Other Games Week of 7/4

[Tim]

Pirates are up on the cards in the 7th. Lead could grow back to nine games pretty shortly.

[Liam Neeson]

Daniel Norris vs. Carlos Salazar is a pitching matchup I might enjoy. Either are welcome to the Cubs org, particularly Norris for me.

 

[Tim]

For the record, I still prefer Salazar over Teheran about 100 times in 100.

[Derwood]

For the record, I still prefer Salazar over Teheran about 100 times in 100.

 

Why would first place Cleveland trade Salazar?

[Tim]

For the record, I still prefer Salazar over Teheran about 100 times in 100.

 

Why would first place Cleveland trade Salazar?

It was an argument from last winter when it was rumored that Cleveland would trade one of their pitchers to get hitting.

[Tim]

For the record, I still prefer Salazar over Teheran about 100 times in 100.

 

That is closer to a tossup for me with Salazar already 5-6 years removed from TJ surgery. Already his walks have flown up this year after throwing 185 innings last year, which is not a promising sign when making a trade that already has some eye on 2018's rotation and need for innings. Indians being 17 games over .500 with a 92.4% chance of making the playoffs according to FanGraphs probably won't help make him more available either.

Of course he's not available. Not saying that.

 

We had a long, multi-person debate over the winter about the relative merits of those two. I'm simply saying that I still consider Salazar to be a much better pitcher.

[Tim]

I'm just watching him on ESPN right now. When he's in the zone he is a bloody good pitcher.

[Tim]

...And the trainer is out to the mound to visit Norris.

 

------ eta

 

And he's out of the game.

[Derwood]

Ryan Braun hit a single, but was then called out for batting out of order

[Omar]

Ryan Braun hit a single, but was then called out for batting out of order

 

why didn't they catch that before he stepped into the batter's box?

[Proven Veteran]

Ryan Braun hit a single, but was then called out for batting out of order

 

why didn't they catch that before he stepped into the batter's box?

If the nationals were the only ones who noticed, it's worth waiting to point it out if he ever gets a hit. They could wait till the ninth and say something then to wipe out a game winning hit.

[Liam Neeson]

The Pirates pitcher has a chicken wire sleeve tattoo.

[PackLandVA]

Mike Stanton pissed he was left off the All-Star roster (not really): 2 Dongs (412 & 417 feet) and 5 RBI. Fish up on the Mets 5-2 in the bottom of the 8th. Fernando Rodney gonna try not to blow another save opportunity game for his new team, though he gave up a dong in the bottom of the 8th.

[PackLandVA]

Matt Carpenter just pulled in the second inning and replaced by Wong. Maybe an oblique. Not good for him/them.

[ConstableRabbit]

Cards have confirmed it's an oblique strain.

[cl smooth]

chase utley channeling his inner bob probert:

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/VocalMinoritySD/status/751606786919010305[/tweet]

 

bud norris was called out for interference on that play and the runner on 3rd who would've scored had to go back to 3rd.

[17 Seconds]

i just saw papi's numbers. 57 xbh at the all-star break. what the hell?

[Derwood]

NLCS Daniel Murphy activated this weekend

[soccer10k]

Bumgarner no no into the 6th. He's also K'd 12 (out of 16 outs).