| time: | 11:05 a.m. PT |
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| sp: | Brett Tomko (4-11, 5.39) vs Jeff Suppan (11-12, 4.57) |
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A: As long as the Padres win, nobody will care.
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I like the Tomko idea, but it has one flaw. If we end up in some multi-team tie and have to play more than one playoff game it’s really going to hurt our chances to advance.
For that reason, I think Peavy today would be an option. I still like the Tomko idea however.
I’m feeling we go with Tomko. Just my take. Just gut feeling.
Debate is over…….Tomko is pitching.
Was there a debate? Buddy said Tomko would pitch yesterday after we lost.
Kinda of sad to see people giving up on Hoffman after Gwynn hits a VERY good pitch to tie the game. Trevor has had some trouble this year, but he is still one of the best in the business. He has one year left on his contract, you arent going to replace him that easily.
#3: The debate is over as long as the Padres win. If not, there will be a lot of second guessing, which would have been true regardless of who got today’s start.
#4: No debate. My point was that Bud Black is in a difficult spot. No matter who got the call, the only way he doesn’t get second guessed is if the Padres win.
Best thing to pull out of yesterday’s game is at least CY looked a little better. To have him around 95% the playoffs is key.
OT, I’ll be on BDD Talk Radio in about 10 minutes.
Geoff, point well taken. Let’s get the W today!!!
#8 : Sweet. I was headed to the beach but now I’m gonna have to delay.
Just listened to your BDD segment Geoff. Pretty good stuff.
Hitting the annual Garlic Festival here in Saugerties for a while, but I’ll be back for the game later.
6: Gotcha, good point. Lets just get it done and win now.
BTW, good stuff on the Blog Radio GY.
Fielder not in the starting lineup. That can’t hurt.
Mets and Marlins underway:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270930121
Also on XM 185.
I vote Tomko. Jake on 3 days did not work very well last time. The only way we get a 3 way tie is NY, PHL and COL all win. If any of them lose, two way tie. And we have Jake, fully rested for that game.
Let’s say each of those teams has a 70% chance of winning their games, because they are pumped up. The probability that all 3 win is .70 cubed, or 34%. If you bump it their expected winning percentage to 75%, than 42%. Sizeable odds, but still less likely than only having one game.
Also, if Jake is our best bullet in our gun and we spend it, and it is not working well, there is a ton of pressure on the hitters. I would prefer them knowing “Hey, let’s try to win this one, but we got Jake.” Hopefully that would lead to better pressing.
It reminds me of 1996, after winning the first two from LA, we were guaranteed the WC if we lost, division if we won. We went with our #4/5, Bob Tewskbury, and he pitched great and we won the division. Not exactly parallel, but reminiscent. Also, Tomko has won every game he has started for us. Small sample but
18 IP, 15H, 7 R/ER, 2 HR, 14k, 3 BB, 3.50 ERA
Anyway, does us no good, but today would be a lot more fun if we had not pitched 5 straight change ups to Gwynn.
Florida up 1-0 in the first.
Now 4-0.
#15: Or if Gwynn hadn’t managed to hit that last one.
18: Exactly, if he strikes out on that pitch no one would be talking about 5 straight change ups. Hoff made a good pitch, T. Jr. did some good hitting.
5-0 Marlins
Glavine nails Willis with the bases loaded. Marlins up 5-0; Glavine is done after retiring only one batter. Top of the order coming up.
Uggla doubles home two more. Fish lead 7-0.
Phillies and Nationals:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270930122
XM 184.
I was gonna say I feel good about Willis pitching but he’s got an ERA over 5.
If the mets lose the phillies really dont factor into anything concerning the Pads right?
#18: point taken; my view was while Nix swung and missed on all the change ups, Gwynn was making contact. That was not true: he swung and missed twice, but did take two (one of which was a strike; hate Froemming). Maybe his ability to take some of those pitches suggests he was less susceptible to the change than Nix. I still don’t like throwing 5 pitches of the same speed. But, I guess Bard and Hoffman have a little bit more experience in this area than I do, so I will shush, but it still irks me.
25: yes, than just the Rockies to deal with. Granted, if you want any pitcher on the mound with a 7-0 deficit in the 1rst, if you are a Mets fan, Dontrelle is the man. I dislike Philly, so am torn. Hopefully, Phillies will lose as well and NY wins playoff.
