Wednesday afternoon: Rubber match vs Tampa

[MurphDogg]

Only following on Gameday, not able to watch. Pleasantly surprised by the 5 strikeouts in 4 innings.

[HowAboutThat]

OK, Wells is at 68 pitches after four. You have to let him start another ending because he is a possible future piece and you’ve got to see what he can do.

But you’ve also got a have somebody ready to replace him quickly because 68 pitches Is a lot, especially because the tops of the innings are going by rather quickly.

[SteveA]

At the halfway point of the game in an hour and 14 minutes.   Common when I was a kid in the 70s, very rare nowadays.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

OK, Wells is at 68 pitches after four. You have to let him start another ending because he is a possible future piece and you’ve got to see what he can do.

But you’ve also got a have somebody ready to replace him quickly because 68 pitches Is a lot, especially because the tops of the innings are going by rather quickly.

Given how strong his last couple innings have been after the slightly rough start, I don't think we are at the "yank him if he gets in any kind of jam" stage yet.   You have to let him see if he can work out of something.

I mean, how much confidence do you have in Plutko or Eshelman at this point anyway? 

[Tony-OH]

Not sure who called for an 86 MPH middle-middle (maybe a little low) first pitch fastball to Arozorena but that's not a good call.

[HowAboutThat]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Given how strong his last couple innings have been after the slightly rough start, I don't think we are at the "yank him if he gets in any kind of jam" stage yet.   You have to let him see if he can work out of something.

I mean, how much confidence do you have in Plutko or Eshelman at this point anyway? 

You definitely make a valid point, but as I said, we need to see what Wells can do, so we have to let him have at least another inning, but you should be ready. With his pitch count the way it is so far I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect him to start the sixth, so any reliever would be likely to replace him after this inning anyway, so getting them ready now Is no handicap.

Edited July 21, 2021 by Philip

[SteveA]

That last one that Lowe fouled off was Wells' first 90+ pitch of the day.

[Il BuonO]

Perfect throw by Wynns.

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

That last one that Lowe fouled off was Wells' first 90+ pitch of the day.

And then he hit 90 again.   He knew Lowe might be his last batter so he was giving it all he had.

But the caught stealing ended the inning.

I think that's probably it for Wells.

Better than his previous game for us.   Probably better than what we would have gotten out of Akin today.

[Il BuonO]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

That last one that Lowe fouled off was Wells' first 90+ pitch of the day.

Pretty good recovery after the HR and the single.

[Tony-OH]

If you told us he's going to give up three runs in five innings in his first MLB start, I'm sure most would take it!

[Tony-OH]

Just now, Il BuonO said:

Pretty good recovery after the HR and the single.

Unlike Akin and Kremer, he doesn't get shaken easily.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Il BuonO said:

Pretty good recovery after the HR and the single.

His second "good recovery" of the game.   Remember he had a man on 3rd and no one out and they didn't score earlier.

[HowAboutThat]

All right, 85 throws, and he should be done. Don’t bring him out for the next inning. He did well today, his defense let him down. Clean defense would’ve saved him enough to give him a try for the next inning, but too late now.

[SteveA]

Need a run this inning to give Wells a chance for a W in his first ML start.