Game Thread: 6.13 Suarcrap @ Fish

[milogiant]

OK, well always nice to have a Giants fan here (even if they are your second favorite).

Braves looking real good this year, probably a year earlier than anyone expected. Every year some team or two is way better than expected and they may be one of those. Then of course there's a team way worse than expected like the Giants last year or the Dodgers this year (who may be turning it around).

Yeah I think the braves will fall down to earth in the 2nd half of the season. I just hope they don't trade away any of the farm system trying to make a pointless post season. Lately I have been happy if the Braves or Giants can be relevant enough to get me to September to football season.

 

[1phlapdown]

What a shocker.

More than 1/3 thru the season and 16 teams don't have a CG.

 

[msgkings322]

More than 1/3 thru the season and 16 teams don't have a CG.

Yeah the game keeps moving away from those, pens are more important every year.

 

[LHG]

Yeah the game keeps moving away from those, pens are more important every year.

Does this mean that rosters will expand to 30 players to accommodate all the pitchers a team needs or does Ohtani usher in a time when pitchers who hit become important (or hitters who pitch, maybe) so that a team can have the depth in both the bullpen and on the bench?

 

[calsnowskier]

Yeah the game keeps moving away from those, pens are more important every year.

I am not a big fan of the direction the game is going in that regard, but I prefer the natural evolution of the game to some imposition to keep it the way it was (or nudge it in a specific direction).

I would rather the game go Uber-specialization than see DHs, minimum batters faced for a pitcher or restrictions to defensive alignments.

 

[calsnowskier]

Does this mean that rosters will expand to 30 players to accommodate all the pitchers a team needs or does Ohtani usher in a time when pitchers who hit become important (or hitters who pitch, maybe) so that a team can have the depth in both the bullpen and on the bench?

Having a small roster should be part of the calculus for how specialized a team gets. The smaller the roster, the less specialized.

 

[1phlapdown]

Let Panda Pitch!!!