Friday 5/31 vs the Devil Rays with BRob in the booth.

[Mooreisbetter27]

3 minutes ago, Malike said:

He ends up halfway to 3B after he throws a pitch.

Yeah I noticed the same thing. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

8 hrs and a .571 ops. Wow

[Moose Milligan]

mmmmmoaaaaaaaar runs 

[Chavez Ravine]

Ha! Webb set him up for the fastball down the pipe.

[Billy F-Face3]

Alright Alright Alright. Now let's get some insurance.

[Roy Firestone]

needs more runs! Eat more Chikin

[WillyM]

Arozarena was only batting .159, but he worries me.

I breathe a lot easier now that he's out.

[Malike]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

mmmmmoaaaaaaaar runs 

Still don't trust Kimbrel?

[SteveA]

 

4 minutes ago, allquixotic said:

And Buck refused to warm anybody up until after they were needed. Managers can’t win.

Buck was the exact opposite of Hyde.   He babied his relievers, didn't warm them too much, didn't make as many pitching changes, left his starters in longer than most people liked.

And he had some absolutely lights out fantastic, deep, healthy bullpens during his time here.

Hyde overuses his relievers and babies his starters.   And we may be seeing some results of that where guys who pitched a lot last year are not quite as good this year.   (Cano, Perez).  And guys wear down or get hurt.

Now if that strategy was keeping the starters healthy the way Buck's strategy kept the bullpen healthy... maybe it would be a tradeoff worth making.   But...umm... I don't think our starters are staying healthy,

[oriolediehard]

Does Kimberly pitch the 9th?

[Aristotelian]

Any chance we leave Webb in and save Kimbrel?

[Rbiggs2525]

Let’s get some tack on runs. Great game by Hyde so far. I know he can be criticized at times but tonight has been very well managed.

[Philip]

17 minutes ago, Malike said:

There are few people who can make you laugh harder. 

Bob Newhart.

And he did it without cursing, too.

 

[SteveA]

Just now, oriolediehard said:

Does Kimberly pitch the 9th?

I would think so.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

Any chance we leave Webb in and save Kimbrel?

Yeah, if we score 2+ runs.