Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series Game 3

[Chewford]

Also, the Marlins are playing the Pirates right now.

[AdamRavs]

WGW but the season is still over.

[Chewford]

Oh my, we so gonna lose.
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This game thread has no potential.

[dgriot]

Big Z favoring hitting batters as opposed to walking them now.
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John Buck is a treasure.

[HUGG]

Pirates batted around without getting a hit

[nny]

How much longer does the Zambrano experiment last?

Over his last 12 starts (62 IP), he has a 6.39 ERA and 46! BB to 40 K. He averages 0.75 walks per inning in that time frame and has only made one decent start (june 3, 7.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K).

The recent history is even worse: 8 starts, 36.1 IP, 7.69 ERA, 34 BB (Very close to 1 BB per IP), just 23 K. Oh and another 7 guys on base by HBP.

I know he's making the minimum so he's not exactly problematic but if we're giving up on this year and there's no way he should be here next year with these kind of outings, I think it's time to give the 5th slot to a young guy to see who's taking Anibal's place.

You've got Leblanc, Hand, Koehler, and Sanabia all possible fill ins. My preference would be Leblanc in the rotation, call up Sanabia for his spot in the bullpen but would also completely understand Koehler since he's 26 and as a "it's now or never" kind of thing while giving Hand and Sanabia constant innings since they are only 22/23.

[Miamarlin21]

Not to be nit picky, but Sanabia is on the disabled list.