Rays (Eflin) vs Brewers (Rea): 5/1/24, 12:10pm

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 minute ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

I wonder if maybe we're getting to the point where the pitchers peripherals love are also going to be the ones more likely to get hurt...

I have always liked Rea. The Kyle Hendricks, really solid number 3 starter kind of guys always seem undervalued.

Ha! If you ask a lot of Cubs fans, Hendricks is prime Greg Maddux

[RobertCrawley]

Nice West Bend Mutual Insurance run.

[sveumrules]

8 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

Abner is up.

Should be fresh, think he threw more punches than pitches last night.

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, sveumrules said:

Should be fresh, think he threw more punches than pitches last night.

I feel like putting him in right would be poking the bear unnecessarily. 

[SeaBass]

Just now, sveumrules said:

Should be fresh, think he threw more punches than pitches last night.

He did have some good swing and miss with those punches too.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Just now, RobertCrawley said:

I feel like putting him in right would be poking the bear unnecessarily. 

Well if he's going to be down for a few days, might as well tire him out a bit first.

[sveumrules]

Adames atoning for those errors and then some.

[RobertCrawley]

Wow, Willy. 

This game is close to Chafin-proof.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I feel like the offense heating up, along with the (hopefully) imminent return of Yelich, may lead to an exciting stretch of baseball.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

3 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

Wow, Willy. 

This game is close to Chafin-proof.

Saw Chafin is pitching well this year so far. Does not compute. ;)

[wildcat83]

Willy off balance out on his front foot, and hits a pitch that was probably off the plate down and away out to dead center.  Just watching the swing and the pitch location, I thought that was a shallow fly ball to center off the bat.  I can see why the pitcher looked shocked that it was out.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

Saw Chafin is pitching well this year so far. Does not compute. ;)

Saw that too. He gave up a run in the Detroit loss to cardinals, but overall not too bad this year.

[young guns]

Willy going full 3rd base Ryan Braun today.  Make an error hit a homer.  I like it.

[Joseph Zarr]

Sizzling Hawt Take:

Being up 7-0 feels much better than trailing 15-3. 

(Don't @ Me. Actually, you can't @ Me regardless. Or, wait...)

[wildcat83]

Feel like this game could get interesting in more ways than one right now....

[RobertCrawley]

Abner is not feeling it.

[RobertCrawley]

Is Schroeder right about that? It's not when the ball hits the glove but when it enters the glove?

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, RobertCrawley said:

Is Schroeder right about that? It's not when the ball hits the glove but when it enters the glove?

Yes

[Ro Mueller]

Bauers has a 4 BB / 26 K ratio. I doubt we’ll see him make many more starts.

Maybe Ortiz or Turang should get some OF innings.

[wildcat83]

One knee catching is gaining popularity, but good old fashioned stopping the baseball wouldn't hurt from time to time.

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Yes

Learn something new every day. But doesn't the first-base umpire watch the base and listen for the ball in the glove? What's the technique there?

[folly412]

Best performance Uribe has had of late is getting himself tossed.  Maybe he can do it again.

[HarryDoyle]

Forget the suspension. Uribe currently doesn't belong on a major league roster right now. He has so much potential but has all the control of Ricky Vaughn.

[AKCheesehead]

Has it been revealed anywhere what was said between Siri and Uribe last night?  That was a little bizarre.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, HarryDoyle said:

Forget the suspension. Uribe currently doesn't belong on a major league roster right now. He has so much potential but has all the control of Ricky Vaughn.

Whatever it takes to get him right. He'll be an important piece to our success in September and hopefully October.