think i saw first time ever 3 straight days of guys going back to back to back(at least).

Dbacks set a team record with 8 HR's last night.

Add the 5 from the Phillies, and you have an all-time MLB record for HR in a game.

Rockies won 10th straight at home tonight. If they can get one more starter........


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Seager out with a hammy. He’d been really heating up too. Team has the depth to deal with this and a good lead, but if it’s really a grade 2 we’re not gonna see him again for weeks.

(06-08-2019 06:02 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-08-2019 03:30 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Here's the thing though with the Nats. I don't feel like their window is exactly closed, especially if they resign Rendon. Yeah Dozier leaves. they have an infield up the middle of Kieboom and Turner. Rotation still will be really good. Outfield with Robles and Soto isn't going any where. Zimmerman's contract comes off the books after this year. That's not a bad thing in the least. That's not a group that the window has closed at all.... I know there's the hope that the Nats window has closed, but it's just not realistic.

I certainly don't think it's closed, but they're 110-115 going back to the beginning of last year. Is that a team that we should even be talking about. At some point this just can't be considered a good team. And that window staying open relies completely on signing Rendon. If he leaves they're totally screwed

Braves will be too good. Maybe they (Nats) can sneak one through in the coming years, but their cakewalk years in NL East definitely over. And at some point, the Marlins (yes) will put it together simply because they always have....even if they don't win the division, they still have two WS wins, vs the Nats who have yet to win a playoff series (they need to get that one off their backs first.)

Not exactly back2back2back2back, but Braves did hit four homers in one inning last night: 2 back to backs in a row, followed by another Brian McCann 3-run HR later on to beat the Pirates 7-5. Amazing thing to me is we're really not talking a whole lot about Acuna, Jr. lately. Gausman to the DL (thank goodness) and Folty with another poor start, but if I'm Atlanta, I replace Gausman with Keuchel (he starts this Saturday) and demote Folty to BP in favor of lefty Sean Newcomb (seems to have righted himself) or Touki Toussant (4-0). With series upcoming against Phils, Metz and Nuts, should be a fun few weeks if ya'll are ready. (Okay, now back to being the Dodgers thread again, Brooksie!)

Dbacks go into Philly, start Rookies in all three games, and take the series 2-1

Rockies lost the game, but won the hit batters battle today.


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(06-12-2019 08:27 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  Dbacks go into Philly, start Rookies in all three games, and take the series 2-1

Thanks for that! Braves survive Bell and the 'Rats to go into extra innings on a Soroka start. Braves win for sole possession of 1st place and play again tomorrow (today) afternoon at noon. Riley with his 10th homer of season already after being called up recently. Sleep at the Stadium guys, they have a sleep room for just such schedules. See if Braves can hold onto first in a little while.

Padres have no respect for the Giants draft pick...

Just noticed Giolito is 2nd among all pitchers in fWAR. In fact, Scherzer, Giolito and Strasburg are 1, 3 and 4. Imagine how good the Nats rotation would be if they had held on to him? Not that I think it was a bad trade, but so far this season he seems to have reached his potential.

(06-10-2019 10:03 AM)stever20 Wrote:  boy, some way to get a split with the Padres yesterday... back to back to back to back.

Sets up 2 with the White Sox before returning home for an 11 game homestand which just looks huge.. 4 with Arizona, followed by 4 with the Phillies and 3 with the Braves. For games 68-78, as much of a make or break period as you'll ever see.

1 thing they've gotten is their pen is improving. In this 11-4 run, ERA under 5 for the pen. That's an improvement. Tanner Rainey, the guy they got for Roark in the trade, has come in and really helped out a lot- 1.80 ERA in 10 innings so far. Note to self, he's on your fantasy team, you better drop him now, because you just gave him the KOD.

If Rizzo gets fired, he might come after you. You need to stop jinxing them. They're about to lose, which would put them 8.5 behind the Braves for the division.

Dbacks, behind Greinke's 2-hit 7 1/3 work (he didn't return after rain delay) take down the Nats 5-0

Braves sweep the "rats to go 1 1/2 up on Phillies entering their series against Philadelphia starting tomorrow. That high-priced Philadelphia lineup has produced like a mid-pack group. Entering Thursday the Phillies ranked seventh among NL teams in runs scored, 11th in batting, ninth in on-base percentage and ninth in slugging percentage. Drawing walks is the only thing the Phillies have been good at, so Braves pitchers can be effective if they avoid free passes. Uh, well, that's not gonna happen, especially with our bullpen, although AJ Minter's back, and so far looks better than when he got sent down a few weeks ago.

Interesting that Swarzak, late from Seattle, has been relatively decent for the Braves so far.

Looking forward to seeing Braves win at least one, if not two from Phils to keep things the way they are. If we get through them, then Metz and Nuts, we'll see what we have going into the pre-All-Star break. Still think we'll try to add a BP pitcher or two. Giants have stuff to sell. Braves have some faded-out pitchers in AAA we'd like to give in trade.

Oh, and Yankers lost again to White Sox to go 3-7 in their last 10. Still think they'll win AL East, but nice tom, see them falling back to earth a little bit.

one thing to watch the next few days for the nats is Rosenthal. He just came back off the dl and has appeared twice(both in garbage time). He's faced 6 batters and allowed 1 walk(promptly erased by a dp). Last night he threw a 14 pitch/12 strike 1-2-3 inning. He had 4 swinging strikes(after having 7 in the first 8 appearances all season long). Hopefully it's a situation similar to what the Nats were able to do with Greg Holland last year after getting him from the Cards.

