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I'm a little concerned that Edwards is now walking just about 6 per 9 IP. He's kinda gone full Marmol on us lately - unhittable but still unreliable. His numbers since the beginning of June have actually been not very good.
On the bright side, Strop's calmed down a lot and has been excellent lately.
14 pitchers! I wonder if this is just a one or two day thing, having burned through five relievers last night. Wilson, Duensing and Davis all threw at least 24 pitches, and Edwards was pretty sloppy.
I predict Zastryzny gets Maytag repairman duty.
Like the 1945 World Series, I don't think either of them can win.
This made me look up the Sandberg game. He beats Santo 1.063 to 1.022. Among the many remarkable things about that game (besides Sandberg 5-6 7 RBI, 2 game trying HR and Willie McGee hitting for the cycle in a losing cause), is Bruce Sutter. Sutter came in with 2 out in the bottom of the 7th. He pitched the 8th, 9th (and gave up a game tying HR), and 10th (and gave up a game tying HR). he faced 15 batters over 4 innings.
Man, hitting for the cycle and getting completely overshadowed in the memories of that game? Willie McGee outta go out bowling with Keith Hernandez.
He was named player of the game that day by NBC because most of Sandberg's heroics came so late.
ERA: 14.21
WHIP: 2.053
OAVG/OOBP/OSLG: .217/.438/.435
OOPS 873
I'd be perfectly fine if Maddon decides to push him at the back of the bullpen instead of constantly using him in key situations like he has been this week.
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Not only has Edwards been really bad, Davis has been really shaky (since the beginning of July, he's allowed 10 hits and 9 BB in 10IP - I guess he's plenty rested) and Wilson has been pretty bad since arriving. If those 3 are unreliable, the entire pen looks bad. The next group down - Koji*, Strop, Rondon, Montgomery, Duensing** - are about the same and are always going to be hit or miss.
*He's just not fooling anyone anymore. He might just be bad?
**Once again, he's been better than anyone expected. Though still mostly LI - and lately he's been LOOGYing a lot.
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Arrieta and Lackey have been better lately, but both still on the skaky side (or at least feel like that).
*Worth noting again, but he bottomed out on May 7th at .209/.280/.330 and has been hitting .309/.375/.610 in the 72 games since (19 of his 21 HRs in that stretch).
**He hasn't been bad lately, but the power is missing. He's at .287/.354/.414 since 7/8 with 2 HRs and 5 doubles (that date was cherry picked since he hit 2HR on 7/7).
No stories out yet I can find though.
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He hit a single 1 in every 8 PA in 2015, but just 1 every 14 PA in 2017 so far. The rest - the power, the walks, the tons'o'Ks - are all roughly the same.
I think the jury is still out on his defense, and a few lead glove events don't necessarily reflect the big picture. UZR150 actually likes him in his 573 OF innings this season (16th among MLB OFers with >500 innings). But I think we have to put that stat through a bit of a common sense filter, and come short of labeling him as a good OFer.
Most importantly, I think his hitting flaws have not gone away, and he desperately needs to work on them.
Heh, I was watching this game when it happened. It was totally warranted.
Seconded.
My optimism on this is definitely wavering.
Seconded.
See, it's this sort of naked racism that's cost Angel Hernandez the crew chief and postseason assignments his stellar umpiring has long merited.
I've been with you a long time on this, but Schwarber's fielding is just getting tougher and tougher to defend. I've sat in the same seats at Wrigley since 1996. I have a pretty good sense off the bat of which balls should be caught. Schwarber absolutely gets to fewer of them than just about anyone else. I've seen Khris Davis out there, so I won't say that Schwarber is the worst, but what I thought was a fluke in the Mets playoff series is moving dangerously close to a trend.
Oh sure. But like with Betre and the on deck circle, it was both awesome and totally deserving of ejection.
He hit a single 1 in every 8 PA in 2015, but just 1 every 14 PA in 2017 so far.
BABIP:
2015: .293
2017: .227
Fair enough, though I'm curious what the limits of an umpire's authority to eject spectators are. Could the umpire issue a gag order against a PA announcer who makes disparaging comments toward an ump? (Not that that would happen...though there are times where it'd be funny as hell.)
