Not sure if this was mentioned in the thread, but did anyone else see Contreras firing the ball back at Freddy any time he made a couple of bad pitches in a row?
Ortiz is so much better defensively I think they are going to keep him in there. Mona made some nice plays while he was out but you could tell the defense just didn't operate like they wanted it to. I like Durbin, but I wouldn't mind giving some of his starts to Monasterio.
Eh, it shouldn’t but it kind of does. If Skenes maintains his numbers and Peralta gets down to a 2.30 ERA and wins 19 games, I could see a lot of votes start to swing his way.
I say yes. We'll know more after this weekend in Pittsburgh though. Cubs have the Nats at home, and the Pirates are hot. series wins over St. Louis, Toronto, Boston, and a sweep of the Dodgers since they left Milwaukee.
Would rather have him at 9 so maybe he gets on for the 2-3 other guys who are hitting right now.
but yeah, I’m about done with Blake Perkins plate appearances.
Not sure, but Peralta averages 5.5 innings per start this year. Logan Webb leads the majors in innings and averages 6.2. So the pitcher with the most innings in the MLB this year gets 2 outs per game more than Freddy. Complete non-issue.
Agree until your last sentence. Would love to see him in more high leverage spots and we're trending that way. But we have tons of starting pitching options and I think Ashby is better suited as a reliever.