24 minutes ago, Quin said:

This time, Rodon avoids shoe.

Fixed

17 minutes ago, TheTruth05 said:

Robert should definitely be higher, either 3 or 5. He's been having great ABs

Yea Madrigal and Robert are hitting well and they are in the bottom third but Timmy and Eaton are doing well also so not sure what you do. Tim, Eaton, Robert, Moncada , Abreu, Mercedes, Grandal , Madrigal, Vaughn . I know it's strange for Vaughn to be at the bottom but if you want a hit or contact against a RHP with a guy in scoring position I'd go with Madrigal.

Back-in their minor league days roberts and nick were 1-2 in the order and it worked great. Roberts is a beast early in the order

If we're going to win this division, it's time to start beating the crap out of Cleveland. We've been horrible vs. them in recent years, especially at their park.

Their right-hand pitchers give us fits, we need to start tagging them.  Here's to hoping today is the start of this team getting hot.

Flip Moncada and Robert, then flip Moncada and Grandal:

Anderson

Eaton

Robert

Abreu

Mercedes

Moncada

Grandal

Vaughn

Madrigal

I would even say switch Abreu and Mercedes if I thought it had any chance of happening, but maybe even get Abreu a day off or two soon.

Edited April 20, 20214 yr by manbearpuig

4 minutes ago, manbearpuig said:

Flip Moncada and Robert, then flip Moncada and Grandal:

Anderson

Eaton

Robert

Abreu

Mercedes

Moncada

Grandal

Vaughn

Madrigal

I would even say switch Abreu and Mercedes if I thought it had any chance of happening, but maybe even get Abreu a day off or two soon.

agreed thats a much better lineup up *right now*

what's the deal with this delay?

wait, an I watching the right game?  Lynn is on the mound and Chicago looks like Seattle in January? no, this is a replay, FFS. game isn't even on for 2 more hours, man never try and work and pull up a MLB.tv game apparently it's too much for me.

Edited April 20, 20214 yr by chitownsportsfan

*crickets* Is this the Game thread?

Me thinks Plesac isnt going to let us repeat last weeks offensive onslaught 

Didn't realize it was a 5:10 CT start.??

3 up 3 down. An easy inning for Plesac. Throwing almost all changeups

Carlos FB velocity only 91 first pitch?

Over under on how many games it takes until TLR starts covering his nose with his mask?

6 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Over under on how many games it takes until TLR starts covering his nose with his mask?

I'm gonna go with Never.

8 minutes ago, ron883 said:

Carlos FB velocity only 91 first pitch?

Not surprising on a cold night. He'll heat up.

92, middle in, Abreu completely whiffs on it...strugglebus.

Is it May yet??

It really is ok to give Jose a day off.

I can't get over how badly Jose is struggling vs fastballs and how slow his bat looks. This isn't what a normal cold stretch has looked like for him.

This offense is getting worrying.  Jose probably won MVP just to completely fall off the cliff we've all been predicting.

Yermin at least was running fine after fouling a ball off his foot.

Rodon with another no-hotter.

Just now, maxjusttyped said:

I can't get over how badly Jose is struggling vs fastballs and how slow his bat looks. This isn't what a normal cold stretch has looked like for him.

He was cheating all year long last year.  I bet the video analysis ban helped him.  Book is out on him now.  He cheats to get around on fastballs, once they know that, it might be over.