Padres (King) vs Brewers (Henderson): 10/4/26, 3:00pm

[formerlybis]

2 hours ago, CheezWizHed said:

Not sure what is awkward... I said Gasser in game 4.  May is pitching game 3 with potentially Patrick or Drohan to follow.  

First of all, if I'm sensing any animosity towards my post, I certainly meant none - I truly didn't understand

This is what you posted: "They will save Gasser for Game 4 (that won't be needed).  I'd guess we'd have Patrick and Gasser follow May. " I thought you meant Patrick and Gasser would go in G4, if necessary (judging by the first sentence). And that's not what you meant, I think you may have just mistakenly put Gasser in the second sentence when (judging by this most recent post) it looks like you meant to say Drohan. 

And, FTR, I have no issue with using Patrick tomorrow if the situation warrants - but there's also logic in saving him as our only RH long reliever for LHP Gasser's start.

 

[Samurai Bucky]

2 hours ago, Samurai Bucky said:

"... but he didn't play football, so I shed that tackle."  

Classic Sal!!!!

Here is Yelich's reference in the presser...  perhaps someone else posted this?  If so, Sorry..

 

[CheezWizHed]

4 minutes ago, formerlybis said:

First of all, if I'm sensing any animosity towards my post, I certainly meant none - I truly didn't understand

This is what you posted: "They will save Gasser for Game 4 (that won't be needed).  I'd guess we'd have Patrick and Gasser follow May. " I thought you meant Patrick and Gasser would go in G4, if necessary (judging by the first sentence). And that's not what you meant, I think you may have just mistakenly put Gasser in the second sentence when (judging by this most recent post) it looks like you meant to say Drohan. 

And, FTR, I have no issue with using Patrick tomorrow if the situation warrants - but there's also logic in saving him as our only RH long reliever for LHP Gasser's start.

 

Doh! I read what I wrote twice and still missed Gasser there twice. Yes, the second was meant to be "Patrick and Drohan".  No animosity assumed... I was just confused... until now. 🤦‍♂️

[adambr2]

May wouldn’t be my choice , and I think that if he has a poor outing that you can make a pretty good case that he shouldn’t on the NLCS roster. 

That said, the 2-0 lead lets them approach the next game without any desperation, so you can roll the dice on him. 

I hope they don’t take any game for granted though, and if they’re in a position to win they should go for it. As fun as games like last night are at home to win, I’d prefer to avoid a repeat of last year of dropping both road games and heading back to Milwaukee for one winner take all. 

[Frisbee Slider]

 

[adambr2]

I counted 17 missed ball/strike calls yesterday — 9 against us and 8 against the Padres. Bad, but not as one sided as I expected to see. 

The 3B ump on the other hand…

[CheezWizHed]

While I saw the sleeve up on FBs to Yelich and Frelick, I only saw one to Sanchez and Chourio... the first pitch he threw to Chourio. The rest of the FBs, he had his sleeve down. So this feels a lot like a nothing-burger.

First FB to Chourio:

Here is right before the game winning hit:

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

13 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

May wouldn’t be my choice , and I think that if he has a poor outing that you can make a pretty good case that he shouldn’t on the NLCS roster. 

That said, the 2-0 lead lets them approach the next game without any desperation, so you can roll the dice on him. 

I hope they don’t take any game for granted though, and if they’re in a position to win they should go for it. As fun as games like last night are at home to win, I’d prefer to avoid a repeat of last year of dropping both road games and heading back to Milwaukee for one winner take all. 

I agree with this.  I'm not a fan of May, and personally think Gasser is better, but it is what it is.  Probably not a huge difference between going May (Game 3) and Gasser (Game 4) than vice versa.  Unless you were planning a "bullpen game" in which case I'd drop May.

Adam said it best... give May the start.  Hopefully he can pull it together.  I'd also have a VERY short leash with him... if he bombs in Game 3, I definitely don't want to see him on the NLCS roster (provided we make it).

If we can finish off the Padres without using Miz/Henderson again, that sets up a pretty nice start to the NLCS with those two dealing.  What we do for Game 3/4/5/6/7 becomes interesting.  

Sunday 10/11 (presumably Miz)
Monday 10/12 (presumably Henderson)
Wed 10/14 TBA
Thu 10/15 TBA
Fri 10/16 TBA (if necessary)
Sunday 10/18
Monday 10/19

If we're down 3-1, do you throw Miz in Game 5?  -Assuming yes.   If its 2-2 heading into Game 5, do you save Miz for Game 6, and then Henderson gets a potential Game 7 -  Assuming yes and yes

 

[MrTPlush]

32 minutes ago, CheezWizHed said:

Which was really dumb because there wasn't any way we were getting Tatis at home... 

in his defense, it took a pretty good throw to get him.

Did they ever give reasoning on it? Another possibility is Machado never expected to have the ball go to 3rd. It takes a very quick thinking smart baseball move to even make that throw to 3rd base. Tatis scoring is devastating in itself, many players just chuck it toward home on a hope and prayer.

[BruisedCrew]

33 minutes ago, CheezWizHed said:

Which was really dumb because there wasn't any way we were getting Tatis at home... 

I don’t know if Machado slowed down or not, but I assume what she was referring to is Machado making sure that Tatis crossed the plate before he was tagged out, not that Tatis could have been thrown out.