Tigeraholic1 Posted June 7 Posted June 7 (edited) Comerica Park - Detroit, MI Listen: 97.1 The Ticket Watch: FanDuel Det Game Time Forecast: 75 Parlty Cloudy Starters: RHP Jameson Taillon LHP Tyler Holton Edited June 7 by Tigeraholic1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted June 7 Posted June 7 A day game and another bullpen day for us. But the Cubs have real starter going out there. I hope the team can figure out how to hit the ball and not just hit it directly at somebody today. I don’t feel like looking it up, but I think the BABIP has been really biting our boys lately. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 7 Posted June 7 25 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: A day game and another bullpen day for us. But the Cubs have real starter going out there. I hope the team can figure out how to hit the ball and not just hit it directly at somebody today. I don’t feel like looking it up, but I think the BABIP has been really biting our boys lately. I thought Montero was the scheduled SP today? Holton an opener followed by the long man, Montero? Quote
IdahoBert Posted June 7 Posted June 7 1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said: I thought Montero was the scheduled SP today? Holton an opener followed by the long man, Montero? Hopefully. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 7 Posted June 7 (edited) Interesting - yesterday gameday had Montero listed as the started starter and today that has been changed to Holton. Maybe Hinch was waiting to see how much Holton was going to get used before today. Edited June 7 by gehringer_2 Quote
IdahoBert Posted June 7 Posted June 7 17 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Interesting - yesterday gameday had Montero listed as the started starter and today that has been changed to Holton. Maybe Hinch was waiting to see how much Holton was going to get used before today. Yeah, I think that’s probably the case. Montero was always supposed to go five or six innings, hopefully, and if Holton can go a couple, that would be pretty good. The Cubs lineup could be pretty brutal to Montero if he’s not really sharp though. Guess we’ll just see. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 7 Posted June 7 It must be hard for lesser SP to follow Skubal. It's like a gourmet chef serving hot dogs a day after prime rib. 😅😅 Quote
IdahoBert Posted June 7 Posted June 7 There’s supposed to be a pregame show — which is usually meh — at 12:30 PM today. Of course there was no pregame show for the last game against the White Sox. I’m not exactly sure why. I wish I could go back and look at the FanDuel daily schedule for Thursday to see if one actually was scheduled and didn’t happen or was never intended to happen. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted June 7 Posted June 7 A sellout but most of the seats behind home plate looks sad. Quote
IdahoBert Posted June 7 Posted June 7 After getting the first two outs, I wish they hadn’t said this is going just as planned now Suzuki homers. Quote
SoCalTiger Posted June 7 Posted June 7 Holten..the Ole grey Mare she ain't what she used to be.... Quote
SoCalTiger Posted June 7 Posted June 7 I still don't quite get openers for starters. Bullpen days ok but if you don't trust your starter in the first.... Quote
Tiger337 Posted June 7 Posted June 7 1 minute ago, SoCalTiger said: I still don't quite get openers for starters. Bullpen days ok but if you don't trust your starter in the first.... I think one reason it is done is to throw off the opposition by having he opener pitch with the opposite hand of the starter. They can't load up their line-up with left-handed hitters against the right-handed starter if the opener is a lefty. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted June 7 Posted June 7 5 minutes ago, lordstanley said: Greene strikes out for the 700th time this season I know that technically this is not a particularly big deal but when our pitchers strike guys out, it’s a big deal because they’ve humiliated them; and when the average player strikes out 100 times a season and Riley does that more than twice as often we deserve to be frustrated, even though technically “it’s no big deal.“ Quote
chasfh Posted June 7 Posted June 7 13 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said: I still don't quite get openers for starters. Bullpen days ok but if you don't trust your starter in the first.... It’s probably matchup dependent, as in, Holton matches up better with the front half of the Cubs’ order so he gets the first time around; then Montero comes in for the back half of the order and gives the front of their order a different look for their second time through. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted June 7 Posted June 7 These umpires are in a no win situation, and the ability to not be tricked by the catchers is an unevenly distributed skill. The home plate ump walking over to the Cubs dugout and telling them he will not take it from them is just indicative of this situation. Quote
TigerNation Posted June 7 Posted June 7 17 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said: I still don't quite get openers for starters. Bullpen days ok but if you don't trust your starter in the first.... It's not about not trusting your starter in the first. It's about not trusting him to face the top of the lineup a third time through. You use the opener so he can face the bottom of the lineup a third time through, and not the top. 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 7 Posted June 7 16 minutes ago, lordstanley said: Greene strikes out for the 700th time this season and he's missing a lot of pitches in the zone completely - not even fouling them off. He's pretty much in feast or famine mode right now and I don't think that's his best self. Quote
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