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Post by IRS on May 15, 2017 1:05:56 GMT -5
As infuriating as the bullpen is, the officiating in that game was atrocious. Absolutely awful. I see where you're coming from, but this bullpen scary bad. Supposedly our best reliever is Pat Neshek yet that happened. Granted he's had a good start so far, but what does that really say if Neshek is our best reliever? Lmao I figured Neris was our best reliever. And he was... until he became closer. Kinda like Benoit, who started off quite strong. In reality, we haven't had a good reliever since Giles was traded, though. It's going to take a lot to fix. I honestly hope Hellickson is able to continue upping his value, because they need to get a couple decent arms in here quick. They also need these damn starters to start getting deeper into games, so you don't have to rely on the bullpen for 3-4 innings. I'm pretty miffed about them extending Mackanin, too. He's not a terrible manager, but he's certainly not great, and I really worry that he's going to start hurting the development of these guys. There are so many fundamental mistakes with this team, and he seems way too laid back about it - sometimes you need to get on their asses. Especially Doobs.
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Post by Matt on May 15, 2017 8:12:32 GMT -5
I see where you're coming from, but this bullpen scary bad. Supposedly our best reliever is Pat Neshek yet that happened. Granted he's had a good start so far, but what does that really say if Neshek is our best reliever? Lmao I figured Neris was our best reliever. And he was... until he became closer. Kinda like Benoit, who started off quite strong. In reality, we haven't had a good reliever since Giles was traded, though. It's going to take a lot to fix. I honestly hope Hellickson is able to continue upping his value, because they need to get a couple decent arms in here quick. They also need these damn starters to start getting deeper into games, so you don't have to rely on the bullpen for 3-4 innings. I'm pretty miffed about them extending Mackanin, too. He's not a terrible manager, but he's certainly not great, and I really worry that he's going to start hurting the development of these guys. There are so many fundamental mistakes with this team, and he seems way too laid back about it - sometimes you need to get on their asses. Especially Doobs. Ahh 100 Miles Giles. Miss him... but no seriously I like Hector as well. I wouldn't be opposed to trying to put Vince Velasquez in the pen. Why the hell not? Give him a shot and see what he does, what could honestly go wrong? I agree, I don't like the extension for Mackanin. He's super dull and just a guy that's "there." We have a nice nucleus of what the future could look like, like guys like Maikel Franco, Tommy Joseph, Andrew Knapp, but will we see them on the team still in 5 years? Ugh. The only guy that I can see become a superstar is Aaron Altherr. Maikel's still young, but he's just gotta do something!
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Post by IRS on May 18, 2017 17:19:54 GMT -5
That goddamn Dodgers game killed this team. Ever since the back-to-back-to-back bombs, they haven't been the same.
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Post by Matt on May 18, 2017 18:30:52 GMT -5
The Phillies are so good!!!!!!
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Post by IRS on May 18, 2017 19:52:44 GMT -5
The Phillies are so good!!!!!! #TrustTheProcess Totally gonna get a Top 5 draft pick next year. Praise Hinke Klentak!
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Post by Kyle on May 18, 2017 20:19:49 GMT -5
Anybody been to SunTrust park yet? I'll be in Columbus next month and braves are playing the giants. Curious about the parking and traffic issues.
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Post by IRS on May 19, 2017 20:03:01 GMT -5
What's with all the immaculate innings lately?
This is a feat rarer than a perfect game, and there have been three within the last week.
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Post by LA Times on May 22, 2017 21:42:50 GMT -5
Late May is the best time to start voting for the MLB All Star Game. Who are you guys voting for? Here are my picks
American League 1B-Eric Hosmer 2B-Dustin Pedroia SS-Xander Bogaerts 3B-Evan Longoria OF-Jose Bautista OF-JD Martinez OF-Mike Trout C-Wellington Castillo DH-Shin Soo Choo
National League 1B-Ryan Zimmerman 2B-Daniel Murphy SS-Trea Turner 3B-Kris Bryant OF-Yoenis Cespedes OF-Jayson Werth OF-Bryce Harper C-Matt Wieters
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on May 23, 2017 20:18:58 GMT -5
Adam Warren has blown every game he's come into since they made him the 7th inning guy. It's time to stop.
