Ken Gurnick @kengurnick4m Mattingly said he expects Ethier and Ramirez to play tomorrow. He sounded more confident about Ethier than Ramirez.
Let me also add that after 5 games the fucking cards are only batting .187 vs Dodgers pitching so far in this series.....and that tells us that WHEN the bats are swinging when they need to this team wins.
as much as i hate to say it i hope dbb would be considering svs and punto. is dee on the roster?eithier and ramirez are just names on a jersey right now.
Just their presence changes the dynamic of the lineup. Can't just pitch around A-Gon like they did the first 2 games. Also helps that Puig started to hit.
I'd go with both of them. Ethier said it's the best he's felt and Hanley is still has the highest potential to explode on this team IMO.
either i get even though he hasn't contributed much at all at the plate. hanley just seems like he's hurt bad. and he's pouting about it. if he is going to stay in then man up. and i don't think anyone on our squad thinks that was an accident. we know hanley. we get it. get over it or take a seat man.
I wouldn't mind if the next game was on Saturday to give Ramirez and Either more chances to get healthy, and to give all our potential pitchers added rest....CK, Ryu and Grienke just in case. BUT, I have a really good feeling about Game 6 with CK on full rest. We might only score 4 to 5 runs, but that should be enough to win it. And if I were the Cards, I'd really start to grip with Game 7 against arguably the most effective pitcher against the Cards in Ryu going after them.
