cHawk

Garver did get 2 hits vs the Angels, so he might be heating up. But I agree, why Astudillo and not AK?

Rooker and Polanco really need to get it together, I’ll be hopeful.

Getting Darvish and Snell is something you like to see your team do if you’re trying to win championships, but that doesn’t guarantee that they’re A+ moves. Last year’s Donaldson signing is a prime example.

We grade offseasons multiple years after they happen. Not two weeks.

The additions of Simmons and Robles are working out so far. The other ones? I do take back what I said on Colome, I don’t think he’s washed as I look at his stuff. His cutter and four seamer are hitting the same MPH as they have the last few years and he’s been really successful those years. He’s broken, though. There’s a difference between being broken and being washed. If your stuff has lost a lot of velo, you’re washed. If it hasn’t and you’re getting shelled or getting significantly worse results than you have over the course of your career, that’s broken. Robles was broken last year, not washed/cooked. Romo was cooked because of how piss poor his stuff was. Robles actually had good stuff and it wasn’t working. I believe Colome is fixable, since he hasn’t appeared to have lost velo. Happ and Shoemaker have done their jobs, which is a positive. Overall, we don’t have enough pen depth. Even if we fix Colome, we still would only have five good relievers. Dobnak is fools gold (quote h2o face) and Thielbar is too. We’ll need to pick up some arms in July if we’re serious about winning.

What is the reason? Can you prove that he's bad? It seems like you judge relievers by their ERA alone and he had a 0.67 ERA last year, with a ~2.50 ERA the two years before that. It's worth noting that how much someone is paid does not define their quality as a player. They grabbed Matt Wisler last year and he was really good; I would say it was a "worthy investment.” Just because players don’t cost much doesn’t mean that they’re not good. Likewise, just because players are expensive don’t mean they’re that good. An example? Albert Pujols. And by your apparent definition, there were only like 4 or 5 “good pitchers” on the FA market. And with, IDK, at least 10 teams looking for bullpen help, you’d be lucky to get even one. You can't just say "There's a reason." You actually need to prove the reason. The world is full of corrupt logic.

He’s been an idiot. Simple as that. Both with his fielding and his pitching. He repeatedly throws slow cutters down the middle (good idea—not) and watches them get hit. He, or Wes, knows that they don’t work and they continue to do it. He also repeatedly throws his fastball down the middle and he gets hit. It doesn’t work. The fastball to the top right corner does, has, and should be done.

Let’s break down each loss: April 1 @ MIL: The defense makes several key mistakes that all result in runs. Combine that with Colome serving up meatballs April 6 @ DET: The offense fails to score any runs with 1st and 3rd and nobody out in the 10th. Combine that with a lack of offense in Innings 1-9. April 10 vs SEA: The offense once again fails to execute with RISP, this time in the bottom of the 8th. April 11 vs SEA: The bullpen implodes. Also, apparently the offense can’t score runs after the 5th Inning. April 12 vs BOS: Once again the offense can’t score runs past the 5th Inning. Or, wait, the 1st Inning. Dobnak gets shelled. April 14 (Gm1) vs BOS: A completely pathetic offensive performance, with 2 key Boston runs coming from a stupid throwing error. April 14 (Gm2) vs BOS: Berrios cruises until he suddenly can’t throw strikes. The offense once again can’t do sh!t. April 16 @ LAA: Terrible bullpen management results in 10 runs. Weak ground balls bleed through the infield. Offense can’t hit with RISP I think the main reason the bullpen looks so bad is because the skipper isn’t pulling the right strings. Let’s all remember that Liam Hendricks has a 6.00 ERA right now. Bullpens fix themselves over time. We saw it in 2019. We very well may see it again this year. The offense is clearly a problem. The fact that we can’t hit anything when runners are on is a recurring theme. We hit into double plays way too much. SP seems like the strength of the team so far and may be our strength this year.

Do you have any ideas?

The Lineup was Garver, Donaldson, Cruz, Garlick, Arraez, Sano, Polanco, Kepler, Cave

It’s baffling to me that they can keep us in the game when we’re down one of two, but when we’re tied or ahead they forget how to pitch.

Train wreck. Nothing but a train wreck of a performance. Rocco looks like the Mike McCarthy of the MLB. Walk Trout with the count 2-2? WTF? Dobnak for a 3rd Inning after he gave up two the previous inning? I could realistically see management running this team into the ground. In-game particularly. Please prove me wrong.

Is management going to kill us this year?

Yep. We’re &$?&ed.

IK, I hope the other three come around.

Oh yeah. Who else do we have tho? Thorpe? Anderson? Stashak?

Which one is not good

Legit question - Do we really only have four good relievers? (Duffey, Rogers, Robles, and Alcala) Because if we do we’re in SERIOUS trouble.

The turtle is pitching.

Oh no, we suck again.

https://youtu.be/j5a0jTc9S10

Our bullpen has a 10+ ERA when we are ahead. Why? And when we’re behind, by a little bit, it’s usually fine. Why?

It means “Shake my head”

Chicken sh!t move walking Trout with 2 strikes. Thanks Rocco

Is our bullpen really this bad?