h2oface

That's it for me. I can't watch baseball like this. Jake Cave's brain rolling down the edge of a razor blade is like a BB rolling down the middle of a 4 lane highway.

bloops and blasts. It all equals runs.....

Just leave him in there and see how many runs they can score in the inning..... why not. It saves the pen.

8 and 9 batters. Pineda is toast.

Alright, Alex. Time for the potential and talk to turn into performance. How about a hit? update: one pitch and out.

It is just hard to take when the bottom of the lineup scores one run, loads the bases, turns the lineup.... and the supposed .400 hitter pops a lazy fly and inning/rally/threat over.

...at least not lately.

You're right. Even an imaginary .400 hitter fails 60% of the time. (and I don't even remember that routine throw from 3rd now...)

Arraez.... bases loaded..... o-ver-ray-ted

Astudillo at first, and playing everyday. It's the turtle curse.

Maeda was never that good, except for occassional spurts. Like the 2 month one last year. That was very nice, but he just isn't what so many kept pencilling him in as for this year and beyond. He won't be this bad, but be thankful when he has a run of a couple of months. Even Nolasco had runs of a couple of months. I guess it looked a lot longer last year, because 2 months was a whole season. But best if the team doesn't plan or be fooled that Maeda is an Ace, and go get one!!

Trailing in the ALC? That is kind. How about last place in the American League, and 1/2 game from the worst record in Major League Baseball!

I agree with all the OP's 3 questionable moves. Especially taking Donaldson out of the game. I was even more disappointed to hear Baldelli say he would do it again in the post game. Live and not learn. Process. Bend the Knee to the Almighty Process. The forces where slapping him in the face with the consequences, and he is not listening. As for Colome (and Robles, too)...... since the signing(s), I have been hoping it would not lose us too many games. I fear it will. Watching Baldelli keep going to Colome is like watching Molitor keep putting Perkins in that September of 2015. You can quote all the career stats you want. Last season.... the last two seasons.... whatever. Be my pest. When it's over it is over. The White Sox saw it, apparently first and wouldn't resign him, and the 28 other teams passed too, but not us. Got him on the cheap. Seriously, nobody wanted to see Baldelli manage the pen so that Colome became his "only option" at the end of this game. It didn't have to be, but he made it be. Just because the FO gave him Colome doesn't mean he needs to keep putting him in to lose games. When it's over it's over. It seams clear to everyone but Baldelli, who like Molitor with Perkins, just keeps putting Colome in the situation to lose the games. And in this case, forget about the 10th. He should have done his job in the 9th, when he hit the first batter he faced, and that was the runner that scored and blew the lead to close it out in regulation! But alas, he cannot do the job anymore. Colome is toast.

A lot of players start slow at the beginning of the season, unfortunately. Rooker always has since I have been following him. Jeffers was up last season with a head of steam, instead of starting in the show against much better pitching at the beginning of the year to get going. Good springs can mean continued success, but not always as the calendar turns. I don't see the depth that others do. I am not seeing a savior. I am seeing a Sano that is regressing, an Astudillo that is getting totally over used, and no real current option in left field. COVID has invaded, and I bet it gets worse before it gets better. Baldelli needs to keep the best players he has in the game, and stop the ridiculous over managing.

What get's buried in this travesty is Maeda. So many put it down in ink that Maeda was now an Ace. Two months of a the hottest streak of his career, and that would be Maeda forever. Well, at least for this year. That, I think, was foolish, or at least overly optimistic. Berrios was even trashed for the 2 month new guy when it came to opening day start! I think you are going to see that 2 months is not the future standard. He might get hot for a spell this year, too, but Maeda is a bargain first, and whatever we get toward the Ace is a bonus.

Absolutely. And that is why it makes it so astounding that he took the performing 3rd baseman out of the game in extras, the one we paid so much for, exactly for the big moments and the big games, the one who is fianally able to play and be there, when you need the defense the most, especially with a runner on second. Absolutely. They need to perform. They need to be still in the game and not pulled, to perform.

Sure. Don't walk two and it doesn't matter, and you win the game. It works both ways, I agree. All the events were pathetic.

He has LanceLynn Disease.

What if he had just given up 2 in the 10th? and the score was tied at the end of 10 at 12? He had the lead by one at the beginning of the 9th, and blew the save. He had the lead by 2 at the beginning of the 10th..... and if tied at the end of the inning..... not a loss or a win.... but a blown save, no? Plus, a pitcher gets a blown save and a loss many times in one outing. I'm not saying you are wrong, but it doesn't make sense to me, and I am not thinking you are the final word, either.

Two blown saves in one game. Where did all those runners come from? Only one of them was an error. If that is his job, we may as well go for first overall draft pick.

Chumps. Not ready for prime time. Astudillo on first. Arraez on 3rd. Blakenhorn on 2nd. In extras. When you need defense. When a smart manager makes sure the defense is the best, and DOESN'T TAKE DONALDSON OUT FOR A PINCH RUNNER THAT ISN'T MUCH FASTER ANYWAY AND CAN'T FIELD, EITHER!!!!!

Thanks for taking Donaldson out of the game Baldelli!

****ing bums.