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Post by Chip on May 24, 2017 0:26:20 GMT -5
Adam Warren has blown every game he's come into since they made him the 7th inning guy. It's time to stop. good thing Joe consulted his binders and took Montgomery out with 2 outs in the inning....cant let the kid finish it up, that would produce disastrous results "we dont want someone tired facing Perez" Perez proceeds to get a hit off Warren sometimes Joe is utterly brilliant, other times his obsession with stats and matchups literally costs them games
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Post by Ben on May 24, 2017 3:58:44 GMT -5
Cubs beat the Giants and a Schwarber homer. Nice.
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Post by Chip on May 29, 2017 17:54:37 GMT -5
Bryce Harper's helmet throw today was the greatest thing ever
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Post by LA Times on May 29, 2017 17:58:53 GMT -5
Bryce Harper's helmet throw today was the greatest thing ever He throws helmets better than he throws punches
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jun 1, 2017 13:41:18 GMT -5
Masahiro Tanaka or Kei Igawa?
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Post by Chip on Jun 1, 2017 13:57:31 GMT -5
Masahiro Tanaka or Kei Igawa? at least Tanaka has talent i have no idea what the hell is wrong with him, but its like he cant throw any other pitches but his slider or splitter. whatever it means when a pitcher "cant get it" on a certain pitch....when Tanaka doesn't have it on those, he's basically throwing BP to major league hitters. clearly there is something wrong with his mechanics or maybe its mental. yankees have said he's not hurt, although i dunno how much of that i believe, its really weird for a guy to go from being as good as he was in Boston a few weeks ago to being an absolute disaster
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jun 1, 2017 14:05:18 GMT -5
Masahiro Tanaka or Kei Igawa? at least Tanaka has talent i have no idea what the hell is wrong with him, but its like he cant throw any other pitches but his slider or splitter. whatever it means when a pitcher "cant get it" on a certain pitch....when Tanaka doesn't have it on those, he's basically throwing BP to major league hitters. clearly there is something wrong with his mechanics or maybe its mental. yankees have said he's not hurt, although i dunno how much of that i believe, its really weird for a guy to go from being as good as he was in Boston a few weeks ago to being an absolute disaster 14 HR's already. He's a real problem. I think something has to be wrong with him. Chapman pitched for 3 weeks on the sore rotator cuff and was still hitting 102 and nailing down saves.....some guys just don't want to say anything unless it's a major major major thing. Tanaka is probably not wanting to admit injury because he may want to opt out at the end of this year, and if he does that, he's not getting a deal larger than what's left on his current deal, so he may be attempting to see if it's something he can pitch through and that will get better on it's own....I think at this point it's probably not going to, he probably needs a DL. If it's the elbow, he really should have just had the Tommy John 3 years ago when the Yankees sucked and this wouldn't even be an issue right now.
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Post by Chip on Jun 1, 2017 17:55:06 GMT -5
f it's the elbow, he really should have just had the Tommy John 3 years ago when the Yankees sucked and this wouldn't even be an issue right now. This is the biggest thing. I know most guys don't want to have surgery if they can help it, but really if his elbow is basically a stick of dynamite at this point, he really should have just gotten it and he would have been 100% by now
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jun 2, 2017 7:33:28 GMT -5
The Yankees should call up Ernesto Frieri. He's done really well at AAA. I don't understand why they keep calling up and sending down Giovanny Gallegos and Bryan Mitchell, who have both been terrible this season.
He chose not to opt out, so he clearly wants to stay....I don't see what the Yanks are waiting for?
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Post by IRS on Jun 2, 2017 18:26:19 GMT -5
April was so promising...
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Post by Matt on Jun 2, 2017 19:48:42 GMT -5
The Phillies are the Browns of baseball. This is garbage.
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