2023 Game Thread

[fish16]

clear pitching matchup advantage for us today. this is a must win. Take this series and head into 8 with the rays and nats.

[fish16]

If this is it for Garcia's 2nd season here, he has made 24 million to produce a -.9 WAR overall and a 66 WRC+ last year and somehow an even worse 50 WRC+ this year. send this guy to fucking taiwan already he blows.

[Namaste]

clear pitching matchup advantage for us today. this is a must win. Take this series and head into 8 with the rays and nats.

We are thin underdogs calm down

Winnable game no doubt but we are likely 48% to win

[fish16]

We are thin underdogs calm down

Winnable game no doubt but we are likely 48% to win

not sure why you need to argue, what i said it true. It is a clear pitching advantage for us today with sandy on the mound vs seth lugo. Doesnt mean we are guaranteed to win obviously. They need to win every time sandy is on the mound the rest of the year.

[Nick]

I think it's because they have this longterm and they view him as a 1B/DH/LF type.

C K. Lee, _____
1B Vaughn
2B ___, Sosa/Rodriguez
SS Montgomery, _____
3B Ramos
LF Benintendi
CF Robert, _______
RF Colas
DH Eloy

(And in 2024, Anderson and Moncada are the IF blank lines you imagine).

Burger is certainly a quality bat, but the 1B/OF/DH five-some are going nowhere for awhile, Montgomery *probably* moves to 3B eventually hurting Burger there too, and they do need some pitching as they don't have much outside Cease and Santos. This is a pretty solid positional pipeline for them with a lot of control. Especially when they sign some longterm 2B/SS/3B here which they will in the next year or two. I get what they are doing for an arguably volatile high K rate/low defense guy like Burger (although the defense is pretty solid. this year), but I think it's a valid question if Eder off injury was the best he could get for him as Burger is pretty solid. I'm not worried about Eder's SSS with them so far, but .800+ OPS bats don't grow on trees these days and his analytics say more may be coming. Under 100 guys in baseball this year have that kind of offensive performance (min. 150 PA) so yes, I question too if Eder was the right guy for him.

I think I'd take Burger over Vaughn. Ramos and Montgomery are probably a year away, still find it a little puzzling.

[Todd]

Myers, Johnston, Edwards, and Hampson have all been hitting the shit out of the ball in AAA. Wonder who gets the call for Garcia. Id imagine it's hampson. But on a positive note it does open up 1 more spot for another guy like myers to come up when rosters expand. Id imagine we see Edwards, Hampson, and Myers all on the roster in september and Cabrera comes up for Weathers spot currently. I dont see any other pitchers deserving of call ups.

I really wish they'd make 28 the new base roster size and bring back the September callups.

Would give teams 14 position and 14 pitchers. A starting 9 with a 5 man bench(backup C, 2 IF/UT, 2 OF/UT). 5 SP and a 9 man bullpen where you can stick a 6th starter or arm with potential you want to get low leverage IP in that 9th BP spot

[fish16]

I really wish they'd make 28 the new base roster size and bring back the September callups.

Would give teams 14 position and 14 pitchers. A starting 9 with a 5 man bench(backup C, 2 IF/UT, 2 OF/UT). 5 SP and a 9 man bullpen where you can stick a 6th starter or arm with potential you want to get low leverage IP in that 9th BP spot

i get why they put a cap on september call ups, i just wish that cap were higher. i think 30 is fine.

[Namaste]

not sure why you need to argue

That’s a weird thing to say considering your middle name is Argue.

Yes, it can be argued that we have a “clear” pitching advantage being Sandy has been outstanding recently.

But at the end of the day, Lugo has a 3.59 xFIP and Sandy has a 3.82 xFIP.

The Padres are likely the unluckiest team in MLB so far this season (+58 Run Diff) so this game isn’t a MUST WIN by any means.

We all would have been really pleased if they went 6-6 over the last 12 and a loss tonight would put them at 5-7 over that span.

[fish16]

That’s a weird thing to say considering your middle name is Argue.

Yes, it can be argued that we have a “clear” pitching advantage being Sandy has been outstanding recently.

But at the end of the day, Lugo has a 3.59 xFIP and Sandy has a 3.82 xFIP.

The Padres are likely the unluckiest team in MLB so far this season (+58 Run Diff) so this game isn’t a MUST WIN by any means.

We all would have been really pleased if they went 6-6 over the last 12 and a loss tonight would put them at 5-7 over that span.

it's a must win every time sandy is on the mound and you are a game out of the playoff chase in late august. Feel free to debate your semantics with someone else. We have a clear pitching advantage, Sandy is a much better pitcher than Lugo.

[fish16]

nance and hampson recalled. Garcia to the IL and Weather banished to AAA

[Namaste]

Having the infield play in on a 0-0 game in the 1st inning is dumb

[fish16]

ANOTHER key ab for wendle with RISP. why the fuck is this guy still on the roster. Dont even care if he gets a hit here, it's enough already. what does he have to do to get cut.

[fish16]

what a relief, another weak fucking grounder

[Todd]

Wendle continuing to get ABs while Edwards is in Jacksonville should be a fireable offense. He is a league average defender and one of the worst hitters in baseball.

I dont understand the fascination with him.

*somewhere from the back*
"HE'S MAKING $6 MILLION!"

Oh. It makes sense now.

[Namaste]

The clear pitching matchup advantage belonged to Seth Lugo today.

We’ll need another miracle comeback to go 6-6 over a very rough 12 games.