'initial success before adjustments' period but man did Almora quickly turn my opinion of him around.

[17 Seconds]

yeah, jeets

[Aaron_Kennelly]

omg will almora walk TWICE in teh same game?!

 

horsefeathers a walk!

[Ski]

Almora is good.

[Omar]

>intentionally walking a guy that never walks

[Andy]

Almora horsefeathering rules.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Walking Baez to get to Russell?

 

Ok.

[BigSlick]

lol at intentionally walking Javier Baez for anyone but the pitcher

[JonJayCutler]

Already his 4th double? Jeesh.

[Ski]

Yay, Baez gets artificial OBP inflation.

[Irrelevant Dude]

That's two walks today for Baez. Someone get him that baseball!

[badger]

Can't even score on Bad Jake

 

I was in a meeting, but 11K's and 2 hits is Bad Jake?

 

100+ pitches in 6 innings isn't great...it's kind of a rich harden start

 

almora!!

 

agreed. I was just taking umbrage with "bad". And I wanted to use umbrage in a sentence.

[Andy]

Walking Baez to get to Russell?

 

Ok.

That's just...spectacularly dumb.

[UMFan83]

Can't even score on Bad Jake

 

I was in a meeting, but 11K's and 2 hits is Bad Jake?

 

And 3 walks, but, yeah, a WHIP approaching 1 and over 110 pitches in 6 innings is Bad Jake these days. He's set himself up a hell of a standard. Just incredible.

 

99% of pitchers on the planet would kill to be Bad Jake.

 

The only thing walks do for teams is drive up his PC (which is important), but when opponents are batting like .150 against him and most of those hits are weak grounders through a hole, you are screwed no matter what situation you are in.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Baez with his second walk of the game! Is that a record for him?

[UMFan83]

Walking Baez to get to Russell?

 

Ok.

That's just...spectacularly dumb.

 

I was thinking their strategy was "no way Javy will allow himself to walk twice in a game, watch him strike out on an intentional walk"

 

Amazingly it backfired.

[BigSlick]

Is it possible, and stay with me here, that Clint Hurdle is a bad manager?