27: We played Philly well though, so I would rather face them in the playoffs
Understatement alert: The Mets losing would be HUGE for the Padres. Not only would it mean that if Colorado lost, then the Padres would win the wildcard, but also then the Padres will only have to play, at most, one playoff game. Which, of couse, means that we could rest our playoff chances on Peavy pitching on normal rest.
I guess we played the Mets better though…
Well, that’s a nice start.
Boooya!
OG is looking extra orange-y!
Wow, he absolutely crushed that.
I now resent Tony Gwynn a bit. I know, I need to let it go.
damn Kouz was inches from making it 2-0
Ball’s flying out today… that could be a bit worrisome…
On pace for 27 hits today… that’s a good sign…
Blummer!
Blummer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice~!!!!!!!
We are making Suppan work, good AB’s by the whole team
Blum’s the clutchiest clutch who ever did clutch.
Nice first inning, would had been a nice spot for tomko to get his first hit, but you cant ask for much more. Lets hope he pitches well.
Damn if Bard wasn’t so slow! Okay, now we need to go ahead and bring in the bullpen. Great stuff from Tomko, let’s go ahead and shut’er down.
Needless speculation: Say we did start Peavy. In that situation would you pinch hit for him and bring Tomko in to start the bottom of the 1st?
Assuming that both were fully warmed up, I’d go with Peavy. Now there is a lot better chance of getting the win with Peavy. When it’s zero-zero, you have to worry about Peavy pitching a great game only to lose 1-0 or 2-0.
I’d want more than 3 runs for that. At least 5 or 6.
Anyone else’s mlb.tv connection suck right now or is it just me?
FYI: Ryan Howard needs 2 Ks for 200.
whew that was close
I always thought that hitting the yellow line meant it was a homerun… Tony is pulling the rug from under my feet…
Phils up 3-0 in the third.
BTW: This brings up a good issue. I really think that homerun calls should be reviewable on video. I know that I’m in a minority on that, but while I’m usually a traditionalist with respect to baseball matters, I think this one is pretty silly.
Life is tough for brewer fan. All that way to stumble at the end. Tough sledding.
Okay, now bring in the bullpen next inning. Tomko’s done all that we can ask for. It’s time to shut ‘er down.
Dontrelle done in NY after 2.2 IP. Bases loaded, two out in the third, LoDuca batting for El Duque.
LoDuca grounds out; Mets down 7-1 after three.
I want to hear Willy Randolph give a positive spin in the press conference after this loss.
Okay, great stuff from Tomko (seriously: 4k’s through 7 batters!). Let’s let the bully do the rest… Shut ‘er down.
58: You really want the bullpen to start now?
OT: Okay, so LT can only gain something like 50yds against Greenbay, but Adrian Peterson has gained 108 on 10 carries in the 1st half. Ugh, we’re really going to need our O-line to step up.
59: I’m only kidding.
Seriously guys, is anyone else’s mlb.tv connection on and off right now? this is so frustrating after not being to watch the game at all yesterday and only being able to watch the game in three second intervals today.
62: Yup.
Nice swing by Tomko.
62: Mine seems to be working fine.
60: LT just has to make the adjustments. The league adjusted to him, now he’s got to adjust back. Defenses are just collapsing on him and since Rivers cant get the passing game going the running lanes arent there.
#64: Yep, he almost got that over Gross’ head.
Nice glove, Kouz.
65: Rivers was great last week. I don’t think that’s the difference. We’re not holding our blocks and we’re also being pretty predictable.
62: Mine has been fine. Do you have the Mosiac? Thats what I am using, its worked great.
Crap, Tomko. Then again, no chance for SB at least. Right?
Maybe, Suppan will bake a little in the sun and get tired.
Come on, Tomko, DP right here.
Nice play, Kouz. Good job, Tomko. This guy wants to win.
Let’s go Padres. Score some more runs. 10 would be good.
68: Last week yes, and last week was also LT’s best game of the year. When the passing game is a legit threat to defenses the running lanes will open up. You are right the o-line isnt helping though.
Okay, great stuff by Tomko. He’s all heart. Let’s get that guy out of there on top.. Bring in the bully… Shut ‘er down….
