4/27: Cubs (Darvish) vs Brewers (Suter) 1:20 CT, NBC Sports Chicago/MLBN

[UMFan83]

Bote needs to work on that baserunning

[PackLandVA]

Bote getting his uni dirty so he can prove to mom he played.

[UMFan83]

Why the hell is Bote hitting right in the middle of the damn lineup.

 

reminds me of when Dusty used to keep players at the same spot in the batting order when they replaced a normal starter. Like Trinidad Hubbard batting 3rd when Sammy went on the DL

[Irrelevant Dude]

Why the hell is Bote hitting right in the middle of the damn lineup.

 

reminds me of when Dusty used to keep players at the same spot in the batting order when they replaced a normal starter. Like Trinidad Hubbard batting 3rd when Sammy went on the DL

Are you suggesting Trinidad Hubbard wasn't a legitimate 3 hitter??? Poppycock!

[CyHawk_Cub]

Not watching on tv. WTF is up w/ Darvish's velocity?

[Sammy Sofa]

Why the hell is Bote hitting right in the middle of the damn lineup.

 

reminds me of when Dusty used to keep players at the same spot in the batting order when they replaced a normal starter. Like Trinidad Hubbard batting 3rd when Sammy went on the DL

Are you suggesting Trinidad Hubbard wasn't a legitimate 3 hitter??? Poppycock!

 

At least with him you had the excuse that Dusty was insanely thinking, "video game name = video game ability."

[Agony and Ivy]

JD is the best. "That's that Canadian zone" killed me

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Coomer stated that the 2nd AB was good sequencing from Yu, but thought that he threw 5 straight cutters, even though the last pitch was actually a slider. Great insight.

[Cubswin11]

Not watching on tv. WTF is up w/ Darvish's velocity?

Nothing??? He’s throwing mostly slider/cutter it appears. He’s mixing in his 2-steamer at 92-94 and throwing a few 4-seamers at 95-96

[Agony and Ivy]

Not watching on tv. WTF is up w/ Darvish's velocity?

 

It's more than fine. Hit 95 a few times. Throwing lots of cutters and 2 seamers.

[Cubswin11]

Looked like Yu got squeezed a bit that inning but overall nice clean inning

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Not watching on tv. WTF is up w/ Darvish's velocity?

 

?

 

Seems fine to me.

[PackLandVA]

Why the hell is Bote hitting right in the middle of the damn lineup.

 

reminds me of when Dusty used to keep players at the same spot in the batting order when they replaced a normal starter. Like Trinidad Hubbard batting 3rd when Sammy went on the DL

Are you suggesting Trinidad Hubbard wasn't a legitimate 3 hitter??? Poppycock!

 

Poppycock - not just an exclamation, but a delicious snack as well!

[CyHawk_Cub]

Not watching on tv. WTF is up w/ Darvish's velocity?

Nothing??? He’s throwing mostly slider/cutter it appears. He’s mixing in his 2-steamer at 92-94 and throwing a few 4-seamers at 95-96

 

At bat showed a 2 seamer at 90 mph

[PackLandVA]

Heyward with the gift BB. Edited April 27, 2018 by PackLandVA

[Agony and Ivy]

Holy horsefeathers how were those first two pitches called balls to Heyward?

[Bull]

 

reminds me of when Dusty used to keep players at the same spot in the batting order when they replaced a normal starter. Like Trinidad Hubbard batting 3rd when Sammy went on the DL

Are you suggesting Trinidad Hubbard wasn't a legitimate 3 hitter??? Poppycock!

 

At least with him you had the excuse that Dusty was insanely thinking, "video game name = video game ability."

 

Video game?! These kids need to get off the video games and go fishing. How are they ever going to understand life if they don’t fish?

[CyHawk_Cub]

Not watching on tv. WTF is up w/ Darvish's velocity?

Nothing??? He’s throwing mostly slider/cutter it appears. He’s mixing in his 2-steamer at 92-94 and throwing a few 4-seamers at 95-96

 

At bat showed a 2 seamer at 90 mph

 

and another fastball at 89

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Not watching on tv. WTF is up w/ Darvish's velocity?

Nothing??? He’s throwing mostly slider/cutter it appears. He’s mixing in his 2-steamer at 92-94 and throwing a few 4-seamers at 95-96

 

At bat showed a 2 seamer at 90 mph

 

Possibly a changeup that got misclassified? Or he just took something off. He's averaging 94 on it.

[Agony and Ivy]

Now we're at the point where the bottom of the zone is a coin flip.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Did Javy just make an out? Wasn't sure if that was possible.

[Agony and Ivy]

That was Suter's first swinging strike of the outing. Stearns is building a beast of a rotation.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

That was Suter's first swinging strike of the outing. Stearns is building a beast of a rotation.

 

Luckily we have about 10 years to build up our farm before their window closes.

[Agony and Ivy]

Lots and lots of cutters from Yu today

[Cubswin11]

Lots and lots of cutters from Yu today

Yeah, he’s throwing it every where in the zone at varying velocities. Wonder if he’ll break out another pitch 2nd/3rd time through.

 

 

As I type this he just dropped in a 73 MPH curve on Yelich