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3 hours ago, kevwun said:

Someone explain to me why Hinch pulled Urquidy when he did for Josh James.  He was probably good for 2 more innings and we wouldn't have had to use Harris.  I do not understand his love affair with Josh James.  It's nice that he throws 98, but he has no idea where it's going.

Urquidy told charinos he was done. Charinos told Hinch. Watch the dugout video 

 

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8 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Urquidy told charinos he was done. Charinos told Hinch. Watch the dugout video 

 

I don’t know if that’s accurate but completely bad ass if so.  Too many pitchers want to muscle through or man-up to the detriment of the team.  Nothing wrong with admitting you’re done and handing off the next man up. 

9 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Nothing wrong with admitting you’re done and handing off the next man up. 

Except when that man is Josh James  

 

All hands on deck tonight (except JV). Take it back home and end it in 6

Edited by tx 3 putt

I wonder what made Urquidy think he was done?? He was pitching pretty damn well and hadn't even thrown 70 pitches yet.  At any rate, he gave them exactly what they needed last night.  Now hopefully Cole will pitch to his standard and Correa can get going.  Maybe the walks he took last night will help.  I'd love to see him hit a pitch to right center.  Hitting the ball the other way always seems to get players going again. 

Never know.  Pitchers get blisters, or maybe his elbow was getting sore.  Whatever it was, if he actually did take himself out for the good of the team, then I like the guy even more.

Springer needs to get woke 

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1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Urquidy told charinos he was done. Charinos told Hinch. Watch the dugout video 

 

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I don’t know if that’s accurate but completely bad ass if so.  Too many pitchers want to muscle through or man-up to the detriment of the team.  Nothing wrong with admitting you’re done and handing off the next man up. 

 

37 minutes ago, Hate said:

I wonder what made Urquidy think he was done?? He was pitching pretty damn well and hadn't even thrown 70 pitches yet.  At any rate, he gave them exactly what they needed last night.  Now hopefully Cole will pitch to his standard and Correa can get going.  Maybe the walks he took last night will help.  I'd love to see him hit a pitch to right center.  Hitting the ball the other way always seems to get players going again. 

Hopefully he just felt like he was done for the night and not actually hurting in a way that would affect his future availability.  Didn’t seem like it watching him in the dugout.  There’s definitely something about setting aside your ego and passing the baton that seems like a rare quality, particularly in a starting pitcher.

It’s obviously easier to feel good about it since it worked out, but it’s also potentially helpful that he only went through the lineup twice, so getting out when he did has potential benefits of not letting the nationals hitters get another look at him, as well as keeping him fresher for an all hands on deck situation in game 6 and/or 7.

I never knew there was an army of lip readers and telepaths on this thread.  Good to know.

5 hours ago, Iceman said:

I thought he pulled Urquidy early too, but that's what MLB managers do.  He had an extremely low pitch count and was absolutely in the zone.  The move damned near cost the Astros the game and the win was most definitely NOT because of AJ's decisions.

Damn near cost us the win in an 8-1 game?  Interesting take.

1 minute ago, housious said:

This thread smells like alcohol. And I love it 

Im drinking frose Urquiddy's with the wife right now

I think Urquidy was throwing a little harder than normal, he might have worn himself out faster because of it.  He was consistently hitting 94 and he's usually at 92 or 93.

33 minutes ago, WBT said:

Damn near cost us the win in an 8-1 game?  Interesting take.

It was 4-0 after the 5th when Urquidy retired for the evening.

The bases were loaded at one point in the bottom of the 6th, with a run scoring, leaving 2 on until  Correa made the fantastic catch on a deep bloop hit to prevent more damage and ending the inning.

 

Did you watch the game?  It was absolutely a precarious position with regard to the outcome being in doubt.

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1 minute ago, cabowabo said:

Yordan starting in left as per Hinch. 

The ball will inevitably find him. Hope he's up to the task. 

Springer is gonna have to run his ass off tonight covering for Yordan and Brantley.

i was hoping Alvarez would never play this postseason.

Scherzer scratched. Let’s win. 

What’s the story behind scherzer not starting? Are they just going to throw everything into games 6 & 7. 

Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:

What’s the story behind scherzer not starting? Are they just going to throw everything into games 6 & 7. 

Neck and trap spasms 

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7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Neck and trap spasms 

Yancy approves. 

That's kind of a big deal.  Ross has a 1.67 WHIP on the year and a 5.48 ERA.  Only nine starts.

Edited by kevwun

Scherzer scratched for tonight due to issue in his trap/neck area. Received injection. #Nationals still hopeful he can pitch Game 7, if necessary. Joe Ross starts tonight. Anibal Sanchez available in relief.

3 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

That bites. I don't want anyone from either team hurt.

Part of the game. Sometimes it’s the break you need 

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Part of the game. Sometimes it’s the break you need 

Like a rainout in ny. 

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Part of the game. Sometimes it’s the break you need 

Well, obviously things do happen. But I'd much rather they sideline a guy who wasn't likely to get into the game for either team anyway. I love winning, but not because the other team caught a bad break with a star player's health. 

All that said, we still could lose. Have to show up and win, no matter who's out there.

6 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

That bites. I don't want anyone from either team hurt.

Part of the game.

And if we split the next two and he can pitch Game 7 against Greinke, it's a big advantage for them.

We have to capitalize.

Scherzer had 2 different IL stints after the ASB this year so its been bugging him for awhile.

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30 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

Well, obviously things do happen. But I'd much rather they sideline a guy who wasn't likely to get into the game for either team anyway. I love winning, but not because the other team caught a bad break with a star player's health. 

All that said, we still could lose. Have to show up and win, no matter who's out there.

Yeah the nats are going to be in full backs to the wall survival mode.  If they lose they’ll be able to tell themselves they still have Strasburg in game 6 and Scherzer in game 7, and if they win it will really fire them up and possibly demoralize the Astros that they couldn’t win against an emergency starter with Cole on the mound.  
 

I guess what I’m saying is that this is the biggest game of the season. 

Can anyone confirm that Daniella was in Scherzer’s neighborhood last night.

Scherzer scratched. Let’s win. 



Just heard this on mlb radio. WOW.

I guess those lucky things needed to win a championship are favoring the Astros.

Take advantage.

They can say he's pitching in Game 7, but I don't think it's a given.  He's gonna be sore for awhile and pitching is going to make it worse.

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

 

Did Alvarez bring a glove with him to DC?  Does he own a glove?

Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Did Alvarez bring a glove with him to DC?  Does he own a glove?

Urquidy doesn't own a bat so, maybe

36 minutes ago, kevwun said:

They can say he's pitching in Game 7, but I don't think it's a given.  He's gonna be sore for awhile and pitching is going to make it worse.

No kidding. 

15 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Did Alvarez bring a glove with him to DC?  Does he own a glove?

They dug up Beltran’s for him.  

Reading his quotes, unless he gets a reverse Daniella, seems pretty unlikely he pitches again in the series. 

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