Hairston really got out of the box on that one. I didn’t realize he was that fast.
74: I agree, he’s never hustled out a grounder like that before, he made the play damn close at first.
Great job by Adrian to stay on the bag.
El Hombre with the nice pick. Wow.
If we get into the playoffs, I hope our complete inability to control the running game doesn’t come back to bite us.
Damn it, Tomko.
Crap!
This is why Chaka no like Tomko…
Wow, I guess we had to figure 3 runs wouldnt be enough.
78: Our pitchers just dont like to hold guys on. Tomko has been the best one at it.
78: Yup, that’s the worry too. Two runs yesterday wouldn’t have scored without the stolen bases.
Yuck. Rox threatening in the first:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270930127
83: not anymore
Calling bullpen, right now.
Let’s score some runs, Padres. Drat! One run lead is no good.
How on earth did the Diamondbacks win 90 games? Their lineup is terrible, and their starting pitching other than Brandon Webb is extremely suspect. It’s depressing rooting for them.
Man, this is bad for my nerve.
So, I’m also watching the future episode of Heroes, String Theory, where the Mets…I mean NY City lays in ruins. No mention of the Padres but I’m hoping Hiro Nakamura comes thru for the boys.
#83: Game is on XM 189 for those interested.
86: Yeah, still, let’s root for them anyway…today.
86: Great bullpen, timely hitting. Basically the same way we win games.
Attaboy, Khalil!
YEAH! Khalil went deep. There you go, Padres. More runs. More runs.
Greene goes yard.
“Look how excited he is” hahahaha
90: Except our hitting is much better than theirs, and we have two other good starting pitchers behind Peavy.
Hooray Khalil!
Nate Silver’s take on the Khalil homer from his chat at BPro:
“Khalil Greene hits a home run into the Brewers’ bullpen in left-center, once again extending the major league record for home runs hit by a player named Khalil. You want to talk about untouchable records — that one is going to be right up there when it’s all said and done.”
Crap. Another Tomko special delivery. Let’s change the pitcher.
Come on, Brett. DP would be nice right now. Watch out for the stolen base but get the guys out.
Damnit. Was that a bad call?
Even without Mike Winters, this umpiring crew is having a tough time. Looked to me like they nailed Weeks at second…
Yeah, he was out. It was extremely lucky to have the ball bounce back to Bard though, so I guess it evens it out.
In comes The Claw.
Yes, but I’m sick of the “Josh gets a bad rap” argument. Bard has absolutely NO ARM. He takes about 20 minutes to get rid of the ball, and can’t throw anyone out at third! I refuse to believe that the problem is every single pitcher on the padres (including fireballers like Bell and Tomko) are slow to the plate.
#103: There isn’t a catcher alive that would throw out even 15-20% of base stealers with this staff.
Stupid Silent L.
Milwaukee’s defense is contagious.
That was an absolutely perfect double play ball if Blum can just make the play. Way to go, Silent L.
What the hell is going on – it’s 1st/3rd and suddenly it’s bases loaded and the Brewers scored.
And now we are falling to pieces. Go Snakes.
Is it too late to un-start Tomko?
It’s hard cheering for the Snakes when they run out their reserves. Frickin Melvin. You and Grady Little can go to you know where.
111 – I saw that lineup. What an embarrassment.
110: How about putting Marcus Giles in at second base before that inning? That would have ended the inning with us still up 4-3, most likely.
Yeah, we just had to make the double switch with Barrett. Blum made the last out. Since Barrett’s in, we are destined to lose this game now
113: How about getting Tomko out of there after the troublesome 4th inning?
All under the bridge now. Good job by Kevin Cameron.
Let’s get the kid a win, Padres.
And get NOG in there for defense.
That was a nightmarish inning.
Barrett has .400 ave against Suppan.
The Diamondbacks have 12 at bats and 9 strikeouts. Just a bad, bad hitting team.
118, Look at their lineup. Drew and Reynolds are their only regulars out there. They even started Petit over Davis!
Wegner just hooked us on that call.
That was a terrible call.
When you’re getting rung up on pitches like that, it’s not your day.
We shoud be into their pen in the 7th if that helps.
