f***'s sake, Ernie. Kirk handed that to you on a silver platter.
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Defensive disaster class this inning. Garcia nearly threw that into the outfield.
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Get him out. He doesn't have it again.
He doesn't see action for the rest of this series. Let the guy actually f***ing rest instead of forcing him through so many high pitch count outing.
Or maybe the offense score more than 9 runs in a series for once.
He doesn't see action for the rest of this series. Let the guy actually f***ing rest instead of forcing him through so many high pitch count outing.
Or maybe the offense score more than 9 runs in a series for once.
Offense is definitely creating a mess for the high-leverage arms in the pen. However, Schneider is going to have to trust other guys.
Yup. Unsustainable at this rate. Hoffman's probably going to throw 20-30 pitches here and they've gone through like 5 different arms.
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I don’t know what else you do there - those guys at that point were the right call. Both just pitched poorly and the normally sure handed Clement booted a simple play that would have changed the inning entirely.
I agree. Using Tate didn’t make much sense. I do wish Schneider would be open to pitching his closer in the eighth. Hoffman is better than Garcia and having him face the eighth would make more sense.
Loss is on the offense and Clement with the error. Mostly the bats though. Team can’t score runs. Too many guys are producing below where they should be.
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I know Neto put up a good AB, but walks are becoming a problem for Yimi. Just took the lead and you walk the leadoff guy, and this after the disastrous outing on Saturday where he walked two leading up to the grand slam.
Having said that, it would be nice if the bats could put up a crooked number once in a while. There's just so much pressure on the pen to keep the game close every night.
Having said that, it would be nice if the bats could put up a crooked number once in a while. There's just so much pressure on the pen to keep the game close every night.
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What do you do with this team? If you fire Atkins and Shapiro, what can the new management even do? There is nothing here. How do they improve? You can rebuild, but then you waste all of Vladdy’s prime. I don’t know, man.
I thought the Barnes/Lovelady over Yarbrough thing was a mistake but even then I didn't think it would turn into this big of a mistake this quickly. It's probably already cost the team at least 2 or 3 wins.
Barnes and Lovelady predictably were utter crap and both DFA'ed within weeks of the start of the season after allowing a combined 12 ER in 9 innings and directly blowing 3 games that we were winning/were tied. Moreover, our bullpen is without a bulk guy and when Scherzer predictably immediately got hurt we're now having to use up pretty much every guy every 5 days when we get a 3-4 inning start from the Urena/Lucas/Lauer crowd, and they've been overworked and are starting to struggle.
Meanwhile Yarbrough is doing what he always does and is chewing up a lot of bullpen innings for the Yankees with a 3.70 ERA. 19 innings is more than anyone on the Jays staff and would have taken a ton of weight off.
Yesterday was a textbook Yarbrough game. Starter goes 4+, Yarbrough can go 4th-5th-6th and then you can go from there. Instead they're using Green and Fluharty in the 4th and 5th innings.
Barnes and Lovelady predictably were utter crap and both DFA'ed within weeks of the start of the season after allowing a combined 12 ER in 9 innings and directly blowing 3 games that we were winning/were tied. Moreover, our bullpen is without a bulk guy and when Scherzer predictably immediately got hurt we're now having to use up pretty much every guy every 5 days when we get a 3-4 inning start from the Urena/Lucas/Lauer crowd, and they've been overworked and are starting to struggle.
Meanwhile Yarbrough is doing what he always does and is chewing up a lot of bullpen innings for the Yankees with a 3.70 ERA. 19 innings is more than anyone on the Jays staff and would have taken a ton of weight off.
Yesterday was a textbook Yarbrough game. Starter goes 4+, Yarbrough can go 4th-5th-6th and then you can go from there. Instead they're using Green and Fluharty in the 4th and 5th innings.
First step they could take would be to try and sacrifice some of the on field defense for pop.
You got a pile of guys who are doing shit all to contribute to the offense;
Clement: 54 OPS+
Barger: 23 OPS+
Roden: 51 OPS+
Wagner: 47 OPS+
2 of them are getting regular at bats. Send a couple of guys down and bring up somebody like Orelvis or Clase.
Do i expect either guy to be a savior? No, but shit at this point you got nothing to lose.
The real answer is this team probably isn't good enough to fix itself offensively if you want honesty though.
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