August 21st @ The Cleveland Indians

[Youk Of The Nation]

My GT record is not fantastic this year, so let's go ahead and change that. E-Rod vs. Clevinger.

[S5Dewey]

My GT record is not fantastic this year, so let's go ahead and change that. E-Rod vs. Clevinger.

 

I'm in. Let's have this team sweep this series and help Youk's GT record.

[Thunder]

I could've gone to at least one of the games in this series. My uncle has Guardians season tickets that he almost always sells online. Strangely enough, he has Browns season tickets as well. But, since I leave on Friday, it wasn't the best idea. It's too bad, because I'm one of the few people on earth that loves Cleveland. Beautiful city. Win. Dance. Repeat. x2

[Kimmi]

Tough series coming up with some tough opposing pitching. Our offense needs to bring its A game.

 

Let's do this!

 

WIN!!!

[Maxbialystock]

Our lefty vs. their righty. About even in ERA's and K's, so once again it boils down to who is on and who isn't. Home field favors Clevinger.

 

What I liked about ERod his last time out was he really settled down after the 4 run 2d inning. He looked like a pitcher. He has a good slider and changeup, but sometimes doesn't trust them.

[Maxbialystock]

Sadly, the great Brock Holt is probably not playing tonight, so we are stuck with some guy named Nunez at 2b.

[mvp 78]

Núñez 2B,

Betts RF,

Benintendi LF,

Ramirez DH,

Devers 3B,

Bogaerts SS,

Moreland 1B,

Vázquez C,

Bradley Jr. CF,

 

Rodriguez LHP

[Slasher9]

will be flipping between this and the Fairfield CT boys vs Walla Walla.

 

Devers AB's have become "must see" TV.....

[Maxbialystock]

Núñez 2B,

Betts RF,

Benintendi LF,

Ramirez DH,

Devers 3B,

Bogaerts SS,

Moreland 1B,

Vázquez C,

Bradley Jr. CF,

 

Rodriguez LHP

 

That is getting to be Farrell's preferred lineup against righty starters--except that sometimes the catcher is Leon.

 

It is just possible that this is becoming a deep lineup--that is, the bottom three are almost as good as the top and the middle of the order. We'll see.

Edited August 21, 2017 by Maxbialystock

[illinoisredsox]

will be flipping between this and the Fairfield CT boys vs Walla Walla.

 

Devers AB's have become "must see" TV.....

 

Helped my son set up his apartment near Philly last week, and then stopped by Williamsport on the way back to Illinois and took in a game (Walla Walla was one of the teams, California was the other). 46 years after my last LL game, I finally made it to the World Series. One item off the bucket list.

 

It really is an incredible place, and you can't beat the price of admission (free). Highly recommend it.

[Thunder]

will be flipping between this and the Fairfield CT boys vs Walla Walla.

 

Absolutely. I follow closely along any time there's a CT team in Williamsport, and the fact that I can't stop saying Walla Walla only makes this game more intriguing. I might even give the Giants-Browns MNF game some love as well.

[moonslav59]

Núñez 2B,

Betts RF,

Benintendi LF,

Ramirez DH,

Devers 3B,

Bogaerts SS,

Moreland 1B,

Vázquez C,

Bradley Jr. CF,

 

Rodriguez LHP

 

MLB has Holt up 7th and playing 1B.

 

What's up with Moreland?

[moonslav59]

That is getting to be Farrell's preferred lineup against righty starters--except that sometimes the catcher is Leon.

 

It is just possible that this is becoming a deep lineup--that is, the bottom three are almost as good as the top and the middle of the order. We'll see.

 

Screw the absolute lefty-righty obsession: bat Devers 4th.

[d-money]

Hope ERod doesn't stink up the joint.

[Northern Star]

Strangely enough, he has Browns season tickets as well.

 

So your uncle is a masochist.

[Northern Star]

Screw the absolute lefty-righty obsession: bat Devers 4th.

 

And bat Hanley on any other roster, so long as it's not mine.

[d-money]

It's so frustrating watching this guy pitch. Throw strikes you f***!

[TylerD]

Wtf E Rod get it together. You can see him getting frustrated.

[d-money]

Rodriguez just sucks dick!

[d-money]

Wtf E Rod get it together. You can see him getting frustrated.

 

The guy has sucked for the most part since coming back. This rotation's 2 pitchers and a half.

[Station 13]

f*** Rodriguez.

[Northern Star]

f***ing seriously?

[Station 13]

Damn.

[d-money]

Rodriguez needs to throw up a couple of zeros the next couple of innings. Keep the game at hand!

[Northern Star]

remember when we all said E-Rod was gonna be a stud and what a coup it was to get him?

[Maxbialystock]

Screw the absolute lefty-righty obsession: bat Devers 4th.

 

Yesterday the last three were all batting lefty--Moreland, Leon, and JBJ--and had all the rbi's and 4 of the runs scored.

 

I'm no HanRam fan, not by a longshot, but I'm not sure 4th is best for Devers. As his splits currently show, he has batted 5th about 38 times with an OPS of somewhere around .940. He has batted 6th, 7th, and 9th a collective total of 40 at bats with an OPS of 1.225. That's about a 300 point difference. Those are of course small sample sizes, but so is yours (including all at bats since he joined the team).

[Northern Star]

I'd love to see percentages for how often a SP immediately gives up a lead next inning.

[d-money]

Get some offense going! Let's go!

[Maxbialystock]

Last two starts, including this one, by Rodriguez suggest that he is not fully ready in the first two innings and tends to over-rely on his fastball and more importantly to throw a lot of pitches well inside the strike zone and up. Last time 4 runs in the 2d, this time 3. Then suddenly he looks pretty good in the next inning(s). Edited August 22, 2017 by Maxbialystock

[Maxbialystock]

Terrible at bat by Nunez. That fourth pitch, a fastball right in the middle of the zone, was the third fastball in that at bat.