Only 9 more outs……
I’m so depressed right now. They’re gonna blow this after being one effing strike away. ONE STRIKE!!! with Trevor pitching!!!
This game is not over. Black needs to get Cameron right now. He can’t be walking this game out of reach.
Why is Cameron still in???
They need to get this out and then hit. C’mon Padres!!! Lets do this!
Barrett is a terrible catcher in his pitch calling/framing. I’m not sure if it’s because he’s unfamiliar with Kevin Cameron’s stuff or Kevin is just not confidence in his pitches. Hard to think that Bard wouldn’t have done a better job with a rookie pitcher.
I never thought I’d say this but go diamondbacks
Man, is he getting the squeeze in the strike zone?
That looks like a strike.
Loaded.
this is getting so hard to watch
Is Cameron still in?
The Mets game is a final. They’re done. Now we need the Diamondbacks to do something.
I hate sports
Go Diamondbacks.
Ouch. And why double switch Sledge for clutch home run hitting Hairston?
I can’t believe this is happening. Tired of this crap. I’m already cushioning my mood for a loss.
The ump absolutely refuses to give us the four inches off the outside corner he’s giving to Suppan on a regular basis.
I’ve got things I gotta get done…
See you guys in Denver tomorrow!
“f word”
Baseball…….when I got done surfing this morning I got back to my truck and turned 1090 on. Teddy said we had batted around in the first inning and I thought, “Wow. We are kicking the bleep out of them.” Then I heard it was only 3-0. Now it’s 9-4
Phillies won NL East.
Arizona is doing squat right now and so is the Rockies.
i like how we look like we already gave up. khalil and adrian looked horrible just now
Enter Germano. I guess the strategy now is to save the best relievers for a game at Coors tomorrow. Sigh…
1-0 Rockies, runner on third, two outs, Wickman pitching to Spilborghs.
rockies up 1-0
And the Rockies take a 1-0 lead on Hawpe’s double…
looks like coors field tomorrow, their bullpen has been tough
Spilborghs bunts out to end the inning. I seriously doubt the Diamondbacks ability and motivation to grind out a couple of runs to win that game.
This loss is going to be on Buddy for not getting Tomko out of there after the double to start off the 5th. It was clear Tomko lost it in the 4th, why keep him around? There is a reason his numbers are as bad as they are.
I’d blame Meredith, Cameron, Brocail, and Blum much more than Tomko and Black. Black got Tomko out of there before the tying run had scored; the relievers and Blum just didn’t do their jobs. If Blum fields that ground ball and turns two, then suddenly we’re up 4-3 and Black looks like a genius.
152: yup…and having Silent L in with a groundball pitcher like Meredith.
No reason for the Snakes to try to win this game.
It’s good for them to get the Rox vs the Padres tomorrow.
Well, see you all tomorrow.
d-backs have a runner on second with one out
walked, two on – pitching change
Lets rest the bully.
tie game 1-1
Carlos Quentin singles in a run for the D-Backs. 1-1, runners on first and second, one out.
Why would the dbacks try to win? Why not tax Pads/Rox an extra game and get rid of Peavy till end of potential series?
Professional pride. The players will play hard, but there’s no way Bob Melvin will put in his best players to try and win.
I’ll be damned. DBacks gonna do this for us?
I’ll bet there have never been this many Padres fans rooting for the Diamondbacks in a long, long time
162: Nope. I doubt they’re going to use their good pitchers, so it’s going to be very difficult for them to hold any lead.
Conor Jackson strikes out. Jeff Cirillo pinch hits with two outs and runners on first and second still.
Third times the charm? All we ask is three runs an inning.
Cirillo K’s. On to the bottom of the seventh.
Looking at gameday, I’m not sure who’s strikezone is wider – Wegner’s or Nelson’s. Those look like some ‘last game of the year’ calls…
Not to cast too negative an outlook, but if this continues to go badly, what’s the match-up tomorrow, Peavy vs. Fogg?
It would be nice if the snakes could help us out, but this was all on us. We had 2 games to put this away.
168… Didn’t look like any of the four pitches were within three inches of the zone.
Nippert pitching the bottom of the seventh.
169: It appears that is the match up, unless they bring back Morales on short rest.
I wouldn’t mind a little nippert from my flask…
On to the eighth in Denver. 2-3-4 hitters up for both teams.
