OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: Congrats to the Houston Cheaters on their win

[dogthateats]

Fan on the field

 

[ImporterExporter]

Squirrel chase top 10 moment of the season certainly.

I hope he puts it into the river. Just for the insane comments haha.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Lol what an awful error.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Reached on an error.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Lol what an awful error.

Yup, should have been an easy DP

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Cruz really ran that ball out and as a result Villar's error leads to bases loaded with nobody out.

Good hustle, kid.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Madrid grand slam incoming

 

[Empoleon8771]

I initially thought that Cruz was half-assing it out of the box but he was flying down that line, he makes his top speed look effortless.

 

[dogthateats]

Nice

 

[ImporterExporter]

We'll take that! Man that was stroked. Good for you kid.

109 off the bat!!!

 

[Empoleon8771]

Holy cow Madris smoked that. I want to see what that EV was.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Cruz is a potential alien.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Like I was saying earlier, we need Cruz's speed at the top of the lineup.

 

[Smoke]

Cruz looks pissed off all the time.

I like it.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Like I was saying earlier, we need Cruz's speed at the top of the lineup.

Yep. Agree 100%. He's been hitting up top for a long time now and his skillset lends itself to being in that role.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Yep. Agree 100%. He's been hitting up top for a long time now and his skillset lends itself to being in that role.

Yeah and it also goes without saying, but he has better lineup protection up there and so should see better pitches which = better for him + more offense in general.

I do think Marcano really looked great at the top of the order and showed a good command of the zone, seeing a lot of pitches, etc. With that skillset plus the speed, that's a nice potential leadoff guy. I'm not sure how I'd line them up, but Cruz should be higher than 6th. You might even be able to slot him into the cleanup spot, and then have guys like Vogey/Chavis/Suwinski hitting behind him. That could be a sweet spot where he bats with guys on base, but can also create havoc if he like gets a single and there are two outs with those guys up, plus making the pitcher have to worry about him.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Dat throw

 

[ImporterExporter]

That's called an 80 grade cannon.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Any sort of problem with Cruz's transfer time from fielding a ground ball to throwing it is greatly reduced by having that absolute cannon of an arm.

96.7 MPH on that throw.

 

[dogthateats]

That was a laser throw

 

[ImporterExporter]

Cubs are baaaad.

 

[Empoleon8771]

The Cubs are a horrible team.

Good teams find a way to win and bad teams find a way to lose. The more I watch the Pirates, the more I realize they're not a truly "bad" team.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Yup. We're better than Chicago. I find that pretty wild.

Come on. Walk here. Cruz grand slam.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

This is a Cube masterclass so far, but I fully expect Contreras to hit like 6 HRs the rest of the series.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Wow.