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I have some concerns that Lopez may not be a nugget moving forward. 4 IP 8 H 7 ER 1 BB 4 K three straight batters reached against him in the 5th before he was removed.

"Concerns" is an interesting word. I guess i may lower my win projections from high 60s to the low 60s?

Because it doesnt work for Apple or android yet? Or some other reason......?

Heh, all good. Go Tampa!

Are you sure he's in the lineup? I wonder if your feelings on this matter are clear, Lord OFFNY...…… ?

OK well that seems totally justified then.

Also, a minor note. Roch reported about a month ago that Kjerstad wouldn't be reporting to Florida after all. https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2021/03/elias-explains-alternate-camp-setup-and-kjerstad-plans-plus-notes.html They thought it would be best for him to report directly to Maryland. Elias's language in that piece to me makes it seem like he was still recovering or feeling some effects or whatever. Occam's Razor to me implies that is still going on. But I am no doctor. I would expect we will get an update soon. I think it's rational for all of us to be concerned......I am too. I think declaring him a bust is a bit too catastrophic at this time based on what little we do know.

And there are some reasons for that that we DO know. At least partially. A global pandemic. Myocarditis. No minors at all in 2020 was also kind of unprecedented. Uncharted territory is a fair way to characterize it. Still doesn't have to mean that we jump to this guy will never play for us though. Not until we have more info. Which we WILL get.....just not as quickly as we all want I'm sure.

If we go through the whole 2021 minor league season and he doesn't play in a game then I think it's fair to start having this conversation. Right now we are all in the dark and I would resist the urge to think that everything is going to resort to the worst possible scenario. I just think it's healthier.

It's only happened once in our entire team history. 69 to 71. But this strikes me as moving the goalposts. We tried to win all the way until Duquette was forced to cry uncle and then did the firesale. I think we have seen in fairly recent history many teams kind of give up for at least 3 consecutive years. Doesn't always result in playoff success. But sometimes it does eventually.

No Bogaerts today.....is he hurt?

Pirates should be pretty close right?

So i guess we are rooting for him to fail right?

I demand a "2nd Guessing Boone" thread immediately!

He's on Twitter. Someone could just DM him. or @ him or whatever the kids are doing nowadays.

Hoping we can salvage a win tonight. Clearly Means gives us our best chance at the moment.

If we sweep the Yankees i'll probably be re-thinking some things. I don't think Boston is very good.

Gunnar Henderson and 3 others not currently on the roster? Where is Mancini in 2 more years?

Found my kernel of optimism for the day. The current Yankees are 9 for 34 against Lopez with a .533 OPS. only two XBH. https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/33833/jorge-lopez Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Total ERA over 5 in 2018. Over 6 in 2019. Over 6 again with us in 2020. His career WHIP is 1.50. What are we expecting to get here exactly? Not trying to be a overt pessimist.

Curious what percentage of people on the hangout actually have access to the app at the moment.

Little more concerned about Franco at third after today....but we will see. Ruiz was very impressive. Good to see.

Guess this is an acceptable start from your Opening Day starter.

So as long as you have a cable provider with MASN (that isnt Comcast or Verizon) and as long as you are good sitting in front of your computer for the duration of the game.....you are good to go! ..... ......

Seems like the title of this thread may be a bit misleading? ?