Wednesday, April 5: Grayson Rodriguez's long awaited debut vs Jacob deGrom

[MurphDogg]

Just now, Winter said:

DeGrom is in CG SHO mode, but not sure if Texas lets him go 9. 

Given that he has 1 CG since 2018 and the season is a week old, I am going to go with "no".

Looks dominant though.

[Il BuonO]

deGrom is filthy.

[25 Nuggets]

1 minute ago, Winter said:

DeGrom is in CG SHO mode, but not sure if Texas lets him go 9. 

Like the CrimeDog said, you just gotta appreciate this sort of thing.

[Moose Milligan]

deGrom gonna set a K in a game record today?  Or at least match the Kerry Wood/Roger Clemens mark?

[dtk9119]

Just now, dtk9119 said:

Man this is ugly 

This is what you get when you spend $$ on pitching. Take note Elias and Angelos. 

[FlaO'sFan]

Damn, didn't realize he was perfect so far. Hopefully we can scratch out a few runs on him.

[Alasdaire]

deGrom looks like the Terminator with the pitch clock. It's relentless.

[25 Nuggets]

oh yeah

since I haven't been around in a while

hey @Moose Milligan - how you feel about Fred McGriff finally making the Hall of Fame?

[Winter]

Just now, MurphDogg said:

Given that he has 1 CG since 2018 and the season is a week old, I am going to go with "no".

Looks dominant though.

going to be big controversy if they pull him while he has a Perfect game/no hitter going and a decent pitch count. 

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, MurphDogg said:

Given that he has 1 CG since 2018 and the season is a week old, I am going to go with "no".

Looks dominant though.

I'm inclined to agree, but he's averaging a little under 12 pitches per inning right now.  If he's still perfect later in the game, I think they let him go for it.  

[MurphDogg]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I'm inclined to agree, but he's averaging a little under 12 pitches per inning right now.  If he's still perfect later in the game, I think they let him go for it.  

DeGrom only threw 100 pitches once last year and only pitched 7 innings twice, just need to foul off some pitches, have tough at-bats and hopefully get into the bullpen by the 7th.

Edited April 5, 2023 by MurphDogg

[NCRaven]

4 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

This is what you get when you spend $$ on pitching. Take note Elias and Angelos. 

But you also get Verlander and Rodon on the IL to start the season when you spend $$ on pitching.  And, you would have talked different after deGrom's first game.  I was a Verlander booster.  Not so much now.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, 25 Nuggets said:

oh yeah

since I haven't been around in a while

hey @Moose Milligan - how you feel about Fred McGriff finally making the Hall of Fame?

I'm happy with it.  

IMO, McGriff suffered from a few things:  Not always the best player on his team, not always the best player at his position (but a top 5 guy), no memorable moments, no heavy hardware awards, didn't lead the league in anything very often and was a quiet guy.

He was just a very steady, very consistent hitter for a long time.  In that vein, kind of like Eddie Murray but Eddie had the counting numbers.  

But, IMO, if the writers are going to hold the steroid era against certain guys, you gotta be more lenient -and really, more supportive of- a guy like Fred McGriff who never was once mentioned as a steroid guy.  

Getting in was long overdue for him.  And while I always appreciated him while he played, I just really liked the Tom Emanski commercials more than anything and especially at the end where he pointed at the camera.  So that's why I've got the avatar.  

[FlaO'sFan]

That was a great 3-2 pitch for the SO.

[MurphDogg]

Just now, FlaO'sFan said:

That was a great 3-2 pitch for the SO.

Huge pitch.