Skubal had an excellent outing tonight.
And yet that's five times they've pitched on the same day since the trade and five times Henderson outpitched Skubal.
Kind of weird they were thinking of it enough in spring training to be displaying color-coded cards in the dugout that told players when they were allowed to challenge based on the situation, yet we're five months into the season and they still haven't been able to pass down what those situations were and have the players just learn them.
The first lineup they posted had Turang, Yelich, and Mitchell in it, Contreras catching, and no Frelick. Not sure if the Brewers social team or Murphy was braindead so that could be a fun evening IGT debate to be had only if it gets rained out.
Bryse not Chafining/Woodfording and forcing someone else to get up is helpful.
Nice outing for Bobby. Hope he didn't earn himself a couple weeks' vacation in Nashville for the effort.
That's where I don't like it - the double standard.
Sanchez is 4th in batter challenges in MLB despite having 200 fewer ABs than the guys above him, while also having one of the worst success rates.
As far as Pratt taking a strike down the middle in a bunt situation, will he also be benching Mitchell for constantly striking out looking with runners on base?
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48305211/2026-mlb-abs-challenge-system-tracker-team-player-rankings
Sanchez 4th in batter challenges despite 200 fewer ABS than anyone above him. The lowest win percentage on the entire list.
Also seems that unlike double headers it may be restricted to position players? Which provides little value. Our only pitching option would have been Koenig, but another bullpen arm would still tend to be more useful.
Braves choice is...Brewer Hicklen.