April Game Thread

[lou]

Time to start building a new lineup. I'll toss the name Myles Straw out for discussion. Houston has him parked in AAA. 75 SB last year. CF/lead off hitter type. Marlins can deal from pitching depth. Jorge Guzman maybe?

They moved him to SS and are grooming him as their do everything bench player

You'd also never trade Guzman for him, but I do like Straw for who he is

[Maddawg]

Bats are in the deep freeze again today.

[geemoney]

I mean, credit Arano, but the hacks the Marlins took in the 12th made it look like they just want the Phils to score and for this one to be over.

[Nick]

Mattingly has somewhere to be, Chen is in.

[fish16]

Just fucking dump Chen already holy shit. It’s a sunk cost, just fucking get rid of him and stop with this shit where we’re playing with 24 players an entire year just because they don’t want to release him

[Maddawg]

Just fucking dump Chen already holy shit. It’s a sunk cost, just fucking get rid of him and stop with this shit where we’re playing with 24 players an entire year just because they don’t want to release him

100% agree....this is pathetic. Fans stay around 13 innings only for this ? That's abuse by the team

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FUCK ME OVER......

[Nick]

Boo this man.

[Maddawg]

Boo this man.

[Nick]

Chen's ERA went down in that outing, guys.

[fish16]

100% agree....this is pathetic. Fans stay around 13 innings only for this ? That's abuse by the team

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FUCK ME OVER......

I’d guess he has less than a week or 2 left as a marlin. This is an untenable situation.

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Not even watching the game but just watching on the espn app in an airport. You already know how this game ends though- it ends with us of course scoring a run this inning and then stranding the tying run

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On a positive note, nick anderson is a legit reliever we found

[Maddawg]

Chen's ERA went down in that outing, guys.

yay !!!

Prolly from 24.7 to 22 ?

Mattingly just forget he exists if Jeter won't DFA him......how do you expect people to buy tickets when you are TRYING to lose games.....this is about as bad as it gets for PR....you wasted not only 9 innings of a game but 5 extra innings of their time.....

[Nick]

On a positive note, nick anderson is a legit reliever we found

Bullpen has been interesting. Guys expected to be good, Steck, Conley and Romo have been bad. The "nobodies" have actually been good. And Chen's been a disaster as expected.

[fish16]

I just don’t see a way they keep him on the roster. I don’t mind them at least seeing if he can become a bullpen arm but it’s clear he’s not a major league pitcher. Bite the bullet and release him.

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On a side note urena was really good today and Wallach looks very very improved from last year. Would be nice if he can become our long term backup

[lou]

On a positive note, nick anderson is a legit reliever we found

I'm going to focus on positives. Did you see this - https://blogs.fangraphs.com/nick-and...bly-excellent/

He may be very legit and a real find to add to the future hypothetical right handed bullpen of Guzman, E. Cabrera, Holloway, and TBD failed SP of Alcantara/Richards/Pablo/Neidert/Gallen/Yamamoto

[fish16]

I'm going to focus on positives. Did you see this - https://blogs.fangraphs.com/nick-and...bly-excellent/

He may be very legit and a real find to add to the future hypothetical right handed bullpen of Guzman, E. Cabrera, Holloway, and TBD failed SP of Alcantara/Richards/Pablo/Neidert/Gallen/Yamamoto

I said when we got him I thought he was a real piece moving forward. All we gave up was schales too I believe. He can’t be fun to face as a righty