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Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Rockies (9/16)

Breakout the brooms Fish fans 'cause the Marlins are going for a sweep.

The Marlins starting pitcher is Scott Olsen.

The Rockies plan to trot out Franklin Morales.

Game time is 3:05 p.m.

Olsen won't be going on eight day's rest today, so it is possible he will have better command of his pitches as compared to his last outing.  In his last start he gave up five walks in five innings, also Scott needs to keep the ball in the park.  He has given up at least one home run in every start since Aug. 5.  If he does all of that, he will be fine.

Morales is a lefty and he will be making his sixth career Big League start.  He relies on spotting the fast ball and changing speeds.  He can be very tough on left-handed hitters but righties generally have some luck against him.  This will be his first career start against the Marlins.

Ichthyomancy is knocking the cobwebs off the broom.

Here's today's Ichthyomancy pick table:

FishStriper Attendance Player AAB
Al State
Baseballfan
Bobbob 30,000 Cabrera Marlins leadoff: 2+ OB, 2+ R
Brickell
Brooklyn
Bumppo 29,075 Cabrera Olsen: 5+ IP, Marlins 2+ HR
C60 35,000 Cabrera Cabrera: 1+ HR, 2+ RBI
Colombo 27,991 Ramirez Bullpen: W
Cubsfan
Dan
Evilfish
Exitfare
Fluxuation Cabrera
GameFish
Gottabethefives
HadMatter
Hoboken
Hurricane 28,888 Ramirez Marlins: cycle
Iguerra
Jacob
JDarrell13
Jim B 18,012 Wood Marlins OF: 3+ XBH
Jrfelix
Jrsyeagle
Jsprt06
Marlins9703
Maverick
MistaRaggy
Nynolelaw
NYULaw
Stlcardinals

Best of Luck to Everyone!