NEWS/RUMORS Thread

Today or the series?
I feel like the Cubs are a better match up but I don't want the sideshow that comes along with them (Wrigley, Murray, their fans, Maddon, etc.). Insufferable franchise.

 

Hear, hear

 

Pretty much. As we know, there are some illnesses, that even in the early stages as you fight them off with your preferred method, can play on your muscle/strength and have you a tick or two off. Now, you combine that with the fact that people also wanted Strasburg to go on short rest yesterday and I can fully understand just allowing the next man to go. Short rest and feeling the effects of a team-wide illness yesterday? Yeah, pass the baton. But Dusty says he's 90-95 today, so feeling better and on normal rest thanks to the rain out. Hopefully, he's great again and they muster up some runs for him.

Generally, you don't get a A for effort in professional sports. Shit, I remember when Seager was very ill for about a month in the minors. He lost 15-20lbs and was " toughing " his way through it, trying to play much of the time. He got no A for effort. All the scouting services wanted to do was point to his dwindling performance and falling numbers. Big difference here with Strasburg, but still, the narrative won't be " he toughed it out " if they lose. The narrative will be " Nats choke again ".

Anyway, some are still tossing around the question of " who do I prefer? " when it comes to the winner of this series. It's not really a thing for me, the road to the WS is supposed to be tough. But if you put a gun to my head and force me to choose, give me the Nats. Obviously, a nice lineup they have over there, but they're still looking for their 1st trip to the NLCS + they've yet to even win a playoff game in which Scherzer or Gio's started..like ever. Gio has 5 playoff starts with them..0-0 record. Scherzer has 3 starts with them..0-1. They also seemingly always have some sort of schism going on over there as well. Although, beating the Cubs would be the most fun..I don't fear them and to be the man you should have to beat the man, but give me DC. They're choke artists, IMO..the Chargers of MLB. And if there's a team-wide sickness spreading, even better.

 

The fact that Strasberg is now going to pitch makes him look even douchier. This was a guy not willing to put it all on the line for a team that’s on the brink of elimination just because he wasnt feeling 100% (even if you give him the benefit of the doubt here....which I don’t). Now he’s fine enough to go?

I wouldn’t be shocked if Bor-Ass didn’t whisper in Strasberg’s ear about not taking the risk of looking bad of he’s not 100% and then walking that back when the backlash happened.

 

Lol Call'em how I see'em, no replay help from the MLB office.
And with that said about them, watch them choke today.

 

The worst that can be said about him in this instance is that all the other guys on the Nats that aren't feeling well were willing to play anyway. And with that said, there's a chance that some of those guys could go all game without seeing a ball hit to them defensively. When you're the pitcher, holding the team's fortune in your hands on every pitch, shit matters quite a bit more. I'd be willing to bet that the thought of going on short rest yesterday as well played a role. Regardless, they gave Strasburg 200M I think it was, so they didn't question his toughness enough to let him hit free agency..where Kasten would've probably snapped his guy up in a heartbeat

 

He made quick work of their ass there

 

Arietta's stuff looks sharp, but a lot of nibbling

 

The arm stuff, some hamstring stuff recently as well. Gonna be interesting to see what he gets in free agency..Cubs have been slow playing him and part of me believes he's been slow playing them with his performance as well, maybe in response. His market would have to be pretty hot if the latter were the case. His quote on the matter of free agency is " I like my chances " Lol

 

Wind said " nope "

 

Boy I thought Trea got that at 1st

 

De nada

 

I’m not saying he has to pitch 9 scoreless. But he has to go in this situation as far as he can, and so far so good. So how sick was he....allegedly.

 

Hah, it is the start of the slow season business wise for me right now, so free time becomes fairly ample. Plus, that was only about an hour of my time and I had spent the morning working. Really annoying how that slow time lines up with the offseason where I would love something to keep me occupied(Hello Netflix and Hulu)!

 

Don't know. They're saying the flu bug and when that hits, you and I both know what that means. You can fight it off with thera-flu and various other stuff, but it still has an effect on your muscles for at least a short period. When you mix in the fact that yesterday would've been on short rest as well..just hard for me not to understand that he may have felt like Roark could've given them a better chance. Like I said initially, the alternative thought is " be tough ", but that also could viewed as being selfish..knowing you're not up to it, but still going out there. Looks OK today..I imagine they Thera-flu'd the fuck out of it along with everything else vitamin wise. Everybody in that clubhouse is probably chugging Thera-flu