Gameday Thread: Mariners @ Angels 4/21/2019 (Pujols Out)

[Claude]

Great hustle there Trout. 

[Broad Street]

At least Bour ran this time 

[Jason]

They should dump anyone who's last name starts with the letter BOUR

[Broad Street]

5 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Barria doesn't have to face the top of their batting order.

Not this inning at least

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

They should dump anyone who's last name starts with the letter BOUR

^

[AngelsLakersFan]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

f'n shifts 

It's 2019 and everything is so confusing... everyone is so 'fluid' 

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

New strategy... start Barria in the THIRD inning... genius!

[Tank]

15 minutes ago, John Taylor said:

I don't get the concept of having Robles start and then send Barria in. You basically make Robles unavailable late in the game, mess with Barria's routine, Barria still might only pitch 4 innings (as it seems most of our starters do) so now you sit in the 6th inning already down a reliever? 

 

Can someone tell me how this makes sense? 

yeah, i was going to post the same thing.

what's the point of doing this? I'm posting this before reading the answers, so I hope there's a good explanation.

[eligrba4ever]

Most consecutive games played with a bottom of the 9th since 1969:

Padres 1969 -- 19

D-Backs 2006 -- 17

Cubs 2009, Angels 2008, Jays 2000,  Astros 1995 -- 16

Mariners (active) 15

[John Taylor]

9 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Barria gets to skip the heart of the order the first time through, so the third time through the lineup he'll start with the middle, then the back part of the order before facing the top of the order for a third time. It's been shown that pitchers do significantly worse the third time a hitter sees them in the game, and this hopefully lessens that impact and allows Barria to maybe face an extra few batters.

Although Barria didn't look all that great in the 2nd but got out of it luckily.

 

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

As much as Calhoun sucks, his reputation there saved at least one run.

[GrittyVeterans]

Gubicza is so fuckin annoying. Holy shit

[beatlesrule]

Simba got hit in the mouth on that play. Looks okay though.

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, John Taylor said:

Although Barria didn't look all that great in the 2nd but got out of it luckily.

It's more about the 5th/6th/7th inning than the second. That said, theoretically Barria might not have his best stuff in his first inning and facing 4/5/6/7 might've saved a run or two vs his performance against 1/2/3/4... if that makes sense.

[Tank]

14 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Barria gets to skip the heart of the order the first time through, so the third time through the lineup he'll start with the middle, then the back part of the order before facing the top of the order for a third time. It's been shown that pitchers do significantly worse the third time a hitter sees them in the game, and this hopefully lessens that impact and allows Barria to maybe face an extra few batters.

if your explanation was made into a painting, it'd look like this.

[eligrba4ever]

KEVAN!!!!

[Chuck]

Woooo. Way to go Kevan!!! 

[AngelsLakersFan]

Kevan Smith! No wonder our backup catcher DH'd last night!!

[tdawg87]

Is this....a lead? Wtf

[beatlesrule]

Kevan Smith!!

[Slegnaac]

Hope Simmons is okay,  looks like he got kicked in the cheek area

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

if your explanation was made into a painting, it'd look like this.

Im sorry Tank, I've always been more cubist than realist in my explanations of sabr-theory.

[Lou]

14 minutes ago, Jay said:

The game is on.

Dumbass.

but you only post when you're at work,  remember? at least that's what you said when you were talking shit to @ten ocho recon scout. you've posted in every GDT since.

just admit that you were trying to be the cool guy and were lying. 

liar 

[Chuck]

Cozart, go ride your facking Donkey outta Anaheim please. 

[eligrba4ever]

Joey Gallo hit his first career sacrifice fly today.