Check back in with me in October and I'll tell ya. (FWIW, I think last year's LDS tickets were $55 face for season ticket holders in the 500-level/infield. I sold one pair for, I wanna say, $100-120 apiece on Stubhub. I don't imagine they'd be more expensive this year, but who knows.)
My seats are in 528, but they're definitely in the "good seats but not like front row" category--they offer great bang for your buck. They're about half the price of thousands of 200-level seats that offer a letterbox view (a result of the mezzanine suites, which keep you from even seeing the scoreboards from certain rows), poor sightlines, and the occasional pole. 528 gives you a view of the entire field except the right field corner, and an excellent view of the infield, particularly plays at first base.
If you're splurging at all, 400 level (upper deck box) is the way to go. But 500 level is a great value (with my biases acknowledged).
Mongo wasn't a spectator. He was given the PA mike by the home team in order to address the crowd, and thus was a de facto employee of the home team. Team officials and employees due fall under the umpire's authority.
I don't see why he couldn't.
I just wish it had the radio feed for the game-ending play. Ron Santo's reactions in the background (a series of groans and random interjections and "oh nooooo"s) while Pat Hughes called the insanity on the field were terrific. One of the most memorable radio sequences I've heard.
I really doubt they will be cheaper than last year. I paid low $200s for bleachers (assigned seats, back row) through Stubhub, taxes and fees included.
One thing to consider is that SRO at Wrigley isn't so bad nowadays. It includes the bar underneath the CF scoreboard, which seems like a pretty decent vantage point for watching the game. I think if you arrive early SRO is not bad at all.
Fair enough, though I'm curious what the limits of an umpire's authority to eject spectators are. Could the umpire issue a gag order against a PA announcer who makes disparaging comments toward an ump? (Not that that would happen...though there are times where it'd be funny as hell.)
I am pretty sure the umpire has the right to eject anyone in the ballpark. While Hernandez is a terrible umpire, McMichael definitely crossed a line that I think deserved ejection.
My hope was that being a full time outfielder would give him the opportunity to iron out some of these issues. I am less optimistic on this front.
Oh sure--my question was more on the former point than the latter. (Though per Misirlou's response, is that authority limited to club employees or people under their direct control?)
From MLB's Ask the Umpire page:
P.S. No, I am not actually going to do this. I am not a crackpot.
P.P.S. I don't think I'm actually going to do this.
That may be the case from the center field bleachers SRO area (never been out there, but it makes sense that'd be a good view--for one thing, that area's heavily elevated), but I'd beg to differ as to the SRO areas in the main grandstand. Same letterbox view you get from about rows 10 and up in the 200-level, only you're not seated, plus you get your view constantly blocked by foot traffic right in front of you.
Then again, if it were a choice between attending and not attending a postseason game, I guess it might be worth it; it would not be for a regular season game IMO.
Ah, you're no fun anymore.
Should you actually go through with this, I would insist you let me know ahead of time so I'd be sure to watch.
Yes. I see no contradiction in an umpire ejecting a team or ballpark official or employees for something he would ignore from a fan. As an obvious example, a player or manager arguing balls and strikes vs a fan doing so. A PA announcer saying "Hey, that was obviously a strike. C'mon blue" would warrant ejection, and probably suspension.
I'd kick in a few bucks for his tickets.
<Adds photograph of Charles S. to collage on wall, draws line with arrow to the Fed.>
You know, now that I start looking it up, I might be misinformed about what the situation is with SRO in the bleachers. I can't find any info about SRO except on the main level of the grandstand. When I was there last year I specifically asked an employee about where someone could stand who had an SRO ticket and was told that standing at the bar was okay, but now I wonder if that was a misunderstanding.
Do you think I'd get kicked out right away, or would it get the announcers talking, get picked up by Sportscenter and launch a glorious revolution?
I am going to guess no to getting kicked out right away (assuming the signs are reasonable in size and content) and yes to being picked up.
Just spitballing here, but wouldn't it be SOP for the ushers to check for content of any signs before you take your seat? I mean, what if during a pitch, you hold up a \"#### you Trump you ############# cockholster!" sign and that gets seen on national TV? Sure, you will likely get swiftly kicked out, but it can't be unseen and the damage is already done to the ambarassment of the home team.
Now I know whose picture my next thumbtack will be holding up.
