Well. That game was historical for all the wrong reasons if you are a dodger fan
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And yet, Miggy Ro - who was responsible for the final 5 ER -- managed to keep the whole team loose during a blowout loss:
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It was pretty easy to recognize his Yamamoto, Kershaw, and Roki impersonations in real time, but I didn't realize he worked in Knack and whoever else too. All while using Yamamoto's glove.
Daniel Schneemann gets a 2-run little league homer (double + error) thanks to Bobby Witt Jr making one of the worst relay throws you'll see at the major league level.
Padres win 10-4 against Cubs. Go to 14-3. 11-0 at home.
Tatis hits 2 homers.
Third largest crowd in Padres' history 47,000 plus.
Suarez, who is 7 for 7 in saves, sits down as the Pads score 4 in the eighth.
Peralta comes in for his ninth appearance, he hasn't given up a run yet.
Padres walked 7 times. (the anti Sox)
And for the hell of it, Xander hitting .288
Iggy hitting .276 (with a nifty glove to glove toss for a force out)
Fun team and get to hear Orsillo.
Only downside, a painful 3 hours and 12 minutes.
Tatis hits 2 homers.
Third largest crowd in Padres' history 47,000 plus.
Suarez, who is 7 for 7 in saves, sits down as the Pads score 4 in the eighth.
Peralta comes in for his ninth appearance, he hasn't given up a run yet.
Padres walked 7 times. (the anti Sox)
And for the hell of it, Xander hitting .288
Iggy hitting .276 (with a nifty glove to glove toss for a force out)
Fun team and get to hear Orsillo.
Only downside, a painful 3 hours and 12 minutes.
I highly recommend the Effectively Wild episode on Ella Black.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2309-only-a-woman-ella-black-lost-and-found-part-1-ellas-legend/
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2309-only-a-woman-ella-black-lost-and-found-part-1-ellas-legend/
2Ks in the first for Strider. Then Santander snuck one down the line. But he gets out of it with a pop up.
The first in a three part series, extensively researched. I loved the first one.
Last season was sort of a drag because of how many star players were hurt.
After coming off 20 wins and 280 Ks, Strider missed basically the entire year, deGrom missed basically the entire year, Ohtani wasn't pitching, McClanahan on the Rays, Sandy Alcantara on the Marlins, Shane Bieber on the Guardians, etc. That's 6 potential Cy Young candidates.
Not to mention Acuña tearing his ACL, etc.
This year they're all back or on their way back. It's nice to see and good for the sport.
Chris Bassit with 10k in 5 IP, Brendon Little struck out the side, and Yimi Garcia struck out all four guys he faced. Yeesh.
The Braves had one guy hitting over .240 in the lineup today -- Austin Riley's hitting .284.
Wild start for the Braves at 5-13, only above the Rockies (3-14) in the NL. Seemed like their strategy was to tread water until Acuña and Strider were back, but it's kind of comforting to see one of the current "gold standard" organizations that many of us pointed to is also struggling.
The way that core and offense looked in 2023 compared to '24 and so far this year is wild. Yes, Acuna's issues staying healthy have been a huge part of it but Olson, Riley, Harris, Albies all cratering a bit at the same time--none of them have been catastrophic on their own but all at the same time. It really looked like in 2023 they were maybe a powerhouse just starting to gear up.
Those are all really good players so it could click tomorrow, just hard to figure beyond their terrible luck with injuries last few years.
They feel like an OOTP team come to life. It never fails in that game that if one team stockpiles talent, many of those players will regress to support the league averages. More proof that we are living in a simulation, I guess.
Ohtani came into the game hitting .280, after the 1st inning he is up to .299.
When your leadoff hitter has 2 RBI in the 1st inning, that's usually a sign things have gone well.
Man Bobby Miller is so frustrating. He's got incredible stuff but it's apparently extremely hittable.
Toglia hit his first HR of the year, a grand slam to make it 7-5, then Moniak went back to back with a solo shot. 1 run game now in the 3rd, in a game where the Dodgers batted around in the 1st.
Toglia hit his first HR of the year, a grand slam to make it 7-5, then Moniak went back to back with a solo shot. 1 run game now in the 3rd, in a game where the Dodgers batted around in the 1st.
Picked up his first career win.
Rangers have a high ceiling if they can get good health from Eovaldi/deGrom and Rocker finally lives up to his potential. Tied with NYY for best record in the AL
Rangers have a high ceiling if they can get good health from Eovaldi/deGrom and Rocker finally lives up to his potential. Tied with NYY for best record in the AL
Fun (?) fact about Kumar - the guy the Mets drafted instead, Kevin Parada, might not get to The Show. Hit .214 in AA last year.
That deathball slider of his is something else. I'd love to catch him at Fenway.
That game was even wilder actually, 2-1 CHC going to the bottom of the 7th.
CHC scores 5 in the bottom of the 7th, 7-1 CHC after 7.
ARI ends up with 10 in the top of the 8th, 11-7 ARI.
Now the first three batters in the bottom of the inning have scored, HBP/BB/three run HR by Carson Kelly, 11-10 ARI and still no outs.
So 18 runs scored while pitchers got just 6 outs in total, 2-1 CHC to 11-10 ARI.
CHC scores 5 in the bottom of the 7th, 7-1 CHC after 7.
ARI ends up with 10 in the top of the 8th, 11-7 ARI.
Now the first three batters in the bottom of the inning have scored, HBP/BB/three run HR by Carson Kelly, 11-10 ARI and still no outs.
So 18 runs scored while pitchers got just 6 outs in total, 2-1 CHC to 11-10 ARI.
So uh, do these teams have good setup men? Because I'm just seeing meatballs.
edit: seeing D-back fans saying their good guys are not available... so this is a perfect storm of circumstances on that side. Cubs had a day off prior though...
edit: seeing D-back fans saying their good guys are not available... so this is a perfect storm of circumstances on that side. Cubs had a day off prior though...
I'm not watching but it's hard to warm guys properly when the game situation is changing so rapidly, so that can't be helping.
1.724 OPS currently!!
Edit: 1.675 after he leaves the bases loaded there, still pretty solid.
