Monday at noon: rubber match vs KC

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Just Regular said:

So Roster Resource has Cardinals starting lineup as two switch hitters and seven RHB.

Tigers have Austin Meadows in the middle and Akil Baddoo at the bottom, but to extent Fry is a lefty specialist if he's anything, we could probably do with someone else this week.

Especially since we picked up Logan Allen.   We don't really need 4 lefties in the pen.

[Just Regular]

I kind of want to blame Fry for spooking Hyde into burning a Lopez day here, and rendering him basically unavailable tomorrow assuming using relievers three days in a row is as extinct as I think it is.

[mrbig1]

you know The O's don't believe in a 1-2-3 9th.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Just Regular said:

I kind of want to blame Fry for spooking Hyde into burning a Lopez day here.

Are you kidding me?   Is he bringing in Lopez?????

[BohKnowsBmore]

2 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

I kind of want to blame Fry for spooking Hyde into burning a Lopez day here.

Wonder if Hyde wanted to give him a relatively low leverage situation to "get right" vs. his next time out being a nail biter.

[SteveA]

Lopez threw 25 pitches yesterday and now he's in a 6-1 game in the 9th?   That's idiotic.   Guarantees he won't be available tomorrow and maybe affects Wednesday as well.

[SteveA]

Was Lopez warming in the 8th and this was some sort of, oh well, he's warmed, might as well use him deal?????

[Surhoffan17]

Why not Baker here?  He didn't even warm up in either game yesterday (at least I don't think).  

[BohKnowsBmore]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Lopez threw 25 pitches yesterday and now he's in a 6-1 game in the 9th?   That's idiotic.   Guarantees he won't be available tomorrow and maybe affects Wednesday as well.

Meh, not that irregular nor is he really trending toward overuse in any meaningful way, at least IMHO.

He pitched pretty much every other day through April 23 (1.0 IP).

Then he didn't pitch again until the 29th, where he pitched 0.1 inning. He had 2.0 IP the next day (April 30).

He then had 3 days off before his next appearance, throwing 1.0 IP on May 4, then 1.1 IP the next day (May 5).

Had two full days off before yesterday's day game.

[BohKnowsBmore]

5 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Was Lopez warming in the 8th and this was some sort of, oh well, he's warmed, might as well use him deal?????

This is a good point.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

7 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Lopez threw 25 pitches yesterday and now he's in a 6-1 game in the 9th?   That's idiotic.   Guarantees he won't be available tomorrow and maybe affects Wednesday as well.

I'm surprised Hyde even used him with a 5 run lead and if Lopez gets into any type of a jam Hyde is going to end up burning another bullpen arm. Just idiotic managing of the bullpen by Hyde who is probably getting direction from Sig on these decisions. 

[BohKnowsBmore]

Taylor pretty clearly offered at that.

[mrbig1]

No one is up in the pen.

[BohKnowsBmore]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I'm surprised Hyde even used him with a 5 run lead and if Lopez gets into any type of a jam Hyde is going to end up burning another bullpen arm. Just idiotic managing of the bullpen by Hyde who is probably getting direction from Sig. 

To be fair, he had him up and warming with the bases loaded in the 8th (posters in this very thread on the edge of their seats that this game was on the verge of slipping away), so it's not as cut and dry as just bringing him in up 5 in the 9th.

[Frobby]

Lopez needs to stop screwing around