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Nick
9:55
Aiken worked out, but you can't credit that to the Astros.  They didn't plan ex ante that the Aiken signing would turn into Bregman.  It was entirely fortuitous.
Paul Sporer
9:55
I mean you can't credit them fully in that they KNEW anything, but there's a pretty strong safety net to not signing when you get the pick slot -1 the following year.
Train Noises
9:56
5 innings from Ross and the game still winnable has to be about the best the Nats could have hoped for.
Paul Sporer
9:57
All told, not terrible, but 4-0 isn't easy against Cole. He's not PEAK Cole, but he's still strong tonight
Section329
9:57
Thoughts on Rainey here?
Paul Sporer
9:58
They aren't winning this series without getting some strong work from him so this is a good time to test him again... medium leverage before they get to the big guns of their pen
F. Hugh Seekay
9:58
Rainey seems like Nuke LaLouche to me. 70 stuff 40 command
Paul Sporer
9:59
Yes, though that's accurate of MANY relievers
Lynn
10:00
Given the respective years they had, do you think the Nats' would have preferred Tanner Roark or Tanney Rainey this season?
Paul Sporer
10:01
With their constant need in the pen, probably Rainey. Roark obviously could pitch out of the pen, too, but he wouldn't be all that special, IMO. Rainey was really strong down the stretch
divcoman
10:01
Ross pitched well. Two bombs and one of them followed a scratch hit and the other followed a borderline strike. Slightly different results would yield a 1-0 game.
Paul Sporer
10:02
For sure, all in all, he gets big time fistbumps from the boys. They're still in this game and now the offense knows it's on them. Couldn't truly expect MUCH more outta J-Ro
Adam2
10:02
“Wake up its the World Series!” is a fun thing to shout
Paul Sporer
10:02
LOL, these FOX mics get everything!!
F. Hugh Seekay
10:02
Soto always looks a little relieved when he makes a catch, doesn’t he?
Paul Sporer
10:02
Reminds me of me playing softball... except I have a better bat..............................................................................
Dystopian Future
10:02
So, this is a total hypothetical; let's say that you could guarantee for game six that Scherzer is healthy. Assuming (and obviously the game isn't over) that the Nats lose game five, who do you go with, Scherzer or Strasburg?
Paul Sporer
10:03
That's soooo tough. I think I stick with Stras and run Scherzer in game 7.
Brett
10:03
So, it seems like there’s been at least three or four questionable strike calls against the Nats this game?
Paul Sporer
10:03
More than that. Quite a few thus far, no?
Yolo
10:03
Are we going to ignore another blow call behind the plate?
Paul Sporer
10:03
No, but how many times can we keep callin' em out? Not like we have any power over it. It's bad.
Brad
10:03
Strasburg 10 times out of 10 lol
stras definitely
James
10:04
Do umpires hear from the league on calls like that? Never seems to be any consequences.
TP
10:04
Remember, these umps are the best MLB has to offer...
Paul Sporer
10:04
They're being judged without a doubt. I don't think they get suspended or anything, but there is SOME accountability. I'm not sure to what degree exactly and I'd certainly say not ENOUGH, but it's not just fully ignored though it seems that way some times
Ben Kaspick
10:05
Imagine if we had an automated zone and it was this bad
10:06
No system is going to be perfect, but we can do a lot better.
Dennis
10:06
I dont think its about of a lack of accountability... theres only so much the human eye can see and brain can pick up
Ben Kaspick
10:07
Yeah, that's the other element at play here. It's incredibly more difficult to be an umpire in real life than in looks on TV. These guys are throwing 100 mph. They're positioned off-center and wearing something over their faces!
sucramrenrut
10:09
As baby-sharky as Parra has been, that's not a great use of a WS roster spot huh?
Paul Sporer
10:09
Who's really being left off that they'd be using? I'm not sure it's a game changer in any tangible way.
Dennis
10:10
Is there any benefit of taking cole out up four runs to save him for future, or do u just ride him out tonight?
Quilted Northern
10:10
Would they allow Cole to go 9?
Ben Kaspick
10:11
I think you just ride it out. Four runs is not insurmountable by any means. I would roll with him as long as he's cruising.
Paul Sporer
10:11
No way he's going 9 with 80 pitches already. As for taking him out up 4, not sure they have enough confidence in the bullpen to take him out earlier than planned
Byron Buxton
10:13
Why can't he go 3 more innings? Seems like he could throw 120
Paul Sporer
10:13
He has 84 now, so 14 per. It'd be 126 to get to the finish at this pace. Not sure he's going to maintain this pace. I just don't see any chance he goes 9
Mad Joe-Don
10:13
After all, it is still a dreaded even-numbered lead.
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