Saturday Sept 24th vs the Astros (Brooks Robinson day)

[mrbig1]

That hurts.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

I missed the last 10 minutes... But if something happened to Urias, Vavra should be available for offense or defense. 

Nothing happened exactly .  He got on base and was obviously sore around the neck, after having missed last night's game due to neck spasms.   But they checked him out and he stayed in the game and proceeded to move to 2nd, then to 3rd, then forced out at home.

So he stayed in the game... but he did appear unconfortable.

And Vavra hasn't played much 3rd, has he?

Gunnar stayed in to play 3rd.

So the pitcher is hitting in Urias's spot.

[SteveA]

Well, this move means that the pitcher spot is due 4th in the bottom of the 8th.   So if we feel the need to bring Bautista in for a more-than-3-out save (and he is up), then if we don't go down 1-2-3 in the 9th he woudl have to bat for himself in the bottom of the 8th.

[bpilktree]

4 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Gunnar could stay in and play 3rd, to rest Urias's neck and keep Gunnar's bat in the lineup the next time through the order.

But that would mean the pitcher would be hitting in Urias's spot, not Chirinos's, and would be a lot more likely to come up in the 8th inning.

Decisions decisions.

If Tate gets through the inning it won’t matter because you can pinch hit for him but if Felix comes in in the 8th you can’t pinch hit for him unless you want to lose him for 9th which doubt you do.  

[PHRESH]

Tate looks cooked 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Alvarez seemed to be an intentional pitch around and I don't really blame Hyde for it even though the tying run is on base. 

[justD]

Sixty-seven percent chance of that walk scoring.  Hate it. 

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Well, this move means that the pitcher spot is due 4th in the bottom of the 8th.   So if we feel the need to bring Bautista in for a more-than-3-out save (and he is up), then if we don't go down 1-2-3 in the 9th he woudl have to bat for himself in the bottom of the 8th.

Unless -- when we bring in Bautista this inning, we do a double switch and bring McKenna in for Mullins.  Then they can swap positions and Bautista wouldn't be due until 9 batters into the 8th.

And here it is....

[PHRESH]

Just now, justD said:

Sixty-seven percent chance of that walk scoring.  Hate it. 

Can I please have an update? 

[Moose Milligan]

Ramon De Jesus is the Laz Diaz of CB Bucknors.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, bpilktree said:

If Tate gets through the inning it won’t matter because you can pinch hit for him but if Felix comes in in the 8th you can’t pinch hit for him unless you want to lose him for 9th which doubt you do.  

That was exactly my point.   But the double switch solves the problem.   Bautista is now in the 1 spot in the order which just batted and McKenna is in the 5 spot.

[Brian88]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Well, this move means that the pitcher spot is due 4th in the bottom of the 8th.   So if we feel the need to bring Bautista in for a more-than-3-out save (and he is up), then if we don't go down 1-2-3 in the 9th he woudl have to bat for himself in the bottom of the 8th.

Hyde is playing chess not checkers 

Edited September 25, 2022 by Brian88

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Bautista is really going to have to earn this save tonight. This is too nerve wracking. 

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, justD said:

Sixty-seven percent chance of that walk scoring.  Hate it. 

Pitching carefully to the other team's most dangerous power hitter, especially a lefty  hitter in Oriole Park, is probably wise though.

[justD]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Unless -- when we bring in Bautista this inning, we do a double switch and bring McKenna in for Mullins.  Then they can swap positions and Bautista wouldn't be due until 9 batters into the 8th.

And here it is....