Marlins (Puk) vs Cubs (Taillon): 4/19/24, 1:20pm, Marquee

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Probably Keegan for one more given the DH tomorrow, I'm guessing?

[UMFan83]

Morel is definitely one of the streakier Cubs hitters in recent years.  He looked so damn good to start the season.  

[thawv]

55 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Guessing he probably gets one more inning. Or maybe 2 if they want to preserve the bullpen for once

The more I think about it, the more I want to choose a pen guy to throw 3-4 innings each game, and not do the multiple one inning thing.   The more guys used, the more chance of one or more of them being off.  I'm not worried if that one pitcher is down for 3-4 days.  Just keep rotating multiple inning guys every game. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If you had to guess Garrett Cooper's job, and you couldn't see how far he hit a ball, how many guesses would it take you before you got to baseball player?  Is it less than 1000?  I'm not sure.

[UMFan83]

Blah, it almost certainly won't matter but always hate when the Cubs cant bringing a runner home from 3rd with less than 2 outs.

[CubinNY]

I don’t like the way this 9th inning started 

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

Can’t wait to see how the bullpen blows this one. 

Not today..

This is exactly the game they needed to start this weekend off

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, Illiterate Scholar said:

How many weak grounders is Morel gonna hit before someone in the organization realizes he's injured 

Il him and bring up Shaw 😉

[chibears55]

36 minutes ago, LBiittner said:

wcww,  i didn't understand keeping Wisdom in to replace Madrigal glove? Rather peculiar thought process

Probably preferred defense in outfield with the big lead and continuing to get Wisdom AB

[UMFan83]

Nooooooo run differential

[CubinNY]

There we go

[UMFan83]

have a feeling Brewer is on his way back to Iowa tonight.  Not necessarily because he did terrible but with the DH tomorrow they gave him the extra inning because they likely didn't expect him to be involved tomorrow. 

Maybe I'm wrong because I'm not even sure who they'd call up since Palencia, Little and Cuas I don't think can be called up unless there's an injury, which just leaves Arias on the 40, who is currently in AA

Edited April 19, 2024 by UMFan83

[chibears55]

Love the 2+ hour day games and 4 hour late west coast games 😅🤣😂

[Transmogrified Tiger]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

have a feeling Brewer is on his way back to Iowa tonight.  Not necessarily because he did terrible but with the DH tomorrow they gave him the extra inning because they likely didn't expect him to be involved tomorrow. 

Maybe I'm wrong because I'm not even sure who they'd call up since Palencia, Little and Cuas I don't think can be called up unless there's an injury, which just leaves Arias on the 40

They'll get the extra arm tomorrow, presumably Wesneski.  That means even with Brewer and Thompson down you have 4 guys you can count on for 1 inning(Alzolay, Leiter, Neris, Almonte), and three more you could get 2 or even 3 from(Smyly, Brown, Wesneski), and everyone has 3 days rest except for Smyly who has 2.  That's 10 pen innings for a Shota and Assad start, plus they could potentially double dip or use Thompson in a more dire situation. Given they can't bring back any of the other reasonable options, I'm guessing Brewer is safe for now. 

[mul21]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

have a feeling Brewer is on his way back to Iowa tonight.  Not necessarily because he did terrible but with the DH tomorrow they gave him the extra inning because they likely didn't expect him to be involved tomorrow. 

Maybe I'm wrong because I'm not even sure who they'd call up since Palencia, Little and Cuas I don't think can be called up unless there's an injury, which just leaves Arias on the 40, who is currently in AA

They can bring up any of them plus Wesneski as the 27th man tomorrow, but that doesn't get Brewer back to Iowa.

[UMFan83]

Just now, mul21 said:

They can bring up any of them plus Wesneski as the 27th man tomorrow, but that doesn't get Brewer back to Iowa.

Oh yeah good point.  But he can only be used in 1 game right (not that it matters that much)

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

have a feeling Brewer is on his way back to Iowa tonight.  Not necessarily because he did terrible but with the DH tomorrow they gave him the extra inning because they likely didn't expect him to be involved tomorrow. 

Maybe I'm wrong because I'm not even sure who they'd call up since Palencia, Little and Cuas I don't think can be called up unless there's an injury, which just leaves Arias on the 40

Where's Julio Teheran 

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

They'll get the extra arm tomorrow, presumably Wesneski.  That means even with Brewer and Thompson down you have 4 guys you can count on for 1 inning(Alzolay, Leiter, Neris, Almonte), and three more you could get 2 or even 3 from(Smyly, Brown, Wesneski), and everyone has 3 days rest except for Smyly who has 2.  That's 10 pen innings for a Shota and Assad start, plus they could potentially double dip or use Thompson in a more dire situation. Given they can't bring back any of the other reasonable options, I'm guessing Brewer is safe for now. 

Good call, completely forgot about the 27th man rule

[UMFan83]

24 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Where's Julio Teheran 

I don't think he's on the 40 man since he signed a minor league deal.  Plus I don't think he's reported anywhere yet.

edit: Nevermind, he's on Iowa's roster but don't think he's appeared in a game yet

Edited April 19, 2024 by UMFan83

[JHBulls]

19 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Where's Julio Teheran 

Somewhere in Iowa trying to hit the broad side of a barn with his pitches.  

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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Edited April 19, 2024 by Ding Dong Johnson

[BigSlick]

2 hours ago, squally1313 said:

Can't ask for much more than that from Taillon. Sure, it was the softest of landings, but he cruised. First pitch strike in 17 of 18 ABs, no walks.

I wish every player coming off a rough stretch or an IL stint could come back and face the 2024 Marlins. 

The only other team I'd want to warm a pitcher up against would be the 2024 White Sox. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

I should go back and check but my record starting game threads this season is absurd. 

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I should go back and check but my record starting game threads this season is absurd. 

Careful, word is going to travel over to the Brewer board

[Randall Simon]

Pomeranz flier, anyone???