4/16 - vs Cleveland - in which Dalbec finally gets a hit

[Fishy1]

Love me some JD Drew stories.

I feel like it's the first one I remember hearing

 

[Sprowl]

Whitlock: "left oblique tightness"

 

[budcrew08]

Left oblique tightness for Whitlock.

 

[LynnRice75]

This is a team that's playing as less than the sum of its parts.

With this roster, it takes a lot of effort to do that.
Or perhaps a lot of lack of effort.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

I feel like this isn't the first time something with Whitock's legs have been an issue.

 

[Rovin Romine]

I haven't been able to watch— any word on what happened?

They're reporting left oblique tighness on Whitlock.

So not the hip, and not the arm - that's very good.

 

[Fishy1]

Apparently it's Whitlock's oblique, per the broadcast

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I feel like this isn't the first time something with Whitock's legs have been an issue.

Sounds like this is upper body.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Drew used to come into the Firehouse Subs my son worked at in Valdosta all the time with his kids. He said he was very nice guy.

 

[YTF]

I feel like this isn't the first time something with Whitock's legs have been an issue.

 

[Rovin Romine]

I feel like this isn't the first time something with Whitock's legs have been an issue.

If it's a leg/oblique issue, he's in deep deep shit. Anatomically speaking.

 

[E5 Yaz]

JD Drew's first name?

Spoiler

David

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

JD Drew's first name?

Spoiler

David

My policy is to never trust a guy with three first names, but he did hit that big grand slam, so I guess we make an exception.

 

[YTF]

If it's a leg/oblique issue, he's in deep deep shit. Anatomically speaking.

The oblique bone's connected to the leg bone. The leg bone's connected to the.....

 

[LesterFan]

Our DH has a .080 ISO

 

[absintheofmalaise]

At least it was an out to the left side this time.

 

[simplicio]

Even the Cleveland broadcast thinks the rule on Wong's play at the plate was bad.

 

[strek1]

Just when you think Masa is getting untracked...

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Who would even start if Whitlock has to miss a start or more?

 

[JOBU]

JD Drew's first name?

Spoiler

David

I actually knew this because we have the same first and middle name. But no one calls me JD or DJ for that matter

 

[E5 Yaz]

I was sitting here saying to myself, "C'mon Masa, surprise me," expecting a ground ball to second.
I should have been more specific

 

[simplicio]

Who would even start if Whitlock has to miss a start or more?

Uwasawa?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Just when you think Masa is getting untracked...

... he stays untracked?

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Uwasawa?

Probably right, good call.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Honestly never knew oblique wasn't a leg, mea culpa

 

[Papo The Snow Tiger]

Who would even start if Whitlock has to miss a start or more?

IIRC Bobby D did pitch in college.

 

[mikeford]

He won't.

But the team is starting to have a sort of listless air. This is a team that's playing as less than the sum of its parts.

Is it though? How many actual MLB caliber bats does this team have in the lineup? Maybe 4? The roster was weak to begin with and then got tanked by injuries even further.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Just when you think Masa is getting untracked...

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

 

[E5 Yaz]

IIRC Bobby D did pitch in college.

Can Dalbec throw a meatball that even Dalbec can't hit?

 

[simplicio]

IIRC Bobby D did pitch in college.

I heard somewhere he has swing and miss stuff.

 

[Sprowl]

Who would even start if Whitlock has to miss a start or more?

If the Dick Fitts...

you finish the line.

 

[E5 Yaz]

If the Dick Fitts...

you finish the line.

I pity the gamethread if McGuire is catching

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

If the Dick Fitts...

you finish the line.

We must be shit.

 

[JOBU]

If the Dick Fitts...

you finish the line.

Big dong

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

Triston cares

 

[Sprowl]

Las casitas del barrio alto
todas hechas con resipol

 

[mauidano]

Tristan taketh and he giveth back!

 

[LynnRice75]

so many solo homeruns.
one reason expectations are solo

 

[mauidano]

Cool and all but can we hit one with a couple guys on please?

 

[YTF]

I was waiting for him to get thrown out at third.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

so many solo homeruns.
one reason expectations are solo

How's the veal?

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Wait a minute. The first guy was named Bibee and then the next guy is named Beede?

I'm gonna admit I don't know the Guardians so well, but is that really allowed? That's really confusing.

 

[mauidano]

Wait a minute. The first guy was named Bibee and then the next guy is named Beede?

I'm gonna admit I don't know the Guardians so well, but is that really allowed? That's really confusing.

And Bieber is done for the season.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Wait a minute. The first guy was named Bibee and then the next guy is named Beede?

I'm gonna admit I don't know the Guardians so well, but is that really allowed? That's really confusing.

Bee-eph is next

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

And Bieber is done for the season.

There needs to be an investigation.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Is it though? How many actual MLB caliber bats does this team have in the lineup? Maybe 4? The roster was weak to begin with and then got tanked by injuries even further.

Casas, Devers, Yoshida, Story, O'Neill. Duran was a bit of a question mark, but he's shown he stuck. Grissom seems like a solid prospect bat as well.

What you're seeing is injury and underperformance/cold starts. Valdez, Yoshida, and Abreu in particular.

And it's resulted in them being a notch below average in terms of their offensive production. They could easily be better.

Or to put it another way, it's not like these guys are maxing out and getting beat.

 

[Sprowl]

That was shot from a Beedee gun.

 

[mauidano]

Helluva pitch there by Beede.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

After following Bibee, Beede throws a b.b.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Connor DONG!