Maybe we can get Morton and Macias an AB here just for the sake of the experience.
I know it doesn’t look good in Colorado, but I’d feel a whole lot better with it 1-1 in the 8th than 0-0 in the 1st. Anything can happen…
176: This might be thier last career game in the bigs so they might as well.
KOUZ!!!
HOMBRE!!!
wow back to back… a little late fellas
was Greene just robbed???
Runners on first and second in Denver, and lefty Jeff Salazar comes up against lefty Brian Fuentes. No pinch hitter, Salazar K’s, on to the bottom of the eighth.
Throwing error by Mark Reynolds puts Tulowitzki on, Hammock can’t field a ball hit by Holliday, and the Rockies have runners on first and third.
This doesnt look good…
Wow, ultimately the Padres outhit the Brewers 14-11, with more extra base hits. Maybe if Black had gotten Cameron after the second walk instead of after the third, the Padres would have won.
2-1 Rox
2-1 Rockies, with the bases still loaded and no outs. Way to go D-Backs fielders.
4-1 Rockies. Go Jake tomorrow.
Mission October is on life support. Ridiculous we couldn’t get one of the last 2 games.
Lots of maybes…
You know, it’s hard to not respect the Rockies. That team’s got some good guys and they’re all playing some great baseball.
It’s gonna be a great game tomorrow. And I’m going to be happy for either team that wins.
We didnt have a mission october this year… we were just suposed to “Experience It!”
Looks like we are playing in Colorado tomorrow.
Well so much for that. On paper Jake vs Fogg is a mismatch, but the Rockies have the momentum. Hopefully the boys can find what it takes to win more game, but these last two have hurt. To be one strike away, and Trevor’s pitch wasn’t even a bad one, but Junior pulled his best impersonation of his Dad. *sigh* It’s all on Jake.
Oh and the D-Backs and Dodgers can go shove it for sending out AAA lineups against the Rockies on 3+ occasions. Thanks for the respect. I don’t know which team I dislike more.
Jake Peavy is the best pitcher in the NL. I feel good about our chances.
Now the D-Backs bring in Brandon Lyon and get a strikeout and GIDP to end the inning. The horse is out of the barn, fellows.
I bought a Rockies hat in 1993 because of the fire sale. I’m thinking I should burn it in effigy tomorrow.
Cirillo is the tie-ing run with 1-on and 1-out in top of 9th …
Cirillo was no help … but Callaspo singled in a run … now Drew up with 2-out and tie-ing run on 1st …
We’re goin’ to Colorado … some good news is that Fuentes went 1.2 today … and Corpas pitched a very “rocky” 9th (3 hits and 2 runs) …
Did it looke like Drew was safe to anyone else?
195: Padres would had done the same thing
Anyone know what time the game would start tomorrow? Hopefully not too early…a) want to watch it; b) who knows when the Pads can get in to Denver? Would they have already booked the charter and filed the flight plan anyway just in case?
4:37 PST start time for the game tomorrow. Let’s go Peavy.
203: They are a baseball team I doubt they would have much trouble getting there at a reasonable time especially with a fairly early game today. Luckily its a short flight to denver and the game its a a reasonable time at about 4:30 PST.
You gotta feel good about the game though. Best pitcher in baseball throwing for us. Best road pitcher and he has pitched well against the Rox all year.
Gi’nts beat the Dogs to close out the 162-game schedule … always nice to see the Dogs down … BUT … the regular season is not yet done … All Systems are Go for Padres @ Rox … be there!
Does anyone know how in the world TBS got ALDS/NLDS and NLCS broadcasting rights? How can you leverage broadcasting a major sporting event without HD service? TBS isnt exactly a household network either, this really makes no sense to me.
Tomorrows game will be on TBS aswell…
207: I heard Cox was going to have TBS HD ready to go for the playoffs ahead of the station’s official debut in November. Where did I hear this? I want to say Darren Smith on 1090 on Friday.
208: Supposedly thier official debut was Sept 1st, but only a few areas carry TBS in HD. TBS should had done thier part and introduced the station in May or June when they signed thier contract with MLB, if it wasnt in the plans Turner should just broadcast the games on TNT like they do with all thier other sports programming.
