Game Thread: 8.3 Weekday Baseball Curse

[tzill]

1. L Wade Jr. (L) 1B
2. J Pederson (L) DH
3. J Davis (R) 3B
4. P Bailey (S) C
5. M Conforto (L) RF
6. L Matos (R) CF
7. B Sabol (L) LF
8. I Diaz (L) 2B
9. C Schmitt (R) SS

OP - Alexander

 

[tzill]

Pfaadt has a NO HITTER going through 3.

Alex with a clean first and Beck with two clean so far.

 

[calsnowskier]

This team has impressive pitching.

 

[msgkings322]

This team has impressive pitching.

The 2010 vibe is strong with them

Not as good starters, better pen. And in 2023 that might be the model you want.

 

[msgkings322]

Ump is squeezing Rogers here

 

[msgkings322]

Rogers twin powers...activate!

Hope just a bruise for him there

 

[LHG]

That Diaz fellow is flirting with the Mendoza line . . . on OPS

 

[LHG]

And now, he is flirting with getting back up to the Mendoza line . . . in OPS

 

[msgkings322]

That Diaz fellow is flirting with the Mendoza line . . . on OPS

Only here a few more days

 

[msgkings322]

It's Camiller time

 

[msgkings322]

NASTY

 

[msgkings322]

Woof got really lucky there...hit it so hard he couldn't get to 2nd base

 

[msgkings322]

Okay Doval no more fucking around

 

[msgkings322]

Very fastball heavy today I wonder why

 

[LHG]

I know you all have been harping on hitting (or the lack thereof) recently but I've not been able to join you on that. I know hitting has been bad, but wow, looking at the OPS for the starting 9 today, it is pretty disgusting. First consider the rookies:
Sabol - .732
Bailey - .689
Matos - .649
Schmitt - .548
Diaz - .196 (!)

Sabol looks like the best of the bunch, but that is only because he hasn't slumped as badly as the rest of them. Ouch babe!

Then the veterans:
Wade - .827
Pederson - .792
Davis - .768
Conforto - .731
Pollock - .535

Okay, so Wade is still doing decently. Pederson, though, is in another one of his patented slumps. Its making his overpay really look like an overpay. And Davis, what happened to him?!!? He looked so good earlier this season. Now? Not so much. As least Conforto has been somewhat consistently mediocre.
Oh, wait, did I put a rookie in this group? Oh, no, that is no rookie. He's a the veteran FZ acquired in the trade deadline. He just looks like an over-matched rookie.

 

[LHG]

Very fastball heavy today I wonder why

He reads the GDTs to wind down, don't you know?

 

[msgkings322]

Doval is not a great fielder. Doesn't need to be of course but still.

 

[LHG]

Doval pulling a Brian Wilson today.

 

[calsnowskier]

3-1 series win.

YUGE!!

 

[msgkings322]

FYWW!!

Same thing every time, shitty hitting great pitching. Just don't think this is sustainable without some run support.

52-0 when leading after 8. 15-5 with 'openers'