Cardinals (Liberatore) vs Cubs (Assad): 7/5/26, 1:30pm

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

13 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Marlins about to take a guy out with a perfect game after 7 innings. 92 pitches

Bullpen comes in and promptly gives up 5 runs. Justice

[Irrelevant Dude]

4 hours ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Marlins about to take a guy out with a perfect game after 7 innings. 92 pitches

I will never not hate this.  Pitching is so fragile now that a possible 115-120 pitch perfect game is off limits.  And maybe it's still the "right" thing to do, but it is also another symptom of the baseball disease that has no cure.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

8 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I will never not hate this.  Pitching is so fragile now that a possible 115-120 pitch perfect game is off limits.  And maybe it's still the "right" thing to do, but it is also another symptom of the baseball disease that has no cure.

Agreed 100% I can understand it if it's just a no-hitter, but there is almost no chance he gets this close to a perfect game ever again. So he throws 120 pitches, given him some extra rest before his next start or just skip it entirely.

[Stratos]

10 hours ago, Derwood said:

Is Alcantara slow? He looked like he was lumbering

That's a good question.  He might take a while to get going.  Not enough MLB data yet to conclude anything.