4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

[Jr.]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

This is how good baseball is; no other sport loses star players to injury like baseball does, and yet it continues to flourish. Sure wish I could turn injuries off, though.

Except football.

[SPTO]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

That totally sucks about Seager


So uh, I know he's done this before but I really hope this year is the year it clicks for him but Kevin Pillar is looking DEADLY with the bat.

If he can keep that up all year long that would be great.

[Sportsforever]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

Except football.

Football loses players, but there are so many "interchangeable" players. Football has done so much to protect skill position players that you don't see QB/RB/WR's getting knocked out at the rate baseball pitchers go out.

[Jr.]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

Football loses players, but there are so many "interchangeable" players. Football has done so much to protect skill position players that you don't see QB/RB/WR's getting knocked out at the rate baseball pitchers go out.

If you want to start adding addendums, then I suppose. But last year was all about injuries to star players in football.

[bkrich83]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

You're on the ignore list now. I'm done reading posts of you belittling people for having a different opinion or view than you do. You always have to chime in. My post was meant to be taken tongue-in-cheek.

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Didn’t belittle and had nothing to do with opinion. You do you.


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[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

I'm assuming Rizzo has the longest leash on the team in terms of production, but this is getting kinda bad with his slump. How much longer before he gets a couple days off to clear his head?


Also, I can't stand Sutcliffe and Eduardo. They are both awful in the booth. Stupid blackout keeping me from listening to Len and JD.

Sutcliffe is an especially difficult listen. Very little analysis with Sut and his inflections are always like he thinks he's dropping The Knowledge on those lucky enough to be tuned in. With Perez, just his voice alone drives me up a wall. Perez rarely says anything worth hearing either.

Makes me yearn for the Vasgersian/A-Roid/Mendoza trio from last night. Or just Len and JD dammit. Friggin blackout B.S.

I give Rizzo until May 15th to get hot. Otherwise Efren Navarro has to get in there. Or trade for Pujols I guess.

[bkrich83]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

Seager injury hurts the Dodgers for sure, however Justin Turner is the engine that drives that offense. They will be better when he returns.

Rumors circling around Twitter is the Dodgers making a move on Manny Machado to fill the Seager hole. I don't see Friedman giving up a ton of prospects for what is essentially a one year rental, but we'll see.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

By the way, Rizzo's BABIP is .182 so I think he's primed for some serious regression to career norms. It's not like he's striking out a ton more than usual. Just weaker contact and some bad luck. His contact rate is actually a tick higher this season than last.

[Jr.]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

Javy is having a rough year defensively

[19]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

Stripling threw one too many inside fastballs to Pollock.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

By the way, Rizzo's BABIP is .182 so I think he's primed for some serious regression to career norms. It's not like he's striking out a ton more than usual. Just weaker contact and some bad luck. His contact rate is actually a tick higher this season than last.

Obviously he is pressing. They should give him a few days off...let him watch some film of his swing with his batting coach and he probably just needs to make a tweak/small adjustment.

Baseball is a grind. And when you go through a cold spell you start thinking, pressing etc. Weak contact is troublesome. If you told me he was hitting missiles but finding leather....no worries. But weak contact is troublesome. He will have to work it out. And he probably will. He is a hell of a player. And all the great ones do go through things like this.

[steelerfan]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

In the 105 years it's been tracked there had been just one team to ever have 2 starters with a sub-2.00 ERA and 35+ Ks through 5 starts. This year, the Astros had 3.

Also, Gerrit Cole set an all-time record with 61 Ks in April surpassing Roger Clemens' 60 in 1988.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

As if the Dodgers didn't have enough problems, I just noticed that 5 WAR Chris Taylor seems to have left the building. Looks like he's back to being AAAA player Chris Taylor. He was an "x-factor" for them last year and isn't doing anything at all this season.

[Jr.]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

Josh Hader became the first player to record a save of 8 outs or more with all strikeouts

[TheMatrix31]

Re: 4/23 - 5/6 Game Discussion Thread

2.2 innings. 8 strikeouts. That is bad ***.