UMFan83
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Everything posted by UMFan83
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Szczur walkoff double please
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You know robot umps are needed when there is an entire skill set we now measure that teams pay millions for which can only be described as "how many strikes you can trick the umpire into calling"
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Robot
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Does anyone see Javy taking a pitch in this AB?
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Only 5 hits the last 2 games. We're due to go on a run of hits soon
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Contreras has not been impressive lately. Hope he can make some adjustments
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I'm not willing to find out
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Travis Wood? You're comfortable with that, if a guy goes down? Because you SHOULD be scared [expletive]. How many guys are comfortable with their 6th starter? Ideally you'd like a young guy in AAA who could be a future rotation piece but between Wood and Montgomery you have a couple of options. Heck you could even extend Cahill.
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At least he's consistent
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Ump has a flight to catch
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Other teams don't have 7 game leads on their division. But it's not 15, Duke. ugh ok fine whatever mock me, i still think its dumb to throw someone out there on short notice who isn't very good to begin with.
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He threw like 4 strikes that inning and managed to strike out the side.
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Ball 7 you're out
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Yeah, who cares about starters wearing out in the playoffs like Arrieta last year? Maddon has been pretty good this year about getting guys appropriate rest, limiting pitch counts etc this year. If it was common for pitchers to wear out going into October you'd see other teams using 6 starters.
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The 5 that we have been using have been fine enough. I mean I'm fine with getting a starter but not because this guy sucks
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I know this is overreaction but I feel like after about 18 months of being virtually flawless the FO and Maddon seem to be making many moves that I simply am not a big fan of.
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Welp back to the drawing board on finding that elusive 6th starter
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I thought there were 4 total players? Would be disappointed if it was just those 2. That would be comparable to Torres and something between Eloy and Almora, certainly not a Kyle Schwarber like haul. So yeah would be disappointed if Theo ended up with a rental with a DV background over a slightly bigger haul for 2.5 years of Miller
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Yankees got Clint Frazier to pair with Rutherford Really interested to see the entire package for obvious reasons. Lucroy under contract next year and Miller for the next 2 years so they may have gutted their farm but at least they gutted it for a multiple year window of competing
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Indians got Andrew Miller
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I was more agreeable to a 6th starter when we were up 15 games or whatever. Starting one against Felix Hernandez doesn't seem like a very good way to win the rubber game of a series but hopefully it works out. Not to mention it ensures no Lester/Jake in the Marlins series where they throw their 2 top starters and probably Cashner in the other
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7/30 Mariners (Miley) @ Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20 CSN
UMFan83 replied to sweetpeteman's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I know Aroldis & Rondon are here to put out fires and they will most the time. Every one in awhile someone will rip an opposite field gapper off them taking their heat the other way. But, giving them a clean slate inning to start with & they are goin to be damn near perfect. Not necessarily unbeatable but it will be very Rare to beat. Coupled with Jakes struggles of late. Seemed like an easy decision.. its very hard to string together multiple base runners against our duo. It was also hard to string together multiple base runners against Arrieta today. How many had he given up before the 8th? 3? Yes and all 3 of those base runners were in the same inning I think -
7/30 Mariners (Miley) @ Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20 CSN
UMFan83 replied to sweetpeteman's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
That was the 9th XBH that Chapman had allowed to a lefty in his career. I don't blame Maddon for putting him in there. He's like 99.5% likely to end the inning at least tied. The 0.5% won out today -
7/30 Mariners (Miley) @ Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20 CSN
UMFan83 replied to sweetpeteman's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Welp miserable loss. Just when you think the Cubs are finally starting to go on a roll you get a game like this. Boggles my mind that the Cubs could possibly be 1-6 in Jakes last 7 starts
