5/31 @ Rocket City Trash Pandas

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hunter may be throwing to 3rd a lot today.

[moonslav59]

I thought we were "stretching out" Whitlock.

 

You'd think he'd be ready to pitch 5 by this time, after they first said that.

 

(He's not.)

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Could have been a lot worse.

[Maxbialystock]

Very first pitch swung at outside the zone--and another GIDP. But not without giving up the 2d run.

[d-money]

Could have been a lot worse.

 

 

Rodríguez sucks! Everytime this guy pitches it’s an L lately. He sucks!

[moonslav59]

Luck just 2 runs, there.

[d-money]

Those bats better get to work. You want at the very worse a split here.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

'Slow roller' brings back bad memories.

[moonslav59]

Rodríguez sucks! Everytime this guy pitches it’s an L lately. He sucks!

 

How long a leash do you give a guy that was a "winner" for so long?

 

The team went 19-4 in his 2018 starts.

 

The team went 26-8 in his 2019 starts.

 

The team went 4-0 in his first 4 starts in 2021.

 

That's 49-12 in his previous 61 starts.

 

The team has gone 1-4 in his last 5 starts.

 

I'm not trying to defend him. I'm usually one to want larger sample size before doing anything rash, but this is very concerning looking at today's start.

[Maxbialystock]

It's only 2-0, but easily the most one-sided pitching "duel" I've seen this year. Sox lineup looks helpless, Astros lineup confident.

[d-money]

Offense looks dead right now.

[moonslav59]

Marwin's leash has been very long.

[TylerD]

How long a leash do you give a guy that was a "winner" for so long?

 

The team went 19-4 in his 2018 starts.

 

The team went 26-8 in his 2019 starts.

 

The team went 4-0 in his first 4 starts in 2021.

 

That's 49-12 in his previous 61 starts.

 

The team has gone 1-4 in his last 5 starts.

 

I'm not trying to defend him. I'm usually one to want larger sample size before doing anything rash, but this is very concerning looking at today's start.

I have been saying this for a long time. He’s getting worse and showing absolutely no signs of adjusting or getting better.

[d-money]

It's only 2-0, but easily the most one-sided pitching "duel" I've seen this year. Sox lineup looks helpless, Astros lineup confident.

 

This week is supposed to be a litmus test for this team. We shall see.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Is it possible to go with a 4-man rotation?

[d-money]

This guy is flat out awful!!!! He’s BP! This should be his last start. Enough with the excuses!!! Bench his ass

[jung]

Beyond cheap, Houston Crawford Box HR from Altuve.

 

A shame really. The pitching HAS gotten better overall. But Erod seems to be up and down lately.

[Nick]

Marwin's leash has been very long.

 

Yeah but he can play 13 positions...he's a MVP

[Maxbialystock]

4 runs and 6 outs for ERod.

 

I could be wrong, but I think doesn't have a single sharply breaking ball in his repertoire. Cut fastball, fastball, and a slightly breaking changeup are about it.

 

I cannot remember the last time I saw him throw a curve or slider.

 

Lo and behold, finally a slider, out of the zone, swung on and missed for a K.

Edited May 31, 2021 by Maxbialystock

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Beyond cheap, Houston Crawford Box HR from Altuve.

 

A shame really. The pitching HAS gotten better overall. But Erod seems to be up and down lately.

 

Lately, he's been down and down.

[jung]

What the hell is Eddie throwing out there. Christ just about anybody in a ML uni can throw this trash.

[d-money]

Beyond cheap, Houston Crawford Box HR from Altuve.

 

A shame really. The pitching HAS gotten better overall. But Erod seems to be up and down lately.

 

Up and down lately? Really? He has been god awful!

[Nick]

E Rod has some bad luck.....in reality, he's our #5 right now....

[jung]

That is a flat FB. Past high school everybody hits those.

[moonslav59]

He probably needs a rest.

 

I'd yank him and 10 day IL him.

 

It's getting too predictable, now.

[d-money]

Rodríguez really takes the energy out of the team right now. He doesn’t give them no chance to win a game.

[jung]

If I were Eddie today, I would just show the FB. Don't throw it for a strike. The way he is throwing it that thing is meat.

[Nick]

I thought we were "stretching out" Whitlock.

 

You'd think he'd be ready to pitch 5 by this time, after they first said that.

 

(He's not.)

 

Pretty funny Moon....I get trashed for suggesting he does not get not usage....you know the standard line...he's coming off Tommy John, hasn't pitched in million years....

 

He's really not getting stretched out.....he's working on a slider for his fourth pitch

[d-money]

E Rod has some bad luck.....in reality, he's our #5 right now....

 

In reality he needs to be bench. You have pitchers who have bad games and bounce back. He hasn’t shown you anything in the last 5 starts.

[d-money]

Need to get something going soon.