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2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Zero HBP this year... It is true he has some blown saves recently but I think it is fair to say Fuji's issues are on another level. Larger point is they could have gotten a reliable bullpen arm and didn't do that. 

Don't disagree at all, but Chapman's walking 6 per 9 innings the last few years. I don't think he would have been the answer despite the good start for the Rangers.

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I HATED the decision to leave Tate in at the start of the 9th.  They’d already had Lopez warming up.  Just bring him in.  I would hsve guaranteed you that he was going to have to come in mid-inning if

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One more thing.  The odds of Gillaspie stranding the ghost runner were definitely not good.  You don’t play for one run in the top of the tenth if you’re bringing him in.

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It was a dumb post. I know it was dumb. I’m just having a day today. Sorry. 

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29 minutes ago, dystopia said:

Don't disagree at all, but Chapman's walking 6 per 9 innings the last few years. I don't think he would have been the answer despite the good start for the Rangers.

He’s the 4th most valuable reliever in MLB this season, per fWAR.

He had a rough season last year, but his highest ERA in the decade prior to that was a 3.36. The fastball velocity is back, better than it’s been in years. If he wouldn’t have been the answer, who would have?

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He’s the 4th most valuable reliever in MLB this season, per fWAR.

He had a rough season last year, but his highest ERA in the decade prior to that was a 3.36. The fastball velocity is back, better than it’s been in years. If he wouldn’t have been the answer, who would have?

WAR for relievers isn’t a good metric. 

I would have preferred someone like David Robertson or Sewald. 
 
Chapman has thrown a whopping 9 innings as a Ranger. Let’s see where he ends up at the end of the year. That walk rate is horrendous and shouldn’t be ignored.

 

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Hyde left Flaherty in today. Everyone is learning. From Hyde’s perspective… when has he ever had starting pitching where they are at 85-100 pitches and still better options than the relief options?

Our SP has arrived.  I know there’s innings limits, but I think we see Hyde trust our starters more. 

Kudos to Hyde. I think we see a more confident SP bunch the rest of the way. What a get Flaherty was. 

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I thought the decision to let Fuji continue pitching after he walked the 7th and 8th batters was absolutely indefensible.  The guy either has it or he doesn’t, and he didn’t.  I’d much rather have Baumann pitching to Maldonado with 2 on than pitching to Altuve with bases loaded.  

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I thought the decision to let Fuji continue pitching after he walked the 7th and 8th batters was absolutely indefensible.  The guy either has it or he doesn’t, and he didn’t.  I’d much rather have Baumann pitching to Maldonado with 2 on than pitching to Altuve with bases loaded.  

He shouldn’t have been in to begin with. He just can’t pitch in a close game. 
 

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I thought the decision to let Fuji continue pitching after he walked the 7th and 8th batters was absolutely indefensible.  The guy either has it or he doesn’t, and he didn’t.  I’d much rather have Baumann pitching to Maldonado with 2 on than pitching to Altuve with bases loaded.  

Completely agree, although I think the hope was that even bad Fuji (Mr. Nami) could get Maldonado out — and it would then be a confidence building moment for him.

We’re talking about one of 2-3 worst hitting full-time players in MLB. It’s absolutely inexcusable to walk that guy.

Instead of a confidence builder, at least they got confirmation that if Fuji is off, you can’t ever trust him to work out of it. If you can’t do it against Maldonado, you just can’t do it.

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I thought the decision to let Fuji continue pitching after he walked the 7th and 8th batters was absolutely indefensible.  The guy either has it or he doesn’t, and he didn’t.  I’d much rather have Baumann pitching to Maldonado with 2 on than pitching to Altuve with bases loaded.  

I don’t think Baumann was ready yet.  Even when he went and got him to take him out Freddy called to check and you could see Hyde say is he ready as Freddy was on the phone.  Maybe he should have gotten him up earlier but he recorded the first two outs so you don’t expect him not to be able to get one of the bottom three hitters.  

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7 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I thought the decision to let Fuji continue pitching after he walked the 7th and 8th batters was absolutely indefensible.  The guy either has it or he doesn’t, and he didn’t.  I’d much rather have Baumann pitching to Maldonado with 2 on than pitching to Altuve with bases loaded.  

What about the three batter rule?

Having Webb and Fuji rather than Baumann and Perez was surprising. Seems like Hyde is testing the whole series like spring training with Mateo getting CF practice and Cano throwing 70% sliders. Really weird stuff these last two games.

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