5/30 vs Reds

[Jasonbay44]

The tying run is somehow up

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Reds forced to bring in their closer. I was gonna say there's no clock in baseball, when there's actually a ton of them. But, a team still has to get the last out.

[vegasbob]

This situation makes the non-decision to relieve an obviously failing Rodriguez a criminal act

[Jasonbay44]

This would be incredible comeback

[Maxbialystock]

Unbelievable freaking rally.

[Jasonbay44]

One more hit is all we need Casas

[cukes]

When enough people continue to exalt how great a manager Cora is, one tends to believe it, even when one's eyes tell a different story.

 

Cora Sucks period, no motivation ever

[vegasbob]

That result is actually worse than just going quietly 9-3

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They went down fighting.

[a700hitter]

How much more rope does Casas get?

[Old Red]

Wow! To bad Cora threw in the towel in the 5th inning only down 1-0, and brought in the weakest links of the BP.

[Maxbialystock]

Well, gotta blame that loss on Bello for only going 4 innings and giving up that huge run.

[Jasonbay44]

Joely Rodríguez should be released before he can even get to the clubhouse. Dude is dog s***

[Jasonbay44]

Also my friend mentioned it as Casas was coming up.. was Verdugo not available to PH for either Duran or Casas?

[FredLynn]

Tough night for Kiki. At least the team didn’t stop playing.

Bell I is got be fine. Not ace material probably but a solid mid level SP I think.

[Maxbialystock]

That result is actually worse than just going quietly 9-3

 

Not to me, it isn't. Oh, I agree it's a shame Cora never sent out one single good reliever and instead sent out Rodriguez.

 

No Martin, Winck, Crawford, Jansen, et al. But at least tonight we saw some offense which we really haven't see much of recently.

[Old Red]

Also my friend mentioned it as Casas was coming up.. was Verdugo not available to PH for either Duran or Casas?

 

Good question!

[notin]

Except the Reds change who they use out of the pen in a closer game. Can’t assume the game plays out the same.

 

Up 8-0, we saw the dregs of their bullpen.

 

Frankly, getting them to get Alexis Diaz to even warm up was a moral victory, let alone forcing them to use him in the game…

[Maxbialystock]

Tough night for Kiki. At least the team didn’t stop playing.

Bell I is got be fine. Not ace material probably but a solid mid level SP I think.

 

Bello's tough.

[Maxbialystock]

Up 8-0, we saw the dregs of their bullpen.

 

Frankly, getting them to get Alexis Diaz to even warm up was a moral victory, let alone forcing them to use him in the game…

 

Nicely said. Plus Diaz gave up that double.

[Duran Is The Man]

Also my friend mentioned it as Casas was coming up.. was Verdugo not available to PH for either Duran or Casas?

 

i was thinking the same think. no way i would have let Casas and his .194 BA bat there.

[notin]

Good question!

 

Entering tonight’s game, Casas was 6 for his last 15. Certainly not spectacular, but much better than the 5 for his last 24 that Verdugo put up…

[Old Red]

Up 8-0, we saw the dregs of their bullpen.

 

Frankly, getting them to get Alexis Diaz to even warm up was a moral victory, let alone forcing them to use him in the game…

Moral victory still shows up in the loss column. Yes getting Diaz into the game may help the next two games, but by Cora not going to Wink down only 1-0 may have been a whole different ballgame that Diaz might not of had a save situation. Bad bad managing by Cora tonight, which ended up in a loss.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This situation makes the non-decision to relieve an obviously failing Rodriguez a criminal act

 

Well, by the time the evidence is collected, even though we all saw it, and a grand jury is called in, it will still take a year for an indictment.

[Old Red]

Entering tonight’s game, Casas was 6 for his last 15. Certainly not spectacular, but much better than the 5 for his last 24 that Verdugo put up…

 

I know that, but I’d still rather have Dugy up in that situation.

[notin]

i was thinking the same think. no way i would have let Casas and his .194 BA bat there.

 

That number is carried by his bad April. In May his BA is .290…

[notin]

I know that, but I’d still rather have Dugy up in that situation.

 

Casas has been rock solid all month.

 

Hit Verdugo for Duran? I can see that. But it makes zero sense that Casas got to hit all of April when he was struggling. And then once he gets hot, you want to take the bat out of his hands…

[illinoisredsox]

Also my friend mentioned it as Casas was coming up.. was Verdugo not available to PH for either Duran or Casas?

 

I don't think he was.

 

First, Lively is a rightly. I doubt Cora sits him against a righty.

 

Second, the radio guys said late in the game (maybe the 8th inning) that hopefully Verdugo would be back tomorrow night to help bolster the top of the line-up. That implies to me he was sick or dinged up. Wouldn't shock me to find out that he has what Sale and Devers had on the road trip.

[Duran Is The Man]

That number is carried by his bad April. In May his BA is .290…

 

didn't know that but like Red said, I'd rather have Dugo up there.

[illinoisredsox]

Moral victory still shows up in the loss column. Yes getting Diaz into the game may help the next two games, but by Cora not going to Wink down only 1-0 may have been a whole different ballgame that Diaz might not of had a save situation. Bad bad managing by Cora tonight, which ended up in a loss.

 

Do we know Winck was available? Not saying he was or wasn't, but managers tend to hold such info close, if for no other reason than to make the other manager think.