(06-14-2019 08:26 AM)stever20 Wrote:  one thing to watch the next few days for the nats is Rosenthal. He just came back off the dl and has appeared twice(both in garbage time). He's faced 6 batters and allowed 1 walk(promptly erased by a dp). Last night he threw a 14 pitch/12 strike 1-2-3 inning. He had 4 swinging strikes(after having 7 in the first 8 appearances all season long). Hopefully it's a situation similar to what the Nats were able to do with Greg Holland last year after getting him from the Cards.

Why does it bear watching?

(06-14-2019 09:43 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 08:26 AM)stever20 Wrote:  one thing to watch the next few days for the nats is Rosenthal. He just came back off the dl and has appeared twice(both in garbage time). He's faced 6 batters and allowed 1 walk(promptly erased by a dp). Last night he threw a 14 pitch/12 strike 1-2-3 inning. He had 4 swinging strikes(after having 7 in the first 8 appearances all season long). Hopefully it's a situation similar to what the Nats were able to do with Greg Holland last year after getting him from the Cards.

Why does it bear watching?

if he is getting back like he was- that'd be huge for the nats pen. They dont need the pen to be great- just functional with how the rotation is.

Also, he's a guy that if he is good, and the Nats fell out of things- he's an expiring contract in essence(he does have a mutual option which isn't happening most likely).

(06-14-2019 10:56 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 09:43 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 08:26 AM)stever20 Wrote:  one thing to watch the next few days for the nats is Rosenthal. He just came back off the dl and has appeared twice(both in garbage time). He's faced 6 batters and allowed 1 walk(promptly erased by a dp). Last night he threw a 14 pitch/12 strike 1-2-3 inning. He had 4 swinging strikes(after having 7 in the first 8 appearances all season long). Hopefully it's a situation similar to what the Nats were able to do with Greg Holland last year after getting him from the Cards.

Why does it bear watching?

if he is getting back like he was- that'd be huge for the nats pen. They dont need the pen to be great- just functional with how the rotation is.

Also, he's a guy that if he is good, and the Nats fell out of things- he's an expiring contract in essence(he does have a mutual option which isn't happening most likely).

They're 8.5 out of the division and 7 back of the 2nd WC. The only things this might have a bearing on is the trade market for RP.

(06-14-2019 12:28 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 10:56 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 09:43 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 08:26 AM)stever20 Wrote:  one thing to watch the next few days for the nats is Rosenthal. He just came back off the dl and has appeared twice(both in garbage time). He's faced 6 batters and allowed 1 walk(promptly erased by a dp). Last night he threw a 14 pitch/12 strike 1-2-3 inning. He had 4 swinging strikes(after having 7 in the first 8 appearances all season long). Hopefully it's a situation similar to what the Nats were able to do with Greg Holland last year after getting him from the Cards.

Why does it bear watching?

if he is getting back like he was- that'd be huge for the nats pen. They dont need the pen to be great- just functional with how the rotation is.

Also, he's a guy that if he is good, and the Nats fell out of things- he's an expiring contract in essence(he does have a mutual option which isn't happening most likely).

They're 8.5 out of the division and 7 back of the 2nd WC. The only things this might have a bearing on is the trade market for RP.

and they have 7 head to head with those leaders next week. Just stop saying they're out of it, because they aren't by any stretch of the imagination. Plus after those series, they have 2 weeks of absolute cupcakes- while the Braves have Cubs/Mets/Phillies and Phillies have Mets/Braves/Mets prior to the break(plus they play each other this weekend- and Braves have Mets early next week). Things could get very interesting by the break if the Nats can get a hot streak here.

(06-14-2019 12:38 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 12:28 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 10:56 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 09:43 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-14-2019 08:26 AM)stever20 Wrote:  one thing to watch the next few days for the nats is Rosenthal. He just came back off the dl and has appeared twice(both in garbage time). He's faced 6 batters and allowed 1 walk(promptly erased by a dp). Last night he threw a 14 pitch/12 strike 1-2-3 inning. He had 4 swinging strikes(after having 7 in the first 8 appearances all season long). Hopefully it's a situation similar to what the Nats were able to do with Greg Holland last year after getting him from the Cards.

Why does it bear watching?

if he is getting back like he was- that'd be huge for the nats pen. They dont need the pen to be great- just functional with how the rotation is.

Also, he's a guy that if he is good, and the Nats fell out of things- he's an expiring contract in essence(he does have a mutual option which isn't happening most likely).

They're 8.5 out of the division and 7 back of the 2nd WC. The only things this might have a bearing on is the trade market for RP.

and they have 7 head to head with those leaders next week. Just stop saying they're out of it, because they aren't by any stretch of the imagination. Plus after those series, they have 2 weeks of absolute cupcakes- while the Braves have Cubs/Mets/Phillies and Phillies have Mets/Braves/Mets prior to the break(plus they play each other this weekend- and Braves have Mets early next week). Things could get very interesting by the break if the Nats can get a hot streak here.

Plus Dozier is definitely NOT a black hole.