GDT: PHILS vs BRAVES [Game 3]

[BeanieAntics]

Career 7.8 Bb/9

Well he has only pitched 8 innings at the ML level, but yeah I just looked at his minor league numbers and it is at 4.9. I could have swore that he had a sub 3 BB/9. I guess I'm conflating him and someone else into the same pitcher.

Edit: And just to add this, that BB/9 was inflated a good bit by him walking 3 batters in .2 innings in his first career appearence with the Mets. In the seven innings he pitched with us, it was 4.9 and he only gave up 1 run during that time.

[msstate7]

Get us a win, McCarthy

[Enscheff]

AA did a good job grabbing Stewart as their 3rd catcher.

[msstate7]

AA did a good job grabbing Stewart as their 3rd catcher.

Is he a good framer? What makes him better than Ruiz, rupp, or Norris?

[Enscheff]

Guy behind me is playing “Braves expert” for his buddy. A couple gems right off the bat:

“That’s a 90 mph change up from McCarthy”

“That’s a 4 seam cutter”

[Enscheff]

Park looks barely more than half full.

[msstate7]

Guy behind me is playing “Braves expert” for his buddy. A couple gems right off the bat:

“That’s a 90 mph change up from McCarthy”

“That’s a 4 seam cutter”

That’s you in front of me?

[msstate7]

McCarthy washed up. Not surprised

[salmagundy]

Got that feeling it's gonna be a long night.

[msstate7]

Got that feeling it's gonna be a long night.

We gonna smoke this fool, and they gonna smoke McCarthy

[striker42]

2 runs on one hard hit ball. Sheesh.

[jpx7]

Hoskins has been a real nemesis.

[msstate7]

Hoskins has been a real nemesis.

And frenchy thinks McCarthy walked herrara just to get to him

[SJ24]

Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie

I love when his helmet flies off

[Enscheff]

Softest hit triple in the history of baseball haha

[striker42]

Freeman is stupid good.

[salmagundy]

We gonna smoke this fool, and they gonna smoke McCarthy

Starting out that way
Run Ozzie, run

[jpx7]

Nice to see Albies with the extra-base hits.

I feel like I said almost the same thing last spring, but I don't care about W/L this season: good performances from the youths (particularly Albies, Swanson, Foltynewicz, Newcomb) and good enough performances from some of the trade-fodder vets (McCarthy, Vizcaíno, Markakis) will satisfy me.

This game is thus a mixed-bag early on.

[Enscheff]

Albiest Mode!

[Southcack77]

I think you're looking at it the wrong way. If most teams are essentially using "two bullpens" now, that means there is a surplus of talented arms that aren't talented enough to stick in the rotation, or—if they are—aren't talented enough to pitch past two times through the batting order. So I think it's actually a surfeit of those kinds of arms that is driving teams to this "two bullpens" approach. The upshot might be that legitimate TOR-type pitchers who can not only stick, but provide >6 quality IP, are more valuable; but those guys were already pretty scarce/valuable anyways.

Let’s not invent a problem to fit a solution.