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Hopefully Contreras walks it off and flips his bat into the Brewers dugout. Nevermind forgot Duffy PH for the pitcher last inning. Happ can do it instead.

Unfortunately the only other option OPSed 571 last year and is also being kept out of Chicago for PTR reasons. But yeah, bat him 7th or 8th until we see some life.

They're going to sign Javy to a 8 year, $80m deal after he OBPs .260 this year and use that as an excuse to let Rizzo and Bryant walk.

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Of course.

Sorry, most people in this thread.

All 9 of them? And that's generously including Hendricks and Wolters. Tell me who's going to get a hit. At least three of them I would guess. But maybe I'll be wrong! Strange things can happen in incredibly small sample sizes! For example, see what happened on Monday after going 1-2-3 the first three innings!

Yes but, to appear so feeble and having absolutely no chance in every at bat? All 9 of them? And that's generously including Hendricks and Wolters.

(Brandon Woodruff is really good guys)

Tony Wolters is starting, which I assume means Contreras is sick or dead, because otherwise, why. The only way this would make sense is if our manager was a career light hitting back up catcher trying to look out for his own by sabotaging his team and depriving us of a pissed off Contreras going up against Brandon Woodruff's fake tough guy act. Using this gif solely as an excuse to link to his stand up, which I've watched three times this week.

What's the thought process on Happ sitting in game 2 against a lefty but leading off in this one?

Brett Anderson sucks and thinks he's good and if this team has any pride they will score at like 8 runs tonight.

Stop pitching brothers would be a good first start

Oh good, sogard starting at second.

Well this has been miserable so far. Get to work Theo.

Lol can you imagine this rotation with a bad Hendricks

According to this, he had symptoms and took himself out of a game but tested negative repeatedly over the next couple of days. Yeah him and Bryant I think both had cold/flu symptoms and sat out for a while but never tested positive. At least during the year. No idea about the offseason though. They shouldn't have even tested KB, he gets that once a month during the season.

They left horsefeathering advertisements on the best seats of the bleachers? PTR going to PTR.

Nats/Mets postponed for COVID. Off to a good start!

Happ Willy Rizzo KB Joc Javy Heyward Bote Kyle

I see Kyle has moved his daily optimism from the Covid thread to here. I'll take it where I can get it I guess. Might as well start out hot, and couldn't ask for a better way to do that than the Pirates at home, ignoring my Pirates over 58.5 bet. Take 4 or 5 from them the next couple weeks, split with the Brewers, and see what happens from there.

I don't think that would be the thinking at all, but rather what is a backup catcher most likely to excel at. Starting every 10 games isn't exactly the ideal situation to stay locked in at the plate nor is 16 starts at catcher making or breaking the offense. Defense is a much more stable and likely route for these guys to make a positive impact. Also also would add that if they're just carrying two catchers, defensive subbing late in games makes sense whenever possible to sneak some rest in for Contreras. We've already kinda gone through Contreras taking on extraordinary defensive workloads compared to everyone else, whatever year that was he caught like 40 games in almost as many days due to injuries and an extreme schedule, and it was ugly There's got to be some worry that giving a backup catcher job to someone with no experience at all is going to take you towards a guy who neither hits or defends Fair point on Higgins being potentially terrible behind the plate. If that's the case, whatever. Conceptually, if you're only carrying 2 catchers I think you're less likely to make late game subs there. If you sub Contreras out and then something happens to Wolters (like, say, he swings at a pitch that hits him in the balls), then you're in a tough spot. Every 10 games is probably less than what a backup should actually play, though obviously I don't want a personal catcher this year because we don't have someone of Caratini's ability level. In the 20 starts a year, I'd prefer someone who can approach competency at the plate, but ultimately it's not going to make much of a difference, and it sounds like this is just a placeholder for Romine anyways.

I’m not a big believer the backup catcher has to hit. Hell, believing the starting catcher *has* to hit is pretty fresh for me. I care most that Wolters can defend, has experience, and yeah generally prefer backups to be opposite hand hitters if available. I like Higgins as a multi-position third catcher for a ML debut, maybe he can close the season as the primary backup I can see an argument for a Nico type who can come in late provide an upgrade. We aren't making defensive substitutions if we're only carrying two catchers. There's just no logic there. Whoever it is is going to start every 10 games. There's no basis for that particular game requiring more defense over offense. If it's a net positive, then he should be starting, which he's obviously not good enough to do. If you want to carry Higgins as some incredibly dollar store version of Schwarber, then yeah, can see the value of Wolters here. The rest means nothing to me.