Bautista 2023

[Hank Scorpio]

7 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

Was it really down? I mean, I saw 99 and 100.

Yeah I don't think it's an injury situation. 

I think his mechanics get out of whack really easily because he's 6'8" and 275 pounds. 

[dystopia]

9 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

Was it really down? I mean, I saw 99 and 100.

I thought it was down a little on a few pitches. Could have just been the stadium gun. 

[Il BuonO]

14 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I wouldn't go that far.

The truth is that massaging egos and keeping players mentally ready to play is part of Hyde's job.

Yes I think that Managers shouldn't structure their bullpen use around the Save stat but demoting a Closer can have an impact.

Who said anything about a demotion? Are you trying to start something??? What if Bautista reads posts at OH? Felix is my guy!

Edited April 28, 2023 by Il BuonO

[SilentJames]

I think Felix essentially has the yips. He has been out of whack for his last three or four appearances. They appear like a virus. He looked particularly uncomfortable last night. 

 

It would be nice to give him a couple days to work things out. 

[Aristotelian]

1 hour ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Agreed.  Many of us in the game thread were opining about keeping Akin in before the trouble even started.  

And Baumann looked capable of getting more than the two outs he was asked for. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

And Baumann looked capable of getting more than the two outs he was asked for. 

Absolutely.  Another gripe many of us had in the game thread lol.  

[interloper]

It's weird that they rode Akin so hard last year but seem hesitant to let him rip this year. He looks good! Let him pitch a couple innings! 

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, SilentJames said:

I think Felix essentially has the yips. He has been out of whack for his last three or four appearances. They appear like a virus. He looked particularly uncomfortable last night. 

 

It would be nice to give him a couple days to work things out. 

I think that given his long history of having issues with his command and control he's got himself a bit out of whack.

I'm sure that to some degree something like that feeds on itself but I don't think we are in a position to assume the issue is mental.

[Fiver6565]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

And Baumann looked capable of getting more than the two outs he was asked for. 

It was noted multiple teams during the broadcast that Hyde knew he only had Bauman for a couple outs as he was still recovering from the 2 2/3 just two days prior. People keep jumping on Hyde for it but it was obvious, if you were actually listening, that he was using him just to finish the fifth, even before he came into the game. 

[Aristotelian]

Just now, Fiver6565 said:

It was noted multiple teams during the broadcast that Hyde knew he only had Bauman for a couple outs as he was still recovering from the 2 2/3 just two days prior. People keep jumping on Hyde for it but it was obvious, if you were actually listening, that he was using him just to finish the fifth, even before he came into the game. 

Ah, I was listening to the Tigers broadcast. That makes sense. Love Hyde!

[Frobby]

4 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

If there’s a save situation tonight I hope Felix gets some rest and Hyde let’s Cano close it out. 

Decent chance of a rainout in Detroit today. 

[webbrick2010]

Thank goodness for our old buddie Jonathan Schoop

His bases loaded no out double play early in the game, and his K in the 9th on a 3-2 pitch that was way out of the zone made him our MVP yesterday.

[Mooreisbetter27]

9 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

It was noted multiple teams during the broadcast that Hyde knew he only had Bauman for a couple outs as he was still recovering from the 2 2/3 just two days prior. People keep jumping on Hyde for it but it was obvious, if you were actually listening, that he was using him just to finish the fifth, even before he came into the game. 

Ahh.  Okay, I had it muted because I have a lot of chaos going on in my house with 3 small children haha.  That makes more sense then. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

2 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

Thank goodness for our old buddie Jonathan Schoop

His bases loaded no out double play early in the game, and his K in the 9th on a 3-2 pitch that was way out of the zone made him our MVP yesterday.

It was a 2-2 count.  But we all know Schoop doesn't go up to the plate to walk.  

[Aristotelian]

2 minutes ago, interloper said:

It's weird that they rode Akin so hard last year but seem hesitant to let him rip this year. He looks good! Let him pitch a couple innings! 

It's interesting, he seems to be used almost as a LOOGY now. He does have terrible splits vs RHB. I think they are not going to trust him in high leverage except vs LHB. Last year he pitched longer outings but my impression was generally lower leverage, behind Tate/Baker/Perez. I think they have figured out he can be trusted, but only vs LHB.