4/11: Seattle (Flexen) at Cubs (Wesneski) 6:40

[CubinNY]

I’d love to see the win probability graph for this game. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Is there another player in MLB who can make a sliding catch like that and immediately look stoned out of his mind

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, CubinNY said:

I’d love to see the win probability graph for this game. 

[jersey cubs fan]

[CubinNY]

New lights really are amazing 

 

[Derwood]

[Transmogrified Tiger]

why does the Boog and JD bobblehead look so menacing

[Bertz]

Really curious to see what the roster moves are tomorrow.

So Estrada is the only other short reliever on the 40 man (Hughes is pitching a rehab appearance right now).  

Assad could come up, but you'd have to IL someone (probably not an issue?).  This seems most likely, assuming they think he's ready to go another 3ish innings.

Kilian and Sampson started on Saturday and Sunday.  Is tomorrow soon enough for one of them to give us 3ish innings if necessary?  Ryan Jensen is on the 40 and slated to start tomorrow, do you bring him up?

On the position player side, do you send Nelly down the game after he played hero?  Do you finally cut bait with Torrens?  That has the double benefit of opening up a 40 man spot for another Iowa reliever.

You also need to be mindful of needing to activate Seiya presumably on Friday and Hughes a few days not long after that.

Gonna be an interesting day, though if Adbert can efficiently eat another two innings maybe they dont have to do anything too dramatic.  

[Tim]

10 pitch inning from Adbert helps out a lot.

[CubinNY]

Dansby 4/4

[Matthew Trueblood]

Isn't it a bit of a problem that you really can't find Mound Visits Remaining anywhere, outside an in-stadium scoreboard? Both teams are gonna use their full six tonight. It could well end up mattering, somewhat, when that happens. But we're flying blind. I really want little tick marks added to scorebugs, the way NBA and NFL broadcasts have.

[CubinNY]

Bellinger with the sand wedge. It’s some times amazing he can make contact with that swing. 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Just set up a pitching machine. High scoring games are more fun.

[CubinNY]

Swanson out?????

[UMFan83]

Of course Dansby has a mystery injury and leaves the game. Dammit

[PackLandVA]

Uh, oh, Dansby out of the game.

[Matthew Trueblood]

Ughhh. That's just miserable news. Hope it's something minor and they want to be careful here in the early going?

[PackLandVA]

Well, there’s your opening on the 25 man roster.

[Bertz]

I mean with how much running he has done around the bases tonight most likely thing is a cramp right?

[CubinNY]

Adbert is the unsung hero of this game. 

[Matthew Trueblood]

Or even just an illness? I want to be encouraged that he was out there at first. And so I will be!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

call 

 

it

[Irrelevant Dude]

2 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I mean with how much running he has done around the bases tonight most likely thing is a cramp right?

I would be surprised if a guy who almost never misses a game and has 4 hits already would come out due to a cramp.

[Matthew Trueblood]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I would be surprised if a guy who almost never misses a game and has 4 hits already would come out due to a cramp.

Do we think he's the type who'd be willing to horsefeathers himself out there on the field, though? Because that's my current theory. Just lost a wrestling match with the intestines and wasn't willing to be the latest "I pooped on the field" story.

[UMFan83]

Someone on twitter commented that he has seen Swanson hold his shoulder after throws the last couple of games so maybe that?

Really hope its not a sympathy injury with his wife.

Edited April 12, 2023 by UMFan83