rico Posted August 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Something to file in the back of the brain. Carlos Zambrano hit 97 on the radar last night. He can't be any worse than what Cubs have in pen now. Is he 40? But heck yeah, give Big Z a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 5 hours ago, IUFLA said: For Chrissakes the guy is almost 29. When's he really going to blossom? 40? Takes longer for some than others. Doesn’t really matter because he’s playing his best baseball now and it’s helping the team win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Seeking6 said: Something to file in the back of the brain. Carlos Zambrano hit 97 on the radar last night. He can't be any worse than what Cubs have in pen now. I’d pay money just to see a potential meltdown from him again. Million dollar arm ten cent head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Can a Cub fan explain to me why Happ was in the minors all year until just recently? It’s not like they have 3 stud outfielders that were blocking him. Almora and has -0.4 WAR this year wasn’t cutting it. Why so long to make the move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Seeking6 said: Something to file in the back of the brain. Carlos Zambrano hit 97 on the radar last night. He can't be any worse than what Cubs have in pen now. Where was this at? Independent league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 24 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Where was this at? Independent league? Chicago Dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 53 minutes ago, Stlboiler23 said: Can a Cub fan explain to me why Happ was in the minors all year until just recently? It’s not like they have 3 stud outfielders that were blocking him. Almora and has -0.4 WAR this year wasn’t cutting it. Why so long to make the move? Head case and honestly after his leadoff HR last year to start the season he was just brutal. Spring training was bad.....and he was nowhere near Heyward, Schwarber...and honestly Almora before his recent meltdown. With addition of Castellanos and Bryant playing in left he wasn't needed. PS....his errors this past week led to a couple of losses so he's back in the can you go away category for me again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Head case and honestly after his leadoff HR last year to start the season he was just brutal. Spring training was bad.....and he was nowhere near Heyward, Schwarber...and honestly Almora before his recent meltdown. With addition of Castellanos and Bryant playing in left he wasn't needed. PS....his errors this past week led to a couple of losses so he's back in the can you go away category for me again. Gotcha. Can you elaborate on the head case comment? What kind of things has he done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Just now, Stlboiler23 said: Gotcha. Can you elaborate on the head case comment? What kind of things has he done? Just his intensity. He's one of those guys who tries so hard, studies so much....nothing bad but in baseball you need to chill every once in awhile because it's such a long season. He's full throttle all the time. Beats himself up mentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Did any of you Reds fans watch the game last night and hear the conversation that Brenaman and Welsh have about pitching. Talk about how the bullpens being over used especially early because the starters are not ready early in the year to even go 100 pitches into a game. Maybe they read this board since we had a very similar discussion the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 The Cubs starting staff, beside the Hamels beat down the other day, has been stellar... Problem is, they're not generating any offense, and when they do, the bullpen says, "We can beat that!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Did any of you Reds fans watch the game last night and hear the conversation that Brenaman and Welsh have about pitching. Talk about how the bullpens being over used especially early because the starters are not ready early in the year to even go 100 pitches into a game. Maybe they read this board since we had a very similar discussion the other day. Unless you can produce a recording verified by PriceWaterhouseCooper, I'm skeptical... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: Unless you can produce a recording verified by PriceWaterhouseCooper, I'm skeptical... In tonight's game they were talking about how starters in baseball is averaging just over 5 innings per game. Also talking about how they will break the homerun record this year by around 300 homeruns this year and how that is hurting the game or more specifically pitching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: Unless you can produce a recording verified by PriceWaterhouseCooper, I'm skeptical... Amazingly, I found this link with that very name. https://www.brennamenandwelshverifiedbypricewaterhousecooper.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Aristides Aquino. 'Nuff said. Seriously. The dude is must watch right now. I'm not 'watching' the game. But I've watched all 3 of his at bats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 17 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Aristides Aquino. 'Nuff said. Seriously. The dude is must watch right now. I'm not 'watching' the game. But I've watched all 3 of his at bats. On fire....damn, just unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 9 hours ago, rico said: Is he 40? But heck yeah, give Big Z a chance. Maybe we could get Michael Barrett to catch him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 11 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Maybe we could get Michael Barrett to catch him Nah, Steve Swisher.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 16 minutes ago, rico said: Nah, Steve Swisher.... But Michael and Carlos have such a special relationship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Great game for the Reds tonight and had some good pitching. Lorenzen had a great night with 2IP, 0H, 0R and 2-2 batting. Also I want to say the shift did help the Reds twice tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Rays strike out 24 batters, walk 0. That's a formula for winning. https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401076576 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 11 hours ago, IU Scott said: Great game for the Reds tonight and had some good pitching. Lorenzen had a great night with 2IP, 0H, 0R and 2-2 batting. Also I want to say the shift did help the Reds twice tonight. Just saw the highlights. The throwback Big Red Machine uniforms were a nice touch. Maybe the Reds should keep wearing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 21 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Just saw the highlights. The throwback Big Red Machine uniforms were a nice touch. Maybe the Reds should keep wearing them Whatever it takes to keep winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Every once in awhile I take my Cub blinders off and look around at other teams. Obviously Yankees are on another level but look at Rays. 20 over .500 and best road record in baseball yet only 1/2 game lead over A's for final playoff spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Every once in awhile I take my Cub blinders off and look around at other teams. Obviously Yankees are on another level but look at Rays. 20 over .500 and best road record in baseball yet only 1/2 game lead over A's for final playoff spot. Very strong chance that a team will get left out of the play-offs in the AL with 90 wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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