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2 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

We may not have the most dominant pitching staff, but there is no one on the WS roster that makes me say “please don’t give that guy the ball again.”   

Please delete this before the baseball gods see it

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From the maths I've read online, I don't understand why Crane wouldn't resign Correa. Even with the proposed Correa contract, there is a decent change the overall payroll will be lower unless they go sign 2 starters. The only reason that I could see that signing Correa is a risky move is if there is thought it would piss off Altuve or Bregman. 

Posted (edited)
22 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

We may not have the most dominant pitching staff, but there is no one on the WS roster that makes me say “please don’t give that guy the ball again.”   

Framber.....

4.2 IP - 10 runs allowed

Rest of the staff: 38.1 IP, 8 runs allowed 

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4 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I’m going to be ok with whatever Dusty and Strom come up with. They’ve been pretty flawless in their pitching decisions during this postseason. 


they can make the decisions, the players have to go out there and produce 

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1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

All I know is AJ Hinch is somewhere hoping Grienke isn’t getting key outs in an Astros game 7 win and/or the last pitcher on the mound in 2021.

I know it's a joke- but I'd be sort of surprised if AJ wasn't rooting for the guys. 

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35 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Framber.....

4.2 IP - 10 runs allowed

Rest of the staff: 38.1 IP, 8 runs allowed 

What's crazy is we won one of the games that stat entails.  There is a really good argument that we should have won this series in 5 games.  

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11 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Frambler hasn't been the same since the crackdown on a certain substance happened.

Am I taking crazy pills?  Didn’t he just pitch one of the best games of his career in the ALCS?

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Yeah, he did and there were a bunch of games not like that over the last half of the season.  Frambler struggled with control when he came up, got better control for a season and half in between and is back to having control problems again.

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Maybe someone with access to the data can post his pre/post spin rate

 

But let's say it's Game 7, the pen is gassed, Raley has been used, and you have to choose between Taylor and Framber to face Rosario-Freeman-Albies...

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28 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

What's crazy is we won one of the games that stat entails.  There is a really good argument that we should have won this series in 5 games.  

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24 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Am I taking crazy pills?  Didn’t he just pitch one of the best games of his career in the ALCS?

A performance only matched by Bob Gibson, or somebody…

Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Odorizzi is the most rested pitcher on the staff right now, no? Anyone surprised he's not getting the start or do you think they want to hold him for a start in gm 7?

I think Dusty hopes he can get through tomorrow without using Odorizzi.

You have the entire pitching staff available minus Framber.

You should be able to piece together 27 outs and save a few guys. Of course if the offense puts up 9 runs again, it really doesn't matter because the Braves offense isn't matching or exceeding that number.

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2 hours ago, kevwun said:

Speaking of Maton, where did that crazy horizontal break come from?  I almost had to rub my eyes after one of them.  A baseball isn't supposed to move like that.

He flat out has wicked movement. I don't know how the surprise of it will diminish in his remaining appearances against the Braves, but that break can't be easy to hit regardless of your swing plane. Maybe he can start buckling more knees by starting it a little tighter on guys like Riley, Soler, Duvall and d'Arnaud. 

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I got a good feeling for Tues/Wed....coming home to win it all should motivate these guys (obviously).  The Braves haven't really scored that many runs the past 3 games at home besides a grand slam.  They didn't exactly slaughtered us in their 2 home wins.  

But they can make up for the 2019 shit...and win the whole fucking thing at home.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

He flat out has wicked movement. I don't know how the surprise of it will diminish in his remaining appearances against the Braves, but that break can't be easy to hit regardless of your swing plane. Maybe he can start buckling more knees by starting it a little tighter on guys like Riley, Soler, Duvall and d'Arnaud. 

Yeah, they stopped swinging at it as someone mentioned because it was aimed at the outer half.  If he can make it look like it's going to be in the middle of the strike zone, it would be devastating.  I hope it doesn't make his arm fall off.

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3 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

He flat out has wicked movement. I don't know how the surprise of it will diminish in his remaining appearances against the Braves, but that break can't be easy to hit regardless of your swing plane. Maybe he can start buckling more knees by starting it a little tighter on guys like Riley, Soler, Duvall and d'Arnaud. 

That last sentence…

 

I don’t think a single one of those curves/sliders would have been a called strike. I kept waiting for them to sit on the fastball and destroy it. But he kept getting swings and misses.

and then Strom came out and said “throw it up and away to Jocboy or you’re done” and jocboy looked like a fool swinging through 90 mph heat up in the zone 

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It has so much break, I'm not sure it will ever be a called strike.  It's a pitch that guys will have to chase.  He would literally have to throw it at a hitter for it to end up in the strike zone.  If it starts comfortably in the zone, it will be harder to lay off though.  It's something he needs to work on for next year.  I hope it doesn't end up like the crazy breaking ball LMJ showed once in spring training and then never again.

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1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

The Cardinals were down 3-2 10 years ago …

Love the passive agressive tweet supporting them and digging them at the same time.  Dude has to be incredibly conflicted about all this stuff.  

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11 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

No need to bump Bregman to #3. Keep him in the bottom half of the lineup 

Absolutely.  Correa had three hits, two RBIs, and a run scored in the 3 hole.  You'd have to be crazy to move him out of there now.

I'd put in the exact same lineup as last night, actually.  We scored two runs in two games then we scored nine last night.  Let it ride.

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Just now, Chuckie Finster said:

Framber in the 9 hole at home?  Bold move!

Ha, I was only thinking 1 thru 7, where Bregman currently sits.  We pretty much know what 8 and 9 will be.

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27 hours for Max Fried to contemplate the fact that he's about to get lit up for his third straight playoff start and everyone will say he single-handedly cost them a World Championship if he doesn't get his act together, except that he can't because he's completely hit the wall, etc.

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moving bregman back up is idiotic.  it's not like we benched him - he's hitting 7th.  our lineup has proven over and over that you can produce and affect the game from any spot in the lineup, especially in an al stadium.  stick with what works.  if bregman goes 3-5 with a bomb, it doesn't matter where he's hitting.

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Bregman pretty much had to drop to seven. But now I think the question is, are we better off with Tucker batting cleanup and Alvarez sliding to six? On paper, that's sensible. But I don't know how it would actually impact the various psyches involved. 

Posted
4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

All arms on deck for Tuesday. I don’t care if marwin is the only arm left for Wednesday, have to win game 6

What sayeth the mob about left handed LMJ?

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