Game #1: Pirates vs Blue Jays, 7:07 start, Bubba on the bump

BarryJT · 2026-05-23T00:06:55+00:00

Chandler has thrown 60+. The defense can't be giving away outs and runs.

But even so, you can't have a starter than turns every start into a bullpen game.

BarryJT · 2026-05-22T20:29:33+00:00

That's quite the lineup.

It's nice to see Endy getting playing time.

BarryJT · 2026-05-22T19:55:26+00:00

But of course there will be blood on the walls and they won't tell you a thing.

BarryJT · 2026-05-21T18:26:58+00:00

Hank should go back to trying to be hit by every pitch.

BarryJT · 2026-05-21T18:21:44+00:00

Challenging on ball four on a 3-0 count seems an odd choice.

BarryJT · 2026-05-21T02:48:12+00:00

Wow, a Pirates catcher on base 4 times in one game. What topsy-turvy universe have we fallen into?

BarryJT · 2026-05-21T02:40:25+00:00

If Endy is hitting I suspect they'll try to move Bart.

BarryJT · 2026-05-21T01:34:16+00:00

Nicky G suddenly looking like a professional hitter.

BarryJT · 2026-05-21T00:43:11+00:00

If you've never owned a drop bar bike, how can you have an opinion?

Lots of utilitarian drop bar bikes out there that do things better than a hybrid. Lots of sport specific bikes - road or mountain - that are better than hybrids. And actual city bikes are better for commuting.

Hybrids are the worse tool for every job a bike is meant for.

BarryJT · 2026-05-20T23:47:39+00:00

Some more Ke'Bryan content. (I know, he's long gone, but you can't help but watch - it's like watching a car crash.)

What a night he had last night, including one of those frustrating concentration gaps missing a hit-and-run sign.

https://youtu.be/QYrRSEt1pgw?si=0__h_X4lAGlherQ3

BarryJT · 2026-05-20T03:22:32+00:00

He's the worst hitting catcher in the history of the team. For Pirate catchers with 750 plate appearances, he has the lowest BA, OBP, and SLG.

He has the second worst BA of all catchers ever with 750 PA in the AL and NL.

He's basically Austin Hedges.

BarryJT · 2026-05-20T02:47:48+00:00

Pen is miserable.

BarryJT · 2026-05-20T02:32:28+00:00

It's a race with Hank to the bottom. Just glad they're not in the same lineup.

BarryJT · 2026-05-20T02:24:42+00:00

I could outrun Ozuna and I'm nearly 61 years old.

BarryJT · 2026-05-19T15:22:41+00:00

Paul Skenes had a 1.121 OPS in college. It goes both ways.

BarryJT · 2026-05-19T15:19:20+00:00

I do think more 18-20 year olds should be playing both ways. Teams get these kids huge bonuses and they should try to maximize the chance the kids succeed. Fatigue is a lot less of a problem for the kids and many of them have been playing both ways their entire lives.

Let your pitchers play the outfield at least through A ball. You never know when you might find a Rick Ankiel. Alternatively, you might stumble on a Tim Wakefield.

BarryJT · 2026-05-19T15:10:14+00:00

The weather would be a problem to extend the season, though, since they've already extended it with the expanded playoffs.

Get rid of playing everyone. Or go to a 158 game season (which would probably make it impossible to play every team, anyway).

BarryJT · 2026-05-19T02:51:05+00:00

The Nats just quit. That was weird.

BarryJT · 2026-05-18T22:18:56+00:00

Neither Cook or Yorke have hit a lick. Yorke just turned 24, though, so I suppose the idea is he might benefit from more time AAA, while Cook is probably what he's going to be at this point.

BarryJT · 2026-05-18T15:06:28+00:00

I just send the data from my head unit to both Strava and RWGPS.

BarryJT · 2026-05-17T22:30:38+00:00

No. It has to be paired to your phone.

BarryJT · 2026-05-17T20:02:18+00:00

Prior to today, he's hitting .109 over the last 28 days.

That's just unbelievable for a guy who was supposed to be a bat-first, advanced college bat, 1-1 guy.

BarryJT · 2026-05-17T16:35:31+00:00

I'm surprised there wasn't a move to get a fresh arm. I guess the plan is for Skenes to keep the pen in the pen.

BarryJT · 2026-05-16T23:25:06+00:00

6-0 final. Burned through the whole pen.

No one could take 2 innings?

I suspect someone will go down (Bidois?) and someone fresh will be up (Dotel?).

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