Spring Training games thread

[Bull]

14 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

I think we're gonna be seeing Amaya there as well.

 

17 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Love Kelly at 1B. More please.

Definite choice to see Kelly there.  Long at DH and Mo behind the plate. Could easily have been otherwise. I like Kelly and Amaya spelling Busch. Gets back the roster spot you lose by having a dedicated DH. The potential of Amaya, Kelly and Shaw all in the lineup sitting Mo and Busch is huge. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Ben Brown 👀

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Ben Brown 👀

Solid pitching line. Any word on velo and if he was using a 3rd pitch? 

[Bertz]

3 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Ben Brown 👀

I understand hoarding depth, it's the right thing to do, but I can't overstate how much I'd rather have Brown in the rotation than Taillon.

[mk49]

Ben was impressive.  He pitched a few changups, too.  His 4 seams and sinkers were 96 ~ 98mph.  

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

2 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Solid pitching line. Any word on velo and if he was using a 3rd pitch? 

Velo was typical Ben Brown 96-98 and he threw a ton of sinkers. Also mixed in a few changeups.

[mk49]

2 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I understand hoarding depth, it's the right thing to do, but I can't overstate how much I'd rather have Brown in the rotation than Taillon.

I love Jamo, but right now, Ben looks much better.  He should be in the rotation.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I mean, I'd also rather have Assad and Wiggins starting over Jamo. But we know he's gonna have to be really bad for that to happen.

[Stratos]

AZ is weird, let's see how bad Jamo looks in the season.  Given injury frequency, if Brown keeps looking good we'll see him in the rotation eventually anyways.

[Bull]

Super-Bold prediction: Matt Shaw is your everyday left fielder by June.

[mk49]

16 minutes ago, Stratos said:

AZ is weird, let's see how bad Jamo looks in the season.  Given injury frequency, if Brown keeps looking good we'll see him in the rotation eventually anyways.

My guess is Jamo will be just like Jamo.  I think he'll pitch fine.  But, you're right about the injury.  Any of Ben, Assad or Rea could be in the rotation, eventually.  Jeez, we got a lot of SPs, which is great.

[Rcal10]

41 minutes ago, Bull said:

Super-Bold prediction: Matt Shaw is your everyday left fielder by June.

Super weird prediction and really hope that doesn’t happen. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I'm only following on Gameday but it looks like Rojas was taken out for an injury. 

[Bertz]

16 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

I'm only following on Gameday but it looks like Rojas was taken out for an injury. 

"Unclear what the issue was" makes me hope it's minor.  I assume he was walking around gingerly after the leap and they took him out for precaution.

[Gjfificifjdej]

1 hour ago, Bull said:

Super-Bold prediction: Matt Shaw is your everyday left fielder by June.

Thats a really bad outcome for an organization that is expecting to be a playoff team. 

[Derwood]

16 minutes ago, Gjfificifjdej said:

Thats a really bad outcome for an organization that is expecting to be a playoff team. 

It's wish-casting from a Happ hater

[Bull]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

It's wish-casting from a Happ hater

Nope. Love Happ. He is consistently above average to not-quite-special. The kind of very good role player every team needs.. I just think his age 31 season will show a significant drop off. I'm not all sure of this, and in fact, think it is unlikely that there's enough drop off that he's benched. That's why it's a "super-bold" prediction.

[Bull]

1 hour ago, Gjfificifjdej said:

Thats a really bad outcome for an organization that is expecting to be a playoff team. 

Not if you have 3 cy-young candidate starting pitchers, and a ROY DH!

[Gjfificifjdej]

11 minutes ago, Bull said:

Not if you have 3 cy-young candidate starting pitchers, and a ROY DH!

You gotta be the most optimistic person alive if you think either of those things are remotely possible. 

[UMFan83]

Seiya may have just left the Japan game injured. Bad slide into 2nd, was limping off the field

Edited March 15 by UMFan83

[mk49]

Seiya got hurt.  I don't understand why he tried to steal the base.

[Bertz]

I love Seiya but yeesh he is not graceful

Thankfully that didn't look like anything that should be long term.

[CUBDOM4life]

 

[Radar3454]

I watched it a few times and I'm still not sure how he got hurt.

[CUBDOM4life]

Looks like his right knee. Awesome.