Dilon Tate Is Bringing The Heat!

[emmett16]

5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Tate, Sulser, Fry and Wells are guys I can see forming part of a good bullpen.  

As to Scott, he’s either dominant or worthless, depending on the day.   To me, he’s OK as a 6th/7th inning guy but you have to be ready to pull the plug at a moment’s notice.    I don’t trust him in high leverage situations.    
 

 

Tate has been quietly pretty fantastic as have the other 3 you mentioned.  

Obviously Mullins is the big take away from this season, but I'd say these four guys in the bullpen separated themselves from that pack and provided a glimpse of some hope for a solid BP.  

Once Wells is back and performing, I'd really like to see him get stretched and tried as a starter.  If he could successfully start 2 or 3 games in September, that would be a big boon going into next year. 

[sportsfan8703]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Tate, Sulser, Fry and Wells are guys I can see forming part of a good bullpen.  

As to Scott, he’s either dominant or worthless, depending on the day.   To me, he’s OK as a 6th/7th inning guy but you have to be ready to pull the plug at a moment’s notice.    I don’t trust him in high leverage situations.    
 

Tate does have the ceiling still to be Givens 2.0. That has a lot of value. 

[Can_of_corn]

The pitch in between the ball that would have been a grand slam but it went foul and the grand slam was a beautiful 96 MPH fastball.

[O's84]

Bringing the heat to Hyde's forehead is more like it.

[O's84]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

The pitch in between the ball that would have been a grand slam but it went foul and the grand slam was a beautiful 96 MPH fastball.

Tate was given a second chance at avoiding the worst possible outcome.  Boy, I'm glad he took advantage of it.

[Ripken]

This thread is like the kiss of death.  I just wanna add I think the entire Boston bullpen is really great!

[LA2]

On 8/3/2021 at 6:43 PM, sportsfan8703 said:

Tate does have the ceiling still to be Givens 2.0. That has a lot of value. 

Givens -2.0.

I don't think Givens ever had as bad a streak as Tate's last few appearances. The Britton trade has now officially come to nothing.

[Sports Guy]

Tate doesn’t get enough Ks, miss enough bats and he doesn’t throw enough strikes.  He just isn’t going to be a successful/go to BP pitcher if he doesn’t do those things.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 hour ago, LA2 said:

Givens -2.0.

I don't think Givens ever had as bad a streak as Tate's last few appearances. The Britton trade has now officially come to nothing.

Givens was very good in 2015 to 2017 as a fifth to eighth inning pitcher who could keep the O's in the game and occasionally earn the win. Tate has a long way to go if he wants to be that class of a reliever. 

[Can_of_corn]

No earned runs for Tate tonight.  He got a hold.

[HowAboutThat]

Tate is not great, Bob…

 

let’s hope for the day when we don’t have to keep around undependable players because they’re the best we got.

Edited August 29, 2021 by Philip

[Moose Milligan]

20 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

No earned runs for Tate tonight.  He got a hold.

You love some Tate hate.

[HowAboutThat]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

You love some Tate hate.

That was some serious spin, made me laughThat was some serious spin, made me laugh

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, Philip said:

That was some serious spin, made me laughThat was some serious spin, made me laugh

So good you had to say it twice, Jimmy Two Times!

 

[HowAboutThat]

19 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

So good you had to say it twice, Jimmy Two Times!

 

I don’t know why this happens so often, when my comment doubles itself, but it’s happening so often like almost every time and I’m tired of fixing it. I’m sure there’s a country song out there about seeing double and being single and driving a quad