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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2021 19:33:23 GMT -6
Correa should be replaced by Bregman in the 3 hole tomorrow. Carlos cost us this game. Sorry, but if you think Breggie belongs in the three hole.......if he ever returns and it won't be tomorrow.....he needs to be better than when he went on the IL. The offense hasn't missed him. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2021 19:34:43 GMT -6
I love how the experts on this board are now moving on to criticizing the likely batting title champion's hitting. Even batting champions go into slumps. Brantley had a bad day........nobody wants to hang him. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2021 19:36:54 GMT -6
Correa should be replaced by Bregman in the 3 hole tomorrow. Carlos cost us this game. I wouldn’t go THAT far. When he comes back, he should bat no higher than 6th. He needs to prove he belongs back in the three spot. I don't like Correa in the three spot, but, he is doing as well or better there than Bregman was doing. I'd put Yuli in the three spot. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 22, 2021 20:00:30 GMT -6
When he comes back, he should bat no higher than 6th. He needs to prove he belongs back in the three spot. I don't like Correa in the three spot, but, he is doing as well or better there than Bregman was doing. I'd put Yuli in the three spot. Correa does not deserve the 3 spot. I would have Brantley in Thomas's 2 hole and Alvarez in the 3 hole. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 22, 2021 20:55:26 GMT -6
The sky is not falling. Greinke will beat those dang Royals!
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 22, 2021 22:31:15 GMT -6
When he comes back, he should bat no higher than 6th. He needs to prove he belongs back in the three spot. I don't like Correa in the three spot, but, he is doing as well or better there than Bregman was doing. I'd put Yuli in the three spot. Correa does not deserve the 3 spot. I would have Brantley in Thomas's 2 hole and Alvarez in the 3 hole. I agree about the 3-spot, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying Correa blew the game. They all blew the game. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 22, 2021 23:00:50 GMT -6
Correa does not deserve the 3 spot. I would have Brantley in Thomas's 2 hole and Alvarez in the 3 hole. I agree about the 3-spot, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying Correa blew the game. They all blew the game. I don't think we can name any one player who blew the game, when we blew several chances early in the game and failed to score. The game never should have been close in the late innings. We should have had a 4-5 run lead before we went to the pen. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 22, 2021 23:21:45 GMT -6
I agree about the 3-spot, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying Correa blew the game. They all blew the game. I don't think we can name any one player who blew the game, when we blew several chances early in the game and failed to score. The game never should have been close in the late innings. We should have had a 4-5 run lead before we went to the pen. There’s one gripe I have with Dusty, and it’s his use of the bullpen. He likes to save his late inning guys like Graveman and Pressly for save situations only. Sometimes, that can be once in a week. When you seldomly get those guys into games, they get rusty. He’s got to give them some more innings. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 23, 2021 6:43:48 GMT -6
I'm surprised y'all aren't blaming Altuve since he only had 3 hits.
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Aug 23, 2021 7:06:01 GMT -6
Theres one gripe I have with Dusty, and it’s his use of the bullpen. He likes to save his late inning guys like Graveman and Pressly for save situations only. Sometimes, that can be once in a week. When you seldomly get those guys into games, they get rusty. He’s got to give them some more innings. I've never been a fan of the one-inning-each parade of relievers with a 'closer' and 'setup man' at the end. Personally I favor using your best relievers in high-leverage situations regardless inning. But saving the best relievers for hold and save situations is a boilerplate script that almost all of the managers in baseball use. It definitely isn't unique. Even the best relievers give up runs on occasion. 3.0 is a good ERA for a reliever. On average, that equates to one run given up every third appearance. Graveman and Pressly happened to each give up a run yesterday. Shit happens.
Coming up empty in the 10th was absolutely tragic. With bases loaded an no outs, there are sooooo many ways to go from tie game to walkoff. Any hit, walk, HBP, deep fly ball, fielder's choice if there's no play at the plate, even GDP! By the time it got to Yuli, the possibilities were fewer. With two outs, you can't make an out. Yuli did a great job of working that AB. Sewell was pounding the top of the strikezone and Yuli kept fouling them off. Of the 8 pitches Yuli saw, only one wasn't a 'pitcher's pitch' or a ball. |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Aug 23, 2021 7:09:34 GMT -6
I'm surprised y'all aren't blaming Altuve since he only had 3 hits. We know he can hit four. He did that the day before. Slacker! |
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Post by Saint on Aug 23, 2021 8:28:39 GMT -6
My only question, is if we'd had a real runner on 2nd instead of Lance, do you think they send him on Altuve's single?
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 23, 2021 8:30:38 GMT -6
My only question, is if we'd had a real runner on 2nd instead of Lance, do you think they send him on Altuve's single? I doubt it. I would have held him at 3b. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 23, 2021 14:18:42 GMT -6
My only question, is if we'd had a real runner on 2nd instead of Lance, do you think they send him on Altuve's single? I can't think of anyone he had available who would have been sent. If that ball had been between the outfielders, Lance could have been sent home. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 23, 2021 18:15:05 GMT -6
My only question, is if we'd had a real runner on 2nd instead of Lance, do you think they send him on Altuve's single? I can't think of anyone he had available who would have been sent. If that ball had been between the outfielders, Lance could have been sent home. Myles Straw....oh wait.... |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 23, 2021 18:16:55 GMT -6
I can't think of anyone he had available who would have been sent. If that ball had been between the outfielders, Lance could have been sent home. Myles Straw....oh wait.... Epic fail. |
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