ALCS Game #5 - Toronto at Seattle (Friday, 6:08)

[Madvillainy2004]

The worst part is Little looked like he didnt want to be out there either lmao

[linery88]

The worst part is Little looked like he didnt want to be out there either lmao

He had the exact opposite reaction as Scherzer did last night lol.

[Randle McMurphy]

The worst part is Little looked like he didnt want to be out there either lmao

Hard to blame him after allowing the biggest HR of his life in a spot he never should have been in.

Should have been Fisher but the Jays are incapable of viewing that guy as a high leverage RP for whatever reason.

[NinjaBro]

The worst part is Little looked like he didnt want to be out there either lmao

He had the exact opposite reaction as Scherzer did last night lol.

Lol

[linery88]

The worst part is Little looked like he didnt want to be out there either lmao

Hard to blame him after allowing the biggest HR of his life in a spot he never should have been in.

Should have been Fisher but the Jays are incapable of viewing that guy as a high leverage RP for whatever reason.

Still remember Fisher bailing us out in Tampa in the closer role lol.Schneider is blind as a bat when it comes to Fisher,who should have pitched in todays game lol.

[Randle McMurphy]

The worst part is Little looked like he didnt want to be out there either lmao

Hard to blame him after allowing the biggest HR of his life in a spot he never should have been in.

Should have been Fisher but the Jays are incapable of viewing that guy as a high leverage RP for whatever reason.

Still remember Fisher bailing us out in Tampa in the closer role lol.Schneider is blind as a bat when it comes to Fisher,who should have pitched in todays game lol.

That likely speaks to how the Jays' FO views Fisher more than anything else.

Remember that in the end Schneider is a glorified puppet for the FO. If Fisher isn't used in high leverage, it's because he's being told not to use him in that way.

[linery88]

Hard to blame him after allowing the biggest HR of his life in a spot he never should have been in.

Should have been Fisher but the Jays are incapable of viewing that guy as a high leverage RP for whatever reason.

Still remember Fisher bailing us out in Tampa in the closer role lol.Schneider is blind as a bat when it comes to Fisher,who should have pitched in todays game lol.

That likely speaks to how the Jays' FO views Fisher more than anything else.

Remember that in the end Schneider is a glorified puppet for the FO. If Fisher isn't used in high leverage, it's because he's being told not to use him in that way.

Wow,this infuriating(all season).So its not about baseball,its about obediance lol.
Are there any games they let Schneider decide? My guess now ,yes on ocassion to make it look good lol
I see now why so many posters post doom before anything has happened lol.

[DelAbbot]

Anyone defending putting in Little ahead of Hoffman and Domínguez on the basis of Little has the lowest HR allowed rate out of all our bullpen is full of chit

Little had a 5.93 BB/9 in the regular season and 6 BB/9 in the postseason. What half-competent manager puts that in against the heart of the Seattle lineup with a 1 run lead late?

[james vincent]

That decision to put Little and Dominguez was so baffling that it felt like deliberate sabotage on the manager’s and pitching coach’s end. However, as Yogi Berra once said “it ain’t over until it’s over” but this loss feels so deflating that it’s made me accept any outcome that arises from Sunday evening.

I take it you would have preferred the reliever who allowed the most HRs in baseball instead

I would’ve preferred if varland, fisher, flu or Hoffman were in the 8th inning instead of Little and Dominguez.

The game was too close and they looked nervous because it was too high leverage for them. I don’t blame them for doing their best out there because it was the manager’s call.

I would’ve been ok with them on the mound if we were up 5-6 runs (and even then, they’re erratic). No one in the bullpen’s perfect but those four guys would’ve been better options given the situation.

[linery88]

Anyone defending putting in Little ahead of Hoffman and Domínguez on the basis of Little has the lowest HR allowed rate out of all our bullpen is full of chit

Little had a 5.93 BB/9 in the regular season and 6 BB/9 in the postseason. What half-competent manager puts that in against the heart of the Seattle lineup with a 1 run lead late?

We keep seeing this same sick play.Would have thought this time,something like
this was miles from happening,especially after last night lol.

