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  1. soccer10k
    LOL. Sure, in between those two starts where he gave up 15 combined runs, he wasn't that bad!
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  3. soccer10k
    Fun fact! Misiorowski is actually a month older than Holmgren.
  4. soccer10k
    Our best SPs are hurt.
  5. soccer10k
    That wouldn’t have mattered. Boyd and Shota are cooked at this point.
  6. soccer10k
    Shota over 1.5 runs allowed and over 2.5 runs allowed was such easy money.
  7. soccer10k
    Phillies have Castellanos on 2nd with no out in the 9th down 1 and they bunt. Unsurprisingly he gets thrown out at 3rd. The next batter singled to left.
  8. soccer10k
    Shota is fine today. Hopefully he can get through 4 or 5 allowing 0 or 1 run and we can turn to the pen with the off day tomorrow.
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    NFL Week 5

    soccer10k replied to BigbadB's topic in Other Sports

    So you’re saying a competent organization should be all in on Bryce Young because all he needs is to get out of Carolina?
  10. soccer10k
    That could be since both those wins were in Toronto. Just listened to the call at the end and he says “first playoff win in 24 years”. But would make sense if he just read the fact wrong or forgot to say “home”.
  11. soccer10k
    Announcer in the Seattle game said twice they haven’t won a playoff game in 24 years as if their two wins in the WC series in 2022 didn’t count.
  12. soccer10k
    Yes, I would have much preferred to roll the dice with one of the other guys than starting a guy on 3 days rest when we know there's a track record of guys on 3 days rest pitching poorly. And again, those guys who typically go on 3 days rest are your ace types who are much better pitchers than Matthew Boyd. According to The Athletic, pitchers in the WC era have made 158 starts on three days rest, their teams won 66 of those games, and they compiled a 4.47 ERA in those starts. So if really good pitchers turn into average pitchers on 3 days, what do you think an average pitcher is going to turn into? Because Matthew Boyd isn't an ace. He had a 5.51 ERA in his last 9 starts or a 4.63 ERA since the ASB. Yes, the Cubs very easily could have lost this game starting Rea or Assad. But starting Boyd was a bad decision and it backfired as poorly as possible. Also, the fact that a SP wasn't on the WC roster doesn't really matter than much. It was a 3 game series so of course a SP or two is going to get left off.
  13. soccer10k
    There can't be that many instances is baseball history where a team hit 3 more home runs than their opponent and lost by 6+ runs. I mean, it's baseball so I assume it's happened like 27 times but it's got to be rare.
  14. soccer10k
    This is absolutely not true. There were plenty of us who didn't like the decision to start Boyd on short rest when they announced it. Are there some people who are overreacting in hindsight? Sure. But it's absolutely not "almost entirely tied to hindsight".
  15. soccer10k
    Down goes Penn St. EDIT: 3 timeouts left so maybe not quite yet.
  16. soccer10k
    There's a pretty good history of pitchers in the playoffs doing poorly on 3 days rest. And generally, those pitchers have typically been good. Most teams who do it are doing it because the guy is an ace. So not only are we starting a guy on 3 days rest, but it's a guy who gave up 2+ runs in his final 9 regular season starts (before 1 in 4 1/3 vs SD). Mid-upper 4's ERA the last two months or since the ASB. A lot of us on here didn't like the decision and it certainly backfired. Would we have won the game starting Assad or Rea? Not necessarily. But I would much rather have started Rea and tried to piece together a bullpen game with tomorrow off. It was a bad decision given all the data we have on pitchers starting on 3 days rest and Boyd's last 2 months. I'm not sure I would have wanted 2015 Jake Arrieta starting on 3 days rest either, let alone 2025 Matthew Boyd.
  17. soccer10k
    This is one heck of a letdown game for Penn St. Also, does Arch Manning suck?
  18. soccer10k
    More runs allowed in one inning today than 3 games against SD. Do you think Manfred would be mad if we threw position players for the last 6 innings to save the pen?
  19. soccer10k
    Good thing we started Boyd on short rest!
  20. soccer10k
    What’s the upside of Boyd going in Game 1? If we had two stud SP and having Boyd go in G1 means he can go on normal rest in G4, which allows our second guy to go G2 and G5 both on normal rest, then it makes sense. But Taillon can’t go until G3 anyway unless he also goes on short rest in G2. I don’t really need Shota getting two starts in the series either. Short rest starts generally go poorly, though I’m sure most of those guys threw 90+ pitches in their first start before short rest. I guess he’s planning on going Boyd-Shota-Taillon-Boyd-Shota and using the pen liberally in G1 and G2 since there are off days after each game.
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    NFL Week 5

    soccer10k replied to BigbadB's topic in Other Sports

    Definitely seems like a case of good idea to go for it but bad play call.
  22. soccer10k
    Yeah, whoever starts game 1, assuming it's not Boyd, will not start another game this series.
  23. soccer10k
    This was my fault. Threw on my Rizzo jersey for both games. Today, no jersey and the Cubs scored first.
  24. soccer10k
    Same here. I watched every out and was definitely happy when they won Game 1. But today I was all in.
  25. soccer10k
    I think I'd rather just have them start Rea or Assad, have a short leash and use the pen since we have the day off on Sunday. Then let Boyd start on normal rest in Game 2.
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