OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: New season of plundering begins

[DJ Spinoza]

Good start. Really need Keller to slam the door in the bottom of the 1st to set the tone.

 

[Factorial]

Welll... With a walk and a homer and a vomit in between.. Maybe greene isn't good today

I wasn't looking at the time but was the vomiting shown?

 

[BusinessGoose]

I wasn't looking at the time but was the vomiting shown?

I'm radio only right now.

They surmised he over hydrated since it's so hot.. Too much water getting jostled around.

 

[WickedWrister]

And another base hit for Reynolds.... dude is insane right now. That should give him the highest BA in June all time lol.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Hmmmm.... Interesting.... Bases loaded with no outs twice this inning

Edit.. Well we got a few runs out of it, but the inning died on MAT at bat AGAIN.. Dude is a blackhole,

AB	AVG	HR	RBI	SB	OPS
152	.191	1	11	6	.491

 

[BusinessGoose]

Radio said, Stat cast said cruz THREW across the field at 114MPH....

Now we let the reds load the bases... With no hit in the inning lol

 

[BusinessGoose]

Wow, keller at 98MPH fastballs

What spinach are they pirates eating?

Gets the final two outs and ends the threat

 

[TNT87]

Nice job to get out of that inning Mitch

 

[Empoleon8771]

Nice job by Keller to get out of that inning. Also great to see Nicky G get off the cold streak and get 2 hits today.

Let's just lock this game down and cruise to an easy win please.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Phenomenal work by Keller to bail out Cruz and to some extent himself. Cruz just got too much on that throw after having a little bit of extra time. He's been consistent with the throws recently, but that and a weird bounce to hit India, then wildness from Keller, opened the door for the Reds to get right back in.

To slam the door like that and give them 0 runs is a huge momentum security in this one. Keller has still been extremely efficient, so the gameplan should be keep adding on and have him aim for 7 IP. Even 6-0 isn't that safe in this ballpark, but it seemed like the Reds could get 2 back there and came away with 0.

 

[wheelz87]

Big to get the last two outs and no runs. That would have sucked giving up runs there with no hits.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I know he just had that throwing error, but speaking of Cruz, I was a bit surprised to see that his shortstop defense has gotten a good bit better. He had an awful start to the year defensively where he was sitting at like a 5th percentile OAA with a -7 OAA or something like that, but he's currently sitting at a 20th percentile with a -3 OAA. I wouldn't be worried about needing to move Cruz to a new position if he's playing even just poor defense at SS.

 

[WickedWrister]

I know he just had that throwing error, but speaking of Cruz, I was a bit surprised to see that his shortstop defense has gotten a good bit better. He had an awful start to the year defensively where he was sitting at like a 5th percentile OAA with a -7 OAA or something like that, but he's currently sitting at a 20th percentile with a -3 OAA. I wouldn't be worried about needing to move Cruz to a new position if he's playing even just poor defense at SS.

Not disputing this metric but it's kinda crazy how Elly Da La Cruz is 7th among SS at +6 OAA despite having a MLB leading 15 errors this year.

 

[metalan2]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805741554721583550

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805750955901686016

Joe Block has the potential to be the Jack Edwards of the Pirates.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805741554721583550

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805750955901686016

Joe Block has the potential to be the Jack Edwards of the Pirates.

Joe Block and emotion?

I am actually shocked.

 

[BusinessGoose]

8-3 and 5th not over

Getting worrisome pitch count over 90 for Keller..

 

[wheelz87]

Kind of annoying Mitch probably only going 5 tonight with the lead he had. Who knows with the bullpen.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'd send Keller out to start the 6th here tbh

Yep Keller's going out to start the 6th and gets a quick 3 strike strikeout. Hope he can get through 6 here, would really help the bullpen.

4 pitches, 2 outs already. Hell of an efficient job by Keller here.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Jesus Christ Taylor. How do you miss that? It was a standard flyout that he just completely muffed.

 

[wheelz87]

triple my ass thats a 3 base error. unreal.

 

[WickedWrister]

Damn, Taylor has got to make that play. He brings nothing to this team besides his glove. Ruined a QS by Mitch.

triple my ass thats a 3 base error. unreal.

I think that'll get turned into an error after review.

 

[Empoleon8771]

The box score shows that was awarded a triple, absolutely unreal. How is dropping a flyout like that a triple? Bizarre ruling.

Whatever, just get the win.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Hard to fault Taylor specifically for one really bad play, but that was horribly timed and this team just shoots itself in the foot.

If Mlodzinski can slam the door here, it will be ok, but Keller did a good job of shouldering the load tonight and we are leaving a crack in the door for the Reds to get back into this.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Can we start to dump dude's like Taylor.............. his IDGAF attitude can hit the bricks

 

[Factorial]

I'm radio only right now.

They surmised he over hydrated since it's so hot.. Too much water getting jostled around.