Don't they have the broadcast delay for this sort of thing?
That would be my next mission.
I think I sat in Sect 120 for the WS last year, which was very expensive.
How many for each game? If you're just talking about a single, yeah, that should be do-able.
Yeah, I guess that's true. You wouldn't even need an offensive sign, just drop throu and moon the camera. How do they handle such things? "Well, that curve for strike 3 was a thing of beauty, but be couldn't show you because of the idiot in the 3rd row."
OTTOH, as a way to mitigate having to interrupt the broadcast, I still think they might censor the signs before you take your seat.
One seat per game? Yeah, almost certainly. I'd say you could probably get two per game for that kind of money, though I suppose if one of the games was potential Cubs clincher you'd pay more (duh).
Charlie Root and Kyle Schwarber are both from Middletown, Ohio. (I didn't know that about Root until looking at his bbref page just now...)
Interestingly, both PTBNL were major league players: Mark Clark and Manny Alexander
That's a lot of major league players in a trade that ended up having any few actual ramifications for either team. I guess Wendell had a couple of vaguely decent seasons out of the Mets pen.
It's 2013. I dunno who the 30th team he beat was.
I just threw that one in.
So yesterday's birthday boy & today's birthday boy are sitting out today's afternoon game. Sounds like they might have celebrated a bit last night.
Whiplash?
Yeah, but if Avila becomes the starter, now they're going to have to go out and trade for *another* backup chock full of veteranny goodness! Who do they give up this time?
Contreras has carried the team since the ASB, with 1.4 WAR and .440 wOBP. It's time for other good players to pick it up.
Charles, Spahn, Face and I were there for that one. I was saying "Don't do it, don't do it!" But he did it.
1. swing & miss
2. take a strike looking
3. take a ball
4. fouls one off
5. swing and miss
6. take a ball
7. take a strike looking
8. swing and miss
9. swing and miss
10. swing and miss
11. swing and miss
12. swing and miss
13. take a strike looking
14. swing and miss
15. take a strike looking
4 PA. 4 Ks - just 15 pitches. 9 swings: 1 foul and 8 misses.
On July 27 he hit 2 homers and a triple in a game against the White Sox & that was high tide on my feelings on his return. Since then he's 7-for-34 with 20 strikeouts.
OK, and four walks, a double & two homers. But 20 strikeouts in 34 at bats.
Slash line of: .206/.289/.412. Four runs scored and two RBIs. Huh. He hasn't driven in anyone but himself in over two weeks - despite batting 5th or 6th in the order most times.
And made one error in 13+ chances (13 chances prior to tonight - no idea how many he had in this game).
Yeah, it's only a brief time period and all that, but ...... he ain't inspiring much confidence this year.
Oh, man, that was great. I was thinking "He's not really going to...wow, he really is...holy crap, he did!"
I found this one so impressive, I had to dig deeper....
He's had 14 PA with runners on base. He's 1-for-13 with a walk. The 12 outs consist of: 9 strikeouts, 2 pop ups, and a line out (to deep center, with the bases loaded, to end the game in Milwaukee on July 29). That's just ..... I mean, I know it's a small sample size and I'm cherry picking my endpoints and .... still, that's something. Just 4 balls in play - and two of them pop ups, the easiest ball in play to turn into outs.
The hit was a single, that advanced a runner from first to third on August 3. The walk came with runners on the corners on August 11.
With runners in scoring position, he's 0-for-6 with a walk. 4 Ks.
Oh, wait - I forgot about today's game. Right now, he's 0-for-3 with 3 Ks. Man... Twice up withe men on, including once with runners on.
So 1-for-15 with runners on, 11 Ks, and 2 pop ups.
0-for-7 with runners in scoring base.
But at least his at bats are longer when he strikes out than they were yesterday.
Javy since the break, not including today's 2-4 with 1 HR: 300/349/575 ... with now 30 K and 7 HR in 90 PA.
Russell was also hitting well at 306/338/565 while Zobrist continues to struggle (239/320/330).
Cub SPs had a 4.66 ERA pre-break, 3.23 since ... but as we've all noticed, the pen has gone the other direction from 3.23 to 4.28 and the only ones pitching well are the lower-leverage ones (possibly becoming higher-leverage relievers). Edwards' bizarre line against of 167/380/306.
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