Wednesday, August 16: series deciding game in San Diego

[FlipTheBird]

18 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

We got beat by two pitchers fans here wanted to trade for.  And we lost because of two relief pitchers who couldn't get the job done. 

I mean Dean Kremer left down 3-2 and they lost 5-2.

They certainly needed to score more runs and Snell and Hader were key parts of why they didn’t… but the second half of your statement is a little aggressive. It’s not like Fuji or Cionel squandered a lead. Not good showings but we were trailing before either came in.

[Robert Drake]

 

1 hour ago, LA2 said:

With their roster so strange that the Padres are 5 under .500

Great roster; bad team. We just lost a series to a bad team. No excuses. Don't care how talented the top of their roster is, they've not done anything all year, but they looked like world champs the past 2 nights because we made them look like champs. Just a depressing result.  This team comes up short too often against quality opponents, the Astros, Phillies, Dodgers, now the dysfunctional Padres? The failures are multi-faceted too. They can't hit or they can't pitch or the manager makes stupid decisions, or they make inexcusable fielding errors. 

Was just scanning over some hitting stats and I realized that the Orioles have one hitter, one, in the top 50 for BA.  The Braves have 5! The Rangers 3. A bunch of teams have multiple guys in the top 50. We need better pitching for sure, but honestly we need much better hitting. Winning one-run games was not sustainable. I think the team will win the division. Might win a playoff series, but Elias failed the team by not making moves for expensive pitchers in the off-season. The money will eventually be spent if they really want to win, it should of been spent already. 

 

Edited August 17, 2023 by Robert Drake