moonslav59

9 IP 2 Hits 0 Runs 15 Ks 0 BBs

No more "major concerns." Game won.

It took you a while, but you finally came around to my way of thinking from way back in February.

11.2 Andriese 1.54 11.1 Whitlock 0.00 11.0 Barnes 3.27 10.0 Sawamura 1.80 9.0 Valdez 2.00 (Good to see our top 5 pitchers by IP are also doing the best.) 7.1 Ottavino 4.91 7.0 DHern 5.14 6.2 Taylor 10.80 5.2 Brice 4.76 (Taylor & Brice's days may be numbered.) 1.0 Houck 0.00 1.0 Bazardo 0.00 (Maybe these two will see more action from the pen going forward.)

Next winter, yes.

Another nice outing by Whitlock (and Sawamura).

A win is a win is a win!

One more, Matt!

No WAY!

On base 2 out of 3 times! (That's gonna mess with some narratives.)

Barnes- Thanks Theo! ERod- Thanks Ben! Houck (Sale)- Thanks Dave! Whitlock- Thanks Bloom!

Nor, Heathen Hembree.

X filing it!

Bogey es muchisimo el fuego!

JD no es el fuego!

Verdugo is mas fuego!

Kike is del fuego!

Bobby Dee is el fuego!

Right now, Taylor and Brice have that part of the bench warmed up. If we want to go anywhere, this year, we'll probably need Ottavino to do well, so I'd let him pitch when it hardly counts. Brice and Taylor when we're up or down by 6.

Is it time to move Sawamura to the 8th inning and Ottavino to the 7th or earlier?

Two Christians walk into a bar after 8 straight balls...

Let's have a crusade, instead of a parade!

Surrounded by heathens, though.

Stuck at "W?"

Well said, and I do think the plan is to give some younger players and prospects a significant look, at some point this season. If we are in the playoff hunt and think bringing a prospect up or playing a young ML player might hurt our chances, maybe we'll hold off. (Maybe not.) I also think we will take into consideration years of team control, even with players like Houck, although some knowledgeable posters disagree with me on him. We signed a bunch of one year players, one year + one option players and then EHern to 2 years. That has all the earmarks of making this season a "look see" season. There are a lot of players who I'm sure management would like to come to or close to a final determination- like Chavis, Taylor, Brewer and maybe about Devers continuing at 3B or not. Here are all the players I think management might view as having a chance at sticking around beyond 2021 and 2022, beyond the vets like Sale and are or might be ready to play, this year. I won't list anyone with just 1-2 years of team control, but certainly an extension of re-signing could occur with someone like ERod, Barnes and others. Vets with 3 or more years of team control (born in 1994 or earlier): 3 Devers Renfroe Brasier Brice 4 Sale Brewer 5 Bogey (no opt out) Valdez By Position and Age -Born in 1993 or later only (yrs of team control) Red= not yet on 40 man roster C 25 Wong (5+) 24 Ro Hernandez (5+) 1B 26 Dalbec (5+) 26 Chavis (5) 21 Casas 2B 26 Arroyo (4) 22 Downs 3B 25 Devers (3) SS 23 Arauz (5) LF 27 Cordero (3) CF 25 Wilson (5+) 24 Duran RF 25 Verdugo (4) SP 28 Pivetta (4) 26 Seabold (5+) 25 Whitlock (5+) 25 Houck (5+) 24 Ward RP 28 Taylor 26 Bazardo 25 DHern Others not on 40 man roster: 31 Rondon (P) 30 Puello (OF) 30 Weber (P) 29 Ort (P) 28 K Hart (P)