Frayed Knot

That was a missed opportunity we may wind up regretting.

So I'm starting to think that Villar is going to turn out to be a better FA signing than Jed Lowrie. Discuss.

If the PC can't make a change then he shouldn't be allowed out there. He's just wasting our time by doing so.

You're so used to a ball like that getting through the gap of the Cubby OF ... until you remember that Schwarber is no longer out there.

TBR ace Tyler Glasnow to the IL with a partially torn UCL. I suppose how partially is partially will be a big factor jn the Rays' success this season. Max Scherzer to the IL with a groin strain So that at least scratches him for this weekend.

Talk to me about playoff odds in September

We saw Alec Mills as a reliever during the Wrigley series. It was the 16-4 blowout game and he got the win with three scoreless. He's only started once this season but one of his 11 starts in 2020 was a no-hitter vs the Brewers

It's certainly possible that we'll never come to Not hate the trade. But it's also possible that the ultimate success/not success of this season could depend on Edwin Diaz. And, under the right circumstances, that could make the deal worthwhile no matter what Kelenic goes on to do over the next 15 years.

Javy Baez has been sidelined recently with sprained tattoos.

Rizzo hit one like that a couple days ago but on a pitch even more inside to the point where he nearly fell over swinging ... and it went just about as far.

This is the kind of game that's gotta be killing Cubs fans, not just all those two out RBI hits but two out hits that are being set up by two out walks!

And now he's out, bringing up the same conversation as yesterday just one inning removed.

It's just occurred to me that, aside from the Mets (57 games played coming into tonight), every team in MLB has already played more games in 2021 than they did all last season. And it still seems to me that this season is just getting going. I mean, we still have 16 games left to play against the Nats.

Frayed Knot wrote: I think Pillar just may have set a ML record for most combined distance between bat & ball on three swinging strikes. I don't think he came within two feet of making contact in any of those pitches. Did a shade better in that AB

I think Pillar just may have set a ML record for most combined distance between bat & ball on three swinging strikes. I don't think he came within two feet of making contact in any of those pitches.

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=67845 time=1623687149 user_id=119] That's it! Eight-year-old me was in awe of that photo!

Frayed Knot wrote: Of course it's not a guarantee that they were to get a big hit, but we had already dodged a bunch of bullets all game with four GiDPs and a couple at'em balls so the odds run against you when you hit so many of those I am not a professional mathematician but that's not how I understand odds work. Especially given changing variables (the fortuitous Lucchesi-induced GIDPs are not reflective of the odds of Familia getting a fortuitous GIDP). Not that the early escapes made the 7th inning more likely to not escape, but that getting into jams in multiple innings makes it more likely one or more is going to come crashing down on you. This one just happened to do so in spades. Would I have brought in Loup for Profar? Absolutely not, for reasons stated above. Should Familia have been pulled earlier? I would have yanked him after the Profar walk but that brings into question who's next. If not Barnes then maybe Smith first but I don't know that that's demonstrably a better choice. Gone longer with Lucchesi? Yeah maybe, but him falling apart in the sixth would bring out a slew of 'How did he not see that coming?' critiques. I suspect they had Drury ready to PH anticipating one or two on and one out in a scoreless game when Peraza surprised with a 1st-pitch HR. Could have pivoted there but they didn't.

Of course it's not a guarantee that they were to get a big hit, but we had already dodged a bunch of bullets all game with four GiDPs and a couple at'em balls so the odds run against you when you hit so many of those and the 7th inning merely wound up being the one we didn't dodge. EVERY game is winnable if you get key outs EVERY time they're needed, but get into enough of those and the odds start to shrink towards zero of actually doing so.

Cubs are at home in the SNB game right now leading 2-0 in the 6th inning, so they're getting in pretty late tonight. Been hot lately though. They took 5 of 6 from SDP shortly before we played them and are 26 - 12 since May 1st

This entire game was a series of missed opportunities by both offenses -- getting leadoff hitters on then not cashing them in and often not even moving them over -- until the Pads finally redeemed their coupons all at once. Somebody had to get a big hit eventually, it's just that that inning never should have gotten to Tatis. Different pitching decisions could have been made but you also shouldn't need a lefty to get out Profar, particularly not after having him down 1-2 and particularly not with the three batter rule which would have left Loup in to face Pham & Tatis if HE allowed Profar to reach. But also, pitching issues aside, Pete, Dom & Nido led the suck parade from the other side of the ball so it was more than just that one half-inning. Could we have won that game? Sure, if we had managed more than one meaningful hit in the entire game while the Pads kept up their 1-1 ratio of GiDPs & Innings, but those are tough odds to rely on.

Phils win. THAAAAAA PHILS WIN!!!! Marlins also win Braves lose (to the Marlins) Nats beat SFG in Game 1 (or Game 7/9th) and are scoreless in the 77% nightcap. And did I mention that the Yanquis lost?

The ugly blown save of the day award goes to the Phillies' Hector Neris MFY starter Jameson Taillon was yanked in a 4-0 hole without ever recording a single out and the Phils took a 7-4 lead into the 9th. Enter Neris who, after recording out #1, went: BB, BB, HR (LeMahieu) Mr. Bryce led off bottom 9 w/a double but was stranded there, so it's on to the Little League innings and I'm checking the fine print to see if there's a way both teams can lose.

A Two True Outcomes inning for Loogy: K, K, BB, K

With no chance of switching the pitcher and already one mound visit this inning, this is one of those mound visits that shouldn't be allowed.

Frayed Knot wrote: NYM pitchers have K'd Tatis five times in six ABs so far this series. OK, you're right, I jinxed it.