Dodgers (Miller) vs Cubs (Hendricks): 4/5/24, 1:20pm, Marquee

[WhyCantWeWin]

These runs are huge, Dodgers are definitely not done scoring 

Edited April 5, 2024 by WhyCantWeWin

[UMFan83]

This feels like the offense of last August when they were just relentless and kept piling on.

[ToolDRT]

23 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

It would shock me if Hendricks ended up in the pen except for an extreme emergency situation. 

And in fairness to Hendricks he should have been through 4 with no runs allowed and probably 60 to 65 pitches. His defense didn’t help him. He got into trouble the 3rd time around. And, this is the dodgers. 

I feel like we had a couple defensive plays that can’t be expected to be made either that more than made up for that miscue. The dodger lineup just hit him hard. 

Edited April 5, 2024 by ToolDRT

[ToolDRT]

Another really good inning. 

[UMFan83]

I'm absolutely not implying that he's going to be bad or anything but Belli has looked off for the most part this year with a couple exceptions.

[Brian707]

8 minutes ago, SOFNR said:

 

It was the right decision to start the season. He performed well last year.  When Steele and Tailon get back, maybe you look at how Assad and Hendricks have performed and reevaluate that fifth spot. But I'm not sure i'm digging his grave after 2 starts against the Rangers and Dodgers either.

Yup, people overestimate the good and the bad at the beginning of the season every year. Sample size is 2 starts for pitchers so far and hitters 30 ABs roughly lol. 

[UMFan83]

both offenses are relentless today.  Just chill out and let us take the w today

[Rcal10]

8 minutes ago, ToolDRT said:

I feel like we had a couple defensive plays that can’t be expected to be made either that more than made up for that miscue. The dodger lineup just hit him hard. 

It’s the Dodgers.. And the umpire is not giving the low strike. Hendricks absolutely needs that part of the plate. And you need some good plays to hold down the dodgers. I don’t think he did as bad as the final numbers showed. He has very shotty defense easily and threw way too many pitches to get out of the first, that should have been much easier. 

[Rcal10]

10 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

Yup, people overestimate the good and the bad at the beginning of the season every year. Sample size is 2 starts for pitchers so far and hitters 30 ABs roughly lol. 

Exactly. And with Hendricks even when he was really good, he has a run of 2-4 bad starts in a row. 

[UMFan83]

Ugh couldnt get out of it.  stupid horsefeathers Dodgers

[UMFan83]

Morel would have gotten to that

 

and then thrown the ball into the stands

[WhyCantWeWin]

Gonna need to score even more runs

[UMFan83]

This reminds me of that Braves series last August.  No lead felt safe

[minnesotacubsfan]

its a race to 20 runs...

 

[Rob]

23 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Edit: 100 *more* WAR? Damn 

Yup. Bonds and Ruth are north of 160. Mays and Cobb sitting at 150. Williams is "only" at 130, but he missed 3 full seasons and parts of 2 more (all during his prime) due to his military service.

So for a player to be in the GOAT conversation, they probably need to be in that 150 range at least, or have a damn good reason why they aren't.

[Rob]

Double post. Delete me!

Edited April 5, 2024 by Rob
No

[UMFan83]

Leadoff walk with Betts, Ohtani and Freeman lurking is sub-optimal

[UMFan83]

Nice painting the corners to Betts.  Now just have to figure out how to get Ohtani out, currently 2-4 with a double, HR and loud lineout

 

Would help if strikes were called strikes

Edited April 5, 2024 by UMFan83

[Transmogrified Tiger]

can't wait for Ohtani to hit this 2-0 pitch to the moon when it should be 1-1

[UMFan83]

facing Ohtani is terrifying.  phew

[Jason Ross]

Phew!  I thought that was long gone off the bat.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

[PackLandVA]

Nicky with a bat flip like he put it on Waveland.

[CubinNY]

Buckle up

[squally1313]

lol Ohtanis fly out was 110 off the bat and a .910 xBA