Dodgers (Yamamoto) vs Cubs (Wicks): 4/6/24, 3:05pm, Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Cubs get their first look at Yamamoto! And they won last night!

[Tim]

Go Brock Go!

[Brock Beauchamp]

13 minutes ago, Tim said:

Go Brock Go!

I'm on quite a roll after being forced into these damn game threads. 😀

[CubinNY]

If they can take this one, Sunday is going to be treat. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Imanaga > Yamamoto 

[Brock Beauchamp]

24 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Imanaga > Yamamoto 

That would be an interesting twist of fate, for sure.

[Bearded_Beef]

1 hour ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm on quite a roll after being forced into these damn game threads. 😀

Do the fans over at brewer fanatic know that you're responsible for our 5 game win streak?

[ToolDRT]

Damn, looks like we dodged a bullet with Bieber. 

[JD94]

22 minutes ago, ToolDRT said:

Damn, looks like we dodged a bullet with Bieber. 

They should trade us Josh Naylor then 

[LBiittner]

31 minutes ago, ToolDRT said:

Damn, looks like we dodged a bullet with Bieber. 

Gosh, I can't even imagine how we'd feel being hit with that whamo if we'd traded for him

[WhyCantWeWin]

It feels like these pitcher injuries are becoming more common then ever, even with all this load management 

[gflore34]

Ohtani is still pretty effective vs. LHP, though not as menacing as is vs. RHP.  Comparing lineups would one take the Braves or Dodgers?  Think I'd take the Braves, Dodgers are top heavy, whereas the Braves have a little more balance to the lineup.

Edited April 6, 2024 by gflore34

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

It feels like these pitcher injuries are becoming more common then ever, even with all this load management 

Think it's contributing to the injuries? I remember Fergie Jenkins saying he'd throw 100 pitches before his starts and didn't agree with the current load management philosophy.

[JD94]

3 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Turning Ohtani around is good thing, still, pretty effective as a RHB, though not as menacing as is from the left side.  Comparing lineups would one take the Braves or Dodgers?  Think I'd take the Braves, Dodgers are top heavy, whereas the Braves have a little more balance to the lineup.

Ohtani is not a switch hitter. 

[ToolDRT]

21 minutes ago, JD94 said:

They should trade us Josh Naylor then 

Right? Though, so far Busch looks really, really good. I love the walks from him. 

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, JD94 said:

Ohtani is not a switch hitter. 

I honestly thought he was, cannot believe I didn't check, guess I'm old.

[ToolDRT]

11 minutes ago, LBiittner said:

Gosh, I can't even imagine how we'd feel being hit with that whamo if we'd traded for him

I’m with you. I didn’t even know he was hurt before I saw that headline today. If we traded for him instead of signing Shota, Bieber, Steele, and Tallion could have potentially all been injured together. 

[JD94]

1 minute ago, ToolDRT said:

Right? Though, so far Busch looks really, really good. I love the walks from him. 

Busch has looked awesome. I guess in this hypothetical Busch would move to 3rd, Morel primarily DH, and Naylor at 1B. 

[Bertz]

Bieber had an elbow injury last summer so unfortunately this didn't come out of nowhere.

[JD94]

4 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

I honestly thought he was, cannot believe I didn't check, guess I'm old.

To be fair, there’s not much he can’t do on a baseball field. It’s easier to just assume he can do literally anything lol 

Edited April 6, 2024 by JD94

[gflore34]

3 minutes ago, JD94 said:

To be fair, there’s not much he can’t don’t on a baseball field. It’s easier to just assume he can do literally anything lol 

Thanks, I did fix my post.  Funny thing I did look up his splits assuming he was facing LHP as a RHB of course, did not bother to check if he was actual switch hitter.

Edited April 6, 2024 by gflore34

[Rob]

6 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Think it's contributing to the injuries? I remember Fergie Jenkins saying he'd throw 100 pitches before his starts and didn't agree with the current load management philosophy.

There's some survivorship bias issues here. Maybe the reason Fergie and all those guys were as effective as they were despite the workloads is because they were the only genetic freaks capable of handling that workload.

[Bertz]

1 minute ago, Rob said:

There's some survivorship bias issues here. Maybe the reason Fergie and all those guys were as effective as they were despite the workloads is because they were the only genetic freaks capable of handling that workload.

[LBiittner]

After Biebs, I guess next up is Spencer Strider???

[Bertz]