That was the big scoop, that Cox agreed to carry the HD station, and in time for the playoffs. Gonna go doublecheckin now.
As for Pads, if they can’t win one of three games to get in, they don’t deserve it. Anyway, that’s how I’ve set up my soft landing.
From Posner’s column Friday: Cox Cable is adding TBS HD to its lineup (Ch. 733) beginning Wednesday, but Time Warner Cable isn’t sure it will be able to make the addition by that day. It’s possible, though, according to a spokesman, which is an improvement from a couple of weeks ago.
That doesn’t help us Cox subscribers for tomorrow if the game isn’t on 4/704
That doesnt help us Cox subscribers in OC either…
Non HD = Sad Zagz
Here’s an interesting Q&A from a BP chat today …
Ben (San Diego): Any chance Peavy gets some MVP consideration if he goes out and pitches well against the Rockies tomorrow? I mean, he’s surely a better choice than Rollins.
Nate Silver: I’ve been talking Jake Peavy up as an MVP candidate for a couple of weeks now, and I agree that if he goes into Coors Field tomorrow and shuts down the Rockies … especially because it would be win #20 … that’s a very unique opportunity for a pitcher to get the national spotlight in a game that still counts toward awards balloting. I don’t think Peavy would be the favorite to win the award if that happened but it would move into the realm of the possible.
Also per NS @ BP …
Peavy is 3-3 with a 3.96 ERA over his career at Coors Field.
Crap, just returned home and although we are in post season, we are facing a hot team that KILLS us. Probably Francis pitching too, he of the 17 game winner club. Jake can hold em I hope, but if our offense goes into its customery funk, our chances are nil. The theme of this team all season: Always the hard way, always.
Francis pitched the 28th, so i doubt he would pitch tomorrow. Most places are saying Fogg is pitching.
Not looking past the Rockies, but IF we are able to do what we SHOULD be able to do tomorrow, would we go with a three man rotation? Maddux on Wednesday, Young on Thursday and Peavy on Saturday would be on schedule. Do we go back to Maddux for game 4? and Young for 5? Do we dare put Tomko out there for a game 4? I’d go with the three, and go to the BP earlier, which seems to be a playoff tendancy anyway.
I’m gonna look ahead … the NLDS games are going to be Wed + Thu + Sat + Sun + Tue … so the Padres will be all set for their best 3 to go games 1 (Maddux), 2 (Young) & 3 (Peavy) all on 4 days rest … cool … but there’s no way getting around needing Cassel to pitch game 4 on Sunday … I can’t believe it’d be an option to go to Maddux on 3 days rest … but then a game 5 starter would be Maddux on 5 days rest …
Assuming we win game 5 (hey, I *like* that assumption) … then we start the NLCS with Peavy on Thu with 4 days rest … Young on Friday with 6 days … Maddux on Sunday with 4 days … then have to go to Cassel on Monday … but will have Jake for game 5 on Wed (5 days rest) and Young for game 6 on Friday and Maddux for game 7 on Saturday …
There is the option to go to Jake on 3 days rest for game 4 … and then he’s available again on normal rest for game 7 … depending on how Jack does in game 4 of the NLDS, that’ll be an interesting decision …
Eh, just lookin’ …
218 … Tomko’s not on the post-season roster … we signed him after the post-season-roster-setting deadline (9/1) … so I think Jack is our #4 …
218: Tomko can’t be on the postseason roster, so need to worry about him getting a start.
220 & 221…Sorry, knew that. BAD sports weekend!!! El Cap football, SDSU football, Chargers and Pads x 2, all L’s. Maybe there is something to this limping into the playoffs.
Let’s not look past the Rockies, they’re arguably the best team in the NL at this point. Everything is coming together at the right time for them, and while I like the Padres’ changes in Peavy v. Fogg, that Rockies lineup is scary. Let’s not worry too much about the Phillies, because the Padres are not a sure thing to face them at all, even with Peavy on the mound.
219: You have to think Germano gets the start over Cassel
Tomorrow’s one-game playoff counts in the stats as a regular season game and Peavy has a shot at win #20. A victory would be icing on the cake for a Cy Young season.
225: Yes, that’s the reason they lost. The team wanted Jake to get his first 20-win season and this was the only way to do it.
That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.