Heiny

I think Lewis just needs a minor league reset. His ego needs a little massaging also. He seems to be a little on the paranoid side and needs a confidence rebuild.

His confidence is waning. The offensive results have been terrible. But, I don't think it's time to totally give up on him. He has big talent and his defensive play has been very good IMO. I think that maybe a reset at maybe AA would be good for him. Go down, work it out and come back. If he can't get it worked out there, it would be a shame, but he would not have a place in MLB. Sounds drastic, but it may be the best for both him and the team.

fair enough

Larnach has not traditionally done well against lefties.

Lefty pitcher. Caratini is a switch hitter.

the throw wasn't that bad

I wouldn't head for the bank just yet.

hopefully a long time

At least he hustles on "EVERY PLAY"!!!

Wow, and I've been a baseball fan for many many years. And I've always thought that the runner got a free back to their base on a foul ball, even if it was caught in the air. Learn something every day.

Why wasn't Martin awarded free back to first on the the caught foul ball?

Funderburk is our most reliable reliever. Lol. We are in deep doo doo!!!!! eidt: and now our most reliable reliever has been demoted. Lol, you can't make this stuff up.

My problem with trades, is that I don't believe the front office knows what the heck they are doing. We went from one of the best bullpens in basball to one of the worst at last years trade deadline. And that bullpen is now our weakest point by far. It may be very difficult to build back to a good pen, but I don't see us building a good bullpen by trading Ryan. I believe that building our bullpen is going to have to come from our minor leagues. Trading Ryan before you lose him for nothing, because I don't think they will be able to extend him, is probably a good idea, but we are still not going to be legitimate contenders with this bullpen. I'd love to get a good package for Ryan but I have no idea what that may consist of. This team at this time with the financial comittment that is being shown seems like it will be a long time before we are actual contenders.

what a clown show. Last years front office that traded away our top 5 relievers should be prosecuted. Total circus. But at least they're predictable.

I did not want to see this challenge system put in place initially. "BUT", I now believe that the umpires calls have been so much better this year than in previous years. Due, I'm guessing to them being checked and challenged. Last year was horrible in my opinion. So now I am very much liking the system. The umps are better, and when they are not the call gets changed to the correct call. What could be wrong with that. I believe that technology is so much more accurate than the human eye at live speed, that there is no reason to tinker with it. It doesn't matter what you change, there will always be complaining and whining. You want changes in baseball? You got'em. You now have a clock in a baseball game - stupid. You have the Manfred man in extra innings - UTTERLY RIDICULOUS. At least this challenge system improves the "correctness" of the human factor. Now if we could teach the players to not blow challenges at silly times. Like two outs in the first inning, nobody on base. Have they not dicussed the strategy? You get two incorrect calls. Don't risk them at times when they mean so little. Ok, rant over. Continue the whining.