Cubs (Imanaga) vs Mariners (Hancock): 4/13/24, 8:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Shota!

[cl smooth]

love shota

[UMFan83]

Feel like we’ve barely seen Imanaga with him being the 4th starter and only going 4 innings due to the rain delay (plus off days). May we actually have solid starting pitching tonight?

[Bertz]

There's no such thing as a must win game in April, not even close really, but you'd love to pull this one down.  The SP matchup is most in our favor and you really don't want to have to beat Castillo to avoid the sweep.

I also wonder if Wisdom returns tonight?  This is a good matchup for him and I don't believe he played for Iowa yesterday.

[Derwood]

This pitching matchup screams win, but we'll see

[Tryptamine]

4 hours ago, cl smooth said:

love shota

Inner, geekier, more immature me thinks this is very funny.

[WhyCantWeWin]

22 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Inner, geekier, more immature me thinks this is very funny.

Bro is a shotacon

[PackLandVA]

ShotA-CE

[JHBulls]

Please, let’s not turning Hancock into someone that looks like a Cy Young contender. 

 

[chibears55]

Need this win tonight, also he nice to not have to overuse the pen

[Bertz]

I imagine with Taillon they'd like to get him one more rehab start but it might kind of depend on how the pitching holds up the next few days?

And Wisdom started for Iowa today so despite my wondering earlier imagine he's waiting to rejoin the team in AZ as well.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

16 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I imagine with Taillon they'd like to get him one more rehab start but it might kind of depend on how the pitching holds up the next few days?

And Wisdom started for Iowa today so despite my wondering earlier imagine he's waiting to rejoin the team in AZ as well.

Since he seemed pretty sharp against AAA hitters and the big league team is in town I wonder if they just have him throw a sim game in Mesa to build some endurance and then he takes his next turn in the rotation the following week.

Then again, if they think he can throw 4 IP his first outing that's not really a step down from the current options, especially since it could free up a current starter to give depth in the MLB pen if preferred.

[Rex Buckingham]

Is there a way to measure which hitters get the most balls called strikes against them? Seiya has to be up there

[Rex Buckingham]

9 pitches in and this dude has missed more calls than the guy last night

[Derwood]

This dude's strike zone is going to make offense tough (unless we start swinging at everything)

 

[Derwood]

Busch's bat plays. I'll take him as Diet Rizzo all day

[UMFan83]

Damn, was really hoping Swanson could have scored on that hit and run hit

 

edit: at least Nico brought him in

Edited April 14, 2024 by UMFan83

[PeanutPunch33]

Busch is awesome, best lefty hitter right now in the lineup

[Irrelevant Dude]

5 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Busch's bat plays. I'll take him as Diet Rizzo all day

Dude has a hole in his glove though.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Busch has done that a few times, he’s gotten tighten that up

[UMFan83]

Extremely routine play botched by Swanson and Busch to lead off the inning. 

[UMFan83]

Wow. Inches from 3-1 Mariners

[chibears55]

I wouldn't mind seeing Caissie come up to replace Tauchman and Wisdom over Mastrobuoni soon.

[UMFan83]

And there’s the first run allowed by Imanaga (unearned but still)

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, chibears55 said:

I wouldn't mind seeing Caissie come up to replace Tauchman and Wisdom over Mastrobuoni soon.

That would be an extremely defensively handicapped roster.