Tonight's game feature's the 14th and 17th slowest fastballs from the 2011 season. Justin Verlander's change-up was as fast as the fastballs from Paul Maholm and Chris Narveson last season. Between Shaun Marcum, Narveson and Randy Wolf the Brewers have the market cornered on soft tossing starting pitchers.
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I see the ump won’t call the low strike today.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That was a good slide by Gomez.
mb21Quote Reply
SB by Ramirez? (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
Ramirez HUSTLED?!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That’s the second throw in two nights by Soto that has sailed like that. Ramirez a stolen base? (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
This is a year!
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Not sure if bad grip or the wind.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
welp, Maholm not looking good so far
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Brewers announcer said he’s been dropping his elbow on his throws to 2nd.
Wow Gonzo
mb21Quote Reply
@ Recalcitrant Blogger Nate:
Correct.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Recalcitrant Blogger Nate:
I don’t think his fastball hit 89 once and his control has sucked.
ACTQuote Reply
Wow this thread reminded me there was a game on and it’s 5-0 in the first? This certainly is a year.
MishQuote Reply
If this was the NL Malholm wouldn’t make it past the first inning… wait…
WaLiQuote Reply
@ ACT:
88.4 max so far: http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/pfx.php?month=4&day=10&year=2012&game=gid_2012_04_10_milmlb_chnmlb_1%2F&pitchSel=430904&prevGame=gid_2012_04_10_milmlb_chnmlb_1%2F&prevDate=410
mb21Quote Reply
We’re gonna need another beer
BerseliusQuote Reply
Swaymy out to argue early this year
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
@ Mish:
Yeah, you can’t justify watching this game past 9 pm, Mish.
mb21Quote Reply
Maholm saw Cubs were tops in fWAR among starters and said fuck that shit.
mb21Quote Reply
iirc maholm had a pretty fantastic spring training in terms of periphs
GWQuote Reply
Somewhere in America, Randy Wells is pissed right now
BerseliusQuote Reply
Is Maholm hoping to be the second slowest fastball in MLB this year? 14th too good for him? I assume no one will be ever be slower than Moyer.
SkipVBQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I can’t justify watching this game at all, mb. So Justified.
MishQuote Reply
Good thing Rodrigo Lopez was brought up….
SkipVBQuote Reply
Doesn’t Wakefield throw a fastball at around 70 mph?
mb21Quote Reply
Hey, an out!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Good thing the wind is blowing out today, so the Cubs can get those runs right back
/waitasec
BerseliusQuote Reply
Damn it, the mlb.com free game is on the west coast, so I’m stuck with the Cubs for now.
ACTQuote Reply
@ Mish:
I can’t wait to see the finale, but I also don’t want the show to go off the air for 9 months. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Something like that, but he’s retired. Maybe RA Dickey will still be slower than Maholm, but I haven’t listened to the interview on Fresh Air yet.
SkipVBQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Barney will get 4 to 5 plate appearances so that’s 4 to 5 runs. Get a couple on in front of him in his 2nd PA and the pitchers hold them down the Cubs win this game.
mb21Quote Reply
Maholm only threw 41 pitches that inning.
mb21Quote Reply
I’ve only watched about 5 innings of the Cubs so far this year. This is ugly. Oddly enough, I like some of the players they got, including DeJesus
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
You know it’s not your night when the team’s power hitter is grounding into two.
mb21Quote Reply
I always thought Maholm was not that great when the Cubs played against him. Is there some rule where you have to have a left-hander in your rotation no matter what?
joshQuote Reply
@ SkipVB:
I liked the interview, fwiw
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
I wonder if the Cubs can get to 70 wins. I think they will, but just wondering. It’s only human, right?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Wow, that was an out? (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
that was a nice catch. i still like watching soriano play
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
@ Recalcitrant Blogger Nate:
He wasn’t making many catches last night, still not sure what happened there.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
believe it or not, they will have some series sweeps, and once jackson and rizzo are up, there may be some fun young players to watch along with castro and possibly f7
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
that’s alot of fly balls for a GB pitcher
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
@ Recalcitrant Blogger Nate:
Did they have one last season. My recollection is that they didn’t have a single series sweep.
joshQuote Reply
I hope you’ve avoided his heinous wife, though. You’ll turn to stone with one glimpse at her horrific visage. Recalcitrant Blogger Nate wrote:
Steve SwisherQuote Reply
I’ve entered bizarro universe. The Baltimore Orioles are good at baseball and so are the Astros.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ josh:
Yes. They swept a 4-game series against the Pirates, for instance.
ACTQuote Reply
Jeebus. Forget it. -1.
