Marquee match-ups

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ah missed the hypen in the title

Verlander-Kluber today.

So much for that.

You got an old man match up tonight in Chicago with 40 year old Bronson Arroyo going for the Reds against 38 year old John Lackey against the Cubs. I'm sure Arroyo will be doing high kicks and Lackey will be complaining about strikes. Reds won the first match up in Cincy back in April between these two.

Couldn't find it, but that might have been the first time they faced off.

kershaw/lynn tonight has been great

matt carpenter's year has been weirdly good

keuchel v darvish

scherzer v arrieta, first matchup of previous two cy young winners since 2008

sure looks like Arrieta's days as an ace are numbered

Scherzer-Carlos Martinez.

lots of good pitchers going today

including the are-they-still-good triumvirate of arrieta, verlander, and quintana

arrieta was good today

yeah he looked solid, effective but not dominant

verlander somewhat less so

scherzer has 5 strikeouts through 6, and this cardinals lineup is due for a complete embarrassing implosion so i'd expect several more

Sale-Sabathia. More like a marquees-passing-in-the-night match-up. And they have the same initials. At least I think they do--I'm not sure.

I was looking at the Red Sox schedule to gauge if I'm going to see Sale, and it looks good; he's scheduled to go on Tuesday, Aug. 29, and I'm down there on the 28/29/30.

Also noticed how close a Sale/Kluber match-up this Thursday is; it would require a Cleveland rainout or, as a gift to the world, holding back Kluber an extra day.

Greinke-Bumgarner...who still looks marquee to me, abbreviated season and terrible team aside.

Severino-Price? Price is having a pretty good year--probably not marquee-level anymore, though.

Kluber/Seve--never mind.

against all odds, scherzer/hamels is a good battle so far

Kershaw-Bumgarner tonight (almost nostalgic)

Need David Letterman: Noah, Nola; Nola, Noah.

Scherzer-Nola tonight

scherzer with 83 pitches through four innings -- 24 of them fouled off

lol Neshek

lester and nola dueling rn

deGrom-Sale scheduled for Sunday at Fenway. (tho i guess Sale will go 2 innings)

3-4 innings, Sox say

Besides the Sale-deGrom partial match-up, there's Verlander/Greinke.

Kershaw-Freeland.

Scherzer-deGrom; definite Cy Young implications.

Freeland? I should stick with actual marquee match-ups.

Well played, Hyun-jin Ryu.

Scherzer-Verlander! I rarely root against either of them, but I want the Astros to win 1-0 tonight. (The game is free on mlb.com.)

I want anyone but the Astros to win.

I have to admit, I have been very impressed with Altuve lately.

Realistically, I think any Jays fan assumes Texas will be easier to stay ahead of.

How's this for complicated wording?

Justin Verlander & Max Scherzer will be the 1st former Cy Young winners to be teammates earlier in a season and THEN face each other later in that season, with both pitching for different teams than where they were teammates

h/t @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/M86VZcw9tm

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) September 6, 2023

I'm not sure the last bit is even necessary--I would think "1st former Cy Young winners to be teammates earlier in a season and THEN face each other later in that season" would be enough.

So much for that--Scherzer's getting hammered.

from reddit:

This was the 19th straight Rangers game without a starting pitcher W. The last time their starter recorded a win was August 15.

Cole vs Burnes yesterday did not disappoint.

Verlander-Castillo, and two nose-diving teams trying to hang on.