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Post by johneaztec on Sept 5, 2024 19:41:27 GMT -8
Watching it in person made it harder to digest. Unbelievable, but believable when you fall behind in the count to just about every hitter, and walk people.
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Post by junior on Sept 5, 2024 19:51:36 GMT -8
He'll get a rest now - it's too late for tonight, though. Gotta wonder what Shidt was thinking … especially when Suarez started walking batters and loaded the bases.
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Post by sdsuball on Sept 5, 2024 20:09:49 GMT -8
Up and in is so much better then up and away with a 101 fastball. Up and away just speeds up their bat. Same thing that happened with him against the Phillies.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 5, 2024 20:10:27 GMT -8
Has Been is the operative. This is a pennant race. Can't afford to blow games this way. Granted, he was used Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and tonight. That's on the manager. But the loss is still on Suarez. Well, yeah, but it doesn't outweigh the body of work. It's one game.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 5, 2024 20:11:12 GMT -8
Up and in is so much better then up and away with a 101 fastball. Up and away just speeds up their bat. Same thing that happened with him against the Phillies. The pitch to Harper was a changeup.
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Post by aardvark on Sept 5, 2024 20:35:08 GMT -8
Up and in is so much better then up and away with a 101 fastball. Up and away just speeds up their bat. Same thing that happened with him against the Phillies. The pitch to Harper was a changeup. If this is regarding Harper's HR in the 2022 NLCS, it was a 99 MPH fastball, that Harper hit the other way.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 5, 2024 20:42:14 GMT -8
The pitch to Harper was a changeup. If this is regarding Harper's HR in the 2022 NLCS, it was a 99 MPH fastball, that Harper hit the other way. I meant the pitch prior, which Harper said was one of the best pitches he'd ever seen.
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Post by azson on Sept 6, 2024 9:07:02 GMT -8
A great outing by Perez, wasted. That's what pains me the most.
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Post by azson on Sept 6, 2024 9:10:01 GMT -8
Ryan, any update on HSK? I haven't seen any updates since "he's not yet throwing across the diamond" last week.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 6, 2024 10:31:42 GMT -8
Ryan, any update on HSK? I haven't seen any updates since "he's not yet throwing across the diamond" last week. Nothing yet.
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Post by aardvark on Sept 6, 2024 12:55:56 GMT -8
Ryan, any update on HSK? I haven't seen any updates since "he's not yet throwing across the diamond" last week. According to the U-T Thursday, Kim is feeling some discomfort throwing.
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Post by junior on Sept 6, 2024 13:12:34 GMT -8
Too bad that with their penchant for SS's they've gotta use McCoy while Kim's gone. While he's not a bad fielder, he's not a good hitter - striking out a third of the times he's at bat. The #8, 9 spots are a wasteland.
And the #9 spot is what killed the Padres at the plate last night - on both teams… McCoy and Meadows.
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Post by azson on Sept 6, 2024 14:11:08 GMT -8
Too bad that with their penchant for SS's they've gotta use McCoy while Kim's gone. While he's not a bad fielder, he's not a good hitter - striking out a third of the times he's at bat. The #8, 9 spots are a wasteland. And the #9 spot is what killed the Padres at the plate last night - on both teams… McCoy and Meadows. Tati, Manny and JM going a combined 0-12 didn't help either.
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Post by sdsuball on Sept 6, 2024 14:24:05 GMT -8
The pitch to Harper was a changeup. If this is regarding Harper's HR in the 2022 NLCS, it was a 99 MPH fastball, that Harper hit the other way. Yeah, an up and away fastball that went yard against the Phillies. If he throws it up and in, the best that he does with it is hits a single or double.
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Post by johneaztec on Sept 6, 2024 14:51:56 GMT -8
If this is regarding Harper's HR in the 2022 NLCS, it was a 99 MPH fastball, that Harper hit the other way. Yeah, an up and away fastball that went yard against the Phillies. If he throws it up and in, the best that he does with it is hits a single or double. In reference to last night's game, the bummer was that he was at a 3-2 count, like he was with almost every batter, with the bases loaded so he was under pressure to just throw a strike, but I hear what you're saying and you're about location.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 6, 2024 15:03:16 GMT -8
If this is regarding Harper's HR in the 2022 NLCS, it was a 99 MPH fastball, that Harper hit the other way. Yeah, an up and away fastball that went yard against the Phillies. If he throws it up and in, the best that he does with it is hits a single or double. There's no real way to say that conclusively. Bryce Harper is kinda good. He slugged just under .700 in 2022 from pulling the ball.
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Post by docmm on Sept 6, 2024 18:09:59 GMT -8
Padres up 3-0 after 1 inning.
Braves and Mets both won and are tied for the 3rd Wild Card spot only 2 games behind Arizona.
DBacks down 8-0 @ Houston in bottom of the 6th.
Gotta win tonight and put 3 games between us and the last spot.
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Post by docmm on Sept 6, 2024 18:18:25 GMT -8
Come back soon HSK! McCoy has hit the MLB wall and he's become almost a sure out. He's 4-20 with 8 Ks in the last 7 days.
He's not too bad in the field but he can't be that much better than Wade. Unless he's bunting (which he does a lot), McCoy doesn't come close to hits very often. I have way more faith in Wade at the plate.
King is sailing through the Giants 8 up, 8 down on just 33 pitches so far. Need him to go deep and get another 4-5 runs to save our high-leverage guys.
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Post by docmm on Sept 6, 2024 19:17:27 GMT -8
Padres leave guys on 2nd and 3rd but lead 4-0 after 5. They're 1-5 RISP, too bad that haven't broken this thing wide open so they could take pressure off of King and let the back end of the pen close it out.
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Post by docmm on Sept 6, 2024 19:34:50 GMT -8
Merrill just fouled a ball off his instep and went down like he was shot. Got up and after about 5 minutes of walking around he got called out on strikes.
Hope he's OK.
PLEASE get McCoy out of there, he's 0-3 with 3 K's and he looks bad on every one of them.
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