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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 22:05:39 GMT -5
Agree. But the truth is that lots of guys don't have it some night. They are spared this kind of humiliation. It's not his fault after a point. At that point, he is just out there to help others stay healthy. Cora's answer after the game said it all. They had one guy after Sale to get to Martin/Jansen. Sale didn't go long enough to make this guy's job quick. So Barraclough needed to get through 5th-7th, and by the time that happened, there was no reason to pitch Martin or Jansen. To me - this is on Bloom, not Cora. He didn't add pitching at deadline. This is the result of that decision. Except it was a lie because they warmed Llovera up in the 8th. Not that Llovera is good. But they had another guy. Is Pivetta hurt?
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 21:19:50 GMT -5
I’m ok if Barraclough wants to pitch it like a position player
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 21:17:05 GMT -5
Lol. End this please
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 21:14:43 GMT -5
Look at Verdugo hustling down the line down 9. Bench him
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 21:09:33 GMT -5
This team has been resilient all year and shown the ability to bounce back. But tomorrow will be a real test
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 21:03:42 GMT -5
I do not buy the "the guys are tired" excuse. If that was true, IL somebody and call up Walter or Jacques or Garza or Politi (they have J. Rodriguez as a 60-day IL candidate if they needed a 40-man spot). It was Cora trying to steal a few outs and having it blow up in his face. Defensible to have him start the inning with bad hitters coming. Pitching to Altuve, Bregman and Alvarez in high leverage spots was not defensible. And I am okay making him throw 100 pitches once we're down by a lot. I agree with all this. But we knew right away Barraclough didn’t have it tonight
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 21:01:18 GMT -5
Out of character? IDK man. The bullpen management has been pretty bad at numerous times this year. This game has been absolutely inexcusable and is completely a fire-able offense. Im Talking about not even getting another relief pitcher up. When was the last time he did that. The problem is that if he brings someone else into the game at this point then we’ll want to know why he didn’t earlier if he had someone available
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:58:51 GMT -5
We want Cedanne! We want Cedanne!
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:52:17 GMT -5
Dave Bush is alive!
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:50:47 GMT -5
Barraclough acting like such a loser on the mound with his body language and screaming F bombs after every bad pitch is really not helping likely because he knows his locker will be emptied after the game
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:49:24 GMT -5
Someone wrote it above, but if Jansen can’t pitch (but isn’t on the IL) and you bring up BareAss in exchange for Murphy, then you see Whitlock and maybe Pivetta are unavailable… Cora made a bad decision but Bloom deserves some of the blame. The buck stops with him on personnel. Bloom assembled a bullpen that has Winck, Jansen, Martin, Whitlock. If Whitlock is down today, and you're in a jam, then bring Winck in and try to get two innings from him. This is a punt. We had Pivetta available
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:48:24 GMT -5
By the way one of the reasons the arms are tired is because Cora doesn't go to the low leverage arms in low leverage situations enough throughout the rest of the regular season. So instead he has created a situation where he goes to the lowest leverage arm in one of the highest leverage situations we've had all year (given opponent, calendar, etc.) and people are excusing it by saying "What can he do, the boys are tired?" - even if you buy that the whole bullpen needed two days in a row off (and I really, really don't buy that Barraclough should have stayed in the game for Altuve), it's in no small part because of how Cora has used them the rest of the year. Most of the reasons the arms are tired is because of having half the staff out hurt for a lot of the year. All those weeks with openers catches up
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:45:59 GMT -5
the damage is done, gotta commit to barraclough now and make him throw 100+ pitches if need be Yes. Just like Houston did last week with Bielak. No point in bringing anyone else in at this point
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:37:37 GMT -5
I would be absolutely livid as a player right now. How can you sell this management to the team? Why should they even try to hit if you won't even try to manage the bullpen in a way that makes sense to literally anyone? the Astros broadcast showed Verdugo staring into the bullpen wondering what’s happening
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:36:14 GMT -5
Well, let’s see why Cedanne can do. Let him get his feet wet
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:33:38 GMT -5
Why isn't Zack Weiss here to save the day? (another pick off the junk heap - hasn't even reported to Woo yet, but is the 40th on the roster) Or the bullpen guys we got from the Dodgers
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:32:48 GMT -5
I said this after the very first at bat
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:29:47 GMT -5
Is Pivetta not available?
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:28:51 GMT -5
We can always replace this guy with a fresh arm for tomorrow. Why not use other guys?
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:24:53 GMT -5
I have no words.
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:20:36 GMT -5
What are we saving arms for? Games where we are eliminated?
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:19:49 GMT -5
Get him out of there!
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:16:07 GMT -5
Get on the phone Cora!
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:15:29 GMT -5
Leadoff walks ugh
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Post by wildsox on Aug 28, 2023 20:10:19 GMT -5
I hope they are throwing Story a hundred sliders everyday in BP It sucks that they don't let guys like that have a longer rehab in the minors. It's about impossible to go from no spring training and missing half the season right to the majors after 3 weeks. Yep. Just hope he puts in the work in the cages although it’s no replacement for actual at-bats
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