GDT: #72 7:10 PM EST (Minor) Braves @ (Strasburg) Nats....Still no JUp

[Fredi Gonzalez]

Hmm...why is Varvaro not Simmons loosening up? Fredi getting the pecking order wrong here.

Dunno, I asked for Carpenter

 

[TURBO]

Wooo. Was nervous about leaving Minor in. Hell of a day for Minor

 

[nsacpi]

Shae Simmons should be facing Rendon.

 

[Garmel]

why not all the way out of the order. Play Doumit in LF, Heyward in CF and Justin in RF.

Doumit's bad defense would really hurt us. The most important reason is that Heyward is physically not designed to be a CF because of his size. The extra running would be just an injury ready to happen. It might be something we can do in short spurts like we did in the playoffs last year.

 

[zitothebrave]

Shae Simmons should be facing Rendon.

Minor is too much fo a baller for that.

 

[Runnin]

Shae Simmons should be facing Rendon.

Why? Minor's had him baffled all night.

 

[stpeteirish]

Doumit's bad defense would really hurt us. The most important reason is that Heyward is physically not designed to be a CF because of his size. The extra running would be just an injury ready to happen. It might be something we can do in short spurts like we did in the playoffs last year.

we moved him to CF way before the playoffs and he was fine (until he got beaned, of course). Yeah the LF defense will be worse but Justin is better in RF than LF and Heyward is an upgrade over BJ in CF. Doumit would out hit BJ, not going out on a limb there.

 

[TURBO]

Why Varvaro?

 

[USMA76]

Surprised Varvaro is the first guy out of the pen. Hope it works.

 

[nsacpi]

Well I hope Varvaro gets the job done. Fredi's bullpen management gets more bizarre every night.

 

[Garmel]

Werth's looked awful at the plate.

 

[Fredi Gonzalez]

Gonna bring Avilan in for the save.

 

[USMA76]

Lucky hit by Zimmerman.

 

[TURBO]

Bring in Kimbrel now.

 

[TDlxANDER]

This is getting bad quickly

 

[USMA76]

If Varvaro doesn't get Espinosa out, the entire tenor of this game changes.

 

[stpeteirish]

is fredi awake?

 

[TDlxANDER]

Ownage

 

[Bdawg2309]

I hate chips pronounciation of Varvaro

It's not vaVaro idiot.

 

[TDlxANDER]

Fredi's tactics have the Nats confused...