Steve SwisherQuote Reply
@ josh:
I thought they had only one near the end of the year
WaLi22Quote Reply
The Cubs also had an early-season 2-game sweep of the Marlins. And a 3-game sweep against the Astros (though the Astros also swept the Cubs in a 3-game series).
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
I remember they went a really long time before they won 3 in a row. That stuck out in my mind.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnVrSZHnvYY
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Recalcitrant Blogger Nate:
He’s in Sports Illustrated this week too (or maybe last week, I’m never up to date on my reading).
SkipVBQuote Reply
I could go for some Reedz about now.
SkipVBQuote Reply
Houston goes retro:
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Aramis steals a base and Starlin takes a walk. Funny game.
ACTQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
The universe is self-correcting…
Yay scoring!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
i like it
GWQuote Reply
Is Brewers defense really this bad?
ACTQuote Reply
Shut me right up.
ACTQuote Reply
I think Corey Hart should wear his sunglasses at night.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Sean Marshall can pitch pretty well.
ACTQuote Reply
paul maholm, eating up innings four at a time.
GWQuote Reply
There’s a good throw Soto.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
87.2 mph average for the 4-seamer tonight for Maholm and 86.6 on the 2-seamer. Max of 88.4 and 88.2 respectively.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Keith Moreland says Barney made a meh tag attempt and Gonzalez should’ve been safe. Oh well.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Pretty much exactly where he was last year.
ACTQuote Reply
So Zack Greinke suspended talks to the Brewers. Think he’d be useful in a Cubs uniform next year? I believe he’s right around 29 years old.
joshQuote Reply
Dolis allergic to strikes.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Is this going to be Castro’s last season at short stop? He really doesn’t seem to be figuring it out. Maybe I’m being too hard on him.
joshQuote Reply
Are there any good free agent shortstops for next season?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
according to MLBTR:
Erick Aybar (29)
Jason Bartlett (33) – $5.5MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout; vests with 432 PAs in 2012
Yuniesky Betancourt (31)
Geoff Blum (39)
Ronny Cedeno (30)
Stephen Drew (30) – $10MM mutual option with a $1.35MM buyout
Alex Gonzalez (35) – vesting option
Cesar Izturis (33)
Jhonny Peralta (31) – $6MM club option with a $500K buyout
Marco Scutaro (37)
Ryan Theriot (33)
Omar Vizquel (46)
Jack Wilson (35)
I think the answer to your question is No. Want Theriot back?
SkipVBQuote Reply
I was listening to the Dodger’s game earlier and was disappointed not to hear Vin Scully. I guess he was sick. Hopefully nothing too serious. A bad cold seems like a bad time for him.
Erick Aybar might be a FA after this season.
joshQuote Reply
@ SkipVB:
Then I think Castro stays at shortstop for a while.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Move Barney to short. Same bats available, fewer runs given away.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
Yeah, Aybar is, but is he any good?
SkipVBQuote Reply
The Red Sox are broken.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ SkipVB:
Aybar is good. Every other year.
ACTQuote Reply
email MD.
dylanjQuote Reply
Peralta is the best on this list and I’m pretty sure the Tigers would hang on to him for $6M.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ ACT:
Yeah, if Aybar has a good year this year, he’ll probably fetch a good price.
joshQuote Reply
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing) He was the White Sox DH a year ago.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
I don’t know if he’s better than Aybar. Both have their good years and bad years.
ACTQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Yeah, but also: geese.
Those bastards are evil.
joshQuote Reply
Maholm ———-> not transformed
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Definitely not more than meets the eye.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Remember when the Bulls used to play defense? That was nice.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I feel bad for Lendy Castillo. He’s clearly not ready and Sveum is just going to keep running him out there.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
This ref is really making some questionable calls right now.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Soto! Finally!
Score before the 9th next time!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Soto!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Here comes CCD’s Obligatory Ninth Inning Rally (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Are you questioning the wisdom of judging players based solely on their spring training performance? For shame.
joshQuote Reply
Tyson Chandler is still a foul machine.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I think DeJesus got hosed, especially since Maholm didn’t get that low strike call earlier.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
David DeJesus isn’t transforming, he’s deforming.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Derpy derpy fart noise.
joshQuote Reply
*fart noise*
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I think it was a mercy killing by the ump.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
So Raul Ibanez had a good night.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Mariano Rivera —> back to normal
Cutter x 17 + fastball
Rice CubeQuote Reply
This team sucks. Who could have predicted?
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
I like that the Cubs can at least score runs. I’d like them to try to prevent the other team from scoring now.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube wrote:
The Cubs have scored 3.6 runs per game so far. That’s 2011 Astros-esque.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
You and your fancy numbers.
mb21Quote Reply
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mb21Quote Reply
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