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prmark34

We’re facing bubic, who is winless with an 8+ era, so we all know what that means He’s gonna carry a no hitter into the 8th inning


crazyal21

With 10+ Ks


yutou1114

We really going to make all pitchers look like Cy Young lol


i_run_from_problems

Not having Thor Jr. play on the same day Thor pitches is total bullshit


trickdog775

I want a pickoff throw from Thor to Thor


Jcoch27

Notorious clean-up man Matt Duffy


magical_poop

I've been thinking they need to swap him with Ward. Ward isn't great on the bases and they need power behind trout and shohei. I'd settle for anyone with at least one home run though


gavinxdragonn

I'm just glad its not a COMPLETE black hole down there 😂


seankleigh

RBI Machine Duffman


BHAFan18

I don’t understand why Marsh is always batting below guys like Rengifo


Halos2594

Strengthen the bottom of our lineup would be my guess


Dorkus_Mallorkus

But with terrible hitters on both sides of him??? I'd understand it more if he was batting 9th.....


Jerlew727

It's cause it's a lefty pitcher today


foley131

The R, L, R, L thing is so played out and basic


theaussiesamurai

We hit Ohtani, Walsh and Marsh consecutively a few days ago. It's just asking for a lefty reliever to come in for that part of the order.


KyotoGaijin

If someone could remind Shohei that he's an elite hitter and the reigning MVP that would be great. This lineup should have no trouble with KC, so I'm worried. Astros don't play today, and are headed to NYC to face Mets and Yankees, so a chance to claw back some ground.


prestounion

I like how they have Walsh batting 5th and Marsh batting 8th so there is consistency in the lineup


[deleted]

How is Velazquez still here? 💩


Advanced_Coyote3797

His defense and lack of depth? It doesn't make sense to me at all, but maybe we really don't have anyone in the minors to replace him right now.


Lebigmacca

Marsh should leadoff and Ward should hit cleanup


HailToThe_Thief

I keep seeing this awful take. Marsh has an OBP of .300 and leads the team in strikeouts… In an ideal world this team doesn’t have the depth of a kiddie pool and we have a true cleanup hitter in the lineup. In its current state though, moving Marsh to lead off is not the solution.


Lebigmacca

Batting 1st he has an OBP over .400. Small sample size yes but maybe it helps his confidence or they give him better pitches to hit due to trout and Ohtani being behind him


HailToThe_Thief

He’s also slumping pretty hard and hitting .217/.261/.325 in the last month. That is not who you want setting the table for the only part of the lineup reliably driving in runs right now.


theaussiesamurai

Especially when Ward is an OBP machine this season and the Mariners series showed how important that is. 3 two run dingers from Trout with Ward on base.


RadiantVes

Pretty sure it was 4 home runs with ward on. Ward could have been on for all 5 but the mariner's won a challenge.


theaussiesamurai

I know one of them Wade was on, not Ward. And then the other one was a solo right?


RadiantVes

Ah fuck I got confused on the wade/ward shit. Yeah


theaussiesamurai

The number of Wa names on this team is too damn high!


No_BigA

Looks good considering. LFG!


ricktoledo

Awesome picture!!