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Wow allows a run to score before throwing a pitch. Nice one Carl

For a ground ball pitcher he really seems to give up a lot of long fly balls

Wtf Kintzler

Starting to feel like the last 2 games with the early lead and the opponent clawing back

Now that is baseball right there. Pitcher who is death on righties, faces a righty who sucks against everyone but historically more against righties and the batter takes him deep

I really do not understand either of these guys. The first is highly over-rated and about as opposite of Beilein as you could get. Plus Texas is not some rinky dink school. Its not like Michigan is a step up for him in facilities and donors and such. The second one was involved in one of the biggest scandals in NCAA history. Seems not like the best idea, especially going back to where the scandal happened. I'm pretty sure Howard was not found to be involved in the scandal. He was even allowed to keep his all american honor despite the rest of UM's season and accomplishments being wiped out. Unrelated not but to set the record straight, Jalen Rose was also not found to be involved.

I mean we did very well against that easyish schedule and dropping 2 games against the reds doesn’t change that. Also I believe when all is said and done the reds will be pretty good

Sorry guys I really can’t help myself. It never fails to make me laugh

I think they only got one guy on after the first inning. That was asking a lot. 2 actually! They were back to back

Not a horrific slump but the offense has been off its game for the last week or so

You are getting quite angry for a random May game following a long hot stretch

Going back to the game he got his last hit in, Heyward is 0 for his last 22. His last hit was a triple to lead off the game on Saturday

Watch the game get delayed now after Quintana gets the 3rd out finally

That was horsefeathering stupid. Come on

Heyward now 1 for his last 26 (and 0 for 15) :(

So its May 16th and the Marlins have hit 1 HR all month...... ....and of course that HR was a solo shot against the Cubs in a game we lost by 1 run

Yeah I'd 100% take Howard over Smart for a number of reasons. Wouldn't be a home run but his ties to Michigan and the fact that he probably wouldn't need to build a staff of 'his guys' from outside the program would probably keep whats left of the recruiting class there. The key is making sure Saddi and Yaklich stay on. I'm surprised Yaklich hasnt been sniffing around any head coaching jobs, which makes me think maybe he was hoping he'd stay with UM until Beilein retired and then take over. Maybe I'm just overrating Yaklich, but his stock/buzz couldn't be higher after being the 'defensive coordinator' of 2 elite defensive teams, plus I believe he was the lead recruiter on all of UM's top recruits this year and next. If he doesn't get the UM job (and he won't) I wouldn't be surprised if he bolted after next season (if not sooner)

god this is so terribly depressing. I've been purposely not letting all this sink in because if I start thinking about the short term and long term impact of Beilein's departure its pretty damn crushing They might make a home run hire and this is just a speed bump, but lets be serious - the more likely outcome is the program falling off to good but not great. I'm not even allowing myself to think of the scenario where UM goes back to the dark period between 99-08

He’s not always been that guy, he routinely went 7+ innings in the past. Yes he’s had numerous injuries and isn’t the same pitcher as he was in 2014 but I’m not going to praise him for going 6 innings (exactly) in 1 of 9 starts this year. Have our expectations for him already been trampled down that much? If you want to make the argument that he’s still building up his arm and let’s wait to see if he can start pitching deeper into games as the season goes on fine. But no I’m not going to say 5.1 IP and 2 ER is what I expected as his 2nd best start of the season. I’m not going to go to baseball reference page for you and divide his IP by his GS but you can and see for yourself. He’s the all time leader in K/9. He has never averaged 7 IP per start. He doesn’t need to do so to be effective and bringing this up after he’s gone 5.1 IP, 2 ER and 11 Ks is horsefeathering asinine: you’d really complain if he put that up every start? Not many pitchers average 7 IP a start over a season. Though in 2012, 2013 and 2014 he did average 6 2/3 IP per start. Pretty good for a high K pitcher. No I wouldn’t complain if he put up yesterday’s numbers every time. But as his second best start of the year and the 2nd deepest he’s gone in a game I’m not going to say he’s meeting my expectations. I’d like my pitchers to occasionally make it though 6 innings, otherwise it’s a strain on a thin bullpen every 5 days Obviously not getting anywhere so I don’t think it makes sense to continue the discussion

$20m a year to be a 5-6 inning pitcher I mean, okay, but... that’s Darvish throughout his entire career. He goes 5-6 and gets a [expletive] of strikeouts. He’s pretty much always been that guy so not sure what you were expecting. He’s not always been that guy, it was not unusual for him to go 7+ innings in the past. Yes he’s had numerous injuries and isn’t the same pitcher as he was in 2014 but I’m not going to praise him for going 6 innings (exactly) in 1 of 9 starts this year. Have our expectations for him already been trampled down that much? If you want to make the argument that he’s still building up his arm and let’s wait to see if he can start pitching deeper into games as the season goes on fine. But no I’m not going to say 5.1 IP and 2 ER is what I expected as his 2nd best start of the season.

This is a weird take. It’s hard to have a super efficient game when you have 11 Ks... $20m a year to be a 5-6 inning pitcher

Darvish gets an assist in this loss for throwing 100 pitches in 5 1/3 inning to expose the soft underbelly of this horsefeathers pen

Good thing we’ve used 4 relievers already

Bad Carl

Javy and Zobrist are pretty close