[LoveMyRaps]

Ohtani had the best playoff performance you'll ever see tn only player in the history of the game that is capable 3 HRs and 10ks

Who is the next Japanese superstar that the Dodgers will sign this offseason

Munetaka Murakami

He's a beast

[johanliebert]

Anyone defending putting in Little ahead of Hoffman and Domínguez on the basis of Little has the lowest HR allowed rate out of all our bullpen is full of chit

Little had a 5.93 BB/9 in the regular season and 6 BB/9 in the postseason. What half-competent manager puts that in against the heart of the Seattle lineup with a 1 run lead late?

It’s September and you guys still blame managers? They’ve used Little in that spot all season. This team rushes to get to their bullpen and that didn’t begin the month.

[johanliebert]

That decision to put Little and Dominguez was so baffling that it felt like deliberate sabotage on the manager’s and pitching coach’s end. However, as Yogi Berra once said “it ain’t over until it’s over” but this loss feels so deflating that it’s made me accept any outcome that arises from Sunday evening.

How does one follow this team and find that baffling lol. The geeks ran Little to the ground.

[Randle McMurphy]

Anyone defending putting in Little ahead of Hoffman and Domínguez on the basis of Little has the lowest HR allowed rate out of all our bullpen is full of chit

Little had a 5.93 BB/9 in the regular season and 6 BB/9 in the postseason. What half-competent manager puts that in against the heart of the Seattle lineup with a 1 run lead late?

It’s September and you guys still blame managers? They’ve used Little in that spot all season. This team rushes to get to their bullpen and that didn’t begin the month.

They warmed up Little earlier in the game too around the same time of the order.

It seems pretty clear using Little in that window was probably a pre-game strategy that came from the FO, yeah.

[Hottie McShotty]

Let's not put all the blame on Little. We missed several chances in the game early. It was especially unlucky not to score any runs with the bases loaded and nobody out in that one half inning. That could have changed the game's outlook. It's unfortunate.

[Hottie McShotty]

Anyone defending putting in Little ahead of Hoffman and Domínguez on the basis of Little has the lowest HR allowed rate out of all our bullpen is full of chit

Little had a 5.93 BB/9 in the regular season and 6 BB/9 in the postseason. What half-competent manager puts that in against the heart of the Seattle lineup with a 1 run lead late?

It’s September and you guys still blame managers? They’ve used Little in that spot all season. This team rushes to get to their bullpen and that didn’t begin the month.

They warmed up Little earlier in the game too around the same time of the order.

It seems pretty clear using Little in that window was probably a pre-game strategy that came from the FO, yeah.

Well, if that's the case, then everyone in that FO needs to be fired if we end up losing this series. That was a huge blunder.

[Hottie McShotty]

Guys, let's be real. Even if we end up moving on, we have no chance against Ohtani and the Dodgets. They just swept Milwaukee and look unstoppable.

[Hottie McShotty]

So Schneider says he wanted heart of Mariners order to ‘see different guys’ in 8th inning. Does this make any sense to anyone? This is not April or May, John. How the **** can you make a decision like that (even if it came from the FO) in what is arguably the biggest game of the season and in the **** playoffs!?! It's puzzling to say the least. You go with your best pitcher in that situation. There are no excuses. WTF were these clowns thinking??

[Boogie!]

Let's not put all the blame on Little. We missed several chances in the game early. It was especially unlucky not to score any runs with the bases loaded and nobody out in that one half inning. That could have changed the game's outlook. It's unfortunate.

Look… I agree, we missee a lot of chances… that being said it’s baseball… I’ve already said this before and I kept saying it throughout the season is do you trust this bullpen to hold n to 1 run leads in the playoffs? Because at the end of he day these types of close games were bound to happen and you can’t rely on scoring 10 runs every game…

And this game exemplified my point to a t. We needed a better bullpen going into the post season… a championship team absolutely needs lock down guys. And we don’t have that. It’s a flaw in our team and it showed tonight.

[Randle McMurphy]

It’s September and you guys still blame managers? They’ve used Little in that spot all season. This team rushes to get to their bullpen and that didn’t begin the month.

They warmed up Little earlier in the game too around the same time of the order.

It seems pretty clear using Little in that window was probably a pre-game strategy that came from the FO, yeah.

Well, if that's the case, then everyone in that FO needs to be fired if we end up losing this series. That was a huge blunder.

They’ve been needed to be fired the whole time. Hasn’t anybody ever read my posts?

We have a bad bullpen that can’t be trusted to hold a close game. It can’t be that surprising that when asked to do it for the first time in a week that they couldn’t manage it.