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Post by abregmanfan on Apr 8, 2024 20:07:07 GMT -6
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Post by inaltuvewetrust on Apr 8, 2024 20:12:13 GMT -6
Abreu is just a free out at this point. The new Maldy.
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 20:12:35 GMT -6
Something has to be done about Abreu. I know everyone hates to waste money, but we're wasting money anyways. Might as well try to not waste money AND get zero production.
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 20:12:57 GMT -6
I think we baby arms too much now. No more long toss, no weighted balls, etc. Pitch clock and overemphasis on velocity. Maybe spin too. We were trending this way before the pitch clock though. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Apr 8, 2024 20:15:48 GMT -6
Pitch clock and overemphasis on velocity. Maybe spin too. We were trending this way before the pitch clock though. As a father of a pitcher I believe the pitch clock is horrible. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 20:17:25 GMT -6
We were trending this way before the pitch clock though. As a father of a pitcher I believe the pitch clock is horrible. Oh I don't like it, but we were seeing weaker arms and injuries from pitchers before last year. If anything, I agree with Sherwin and Verlander that we're putting too much emphasis on maximizing velocity and spin rate too often and too young. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 20:19:13 GMT -6
If we can come out of this with a split, I'll be pretty pleased all things considered. Yes, we should have won it if Hader hadn't blown the save, but the bullpen seems to be settling down.
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Post by abregmanfan on Apr 8, 2024 20:20:42 GMT -6
As a father of a pitcher I believe the pitch clock is horrible. Oh I don't like it, but we were seeing weaker arms and injuries from pitchers before last year. If anything, I agree with Sherwin and Verlander that we're putting too much emphasis on maximizing velocity and spin rate too often and too young. If I had to blame any "1" single thing it would be youth travel ball. You have 8 year olds throwing as hard as they can, week after week. Month after month, year after year. I am as guilty as anyone else, but I believe that the cash cow of travel baseball is ruining the arms. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 20:25:16 GMT -6
Well there goes Altuve's hit streak. Mostly awful looking ABs tonight for him and Chas (and Abreu as always).
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 20:35:45 GMT -6
Three hits for Bregman. Another encouraging sight.
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Post by abregmanfan on Apr 8, 2024 20:40:52 GMT -6
Well there goes Altuve's hit streak. Mostly awful looking ABs tonight for him and Chas (and Abreu as always). Only stat I am looking at tonight is the Win column. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 20:43:46 GMT -6
Well there goes Altuve's hit streak. Mostly awful looking ABs tonight for him and Chas (and Abreu as always). Only stat I am looking at tonight is the Win column. Yeah this is a big win with how the game started and the early deficit. Hopefully they can build off these two wins and get some real momentum going. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Apr 8, 2024 20:46:16 GMT -6
You gotta feel for Henley. He was not good, but man that flair to CF and then his defense abandoning him just set him up for failure. I hope even if just out of the bullpen he can get another look before they send him back down so he doesn't have to just sit on this.
All things consider, a split is huge though. Huge. Now sweep the woeful Royals like you should, because it's Rangers and Braves right after that. Man the start of this schedule is brutal.
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 20:48:20 GMT -6
You gotta feel for Henley. He was not good, but man that flair to CF and then his defense abandoning him just set him up for failure. I hope even if just out of the bullpen he can get another look before they send him back down so he doesn't have to just sit on this. All things consider, a split is huge though. Huge. Now sweep the woeful Royals like you should, because it's Rangers and Braves right after that. Man the start of this schedule is brutal. It almost feels like getting out of this month with a .500 record is a win in itself. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Apr 8, 2024 20:58:07 GMT -6
You gotta feel for Henley. He was not good, but man that flair to CF and then his defense abandoning him just set him up for failure. I hope even if just out of the bullpen he can get another look before they send him back down so he doesn't have to just sit on this. All things consider, a split is huge though. Huge. Now sweep the woeful Royals like you should, because it's Rangers and Braves right after that. Man the start of this schedule is brutal. It almost feels like getting out of this month with a .500 record is a win in itself. The glass half full look is that we're + on runs scored/allowed, three of the losses were one run games (usually 50/50 coin flips over a large sample size), and we're 4-3 over these last two series. If the bullpen doesn't have those ridiculous meltdowns out of nowhere, we might be 1st in the division right now. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Apr 8, 2024 20:59:04 GMT -6
Seth Martinez, Taylor Scott, Brandon Bielak: 7.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 K against the Rangers.
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 22:42:07 GMT -6
It almost feels like getting out of this month with a .500 record is a win in itself. The glass half full look is that we're + on runs scored/allowed, three of the losses were one run games (usually 50/50 coin flips over a large sample size), and we're 4-3 over these last two series. If the bullpen doesn't have those ridiculous meltdowns out of nowhere, we might be 1st in the division right now. Definitely. We could easily be 7-4 right now. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 8, 2024 23:34:25 GMT -6
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 9, 2024 0:08:52 GMT -6
Lord help our launch angle approach in cavernous Kauffman Stadium.
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