The second best team in the National League East takes on the worst team in the National League East and the second worst team in baseball in a Wednesday night game with the Marlins looking for a sweep.

 

Pablo Lopez (4-1, 1.05 ERA) on the mound for the Marlins, Josiah Gray (4-3, 4.34 ERA) for the Nationals in a battle of the two teams' aces. 

 

Jesus Aguilar is 0-for-5 against Gray, but every other Marlins starter has at least one hit against him already. Cooper (2-for-3), and Brianderson (2-for-4 with a HR) are likely the most excited to see Gray on the mound, which means this might be a day off for them both.

 

Will Erik Gonzalez start his third game in a row?

Find out later, on MarlinsBaseball period com.

2 minutes ago, SongInTheAir said:

Pablo Lopez (4-1, 1.05 ERA) on the mound for the Marlins, Josiah Gray (4-3, 4.34 ERA) for the Nationals in a battle of the two teams' aces. 

I really thought Gray would be better than he's been thus far.

2 minutes ago, SonOfJack said:

I really thought Gray would be better than he's been thus far.

Me too. He's actually been pretty lucky too, his ERA is at 4.34 but his xERA is 4.90 and FIP is 5.39. SIERA is a little kinder at 4.26. The home run has been a huge issue for him, he's a flyball pitcher (only 30.5% ground balls last year and down to 21.9% this year) and he's giving up homers on about 17% of his flyballs. 2.42 HR/9 last year improving a bit to 1.93 this year but still way way way too high. He still gets swings and misses when he's around the strikezone, but he needs to throw more strikes and throw down in the zone more often. He pretty much started pitching as a sophomore in college, so he still has things to figure out, but he has really good upside. Hopefully he starts to figure things out when the Nationals play the Braves and Phillies. 

9 minutes ago, SonOfJack said:

I really thought Gray would be better than he's been thus far.

Now he'll pitch a 2 hit shutout today. Thanks Paul.

1 minute ago, hovertical said:

Now he'll pitch a 2 hit shutout today. Thanks Paul.

No problem, Todd.

2 minutes ago, hovertical said:

Now he'll pitch a 2 hit shutout today. Thanks Paul.

both hits by Erik Gonzalez, who gets the start over Jazz. 

1 minute ago, SongInTheAir said:

both hits by Erik Gonzalez, who gets the start over Jazz. 

You in Taiwan?

I want Josiah Gray to pitch fantastically well for 6 innings while Pablo goes 7 (or 8 innings) and the team scores 10 runs off the Nats bullpen. 🙂

[Gray is now on my fantasy team so I need that, ya know?]

23 minutes ago, Michael said:

I want Josiah Gray to pitch fantastically well for 6 innings while Pablo goes 7 (or 8 innings) and the team scores 10 runs off the Nats bullpen. 🙂

[Gray is now on my fantasy team so I need that, ya know?]

[Which fantasy team?]

3 minutes ago, SongInTheAir said:

[Which fantasy team?]

[The only one I have now.]

Just now, Michael said:

[The only one I have now.]

[Why we talking like this]

Just now, SonOfJack said:

[Why we talking like this]

[I don't know.]

8 minutes ago, Michael said:

[The only one I have now.]

[We're not playing each other this week, but you're only one game behind me in the standings, so I hope the Marlins score 30 runs in the first inning today.]

7 minutes ago, SonOfJack said:

[Why we talking like this]

[We're whispering.]

3 minutes ago, SongInTheAir said:

[We're not playing each other this week, but you're only one game behind me in the standings, so I hope the Marlins score 30 runs in the first inning today.]

[Oh ... don't look at my game's current score then.]

Just now, Michael said:

[Oh ... don't look at my game's current score then.]

Don Mattingly got the dartboard fixed, so here's today's lineup:

 

1. jazz 2B

2. jesus DH

3. garrett 1B

4. avisail RF

5. brian LF

6. jesus CF

7. jacob C

8. miguel SS

9. Erik 3B

pablo SP

Happened last year several times too, confusing roster management 

4 minutes ago, SonOfJack said:

Happened last year several times too, confusing roster management 

This David Marshmallow guy trying to stir the pot.

Just now, Michael said:

This David Marshmallow guy trying to stir the pot.

Always but also right as usual

4 minutes ago, SonOfJack said:

Happened last year several times too, confusing roster management 

That guy always makes really good points and is also handsome. 

 

Could have easily been fixed by sending down Castano and calling up someone like Dunand to at least be able to cover the infield positions.

If ANYONE gets hurt tonight...there's no one available. 

1 minute ago, Michael said:

This David Marshmallow guy trying to stir the pot.

2 minutes ago, SongInTheAir said:

That guy always makes really good points and is also handsome. 

 

Could have easily been fixed by sending down Castano and calling up someone like Dunand to at least be able to cover the infield positions.

If ANYONE gets hurt tonight...there's no one available. 

Payton Henry.

Third baseman.

11 minutes ago, Michael said:

Payton Henry.

Third baseman.

Hayton Penry

Ez win 

So if they had to because of injuries in tonight's game they'd just bring in bullpen pitchers to play in the field and take the corresponding spots in the lineup?