Larry Cook

I agree 100 percent. gray, Oviedo and now crochet on the DL! Another reminder that you can never have too much depth in starting pitching.

Greenville with 5 taters. Gonzales 4th, cespedes 4th, encarnacion 4th, godout 3rd. And yophery 6th, Salem had opata 2nd, heyman 2nd, azocar 4th.

I think Cora and the other coaches rent a plane to take them to Philly and they hang out with desperate Dave

Or maybe none of the bullpen arms available enticed bres-slow enough?? regardless, I still think he gets another shot at improving the bullpen at the trade deadline

Is it time to sit Duran and let yoshida dh????

I watched Mayer a lot in the minor leagues. Love the swing and the eye at the plate. he has the ability to be a perennial all star with big numbers! I think he just needs time to work on pitch recognition because he did miss so much baseball due to injuries the past 3 years!

I was perfectly happy to see Bregman leave. I wish him nothing but success going forward, except when they play us!

Have you watched duran’s at bats??? Ouch!!! Dude is confused and has no plan when he gets in the batters box!

I think bres-slow’s offseason was, for the most part, money!!!! But he should have done more to sure up the bullpen!! I think some of the pitchers were hurt by a lack of work caused by the wbc: Suarez, Whitlock, weissert, and bello! Innings jump 24 to 25 has given crochet a bit of a dead arm. i think the hitters got caught in the middle of a power play between bres-slow and Cora. bres-slow - wanting to develop the youngsters (hitting, fielding, base running and other fundamentals development), while adhering to the philosophy of drivetime (launch angles and hitting the ball in the air)! cora - veteran loyalty. Time served and dues paid. Youngsters have to earn playing time, very little working with the youngsters on developing fundamentals, because Cora thinks big leaguers should know this stuff already. and most importantly, Cora and fatse not emphasizing the principles of drivetime! I think bres-slow’s philosophy is the best route for our team going forward and I think he is trying to unify the organization top to bottom under his one philosophy! The problem is bres-slow is a poor communicator and really needs to enroll in a dale Carnegie course!!!

Should yoshida replace Duran in the lineup???

Tobino ( our former GM) has Washington ahead of us, the Mets and the Phillies!

Suarez pitched an amazing game today!! That was a masterpiece!! He had it all working tonight!! Wow!

Feels good to see the ball being hit in the air!!!

In Portland, Arias with walk off tater!! His 7th of the season. Brannon with his 1st of the year for Purim’s d Yophery with his 5th tater of the year. For Greenville. Isiah Jackson with his 3rd and godout wit his 2nd for Greenville,

Make that 4 out of 5

I watched Bennett pitch 1 inning and the stuff was not that great. Not sure how his stuff is even bullpen worthy. I guess I need to see more

He was really throwing well today. Command and control, one pitch got away from him! he has impressed me a lot so far this season.

Wow!! What an amazing game, I hope Anthony, Mayer and Durban figure it out soon

As a team, defensively we have a ton of defensive runs saved so far, yet still almost lead the league in giving up runs????? Wow!!!

Can’t wait to watch brown pitch. Not sure what he is throwing, but intrigued by the results so far! Was watching winney for a couple of days and if he ever learns to pick up the spin on balls pitched, he might be someone to pay attention to!!!!!

I meant “the stuff” winkleman had amazing stuff, just no command and control!!

Valera’s stuff is amazing!! The velocity, the movement, and the hitters struggling to pick up the spin on the ball!! but until he learns to harness command and control, he is never getting close to Boston! He literally has no clue where the ball is going when he releases it!!! i think the Red Sox are working with him on locating the fastball! But the secondaries are all over the place! The command and control of the secondaries are more unrefined than winkleman was at this level!!! but don’t get me wrong, the stuff is amazing!!! His stuff is so dynamic, he should be the 3rd ranked pitcher behind early and Tolle!!!! I am concerned about the effort to the delivery and if the ulnar collateral can hold up through this season!

I agree. But injuries are the wild card

I think most of our wbc guys except abreau are struggling a bit

I know I have said this many times, but Valera’s stuff is amazing!!! if he ever learns command and control, he could make it to Boston!!!! or he could go the way of winkleman