Game Thread: Seattle at Minnesota, 5/14 @ 6:10pm CT (make up from 04/08)

[jtkoupal]

Molitor just doesn't get it, does he?

[Mill1634]

This is why we should have pulled Jake. can only play with fire for so long. 

 

Why is Rosario in the game? 

[Aggies7]

This is why we should have pulled Jake. can only play with fire for so long. 

 

Why is Rosario in the game?

 

Which overtaxed reliever would you put in? Pressly again? Hildenberger who had nothing the other night?

[USAFChief]

 

This is why we should have pulled Jake. can only play with fire for so long. 

 

Why is Rosario in the game? 

Better question: why was Grossman in the game?

[Danchat]

 

Odorizzi is about to lose us this game. Yay

You can't win a game with zero runs, and there's nothing Odorizzi can do about that...

[USAFChief]

Great pitch 2-1.

[Danchat]

 

This is why we should have pulled Jake. can only play with fire for so long. 

 

Why is Rosario in the game? 

Odorizzi seems to be doing fine, what's the problem? He's just in the 80s in the pitch count, he's good for another inning. I'm not in a rush to get to the bullpen and see them for another 4+ innings.

[Mill1634]

 

Which overtaxed reliever would you put in? Pressly again? Hildenberger who had nothing the other night?

I'd go Magill, Rogers, Reed, Rodney. 

 

In a perfect world you have Businetiz here instead of hughes.

[Aggies7]

That didn’t hit him, stop it

[Mill1634]

That did not hit him

[USAFChief]

 

That didn’t hit him, stop it

I think you could hear it hit him in real time.

[Mill1634]

LOL Grossman. That ball was certainly in the strike zone

[Mike Sixel]

Why did buxton not rehab, again?

would it really matter?

[USAFChief]

1-6 force. routine.

[Aggies7]

Oh brother

[twins1095]

 

Odorizzi is about to lose us this game. Yay

 

***Lack of being able to generate any offense against Wade Leblanc is about to lose us this game.

[David HK]

Over-Easy been playin' with fire the last couple innings....

 

Let's not get burned here....

[Aggies7]

would it really matter?

Maybe not, but it couldn’t have hurt.

[twins1095]

 

Odorizzi seems to be doing fine, what's the problem? He's just in the 80s in the pitch count, he's good for another inning. I'm not in a rush to get to the bullpen and see them for another 4+ innings.

 

I disagree.  Hits happen.  Once the leadoff double is in play you gotta get real careful with your pitches...if it takes him 20 to get out of the inning so be it.  Odorizzi can strike guys out and if takes him keeping balls to the perimeter of the zone using up the rest of his pitch count and forcing guys to hit tough pitches or make weak contact that's fine. 

 

I'd rather let him keep going then bring in a reliever cold to face guys on base.  I think that's much tougher.  You might get burned, but we've seen pulling a guy with runners on get burned and it happens all the time. 

 

I trust Odorizzi to get outs.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Maybe not, but it couldn’t have hurt.

Hurt his toe pretty bad last time

[David HK]

Ach du lieber---

 

Only have a few minutes to peek at the game on a busy day- and it has to be these few minutes.....

[jtkoupal]

 

***Lack of being able to generate any offense against Wade Leblanc is about to lose us this game.

Correct. It is. But you gotta adapt to situations in the game. Odorizzi is always an adventure in these situations. I hope i'm wrong, but i've seen this movie before. Makes me uneasy

[Mill1634]

Nice outing by Jake working out of fire. Very quality outing. Bats need to wake up NOW

[Dozier's Glorious Hair]

Jake showin' some grit. Nice!

[Aggies7]

[USAFChief]

And THAT would be enough for Odorizzi, if I'm the manager. 

 

Nice job, Jake. 

[jtkoupal]

Guys, I was wrong in the best way possible. Not by much, but I won't complain.

[twins1095]

 

Correct. It is. But you gotta adapt to situations in the game. Odorizzi is always an adventure in these situations. I hope i'm wrong, but i've seen this movie before. Makes me uneasy

 

3.38 era.  He could very well give up a run.   More times than not over a season he won't.  Bringing in a reliever might get the guy out this time too.  I've seen the movie happen where it also goes the other way.  Trust your guys. 

 

Odorizzi's got the stuff to strike guys out and is comfortable pitching with guys on base and making sure guys don't get hard contact with guys on.  Again sometimes guys will score.  But more times than not they won't.  Bringing in a guy cold out of the flow of the game with runners on in my opinion is a much harder spot.   Odorizzi's been pitching well and they're his guys.  He doesn't want them to score.  I trust that .

[Aggies7]

Can we square up a few pitches for the love of god? High schoolers have more velocity than this guy

[USAFChief]

 

This is the "Big Shot" ride, atop the Stratosphere Casino in Vegas. Mrs Chief and I just got back from Vegas, and while there Mrs Chief and I decided to try it. It's billed as a "Once in a lifetime experience."

 

I tell you what...we'll never do that again.