7/3 - schlubs (darvish) @ Pirates (maybe Archer) 6:05p on CSNCH

[PackLandVA]

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Rizzo is a great base runner

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Willy needs to get hit in the nuts again.

[BigSlick]

Babe Caratini is up

[itisallpartoftheplan]

horsefeathering Annoying

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I horsefeathering hate this offense so much.

[Schwarber Fan]

Very few teams let the other off the hook in that spot. This is getting ridiculous.

[UMFan83]

I haven’t even watched many of the games this week but I swear in the time that I have I’ve seen the Cubs strike out swinging while letting go of the bat at least 4 times

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Very few teams let the other off the hook in that spot. This is getting ridiculous.

 

I actually think it happens more times than we realize, but the fact that it seems to happen all the time to the Cubs because they suck is annoying as horsefeathers.

[PackLandVA]

horse-teeth Annoying

[Schwarber Fan]

I’m telling you - this Pirates team is just better than the Cubs. They will finish ahead of them.

[CubinNY]

Why are they pitching to this guy?

[TMan92]

Theo Epstein can’t sign free agents.

[Hawk4Hall]

Pew Darvish

[itisallpartoftheplan]

This horsefeathers is just unreal. He’s mows them down for the most part but the home run ball continues to kill him.

[Hawk4Hall]

And the ERA climbs back over 5.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Any chance we can get a big two-out hit, and then also score the run and not get thrown out at the plate? No. We won't.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Big Vic!!

[Bryants Disco Ball]

horsefeathering dongs. Do better.

[Schwarber Fan]

Who is THIS guy?

[cl smooth]

Future Star Victor Caratini

[itisallpartoftheplan]

What’s Vic’s slash line if you take out his PH appearances? I believe he’s only got 1 hit pinch hitting.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

What’s Vic’s slash line if you take out his PH appearances? I believe he’s only got 1 hit pinch hitting.

 

Nevermind. He’s 3 for 9 with a Walk. The stat was that he had never had a ph rbi til his 3 run double vs St. Louis.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Caratini has an average EV of 92 and the 2nd best zswing-oswing on the team. Obvious caveat of a smaller sample than the everyday guys but those are encouraging metrics. He just needs to work on raising that LA, quite a bit. But hes a very solid hitter.

[Schwarber Fan]

I can’t decide if Almora hits more grounders to short or the mound.