9/5 - I despise Tropicana
- Thread starter DeadlySplitter
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The story of the game was another start of less than 4 innings. All the relievers were going to be used, no matter what order. I hope TBD can go 7 tomorrow.
I stand corrected. When you find a talent such as that, you extend the ever living fuck out of him. Thank you.
The only good thing about this loss is listening to how sad Orioles announcer Kevin Brown sounds announcing that the Rays have won. Not that it makes a difference since the Orioles are winning.
For a time he was hitting lefties I guess but he has been an abysmal baseball player. Extremely easy upgrade spot next year, at least.
Well obviously I missed that. That really bums me out. Low cost to dump him though.
It's only two mil, but I could definitely see a world where they come up to a spending limit sooner than anticipated and are two mil shy of making a signing. It's just the general shape of things with the organization right now. Or the shape of my mood. Probably just my mood.
This is what’s so basic to me. The starters not giving you innings will destroy any bullpen. I don’t get blaming Cora here. Bloom failed to get starters that actually can perform.
A golden opportunity for what? A mindless appearance in a wild card game or mini series or whatever the heck they do with additional WC teams.
I didn't think the Yankees would continue to play terribly for the rest of the season, but I did not think they would sweep the Astros.
Two errors by Rafaela and Urias led to Crawford having to get extra outs. You can’t criticize the starters without mentioning they have the worst defense in baseball behind them.
Was regretting that I bailed on the game (I like to read the game thread either way) and this was a rollercoaster.
Glad I bailed.
Glad I bailed.
If I have no hope, nut punches seem to not land so directly. That's a positive for me. Everyone can do whatever they want. It just feels kind of silly. They play hard, but they're incredibly dumb, lack attention to detail in most facets and don't have much of any talent in the rotation apart from Bello. A ton of their problems go away if their starters could average 5.5/6 innings, but they're light-years from that.They constantly reveal who they are, and Ive routinely and willfully overlooked their fuckery. That's my mistake, but I'm over it with this group. Ill follow now simply because the dark cold days of January and February aren't too far away, and I'll think a lot about any kind of baseball, even bad baseball, but that's about it. There kind of hopeless as presently constructed.
Two wild cards in the NL made the NLCS last year.
Not saying this team would really have a shot... but absolutely "just get in" works in MLB more than you'd think.
"Losing feels worse than winning feels good."
Vin Scully
"Most ball games are lost, not won."
Casey Stengel
Vin Scully
"Most ball games are lost, not won."
Casey Stengel
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He probably could have used a little time off, but unfortunately, that's when we were regularly starting 2 openers and couldn't afford it.
Help is on the horizon!!!
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Corey Kluber to begin rehab assignment Friday, aims to rejoin Red Sox soon
I know everyone stopped paying attention to them but they have won their last 8 including a sweep of houston. They were a couple of rookie callups from being the powerhouse everyone expected at the beginning of the season. Who figured that.
At this point we might be lucky if they dont squeeze into the playoffs.
Not quite. They did lose the one game to Detroit in their 4 game series with them. Still, 7 of their last 8 is very good. Also their starting pitching has stabilized [Severino] and their bullpen has always been consistently good. Their main problem has been their offense, they have been not good for awhile. The young guys who came up and started mashing seems to have revitalized the veterans, who are doing a lot better right now.
