Joe Maddon: The Man Behind the Glasses

[SKO]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

[Oleg]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

[Quality Start Machine]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

Gonzalez is the only lefty in Washington's rotation. Our Large Adult Son will be a busy boy.

[SKO]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

[Tonker]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

[SKO]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

Oh yes, in a larger sense he's not right regardless of how this plays out, because we all know he's just wrong about Schwarber, period.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

Oh yes, in a larger sense he's not right regardless of how this plays out, because we all know he's just wrong about Schwarber, period.

Yes. I'm wrong.

Also, I was agreeing with "Zo over Schwarber vs RHP".  Which was your quote.

So, you are just as wrong as I am.

[Saul Goodman]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

Oh yes, in a larger sense he's not right regardless of how this plays out, because we all know he's just wrong about Schwarber, period.

Yes. I'm wrong.

Also, I was agreeing with "Zo over Schwarber vs RHP".  Which was your quote.

So, you are just as wrong as I am.

ChristinaHendricksEyeroll.gif

[Quality Start Machine]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

Oh yes, in a larger sense he's not right regardless of how this plays out, because we all know he's just wrong about Schwarber, period.

Yes. I'm wrong.

Also, I was agreeing with "Zo over Schwarber vs RHP".  Which was your quote.

So, you are just as wrong as I am.

ChristinaHendricksEyeroll.gif

I just searched that very thing in giphy, and I enjoyed the results.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

Oh yes, in a larger sense he's not right regardless of how this plays out, because we all know he's just wrong about Schwarber, period.

Yes. I'm wrong.

Also, I was agreeing with "Zo over Schwarber vs RHP".  Which was your quote.

So, you are just as wrong as I am.

ChristinaHendricksEyeroll.gif

You have a wide screen? Nice.

[flannj]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

Oh yes, in a larger sense he's not right regardless of how this plays out, because we all know he's just wrong about Schwarber, period.

Yes. I'm wrong.

Also, I was agreeing with "Zo over Schwarber vs RHP".  Which was your quote.

So, you are just as wrong as I am.

ChristinaHendricksEyeroll.gif

You have a wide screen? Nice.

You have a widescreen as well I assume.
Yet you see so little.

[Saul Goodman]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

Oh yes, in a larger sense he's not right regardless of how this plays out, because we all know he's just wrong about Schwarber, period.

Yes. I'm wrong.

Also, I was agreeing with "Zo over Schwarber vs RHP".  Which was your quote.

So, you are just as wrong as I am.

ChristinaHendricksEyeroll.gif

You have a wide screen? Nice.

You have a widescreen as well I assume.
Yet you see so little.

Chuck's just mad he has to scroll sideways to see both breasts.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Season OPS/September OPS:

Schwarber: .782/.938
Jay: .749/.699
Heyward: .715/.798
Zobrist: .693/.648

Make the right call, Joe. Jay hit .313 with a .351 OBP in September, so he can at least get on base. Zobrist slashed .227/.307/.341 so he didn't really do anything well of late.

Also for any Chucks wanting to cry BUT MUH DEFENSE, Zobrist was a -4 run outfielder in 360 innings this year, Schwarber has been -9 in 821 innings. They're basically equally meh defensively, and one of them has been a demonstrably better hitter. It's not the old dude.

Also:

Happ: .842/.824
Almora: .782/1.000

If you assume a Rizzo-Baez-Russell-Bryant everyday infield alignment for October, that leaves 6 guys for 3 spots in the outfield (until the DH comes into play in a few weeks).

My personal preference would be a Schwarber-Almora-Happ alignment with Jay & Zobrist as excellent PH options and Heyward as a defensive replacement, but I've made my peace with the fact that Joe is going to have different ideas than I do and many of those ideas are going to include Jay & Zobrist starting.

I expect we'll see plenty of Happ and Almora vs LHP. But Zo over Schwarber vs RHP is gonna be gross.

If the past few weeks is prologue, Schwarber is going to sit a lot and, if he starts, he's going to be pinch hit for early in games.

I guess the same would be true of Rizzo and Bryant, huh?  You know...if the past few weeks are a prologue.  Because it's always best to draw conclusions about player usage from irrelevant September games in which the active roster can have 40 players on it.

Chuck has just twisted things to the point where he's right about Schwarber, regardless of how he's used. If he sits, Chuck was right. If he starts but gets pulled for defense with a late lead like any manager would do, Chuck is somehow right.

Now, more than ever, it's important to remember that Chuck is fucking ALWAYS wrong.  He's literally never right.

Oh yes, in a larger sense he's not right regardless of how this plays out, because we all know he's just wrong about Schwarber, period.

Yes. I'm wrong.

Also, I was agreeing with "Zo over Schwarber vs RHP".  Which was your quote.

So, you are just as wrong as I am.

ChristinaHendricksEyeroll.gif

You have a wide screen? Nice.

You have a widescreen as well I assume.
Yet you see so little.

Bank upgraded me to two side-by-side 4x3s. I can now see 75% of Hendricks' butt.

[SKO]

Zobrist RF
Bryant 3B
Rizzo 1B
Contreras C
Schwarber LF
Russell SS
Heyward CF
Baez 2B

I think this is actually the right call here. Jay can sub in for any of the three outfielders if needed, Happ available to PH vs the Nats left-handed heavy pen. Good deal, Joe.