6/22 vS The Blue Jays

[oldmaninthevegasdesert]

let the kid throw another inning, he's got this

[jung]

Well said. That's the main reason there so few good hitters and a ton of average or less hitters.

 

IMO Manfred has been his own worst enemy in this. You can't convince me that he does not know he has been using ever juicier rocket ship baseballs year by year and he has so far only paid lip service to doing something about the shift. He probably thought it would be a few more years before pitchers would start throwing tons of breaking stuff. But NOOOOOOO!!!! That is probably what he says at night in front of the bathroom mirror before he brushes his teeth. "But NOOOOOO!!!!!"

[d-money]

Looks like his day is done. I would give him the six innings. I think he could go one more possibly two. He looked really good in the fifth.

 

How many pitches he has? Cora does some weird stuff. Just keep him in the game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Baltimore should change to the Crab Cakes. Toronto should go with Tontos.

[oldmaninthevegasdesert]

At the rate Cora is using the pen,come October we will be lucky to have anyone out there who's knuckles are not dragging on the ground

[oldmaninthevegasdesert]

How many pitches he has? Cora does some weird stuff. Just keep him in the game.

 

80 something, 83 exactly

Edited June 22, 2019 by oldmaninthevegasdesert

[jung]

The funny thing about the the power pitching and power hitting thing is that all the pub on the pitching side is about mph....ALL OF IT. So Manfred had all the PR working his way, all these guys throwing 95+ and yet baseball is just the sort of game that self-adjusts most of the time. Suddenly he has all these guys now throwing curve after curve...breaker after breaker, denying hitters FB's in FB counts. Probably giving him nightmares.

 

Whoops, my Manfred voodoo doll just slipped out from under the seat cushion. Let me get that back where it belongs.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I wouldn't be surprised if VAZ was among the leaders on the SOX in exit velocity. Edited June 22, 2019 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

At the rate Cora is using the pen,come October we will be lucky to have anyone out there who's knuckles are not dragging on the ground

 

With sissy pitch counts, most teams have to overuse their pens.

[oldmaninthevegasdesert]

enjoy the game and the rest of the game,heading to the pool

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice job by Johnson. He showed a lot of his Johnson there.

[TylerD]

How many pitches he has? Cora does some weird stuff. Just keep him in the game.

 

Agreed. Sometimes his decisions make me scratch my head. However the bullpen has been playing pretty good lately and we have a five run lead. So maybe it’s not a horrible decision. Reliever Shawaryn looks good

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Shawaryn, so far, has been a very pleasant surprise.

[d-money]

Got big dick tomorrow with a possibility of a sweep should we hang on here.

[Bellhorn04]

Agreed. Sometimes his decisions make me scratch my head. However the bullpen has been playing pretty good lately and we have a five run lead. So maybe it’s not a horrible decision. Reliever Shawaryn looks good

 

I don't see any mystery in pulling Johnson. He was on the IL and has been used mostly in relief, so 83 pitches is actually quite a few.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The simplest explanation for the drop off of Betts this year is that last year he was smashing the pitcher's mistakes. This year he's either fouling them off or missing them completely. Thank you again, Captain Obvious.

[TylerD]

I don't see any mystery in pulling Johnson. He was on the IL and has been used mostly in relief, so 83 pitches is actually quite a few.

 

Valid point.

[Jasonbay44]

I don't see any mystery in pulling Johnson. He was on the IL and has been used mostly in relief, so 83 pitches is actually quite a few.

 

Plus Johnson just also isn't very good. Getting 5 innings of 1 run ball from him is great. If we get that performance from Johnson we take it 10/10 times and celebrate.

[d-money]

I don't see any mystery in pulling Johnson. He was on the IL and has been used mostly in relief, so 83 pitches is actually quite a few.

 

Good point but i hope we start seeing our starters going deep into games to give this BP a blow at times. You want your BP well rested at the end of the year.

[Jasonbay44]

Why the hell can this team not get Freddy Galvis out

[TylerD]

Uh oh. Bring back Johnson.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Oh, well. Praise will only come back to slap you in the face. However, I did use the term 'so far.'

[d-money]

Just like that we have a brand new game. Just f***ing terrible.

[TylerD]

My god. This guy f***ing sucks.

[d-money]

Jesus Christ this guy blows!!!!!

[Jasonbay44]

Great job Shawaryn

[d-money]

Get him out now!!!!!!

[d-money]

Now we have to sweat it out thanks in part to this *******. Thanks shatwaryn.

[Jasonbay44]

He gave up two homers that probably totaled almost 900 feet.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Note to Cora: Please do not ever again try to get two innings from any of our Rolaids finalists.