Please stop pitching Cano in the ninth

[banks703]

Good lord

 

i know the pen is taxed but JFC Cano is not a closer. 

[accinfo]

Just now, banks703 said:

Good lord

 

i know the pen is taxed but JFC Cano is not a closer. 

Who should be the closer, Fuji?  Lopez?

[MDK02]

I hate to this say this but this team is going nowhere in the postseason. This BP isn’t competitive and it’s only getting worse.

[Emory Eagle]

Please stop pitching any of the relief pitchers in any inning whatsoever for that matter.

[banks703]

1 minute ago, DirtyBird said:

Stupid thread.

Like every one of your posts. 

[DirtyBird]

Just now, banks703 said:

Like every one of your posts. 

Please find a post of mine that is dumber than this thread.

[Aristotelian]

Definitely shouldn't be Cano when you have two lefties leading off. Should have just left Hall in. Everyone has been saying Hyde is obsessed with matchups, well, this is what happens when you have a closer who is effective only against RHB.

[FlipTheBird]

Love a great reactionary thread! Chill out. Jeez.

The bullpen is toast. If you want to be angry at someone, blame the starters. They have put the pen in a terrible spot night after night of late.

[accinfo]

7 minutes ago, MDK02 said:

I hate to this say this but this team is going nowhere in the postseason. This BP isn’t competitive and it’s only getting worse.

I guess we will see.  That is why they play the games.  Whatever happens it has been a great season.  

[banks703]

2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Definitely shouldn't be Cano when you have two lefties leading off. Should have just left Hall in. Everyone has been saying Hyde is obsessed with matchups, well, this is what happens when you have a closer who is effective only against RHB.

I don’t understand the obsession with the matchups but I understand less the seemingly refusal to abandon set roles in the pen. The only guy who should have a set role was Bautista.

Leave Hall in to start the ninth. If after the lefties you need to go to Cano for the righties then you can go to him.  

[bpilktree]

3 minutes ago, banks703 said:

I don’t understand the obsession with the matchups but I understand less the seemingly refusal to abandon set roles in the pen. The only guy who should have a set role was Bautista.

Leave Hall in to start the ninth. If after the lefties you need to go to Cano for the righties then you can go to him.  

Hall was pitching back to back nights already after going 1.1 the night before.  I doubt Hyde even wanted to use him in the first place let alone pitch him another 1+ innings.   Cano was the one guy who was rested out there.  

[ChuckS]

I don’t trust anyone in the pen right now. Unfortunately Cano is still probably the best option.

Whether it’s closing a game or pitching an equally high leverage situation in the 8th, we need better performance. 

[eddie83]

I hope Cano is back out there tomorrow. Means we are winning in the 9th. 

[banks703]

3 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

Hall was pitching back to back nights already after going 1.1 the night before.  I doubt Hyde even wanted to use him in the first place let alone pitch him another 1+ innings.   Cano was the one guy who was rested out there.  

I get that but this is playoff baseball. He threw 17 pitches last night over 1 1/3 and threw another 19 tonight in 2/3 tonight. Like they said on the broadcast - get the first out in the ninth. With two lefties starting the ninth, Cano was not the guy to pitch to them. Hall was in the game. He looked good and was effective. Got to give him the ball there for the L on L to start the ninth. 

[Frobby]

Seriously, what do you suggest?  Cano was the only guy in the entire pen who didn’t pitch on Thursday.  

Edited September 23, 2023 by Frobby