7/19 - Nationals (TBD) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 7:05pm, Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

Wow, that game got out of hand last night. I checked out when it was 3-1 Nationals, only to find the Cubs scored eleventeen runs late in the game to win by two touchdowns.

[CubinNY]

Yes, it seems as if I'm now an old man. I went to bed a little after 8 pm. 

1 hour ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Wow, that game got out of hand last night. I checked out when it was 3-1 Nationals, only to find the Cubs scored eleventeen runs late in the game to win by two touchdowns.

 

[Outshined_One]

Uh oh, the dreaded TBD probable pitcher.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, Outshined_One said:

Uh oh, the dreaded TBD probable pitcher.

Cy TBD

[Derwood]

ESPN.com is listing Trevor Williams as the Nats starter

[UMFan83]

6 minutes ago, Derwood said:

ESPN.com is listing Trevor Williams as the Nats starter

He’s allowed 1 run in 12.2 IP against the Cubs since they traded him and his dad away. 

[Cubfanintheknow]

Who else is predicting a 5-1 loss?

[Tryptamine]

8 minutes ago, Cubfanintheknow said:

Who else is predicting a 5-1 loss?

I give up on predicting with them. If I remember right they rank very high on number of 10+ run games this year and then for the next few games they'll do basically nothing until you're convinced the offense is dead and another 10+ run game happens. 

[Outshined_One]

2 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

I give up on predicting with them. If I remember right they rank very high on number of 10+ run games this year and then for the next few games they'll do basically nothing until you're convinced the offense is dead and another 10+ run game happens. 

It's as if Jed decided to put together a team that would actively spit in the face of the BABIP gods.

[Cubs420psd]

4 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

He’s allowed 1 run in 12.2 IP against the Cubs since they traded him and his dad away. 

Lol

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Just now, Cubs420psd said:

Lol

Welcome!

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Cubs420psd said:

Lol

Welcome to the site!

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Welcome!

Welcome!

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Welcome!

 

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Welcome!

Welcome!

[Brock Beauchamp]

i'll stop now

[Outshined_One]

5 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

i'll stop now

Welcome!

[profisme]

Really happy that Barnhart gets the start over Amaya.  Maybe knowing he will get zero run support will make Kyle really buckle down, play with a lot of outward emotion, and pitch well tonight.  

[muntjack]

Didn't Wisdom just homer off a righty? He's sitting.  Amaya sitting, as well, even though he's been catching Kyle.  

[CubinNY]

Just now, profisme said:

Really happy that Barnhart gets the start over Amaya.  Maybe knowing he will get zero run support will make Kyle really buckle down, play with a lot of outward emotion, and pitch well tonight.  

Why do they have to be so damn frustrating? 

[UMFan83]

14 minutes ago, profisme said:

Really happy that Barnhart gets the start over Amaya.  Maybe knowing he will get zero run support will make Kyle really buckle down, play with a lot of outward emotion, and pitch well tonight.  

Probably skewed by relatively few starts from Hendricks but Kyle's ERA by catcher:

Amaya: 2.53

Gomes: 2.87

Barnhart: 7.84

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Probably skewed by relatively few starts from Hendricks but Kyle's ERA by catcher:

Amaya: 2.53

Gomes: 2.87

Barnhart: 7.84

Kyle calls his own game, so I think the already tenuous value that catcher ERA has is even less relevant.

[Wilson A2000]

15 minutes ago, muntjack said:

Didn't Wisdom just homer off a righty? He's sitting.  Amaya sitting, as well, even though he's been catching Kyle.  

Wisdom has better splits this year against righties. I can’t believe that he’s playing Mastrobuoni again. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Can someone explain to me what Barnhart beings to the table that Amaya can’t, I’m just not seeing it.

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Can someone explain to me what Barnhart beings to the table that Amaya can’t, I’m just not seeing it.

gOlD gLoVe

[Brock Beauchamp]

9 minutes ago, Derwood said:

gOlD gLoVe

Ah, the classic baseball-ism that the more incompetent a catcher becomes at the plate, the more god-like attributes they are assumed to have while behind it.