Marlins (Bellozo) vs Cubs (Brown): 5/13/25, 6:40pm

[Brandon Glick]

So, uh, I guess Moises Ballesteros is on debut watch tonight? Bellozo is a righty, and it's hard for me to imagine Counsell wants Turner or Lopez in there more often than they have to be. I thoroughly expect Ballesteros to start at DH tonight.

 

[squally1313]

Bellozo has combined a 18% GB rate and a 3.2% HR/FB rate into a reasonable 3.50 ERA this year but he has 14 Ks and 10 BBs in 18 innings and no one who has pitched more than 50 innings in the last 15 years has had such a low HR/FB rate and so he is bad and we should take walks and hit dongs and not have to rely on whether we're getting good Brown. 

[Outshined_One]

h/t to @Jason Ross

[Stratos]

Cards have won 9 in a row and are just 1 game back and have had better pitching than us so far  What's going on in St Louis?

[gflore34]

12 minutes ago, Stratos said:

Cards have won 9 in a row and are just 1 game back and have had better pitching than us so far  What's going on in St Louis?

I think it's more 6 of those 9 have been against the Pirates and Nationals. Let's see how they come out of 2 more at the Phillies (Luzardo and Nola), 3 at the Royals, followed by the Tigers and Diamondbacks at home.

Edited May 13, 2025 by gflore34

[We Got The Whole 9]

39 minutes ago, Stratos said:

Cards have won 9 in a row and are just 1 game back and have had better pitching than us so far  What's going on in St Louis?

6 everyday hitters are hitting above average and they have the best defense in the league which plays behind a pitch-to-contact staff that does not give up dongs

[Bertz]

1 hour ago, Stratos said:

Cards have won 9 in a row and are just 1 game back and have had better pitching than us so far  What's going on in St Louis?

The Cubs have played 35 games against teams over .500; the Cardinals have played 20

[muntjack]

What are the chances Moises is here simply to backup C while Amaya or Kelly take the DH PAs?

[Rcal10]

7 minutes ago, muntjack said:

What are the chances Moises is here simply to backup C while Amaya or Kelly take the DH PAs?

 

 

Hopefully, zero. 🤷

[Rcal10]

1 hour ago, Stratos said:

Cards have won 9 in a row and are just 1 game back and have had better pitching than us so far  What's going on in St Louis?

It’s baseball. Baseball is a stupid game. Even bad teams get hot for a week or two. Cardinals might not be a bad team, but they are not good either. They will cool off. They also have beaten bad teams in 6 of those 9 games. Still have to give them credit for that. Going 6-0 against bad teams when you are only an average team deserves some credit. But as all of us have seen throughout the years, teams go on streaks. They are in one. Nothing more to it. The schedule gets harder for them now. I expect the Cubs to be up by 4 games on them by the time we see them. 

[BKHoo]

Ballesteros is an interesting prospect. There is little doubt in my mind that the kid will hit, but where do you play a 5’8” slow footed player who is a below average defensive catcher? 

[Clem Fandango]

2 hours ago, BKHoo said:

Ballesteros is an interesting prospect. There is little doubt in my mind that the kid will hit, but where do you play a 5’8” slow footed player who is a below average defensive catcher? 

I think that only becomes a concern when Happ returns from the IL.  Without Happ, Seiya will slide into LF and Ballesteros into DH and you continue to platoon Kelly and Amaya and maybe swap them out with Ballesteros here and there to give them breaks.  

When Happ comes back then you've got a problem with 3 catchers that are capable at the plate and worthy of playing time and Seiya slides back into full time DH

Edited May 13, 2025 by Clem Fandango

[abuck1220]

this should answer some of your questions 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mlb-universal-dh-national-league-pitchers-hitting-2022/r1kbh2jzlpsxrydqqmkqonwq

[mul21]

22 minutes ago, abuck1220 said:

this should answer some of your questions 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mlb-universal-dh-national-league-pitchers-hitting-2022/r1kbh2jzlpsxrydqqmkqonwq

[Post Count Padder]

58 minutes ago, Clem Fandango said:

I think that only becomes a concern when Happ returns from the IL.  Without Happ, Seiya will slide into LF and Ballesteros into DH and you continue to platoon Kelly and Amaya and maybe swap them out with Ballesteros here and there to give them breaks.  

When Happ comes back then you've got a problem with 3 catchers that are capable at the plate and worthy of playing time and Seiya slides back into full time DH

Yeah that's what I assume is the case. Ballesteros and Kelly and Amaya split DH and catcher duties the next week and then Ballesteros goes back down when Happ is ready, barring another injury.

And to someone else's point, Ballesteros is not coming up to ride the bench.

[KCCub]

Mo batting 7th tonight

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Mo batting 7th tonight

Cubs twitter not posting the lineup yet

 

[KCCub]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Cubs twitter not posting the lineup yet

 

I'm not sure why the entire lineup isn't out yet -

 

 

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, KCCub said:

I'm not sure why the entire lineup isn't out yet -

 

 

Definitely late in the day to have no lineup

[UMFan83]

27 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Cubs twitter not posting the lineup yet

 

Dunno. Not sure if related but

 

[chibears55]

3 hours ago, BKHoo said:

Ballesteros is an interesting prospect. There is little doubt in my mind that the kid will hit, but where do you play a 5’8” slow footed player who is a below average defensive catcher? 

DH and 3rd catcher, maybe even 1B

Edited May 13, 2025 by chibears55

[Derwood]

Still no lineup

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Still no lineup

Interesting  🤔🤔🤔

 

https://x.com/SetupManKyle/status/1922397816199975032?t=SMiclVTlC1nOJ8gzbksWgw&s=19

[ILMindState]

DK needs to add him to their available props tonight. I wanna put $5 he pulls a Contreras/Morel in his first AB

[KCCub]