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7/4/18 Tigers (Liriano) @ CLUBES (Quintana) 1:20 CST WGN

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Quintana and Hendricks have been frustrating in almost the same way this year.

 

I find Quintana infinitely more frustrating to watch. I trust Hendricks more to get back on track and pitch well. I wasn't super duper happy when we made the trade for him last year.

 

It's unfortunate that they likely need to go get a starter, but I don't see how they don't even if Darvish comes back and is amazing.

I think you're both getting caught by recency bias. I'd adjust my forecast for both of them south of where it started the year, but each has a track record of getting things figured out during the year and being damn fine pitchers. Quintana had a 4.49 ERA last year when we traded for him and he was money down the stretch. Hendricks had a 4.09 ERA in the first half last year and a 2.19 in the second half.

 

There's still more than enough time for them to get their horsefeathers together and pitch like we expect.

 

I believe in Hendricks, and said I trust him more to get back on track. Hendricks will be fine. I expect him to dominate in the second half just like last season.

 

Quintana just doesn't seem to have good enough control/command. So many of his pitches are way outside the zone. His curveball doesn't seem that impressive. I'm just not that big a fan of Quintana even though I know the advanced stats say he's a solid pitcher.

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Neither are really trending like they did last year, and I prefer they don't hinge their chances on Fluke Skywalker, the animated corpse of Yu Darvish and the hope that these two will figure it out.

Last year at this time Hendricks was either on the DL or throwing 75 MPH fastballs and Q had like a 5 ERA. They are trending just fine.

Hendricks is most certainlly not trending fine.

His velocity is back to 15/16 numbers, his command is just a bit off and he’ll figure it out. He had a good start yesterday for the most part, threw some great changes and curves and the sinker/2-seamer was just a tick off again at times but he limited hard contact. He just needs to dial in the command to not fall behind as much.

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Why would Rizzo be used there against Liriano? Seems like an odd time to use him in the 6th inning against a lefty
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Why would Rizzo be used there against Liriano? Seems like an odd time to use him in the 6th inning against a lefty

If you use them there he needs to come into the game. Sloppy oe at it again

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