5/4 Phillies (Eflin) @ World Champion Chicago Cubs (Lackey) 1:20 WGN

[NotSoSober]

Edwards, Strop, Rondon, Montgomery, Davis, Uehara all pretty good relievers and we use Grimm in the 7th inning of a tie game.

Uehara pitched yesterday, so that's a big no

[Cubswin11]

Edwards, Strop, Rondon, Montgomery, Davis, Uehara all pretty good relievers and we use Grimm in the 7th inning of a tie game.

I'm guessing at least 2 of those guys are unavailable today since we are in the middle of like 15 straight games.

[UMFan83]

So Double (essentially), Walk, strikeout, Single, Walk

 

Great outing Grimmer

[We Got The Whole 9]

Yeah sorry to tell you Joe but you can't rely on this dude in HL situations

 

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[David]

poor strop

[Sammy Sofa]

FINISH THIS RUDDY-CHEEKED MOOK.

[David]

hell yes stropy!

[Cubswin11]

Nasty, Pedro

[Sammy Sofa]

And there was much rejoicing of the ancestors.

[NotSoSober]

4 straight heaters, then that nasty slider. I like that version of Strop

[champaignchris]

Through no fault of his own, Grimm didn't give up a run that inning.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Edwards, Strop, Rondon, Montgomery, Davis, Uehara all pretty good relievers and we use Grimm in the 7th inning of a tie game.

 

- they still play 7 consecutive days after this one so if all the games are close and the SPs keep leaving in the 5th/6th, they're going to be using suboptimal 7th inning guys

- Uehara should be off limits having pitched yesterday

- Rondon and Davis have both pitched in 2 of 3 games and would rather not be used if you can help it

- by the 7th inning Montgomery is gonna be thought of as a long reliever to protect the pen in extras

 

That leaves Grimm/Strop/Edwards as a pretty logical progression if you can get away with it, although the circumstances might change this slightly. It's pretty clear that Joe is basically punting today though, he could've started Contreras and could've used Montgomery for 1+ inning instead of Duensing.

[Sammys Boombox]

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[mikeyt34]

[UMFan83]

Edwards, Strop, Rondon, Montgomery, Davis, Uehara all pretty good relievers and we use Grimm in the 7th inning of a tie game.

 

- they still play 7 consecutive days after this one so if all the games are close and the SPs keep leaving in the 5th/6th, they're going to be using suboptimal 7th inning guys

- Uehara should be off limits having pitched yesterday

- Rondon and Davis have both pitched in 2 of 3 games and would rather not be used if you can help it

- by the 7th inning Montgomery is gonna be thought of as a long reliever to protect the pen in extras

 

That leaves Grimm/Strop/Edwards as a pretty logical progression if you can get away with it, although the circumstances might change this slightly. It's pretty clear that Joe is basically punting today though, he could've started Contreras and could've used Montgomery for 1+ inning instead of Duensing.

 

I'm going to have to give you a warning for using logic in the Game Thread Forum.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Edwards, Strop, Rondon, Montgomery, Davis, Uehara all pretty good relievers and we use Grimm in the 7th inning of a tie game.

 

- they still play 7 consecutive days after this one so if all the games are close and the SPs keep leaving in the 5th/6th, they're going to be using suboptimal 7th inning guys

- Uehara should be off limits having pitched yesterday

- Rondon and Davis have both pitched in 2 of 3 games and would rather not be used if you can help it

- by the 7th inning Montgomery is gonna be thought of as a long reliever to protect the pen in extras

 

That leaves Grimm/Strop/Edwards as a pretty logical progression if you can get away with it, although the circumstances might change this slightly. It's pretty clear that Joe is basically punting today though, he could've started Contreras and could've used Montgomery for 1+ inning instead of Duensing.

 

I'm going to have to give you a warning for using logic in the Game Thread Forum.

 

Joe is basically flipping me the bird by using Edwards against 7-8-9 after Strop threw 4 pitches.

[David]

welp i guess CJ wasn't gonna be perfect forever

[UMFan83]

[expletive] why are they using that bum Edwards, is Maddon just giving up?

[Schwarber Fan]

We suck.

[mikeyt34]

Shake it off Carl. You get a pass because you're awesome.

[Andy]

Complaints about why the wind didn't knock that down notwithstanding, that pitch by Edwards almost literally couldn't have been more of a gopher ball.

[NonProfitCow]

Rizzo's wasn't going out on any day, he got jammed big time

[Bryants Disco Ball]

We suck.

 

We don't suck. I am still pondering if we are slightly above average, though.

[David]

We suck.

 

We don't suck. I am still pondering if we are slightly above average, though.

 

lol

[UMFan83]

This is one of those 'observations that is definitely wrong but I cant help myself'

 

I feel like whenever the wind is blowing way in, the opponents still seem to find a way to hit HRs more often than we do.