7/18 Gameday Thread: It’s the Politics of Pitching

Howlett with his 11th home run of the year. 2-0 Drive in the First.

It’s only the sixth inning but Devlin Granberg has 4 hits including his 12th home run of the year (5th in Portland). Now hitting .354 with a .991 OPS in AA. All the man does is hit. He’s up over 20 games and 80 PAs in Portland and only seems to be getting better.

Granberg gives me Allen Craig vibes (the good Craig)

It was an ugly day here in Asheville for the Drive. I took my kids to the game. The first game, the pitcher looked good through 2, and then just started giving up taters left and right. The second game was mercifully delayed by rain after 2 innings, but was looking to end up with the same result. Bonus though, the dugouts during the rain delay had an ice bucket challenge going with each other. I had to bite my tongue because there was a very obnoxious Tourist fan behind us who was calling every ball thrown by a Sox pitcher a ball and yelling at the ump and every ball thrown by a Tourist pitcher a strike, like even if it hit a batter. I get being a homer, but for Christ sake...

Castellanos set his career high in home runs today with #10.

That Portland lineup will MASH when Casas comes back. Weakest point would be Rosario at the top

Man, that lineup has been taking it pretty hard.