I noticed Valdez wears Tito’s #47. With Francona likely retiring at the end of the year, you think they will retire the number at some point now?
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Yeah, oddly Valdez was a guy who has intermittently put up great BB numbers in the minors too, but he's been pretty hacky in the big leagues.
Does the sixth inning count?
Edit: does scoring count?
edit: does going ahead count?
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I thought it was pretty obvious that I was not including the sixth inning.
Hitting the #8 hitter with the first pitch and giving up another hit to Higashioka was awful pitching. And now he’s done.
I guess, but our starters need to stop making it so that he has to figure out 4 or 5 bullpen innings every fucking game.
Clearly the wrong time to take a call.
What the fuck happened? Did Pivetta just lose location or something?
What the fuck happened? Did Pivetta just lose location or something?
Hit a batter, which was not ideal. And then LeMahieu had the biggest at bat of the inning. Pivetta pitched him pretty well, but LeMaiheu was a little better, and then the wheels kind of fell off.
Well, Pivetta hadn't pitched more than 5.0 innings since late July. Maybe that's pumpkin time for him.
To his credit he did get a couple of ground balls. They just snuck through
Yeah -- was cruising at 70 pitches, I probably would have tried it too. It's just really fucked up. Our starters turn into pumpkins the third time through, and we don't have multiple innings of high leverage bullpen. Sometimes, either choice is wrong.
I just wish the players would rise to the occasion once in a while.
Edit -- And Rafi is not without blame either. Chased yet again to end a rally. You really do need to tack on when you have the chance. They are hitting with runners in scoring position and we aren't. What else is new?
I think the third time through effect is real enough, perhaps exacerbated by the pitch clock . .but the job of the pitching staff is to mitigate that, to come up with a different strategy *that works.*
And it's not like we don't have good relievers.
What's idiotic is: to know you've got a 5 inning guy. . .and then try to stretch him to 6. . .and then use your worst guys in the bullpen with men on. Use openers, use key bullpen guys if there are men on, etc.
And then to not even have that guy warming up until the go ahead run is in scoring position.
Anyone can win with an overwhelming advantage. The question is: can you chart a narrow path to victory if you don't have an overwhelming advantage? Can you do "the little things?"
Decent at bat with a shitty ending, and yet another RISP fail.
The Cora debate is exhausting. I'd like to think we can all agree that our players could step up more and make things easier on the staff.
The Cora debate is exhausting. I'd like to think we can all agree that our players could step up more and make things easier on the staff.