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Everything posted by squally1313
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What? Just stop.
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Don't overreact Joe. Jake is still by far our best option for the next 3 or 4 innings.
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If Montero is going to keep hitting like he's been hitting....actually no, I'm not ready to say what I was about to say. Let's go Jake.
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Jesus Seinfeld clap like a normal person.
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Granderson has been a solid player for like 10 years. Murphy's a quality player too. The Mets are a good team and I expect an extremely competitive series. I was going to say this but i was too scared I'd be blasted by the "Murphy is a scrub" brigade. He was probably the best Mets hitter over the course of the entire season. Yes, the power is a bit flukey but this happens in the postseason. Murphy is a deluxe platoon player having the 2 week stretch of his life. In tonight's Mets lineup he is about the 6th or 7th best hitter depending on if you want to account for the opposing starter and platoon advantage. Murphy has played in over 140 games the last three years (with over 600 PAs each year) and has 5.6 WAR the last two years (wRCs 107 and 110). He's not this good, because no one is, but if he's their 7th best hitter we are in a lot of trouble.
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Wait for the outside change up and take it out the other way. You aren't getting a fastball in the zone.
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This K Zone makes watching the game so much worse. Umpires are always going to be influenced by how the catcher receives the ball. Not ideal, but it's how we've been conditioned to watch the ball. Just get rid of it.
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Fowler, Bryant, Castro, and Coghlan all made very good contact. If Jake settles in we'll get those back.
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Of course
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They seem to be in fight off mode, which is smart. And when they're putting it in play, they're making solid contact. Thor throws gas, but we're fine with that. Long game ahead.
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and yet weird things continue to happen to the cubs Wait...this is a bit right?
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Eh, with the day off tomorrow and Lester ready for Game 5 if needed, no reason not to. Plus this means everyone will be available if we need to play Wednesday.
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This feels like a Fowler no doubter.
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It's the top of the order, and we still have Richard if there's a sequence of LH to face later. I like going to Wood. I would have pulled Grimm at the first baserunner, but I would have given it a shot to see if he could ride the momentum to go 1-2-3 so we could use a pinch hitter in the bottom of the inning instead of Wood.
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I would have seen if Grimm could have gotten another 3 easy outs, but I'll defer to the dude with 100 wins this year.
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Yesssss I love that the Cubs finally broke Fred's stats systems.
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YESSSSSS. Have all my hearts.
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I'm praying the Internet comes through with the scene from the dark knight where the joker asks that cop how many friends of his he had killed. But with dongs. Edit: this part: http://cupofzup.com/six/joker86/
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He's got a great walk bat flip, but yeah, that one deserved about 5 seconds of airtime.
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Alright, thanks mostly to refreshing this thread, I made it through today. Much appreciated. Looking forward to reading back through it tomorrow and reliving the upcoming Dong Show. We got this. Two days away from showing StL their reign is over.
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Grantland is projecting LaStella at third, Bryant in left, and Schwarber in right. What does everyone think about that? I'm worried about Schwarber in right, but I don't know where else you put him (PNC Left Field is huge), and the downgrade to Jackson's bat is too steep. They also have Arrieta batting 8th. Will be interesting to see which way Maddon goes with that, and it will probably show his pitching strategy for the middle of the game on. Batting 8th, and I think he'll be more willing to pull him for a pinch hitter and play the matchups. Batting 9th? It's Jakes game.
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I know I was against this start even happening, but god this is fun.
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I just think you do whatever the bare minimum is to 'keep him on his routine'. For me, ideally it'd just be a simulated game on the side, or no more than 50 pitches or so. With his stats, I doubt he'd want to be going out there with a simplified game plan or anything. I guess I just don't know how much is required to not screw up his schedule. It wouldn't seem like much. If there's a huge rain delay after the first inning and a team has to pull their starter, no one talks about them getting off their routine.
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For me the biggest part is that the best case scenario the rest of the year for us is that St. Louis and Pittsburgh play Game 163. Throwing the best pitcher in the National League against Pittsburgh doesn't help that cause.
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NO. There's no point. He's in a groove right now, making him rest for 10 days is silly. And if you suggest moving him to tomorrow then he isn't lined up to start the Wild Card game. Start him but limit to 100 pitches this start and next - high leverage or not. I mean, there's some point. I never want to straight up throw a game, but it's in our best interest that A. The Pirates don't find someway to figure out jake (which I know is a stupid phrase, but I think you get the general idea) and B. The Pirates push the cardinals and make whoever we play next Wednesday have high stress games all the way down the stretch (and making pitching choices to reflect that). Let him take his full routine, and pull him after three.