The Rags (24-23) vs The Blue Hyays (21-26), May 26-28

Dan2087 · Post #81 » by **Dan2087** » Sat May 27, 2017 8:18 pm

That strike 1 was not even close. What was the ump looking at?

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vaff87 · Post #82 » by **vaff87** » Sat May 27, 2017 8:18 pm

That was rather similar to Game 6 vs the Royals.

dballislife · Post #83 » by **dballislife** » Sat May 27, 2017 8:19 pm

two horrible strike calls way outside changed both at bats

TOStateofMind · Post #84 » by **TOStateofMind** » Sat May 27, 2017 8:28 pm

Time to sweep em tomorrow!

Fairview4Life · Post #85 » by **Fairview4Life** » Sat May 27, 2017 8:33 pm

Jose 3 run jack, the W, and an Odor face plant. Great game.

Jays4WS · Post #86 » by **Jays4WS** » Sat May 27, 2017 10:50 pm

SharoneWright · Post #87 » by **SharoneWright** » Sat May 27, 2017 11:29 pm

30% playoff odds, according to Fangraphs.... :meditate:

http://www.fangraphs.com/coolstandings.aspx

Post #88 » by **Schad** » Sat May 27, 2017 11:52 pm

SharoneWright wrote:30% playoff odds, according to Fangraphs....

http://www.fangraphs.com/coolstandings.aspx

Fangraphs is the most bullish...538 has it at 22%, Baseball Prospectus had us at 12.4% prior to today. Mostly reflects their prediction systems: Fangraphs' projections liked us much more entering the year, PECOTA didn't.

In any event, it speaks to how big a hole we dug that we've gone 17-9 in the past four weeks and we're still at pretty low odds to make the Wild Card, and extreme longshots to win the division and avoid the coin flip game.

Right now, we're 9-16 against the AL East, and 14-10 against everyone else. Nearly 30% of our remaining schedule is against just the Red Sox and Yankees...we need to do better in those games, or we're going to come up well short.

Mehar · Post #89 » by **Mehar** » Sun May 28, 2017 12:10 am

I was at the game today, and all i have to say it- that it is a pleasure to watch Goins play defence. Not a pleasure watching him hit all the time, but the guy is an incredible defender. Hoping they can sweep the Rangers tomorrow.

ant171717 · Post #90 » by **ant171717** » Sun May 28, 2017 12:29 am

They took our sign away last night.. the dome is officially a no fun zone

LLJ · Post #91 » by **LLJ** » Sun May 28, 2017 1:14 am

Is that considered an offensive sign?

ant171717 · Post #92 » by **ant171717** » Sun May 28, 2017 3:59 am

LLJ wrote:Is that considered an offensive sign?

Apparently according to security @ the dome it is... :crazy:

Im sure the guy has heard far worse abuse throughout his lifetime considering his name is ODOR

Fairview4Life · Post #93 » by **Fairview4Life** » Sun May 28, 2017 11:42 am

ant171717 wrote:
LLJ wrote:Is that considered an offensive sign?

Apparently according to security @ the dome it is... :crazy: Im sure the guy has heard far worse abuse throughout his lifetime considering his name is ODOR

It all makes sense now. I think there's a Johnny Cash song about this.

Post #94 » by **JaysRule15** » Sun May 28, 2017 4:42 pm

Today's lineup...

Pillar
Donaldson
Bautista
Morales
Smoak
Martin
Tulo
Travis
Coghlan

I get that Travis is doing well and you don't want to mess with his streak, but at some point you have to move the team's hottest hitter a bit higher up the lineup imo.

So_Fresh · Post #95 » by **So_Fresh** » Sun May 28, 2017 5:23 pm

Call me crazy but i like the fact with have a good hitter at the bottom of the lineup. Balances the lineup and makes it even more formidable.

Mak · Post #96 » by **Mak** » Sun May 28, 2017 6:36 pm

When Jose was on second i was wishing he would turn around and clock Odor in the face and then kick him a little when he is down

ldnk · Post #97 » by **ldnk** » Sun May 28, 2017 11:10 pm

So_Fresh wrote:Call me crazy but i like the fact with have a good hitter at the bottom of the lineup. Balances the lineup and makes it even more formidable.

I think I would rather have good hitters get more plate appearances by being at the top of the order.

johanliebert · Post #98 » by **johanliebert** » Mon May 29, 2017 5:08 am

ldnk wrote:
So_Fresh wrote:Call me crazy but i like the fact with have a good hitter at the bottom of the lineup. Balances the lineup and makes it even more formidable.

I think I would rather have good hitters get more plate appearances by being at the top of the order.

Well they aren't moving pillar/Donaldson/jose

The_Hater · Post #99 » by **The_Hater** » Mon May 29, 2017 12:37 pm

So_Fresh wrote:Call me crazy but i like the fact with have a good hitter at the bottom of the lineup. Balances the lineup and makes it even more formidable.

Typically you score more runs by bunching your best hitters together as getting them as many AB's as possible rather than spreading them out.

Raps_Swingman · Post #100 » by **Raps_Swingman** » Mon May 29, 2017 12:48 pm

The_Hater wrote:
So_Fresh wrote:Call me crazy but i like the fact with have a good hitter at the bottom of the lineup. Balances the lineup and makes it even more formidable.

Typically you score more runs by bunching your best hitters together as getting them as many AB's as possible rather than spreading them out.

That's the theory anyways....

But I think it's easier for a guy like Gibby to place Travis there versus putting Tulo/Martin there. Egos exist and Travis won't say anything as a 2nd year guy.

Either way it was nice to see that kind of lineup back out there, if Pearce get's healthy I like the look of him near the bottom as well.