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

[WickedWrister]

Win or lose, this Rowdy Tellez redemption arc is beautiful to see.

 

[cookthebooks]

art of hitting remains basically impenetrable. tellez absolutely crushing the ball rn

 

[Empoleon8771]

Win or lose, this Rowdy Tellez redemption arc is beautiful to see.

Yeah he's been both great defensively and offensively recently. Even in that last AB, he smoked it but it just went right to an infielder.

Really hoping he can keep it up, dude deserves it after the shit he got to start the year.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think Chapman had a brain fart there, but Tellez probably should have let Gonzales take that and just gone to cover 1B.

 

[BusinessGoose]

I think Chapman had a brain fart there, but Tellez probably should have let Gonzales take that and just gone to cover 1B.

Luckily it didn't come back to burn them

We need to get two and walk this off

Our pitching isn't gonna be able to go 11+

 

[WickedWrister]

That bunt attempt by Taylor

 

[Empoleon8771]

Cruz walks it off!

 

[BusinessGoose]

Thank you, boys

RAISE IT

 

[td_ice]

Woooooohoooooo!


Raise it!!

 

[Empoleon8771]

Rowdy's the first guy out there to mob Cruz, love to see it.

This team is super mid but they're super likeable.

 

[TNT87]

Hell yeah!

 

[WickedWrister]

RAISE IT!!!!!!!!!

 

[Empoleon8771]

That Cruz walk-off reminded me so much of the Polanco walk-off in that 2nd game.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Tellez and Cruz were so good tonight. Crushed the ball every single time they came up.

MAT needs to go. Bae, Palacios, whoever.

Holderman is wobbling.

 

[td_ice]

Tellez and Cruz were so good tonight. Crushed the ball every single time they came up.

MAT needs to go. Bae, Palacios, whoever.

Holderman is wobbling.

Agreed.

And let's not forget the huge hit by Reynolds to get the game tied.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Agreed.

And let's not forget the huge hit by Reynolds to get the game tied.

He has been good as a righty this year.

The team needs 4-5 guys to get hot at the same time. If it's Cruz, Tellez and Reynolds being 3 of them would be huge because that means we will hit home runs. Hayes had some encouraging ABs tonight but I don't see the offensive upside at this point. Olivares, Gonzales and Joe are scuffling and can't be relied upon.

 

[Factorial]

Makes sense, thanks guys.

MLB is soff these days.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Icing on the cake is that Chandler absolutely dominated in AA again. He's really cementing a giant step forward this year as he continues to focus on only pitching. I don't think it makes sense to throw around the word untouchable, but given that I doubt we'd be in the mix for Robert, he seems untouchable to me.

 

[td_ice]

Hmmmm.......

Jones said he came out after 5 innings due to lat tightness.

Hopefully nothing serious.

EDIT: Jones also said that the Bart trip to the mound in the 1st was key. "Bart told me to get my sh*t together, and that reeled me back in."

He said he trusts all his catchers but, "I get pumped when Bart is catching me."

 

[td_ice]

Icing on the cake is that Chandler absolutely dominated in AA again. He's really cementing a giant step forward this year as he continues to focus on only pitching. I don't think it makes sense to throw around the word untouchable, but given that I doubt we'd be in the mix for Robert, he seems untouchable to me.

That's great news.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Hmmmm.......

Jones said he came out after 5 innings due to lat tightness.

Hopefully nothing serious.

EDIT: Jones also said that the Bart trip to the mound in the 1st was key. "Bart told me to get my sh*t together, and that reeled me back in."

He said he trusts all his catchers but, "I get pumped when Bart is catching me."

I've definitely overreacted to Bart's hot hitting to start the year, but man I want Endy and Bart to be their catching duo going forward.

 

[WickedWrister]

Shelton said Jones was dealing with a right lat strain which played into the decision to pull him after 78 pitches. Said it wasn't supposed to be serious.

Edit: oops didn't see @td_ice post

 

[DJ Spinoza]

We're hardly in a position to complain, but the win is somewhat bittersweet given the broader context. The offense performed well enough to win yesterday and Keller just totally dropped the ball. Who knows what we'll get from Perez tomorrow, and Pallante has been perfectly serviceable in his starts vs other bad offenses like Cincinnati (5.1 and 6 IP, 0 runs).

It sure would be nice to have the series W sewn up and some pressure against the Cardinals and the young pitcher. Still, this win was enough to avoid real danger, given that a sweep headed into the Mets series seems like it would spell disaster.

I think "holding serve" in this kind of divisional series has to mean winning the series at home, but despite the signs of life offensively, I don't have a lot of faith. Pallante doesn't miss a lot of bats and got roughed up by both the Giants and Astros, so between that and presumably some good summer weather, it will be possible to breakthrough. Outside of something like swapping Hayes for Triolo, we really had better not see any random lineup tomorrow.

 

[td_ice]

Listening to the FAN now...

Jared Jones to the 15 day IL.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Listening to the FAN now...

Jared Jones to the 15 day IL.

Probably the right thing with the ASB coming up.
Guess we will be seeing Ashcraft very soon indeed.