The same grounds he has for requiring it. If there is no possibility of denial, there is no need to require it.
So only one of the deadline acquisitions will start and the one starting is playing out of position where his bat doesn't add a whole lot. Hope to God the bottom of the lineup shows some sings of life this week.
I’m resigned to the fact that this is basically a crapshoot. You can be great for six or seven months, win 100+ games, finish in first, and a couple of bad innings in one game in October can snowball into an early exit from the playoffs. The Dodgers have won nine division titles in ten seasons and they have the same amount of championships in that period of time as the Nationals, who haven’t finished first in their division since 2017 and haven’t finished above .500 since 2019.
Really nothing not to like about the roster and the Game 1 lineup. Time for the players to play the games and perform like champions! Lets do it baby.
I had a vision. We lost the first two games in Houston. Then in game 3 in Seattle we were down 7-1 in the 7th inning. We came back and won 10-9 in the 12th inning. We went on to win the next two to win the series. Then we steamrolled through the rest and the playoffs and won it all against the Dodgers.
Before I saw this tweet, I saw what YOLO posted simply saying it was an injury. I thought to myself, "Maton is so hard on himself, he probably hit the wall after giving up a hit to his brother."
I like how your story ends but I would have a heart attack before we got there if this is how it played out.
WTF? Unbelievable… I wonder if Astros would have gone with 13 pitchers or if this move opened door for Hunter Brown?
The quirk in the scheduling does not permit arguably Seattle's best starter (Castillo) to pitch game 5 on normal rest. So there's that. Thumbs up to the schedule makers, lol.
