Game Thread: 8/11 Houston we have a problem @ Champs

[tzill]

1. Gregor Blanco (L) CF
2. Matt Duffy (R) 3B
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Hunter Pence (R) RF
5. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
6. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
7. Justin Maxwell (R) LF
8. Ehire Adrianza (S) 2B
9. Madison Bumgarner (R) P

Oxy finally sits; Panik and the 'Sac supposedly "close."

Very few ABs vs. Kazmir, Herk 2-5 with a bomb.
Altuve, Gattis, Lowrie with some mild Bum ownage.

Stro those stroing Stros.....3-2 good guys.

 

[tzill]

Oxy to DL (patellar tendonitis); JCP called up.

 

[calsnowskier]

No announcement about Aoki going to the 7 or 15-day DLs, so that is good. He is not in the lineup, so that is bad.

Duffy taken out of the #3 spot and moved to the #2. While it LOOKS like a demotion, it really isnt. Duffy has still been killing the ball lately, he is just the best option for the #2 hole, and we still have Posey available for the #3 spot.

 

[tzill]

No announcement about Aoki going to the 7 or 15-day DLs, so that is good. He is not in the lineup, so that is bad.

Duffy taken out of the #3 spot and moved to the #2. While it LOOKS like a demotion, it really isnt. Duffy has still been killing the ball lately, he is just the best option for the #2 hole, and we still have Posey available for the #3 spot.

Per Boch, Aoki is fine and available to play tonight. Leake will be ready when he's eligible to come off the DL, Panik is about two weeks away, and the Sac about a week away.

 

[calsnowskier]

LHG and Filo...

Just so you guys know, the "Current Roster" thread is handled differently from every other thread. The first post is constantly updated by Stokes and myself to represent the current roster makeup.

I use it all the time to remind myself what we have and to help predict potential moves.

 

[BroncoInCALI]

I like this lineup. Can't wait to get Panik and Susac back, though.

 

[tzill]

Bum pitching in poor luck so far....

 

[tzill]

 

[tzill]

Bum on pace to go 5.2; Kaz on pace to go 10.
Gs 55% chance of winning.

 

[tzill]

Kaz on pace to go 7 now. 50/50 outcome

 

[1phlapdown]

Time for Bum to let one loose.


edit hrrrmph. or not.

 

[tzill]

In Herk we trust...

 

[1phlapdown]

At least the Gs are making Kazmir work.

And a nice quick inning for our lefty.

 

[tzill]

Bum on pace for 6.2; Kaz for 6. Still 50/50 game chance.

 

[filosofy29]

Belt.....maddeningly inconsistent....yet at the end of the to year such good numbers. Such a mind F, lol.

1-0 good guys.

 

[tzill]

6 of Belts last 9 hits have been HRs...

 

[1phlapdown]

Maddy is hitting his groove! If it could only rub off on the rest of the starters.

 

[tzill]

Kaz on pace to go 5.1, Bum 7.2; 70 chance of winning. Great freaking game.

 

[msgkings322]

So without actually calculating it feels like 1/2 of the posts in this thread are 'So and so on pace to go x, Other guy to go y'

But am I the only one that finds those meaningless? Each inning changes it, it doesn't really tell you anything useful about how long a guy is going to go. It's false precision. Guy throws 8 pitches in the first, uh oh he's going 9....really? Nothing different will happen later?

Guy throws 28 in the first...on pace to go 4.1....really? Yeah, if he throws 28 per inning yeah he will go 4, don't need Fangraphs to tell me that. If a guy gets through every inning throwing 8-10 pitches he's gonna pitch a shutout, I get it.

Kaz started the thread to go '10'. Now he's at 5.1, but after the 5th he's more like 6.1. What exactly does this 'stat' help us with?

 

[msgkings322]

gee ya think Blanco plays CF better than Pagan?