Brandon Hyde 2024

[Grt 2BA FL Gator]

I wonder if there’s extra caution after how we rode Bautista for two years. Maybe they don’t stretch Cano in those ways accordingly? Because last year especially, Bautista was getting stretched every which way. 

[survivedc]

13 minutes ago, LGOrioles said:

They have won 1 series against a non CHW  or COL team since 8/1. If Seattle loses tonight, they will not have won a series against a team above .500 since 6/18-6/20 in NY. Almost 3 months.

Bad bullpen management tonight aside, the real problem is that Hyde hasn’t been able to wake his team up from whatever the hell is going on in that clubhouse, and that’s on him. A lot of the depth has been sapped with the injuries, but this goes far beyond that. 

Sure but that stretch also included three 4 game splits against CLE, BOS and HOU so it isn’t like there have been no quality wins.

[LGOrioles]

2 minutes ago, survivedc said:

Sure but that stretch also included three 4 game splits against CLE, BOS and HOU so it isn’t like there have been no quality wins.

What about the last 3 months?

[ShoelesJoe]

O’Neil is batting .317 / .432 / .733 vs LH pitchers this season. There is no way in hell you let him bat against Akin in the 10th inning with a base open. Even if the intentional walk puts the go ahead run at 2nd you cannot let him swing the bat. 
 

No Way.

No How.

Not in this lifetime. 
 

The fact that Hyde let Akin pitch to O’Neil in extra innings in the middle of a pennant race is a borderline firing offense. It’s an Ubaldo over Britton level of incompetence. 

[LGOrioles]

8 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

The same people crying and complaining now are the ones that were clamoring the first two months when we were winning to bring up the young guys and we will be even better and Elias was dumb for not doing it.  Now they are up and the continue to cost us games and we are blaming the manager.  

They’ve been a .500 team for 3 months. That’s been with or without the young guys, with Burnes pitching well or horribly, with Gunnar hitting well or slumping, with or without Rodriguez and Westburg, with or without the TDL acquisitions. It hasn’t mattered who’s healthy, who’s hitting/pitching well, or even who is on the roster the last 3 months.

They’ve played well below their talent level regardless of who is injured and that’s a reflection of the manager. 

[HowAboutThat]

10 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

The same people crying and complaining now are the ones that were clamoring the first two months when we were winning to bring up the young guys and we will be even better and Elias was dumb for not doing it.  Now they are up and the continue to cost us games and we are blaming the manager.  

Not me. I wanted to explore trades for anybody. I even suggested a Basallo for Miller swap. I still want to trade Kjersted, and would be happy to trade anyone.

And i blame Hyde for not using his pieces well. His usage may be forced on him by the Overlords, but if not, it’s all on him.

[survivedc]

12 minutes ago, LGOrioles said:

What about the last 3 months?

What about them?

[LGOrioles]

9 minutes ago, survivedc said:

What about them?

They have won 1 series against a team above .500 in the last 3 months. 

[survivedc]

10 minutes ago, LGOrioles said:

They have won 1 series against a team above .500 in the last 3 months. 

I’ve seen this movie

[baltfan]

31 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

O’Neil is batting .317 / .432 / .733 vs LH pitchers this season. There is no way in hell you let him bat against Akin in the 10th inning with a base open. Even if the intentional walk puts the go ahead run at 2nd you cannot let him swing the bat. 
 

No Way.

No How.

Not in this lifetime. 
 

The fact that Hyde let Akin pitch to O’Neil in extra innings in the middle of a pennant race is a borderline firing offense. It’s an Ubaldo over Britton level of incompetence. 

He said he didn’t walk him because he was worried about Refsnyder pinch hitting next even though he hadn’t been used as a PH against Perez. 

[milbest77]

Somebody had mentioned bringing in Buck as a bench coach. I’m all for that. 

[LA2]

43 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

Off day tomorrow, you have your Tier A arms in Perez, Cano, Dominguez. Offense sputtering, so you know it’s probably going to go into extras. And you…take out Cano after he only threw 2 pitches? And then think Akin in extra innings (high leverage, runner on) is a good idea?

It’s one thing if it was the 12th or 13th and you’re out of options. But come on.

Also, once the Holliday error happened, you just can’t let Akin pitch to O’Neill who clobbers lefties. Yoshida is terrible against them. It was a no brainer. 

I really don’t understand Hyde’s logic. Yeah, too many defensive miscues tonight and once again piss poor hitting with RISP. But Hyde isn’t helping with these other decisions.

And after a while, pointing out various reasons why the team loses, such as weak defense or benig short-handed in the pen, even though legit, begin to sound like a tired excuse. Problems like the infield flubbing easy plays or having the wrong relievers on the mound in crucial situations--seems solvable, not something wildly, mysteriously beyond one's control.

[Three Run Homer]

39 minutes ago, baltfan said:

He said he didn’t walk him because he was worried about Refsnyder pinch hitting next even though he hadn’t been used as a PH against Perez. 

If Refsnyder pinch hits you bring in a righty to face him.  At that point Akin would have faced three hitters, right?  

[Safelykept]

4 hours ago, ShoelesJoe said:

O’Neil is batting .317 / .432 / .733 vs LH pitchers this season. There is no way in hell you let him bat against Akin in the 10th inning with a base open. Even if the intentional walk puts the go ahead run at 2nd you cannot let him swing the bat. 
 

No Way.

No How.

Not in this lifetime. 
 

The fact that Hyde let Akin pitch to O’Neil in extra innings in the middle of a pennant race is a borderline firing offense. It’s an Ubaldo over Britton level of incompetence. 

You dont walk the winning run to second. Holliday mucked it, it's not on Hyde.

[Warehouse]

7 hours ago, baltfan said:

He said he didn’t walk him because he was worried about Refsnyder pinch hitting next even though he hadn’t been used as a PH against Perez. 

Despite what Kevin Brown said, I assumed Refsnyder didn’t PH because we would have gone to Cano.