4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

[Jr.]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

These bullpens in the Brewers/Cardinals game are not good

[roadman]

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I'll take Hader and Jennings for the Brewers, the rest, meh.

And they will have a short term arm shortage if the starting pitching for the Brewers doesn't go beyond 5 innings.

And, I forgot, a healthy Knebel.

[Steven78]

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I'll take Hader and Jennings for the Brewers, the rest, meh.

And they will have a short term arm shortage if the starting pitching for the Brewers doesn't go beyond 5 innings.

And, I forgot, a healthy Knebel.

Lol they have a great pen. Hoover is their worst. Jeffress, Williams, Barnes, Albers Ill take them all. Problem is they already are getting a heavy workload two weeks in.

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[Steven78]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

Lol yea JJ Hoover is terrible. I remember him blowing games for the Reds for years.

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[Jr.]

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Lol yea JJ Hoover is terrible. I remember him blowing games for the Reds for years.

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Wow I didn't realize it was that Hoover.

[Steven78]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

And where was Dan Jennings huh Counsell?

Last pitched Saturday and we got Hoover out there?

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[Jr.]

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Interesting review in SF.

Looks like Cutch's foot might've gone over the plate, but I don't know how you can tell for sure. I think he stays safe.

I guess they could see it. Called out on review

[roadman]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

Lol they have a great pen. Hoover is their worst. Jeffress, Williams, Barnes, Albers Ill take them all. Problem is they already are getting a heavy workload two weeks in.

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Yeah, you are right, they do have a good pen, but, like I also said in the post, there has to be a starter that will go beyond the 5th inning.

They are not getting run support in the early going, either.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

I'll literally never think of the word binder the same way again after Joe.

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[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

I thought today was a pretty good day for the Cubs as far as losing the home opener goes. Baez with a pair of homers and survived a self-inflicted kneeburger, Schwarber with a pair of hits, Heyward with an unexpected hit in a fierce battle against lefty Felipe Rivero-Vazquez. A lot of the guys that need to get going did so.

Still no pulse with Ian Happ though...he's running a wRC+ of 35 this season. Gonna see some time in Iowa pretty darn soon I'd guess. I'd love to see Almora get an extended shot at starting in CF and I wonder why the Cubs seem to avoid doing that at any cost. The team could use his defense, contact, and frankly his "grit" and headiness in the starting lineup.

Chatwood wasn't great today and there was some lukewarm defense once again (Happ pulling up short on a ball Almora catches in CF, Addy having a ball ricochet out of his glove).

It'll also be nice when Rizzo's geriatric back heals up at some point. The offense sort of gets a grade of incomplete as long as he's out.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Yeah, you are right, they do have a good pen, but, like I also said in the post, there has to be a starter that will go beyond the 5th inning.

They are not getting run support in the early going, either.

Everyone knew Milwaukee was gonna struggle in their starting pitching. They get to enjoy a summer filled with non-quality starts as their reward. I'm still a little shocked that they really signed nobody to pitch for them. Maybe Stearns thought last year was fools gold and they're not ready yet.

[Jr.]

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Still no pulse with Ian Happ though...he's running a wRC+ of 35 this season. Gonna see some time in Iowa pretty darn soon I'd guess. I'd love to see Almora get an extended shot at starting in CF and I wonder why the Cubs seem to avoid doing that at any cost. The team could use his defense, contact, and frankly his "grit" and headiness in the starting lineup.

It continues to confuse my why Almora doesn't get more consistent PT. He's done nothing but hit for a solid average and play great defense as a big leaguer.

[Jr.]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

Goldy with a 440 foot HR off Strickland to tie it up in SF


And Cutch with a walk off single

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

Cutch walking them off again.

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[stlducks]

Re: 4/9 - 4/22 Game Discussion Thread

Great comeback win for the Cardinals, they showed fight multiple times to find back and force extras then get the win.

Big hits need to improve. Second game in a row they had bases loaded with 1 out and only scored 1 run.

I have no faith in Bowman out of the pen. Hicks is extremely young and has looked good. Norris gave up a run last night but has looked good besides that.

Holland needs innings and Cecil/Gregerson will be big improvements once they are off the DL.