adambr2

Two divisions in baseball have two winnings teams. Three others have just one. The NL Central has five. 😳

23-16 and the big boys are all back. I think operation “just hang in there for 6 weeks” was a success.

Yup. They could put out Zerpa on the 60 day IL, add Lara to the 40 man roster, and option him up for Mitchell anytime they want to.

When you’re striking out nearly 40% of the time you need to make that catch.

I get that you don’t want to give up a leadoff triple but didn’t it seem like Frelick had a play on that? Felt like he waited back on it forever.

And that was such a classic David Hamilton hit, lol.

Such a Sproat outing. Pitches so well for the most part but some bad things at some bad times.

You bring up a good point, with Lara it’s easy to forget that he’s actually only 21, still quite young for his level. So it’s not like there’s not still some room for growth and development and not really any reason to rush him unless we get into an outfield pinch. Some of the current outfielders could stand to step it up, though.

I would anticipate that being a good month away and don’t think they’ll rush it at all with no real urgent reason to right now. In fact if it ends up being longer than the month I can see them holding off until the AS break.

No doubt that Mitchell and Frelick both have to be better, no matter what order you want to list them in. Among our starters, they’re the two that stand out. Ortiz is Ortiz, but we kind of already knew that. Frelick and Mitchell we expect and need more from the bat. It is a wonder that we were able to get by without Chourio as long as we did.

It is interesting how dramatic the splits are for Perkins. He’s a much better hitter as a RHB both for his career but especially this season, he has yet to get a hit as a lefty. Also not sure what the circumstances were that Perkins decided to bat RH against RHP but apparently he has done so 5 times in his career and albeit in a small sample he went 1 for 3 with a double, walk and sac fly. Perhaps he would be better served just exclusively batting RH. Also I think what you’re seeing is less anti-Perkins and more people excited about Lara and ready for him to get a shot.

The 1 HR is what is pretty alarming to me. I figured the strikeouts would be plentiful, but I thought if healthy he’d have as much pop as anyone in the lineup.

If we get swept in the World Series by the Yankees I will not look at this season as a disappointment.

You guys win, I never saw anything to expect more than a glove first average starting 2B. I definitely didn’t see a lefty Nico Hoerner. The somber reality is that we are going to lose him in 2-4 years, so maybe they really do feel they’ve found another one in Pratt.

What a fun weekend. Can anyone explain why it’s ruled a single when a runner is struck by a ground ball on the infield and thus ruled out? I learned something new today. What a way that would be for someone to lose a no-hitter.