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  1. hitterscount
    Careful… Mrs. B will attempt to put you in your place. Seriously this should have happened two years ago. Nice guy, but has zero feel for what’s actually happening on the field or with the team. Analytics have there place, shouldn’t be the answer to everything ,
  2. hitterscount
    I am going to crawl back out from under my rock to give my two cents…. This is really ugly baseball that isn’t conducive to the winning the division or making a wildcard appearance. Yea… but they are playing hard
  3. hitterscount
    Outfield miscues are more of a reflection on the lack of talent than lack of focus, The talent in the outfield is a mess and for many was very predictable. i agree, cowering to the big bad Yankees for two decades is getting really tiring.
  4. hitterscount
    You do realize they have injuries also and are missing their best pitcher?
  5. hitterscount
    Not the type of mentality that produces winning baseball.... looking at the opposing starter and give yourself the loss before even taking the field. The dreaded Yankees have had our number before the Lewis and Stewart injuries.
  6. hitterscount
    It's been years of being pounded by the Yankees, quite frankly the playoffs are meaningless until you pull up the big boy pants and play competitively against them and the top teams in the AL east. This year Baltimore and the NYY. They are like awe struck middle schoolers watching something that is beyond them... It doesn't pay to watch or even follow these series against the big bad Yankees.
  7. hitterscount
    100% agree. Duran is your closer, that should be his role unless you are in must win games.. He's been very good at closing for a year and a half... Plus his future earnings will be effected/determined by saves. At some point you would think he may not be happy in his new role, maybe not...
  8. hitterscount
    That's why you have your best reliever pitch in save situation. I hope when Stewart comes back Duran is used in closer roles. Right now I don't have much of an issue with Duran's usage.
  9. hitterscount
    They Any preseason worries about the starting rotation are quickly fading ... Now keep everyone healthy.
  10. hitterscount
    Whether it's an injury or a slump, Kirloff just isn't consistent enough. It's been 4 weeks since he has done much of anything, whatever the reason it has been a trend since he has been in the big leagues.
  11. hitterscount
    He has the potential to be higher than a mid rotation starter. He might be the key to another playoff appearance. Nice to see him come out to start the 6th with where his pitch count was at.
  12. hitterscount
    Ok Mrs.B! You are the authority on all baseball subjects... I will defer to you and your expansive baseball knowledge from here on out. How dare anyone question Rocco and his decisions regarding pinch hitting, pulling starters and use of the BP.... But yeah... I will go crawl under my rock after the tough guy beat down on a baseball forum
  13. hitterscount
    It makes zero sense... This minor league managing may work in May... Good luck when the season heats up
  14. hitterscount
    Hard to believe a 12 game winning streak from late April thru early May gets you to a tie for second and still 2.5 gmes back. They did what was needed , beating some mediocre to really bad teams. Some good competition coming up, lets play .500 ball, hit or at least drive-in a run with the bases loaded and zero outs, play solid defense. Lewis cannot get back soon enough.
  15. hitterscount
    Didn’t think they had this in them. When Correa and Lewis went down was hoping to hang around.500. They looked like sh** with their plate approaches and weren’t playing fundamental ball. Winning 8 in a row and going over .500, albeit against really bad teams, has them back in the hunt. The schedule stiffens again the next two weeks and will show if this team is for real.
  16. hitterscount
    Absolutely should factor, but not a qualifier to pull after 6 and 84 pitches. He should have have had a short leash for sure
  17. hitterscount
    No reason to pull Ober after 6 innings. I don’t understand why he wasn’t run out in the 7th, especially with his pitch count being in good shape. . The BP has been shaky and not quite as elite as we’ve been told and with Stewart unavailable another inning from Ober would have been ideal. they finally moved some runners over and had a couple of sac flys which was good to see,… but still finished 0-10 w/risp, they have to improve in that area to help the pitching staff.
  18. hitterscount
    Unfortunately, those rankings are accurate and an indictment on how inept the front office and manager are. If the Pohland's have no interest in fielding a competitive MLB ball team, please sell... there are a lot of rich people out there that would bring accountability and establish some hope and excitement, instead of the excuses in why payroll needed to be slashed.
  19. hitterscount
    And the argument could have been made that Kepler should never have been brought back. He has had 1/2 of a decent season since 2019... and the logic to rely on him is not only flawed but borderline insanity.
  20. hitterscount
    I would take that bet any day... against them winning the division. Just not seeing them as a contender in the mediocre AL central ,. , it goes deeper than the last 14 games. It's the philosophy in AB's, the questionable to lousy defense, the lack of speed, the manager that continues to push all the wrong buttons.. it's brutal and a terrible approach on offense and the use of the BP at times is beyond frustrating. I would argue that you can count Ober as an MLB starter. Really all that needed to be done was acquiring one more SP and a viable 1st base and an outfield option. Instead payroll was slashed when just maintaining it would have allowed for those three positions to be addressed. whether through trades or free agency. We tend to hang on to all of our prospects when they rarely live up to the projected potential when they can be used to acquire viable major league talent. I will throw this out to the cheap ass Pohlands, fire the GM's and I will take a 1 million$ salary and use the savings to help field a contender... seriously, could the roster be construction be any worse?
  21. hitterscount
    Treading water is a generous assessment.... 4-10 after winning their first two. Losing Lewis and Correa is certainly a factor in the anemic offensive output we are forced to watch (well forced to the extent if you want to watch your favorite team), however, there are seven starters remaining and bench players brought in that were thought of being capable to add some value to the team. Now the owners think the fans are naive or blind and should support this crap they are running out daily, hardly competitive in most games... unless our starters can hold the other team to 1-2 runs we are most likely going to lose. And then you have a manager that still loves pulling starters when they are cruising or pinch hitting for the best hitters in the 4-5th inning because of his whole right left philosophy... it is a joke and this is not what treading water looks like.
  22. hitterscount
    The bullpen is irrelevant when you can’t score and when you do your down by 5. It’s going to be a battle with the CWS to see who can lock down the AL Central cellar… first team to 90 wins
  23. hitterscount
    This move isn't going to change anything. They are dead last in team BA and 3rd to last in runs scored. They cannot hit, strike out way too much and fail to perform fundamental baseball. Throw in a defense that is beginning to falter and this season has disaster written all over it. Buxton, Margot, Castro, Santana all hitting around .200 are not helping matters... so no, this move does nothing.
  24. hitterscount
    Does a 37-year-old Thielbar really move the needle? I always cringe when he is in high leverage situations, just like the killer performance in game #2 of last year's playoff series with Houston.... win that game and who knows. Regardless good to see him healthy.
  25. hitterscount
    The bullpen is doing their job to date, unfortunately it doesn't matter when you cannot score runs while striking out nearly 40-50% of your AB's. Tomorrow the brooms are brought out and on to Detroit where 1-3 would be a win. Who could have seen this coming with the plate approach deployed by Rocco and Co.?
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