fathom Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Just now, RudyLawRules said: Yoan is definitely not right physically, but Robert has to be more mentally prepared in his ABs. Seems disinterested at times. He's young so I will cut him slack...but he may need a sit-down from Pito to explain what focus means. If he’s going to just swing 3 times each at bat, you better swing at strikes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Tony said: You need your eyes checked Hardly the Lone Ranger with my assessment. Edited August 23, 2020 by Soxfest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanSoxFan Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 As I said earlier, they were playing with house money today. Just win series and we‘ll win the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I’m assuming Madrigal comes up and Goins is gone by Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 At a minimum he should not be batting 2nd...if you dont hit for mendick in the 9th he should be hitting second. Anyway it's a loss you live with. Great weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said: As I said earlier, they were playing with house money today. Just win series and we‘ll win the division. Agreed. A win would have been nice, but it's not easy to sweep a series, especially vs. a good team like the Cubs. All things considered, today went better than I thought. Cease definitely showed improvement. Moncada is a bit concerning. His EV is down, he always limps after he runs, and the defense has been abysmal in the past week. If Madrigal can get back, we can give Yoan 10 days off to get things right and stick Mendick at 3rd. Goins just isn't gonna cut it there. Edited August 23, 2020 by chw42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, chw42 said: Agreed. A win would have been nice, but it's not easy to sweep a series, especially vs. a good team like the Cubs. All things considered, today went better than I thought. Cease definitely showed improvement. Moncada is a bit concerning. His EV is down, he always limps after he runs, and the defense has been abysmal in the past week. If Madrigal can get back, we can give Yoan 10 days off to get things right and stick Mendick at 3rd. Goins just isn't gonna cut it there. Yoan’s defense has been abysmal all year, they just haven’t given him errors on his misplays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, chw42 said: Agreed. A win would have been nice, but it's not easy to sweep a series, especially vs. a good team like the Cubs. All things considered, today went better than I thought. Cease definitely showed improvement. Moncada is a bit concerning. His EV is down, he always limps after he runs, and the defense has been abysmal in the past week. If Madrigal can get back, we can give Yoan 10 days off to get things right and stick Mendick at 3rd. Goins just isn't gonna cut it there. Goins playing 3B more than 1 emergency game is nightmare fuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I'm not pissed cease started the sixth. But not having anybody up is bull shit. You tell him you going out first sign of trouble you done. If he closes the inning out without giving up anything great. But the double to baez should have been the end 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EloyJenkins Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Oh well. Great series, but being closer to first today would be mighty fine. 17-12 seems worlds away from 18-11 for some reason in this season. But pirates should help rectify that real quick. Edited August 23, 2020 by EloyJenkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Just now, EloyJenkins said: Oh well. Great series, but being in first today would be mighty fine. 16-12 seems worlds away from 17-11 for some reason in this season. But pirates should help rectify that real quick. We also face a lefty on Tuesday, so that's encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, EloyJenkins said: Oh well. Great series, but being in first today would be mighty fine. 16-12 seems worlds away from 17-11 for some reason in this season. But pirates should help rectify that real quick. 17-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, JoshPR said: I'm not pissed cease started the sixth. But not having anybody up is bull shit. You tell him you going out first sign of trouble you done. If he closes the inning out without giving up anything great. But the double to baez should have been the end Our reluctance to get the bullpen up just in case something bad happens baffles me. It's like Ricky thinks everything will be roses or that his relievers can get ready in 2 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EloyJenkins Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, fathom said: 17-12 Yeah realized that and fixed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUSTgottaBELIEVE Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, Tony said: He’s not healthy, and someone needs to step in at some point Said that yesterday. No way he should have been playing yesterday with how he looked. Also said sometimes managers need to save players from themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, chw42 said: Our reluctance to get the bullpen up just in case something bad happens baffles me. It's like Ricky thinks everything will be roses or that his relievers can get ready in 2 minutes. Especially with yhe off day. I think it's more Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, chw42 said: Our reluctance to get the bullpen up just in case something bad happens baffles me. It's like Ricky thinks everything will be roses or that his relievers can get ready in 2 minutes. Yeah he’s gotten away with it but he’s been very reactive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Moncada needs put on the IL and they need to figure out what's wrong with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Harry Chappas said: Especially with yhe off day. I think it's more Cooper. Oh come on, you know Cooper sits at home looking at the picture of him from the 05 ALCS and saying that’s how it should be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYoIsMyHero Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, chw42 said: Our reluctance to get the bullpen up just in case something bad happens baffles me. It's like Ricky thinks everything will be roses or that his relievers can get ready in 2 minutes. I believe he's thinking about pies instead of roses 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, fathom said: Oh come on, you know Cooper sits at home looking at the picture of him from the 05 ALCS and saying that’s how it should be. I'll tell ya what...back in my day, we used to let our starters throw 4 straight complete games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, fathom said: Oh come on, you know Cooper sits at home looking at the picture of him from the 05 ALCS and saying that’s how it should be. Seems to be the mantra this year with this team. I guess it's still their philosophy. I will say they have been having much better at bats as a team lately in regard to making pitchers work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, Harry Chappas said: Especially with yhe off day. I think it's more Cooper. I was chastised yesterday for saying that people continue to talk negative about Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Well, luckily we have the Pirates as a get right game on Tuesday! Gio versus a lefty followed up by Keuchel....we might not even need the pen till next Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, ptatc said: I was chastised yesterday for saying that people continue to talk negative about Cooper. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the young relievers look so good after working with the more technologically-advanced minor league instructors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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