8/12 Cardinals (Wainwright) @ Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20 CST ABC7

[Tim]

I had to do therapy with people for the last hour and was watching the women lose in PK's prior to that (albeit 10 minutes of the game). What'd I miss? Did anyone get plunked?

Oh, Szczur got plunked, but it was almost surely incidental.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I had to do therapy with people for the last hour and was watching the women lose in PK's prior to that (albeit 10 minutes of the game). What'd I miss? Did anyone get plunked?

Scissors got hit on the first pitch of his second AB, but few think it was intentional.

[BigSlick]

Not a great fielding day, also doesn't matter

[philosophizer75]

The bank of america llama commercials are laughable. I wish I knew what demographic the marketing team that came up with them thought they were appealing to.

[philosophizer75]

This ump has a very nonchalant strike signal.

[badger]

Not a great fielding day, also doesn't matter

 

 

You could see what Javy was trying to do. Definitely an error out of aggressiveness which we know Joe doesn't mind as much.

[Tryptamine]

Here we go, a Cardinal pinch hitter who automatically becomes Barry Bonds.

[soccer10k]

Come on, Jake. Don't let them back in.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

kinda needed jake to give some innings today, but he's already 80 pitches

[Tryptamine]

kinda needed jake to give some innings today, but he's already 80 pitches

 

The two errors have cost him 15-20 pitches.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

holy hell, I just realized it's only the 4th inning

[badger]

don't we have any scrubs in the pen who need some work?

[UMFan83]

kinda needed jake to give some innings today, but he's already 80 pitches

 

I mean ideally you'd want to get 7 out of him (which wont happen at this point) but we still have a decently rested pen. I would say Montgomery is the only on that is for sure out today.

 

-Wood has thrown the last 2 games but he only threw 17 pitches last night and 1 the night before. Before that he hadn't pitched since the previous Saturday

-Chapman same thing but he only threw 3 pitches last night, he should be good although I'm sure if he had to go Joe would make him unavailable on Saturday so he'll try to avoid

-Grimm only threw 10 pitches yesterday and I'm really not sure what his usage was in iowa but probably didn't pitch on Wednesday in Iowa

-Smith only threw 9 pitches and before that hadn't pitched since last Friday

-Edwards didn't pitch yesterday so should be good

[BigSlick]

Shrug

[badger]

What the hell are JD and LEn talking about?

[UMFan83]

97 pitches for Jake. Do you take him out and get 4 innings out of your pen with the huge lead, or do you throw Jake another inning to save the pen from a lot of work?

[Brian]

Shrug

 

death, taxes, and some dumb cardinal with a stupid name will hit random home runs against the Cubs.

[Brian]

97 pitches for Jake. Do you take him out and get 4 innings out of your pen with the huge lead, or do you throw Jake another inning to save the pen from a lot of work?

 

Personally, I pull him and go any order of Wood, Grimm, Edwards and Smith.

[Cubswin11]

97 pitches for Jake. Do you take him out and get 4 innings out of your pen with the huge lead, or do you throw Jake another inning to save the pen from a lot of work?

Jake has had off days/extra rest recently and another off day Monday for an extra days rest before his next start. I'd say send him out for one more inning unless we put up 3+ runs this inning.

[UMFan83]

Shrug

 

death, taxes, and some dumb cardinal with a stupid name will hit random home runs against the Cubs.

 

We get him out when it counts:

 

https://gfycat.com/SarcasticPleasantArgusfish\

[David]

97 pitches for Jake. Do you take him out and get 4 innings out of your pen with the huge lead, or do you throw Jake another inning to save the pen from a lot of work?

 

this is when you use travis wood and joe smith

[Gmoney08]

Shrug

 

death, taxes, and some dumb cardinal with a stupid name will hit random home runs against the Cubs.

 

We get him out when it counts:

 

https://gfycat.com/SarcasticPleasantArgusfish\

 

Damn this still gets me jazzed up. I was at the game behind the third base dugout & that Schwarbomb was the loudest crack of the bat I ever heard Place was shaking to WHOOMP THERE IT IS!

[Gmoney08]

97 pitches for Jake. Do you take him out and get 4 innings out of your pen with the huge lead, or do you throw Jake another inning to save the pen from a lot of work?

 

this is when you use travis wood and joe smith

 

This couldve been Clayton Richard time!

[Thed Hoyerstein]

 

death, taxes, and some dumb cardinal with a stupid name will hit random home runs against the Cubs.

 

We get him out when it counts:

 

https://gfycat.com/SarcasticPleasantArgusfish\

 

Damn this still gets me jazzed up. I was at the game behind the third base dugout & that Schwarbomb was the loudest crack of the bat I ever heard Place was shaking to WHOOMP THERE IT IS!

 

re-watching Javy's dong still gives me the goosebumps. I was sitting in the upper deck and the shaking was incredible

[BigSlick]

Shrug

 

death, taxes, and some dumb cardinal with a stupid name will hit random home runs against the Cubs.

He also has to be white, have little physical talent, and have a poor minor league track record