1-8 in the last 9 games

I assume (and hope) the offense will come around at some point, but this bullpen isn't playoff caliber.

Dinker up the middle ends it. We wasted a good start by Garcia. The Calvary did nothing. The bullpen is a problem. Time to bring Javier back. Is Scrubb ready. We gotta mix it up fast.

At Coors Field no less.

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So stupid

When his run meant something he chose Toro instead.

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Joe Smith probably comes in regardless with Taylor and Enoli out.

Are we ever gonna see Baez?

Good question. What the hell is Baez?

The bullpen is a problem, but even with their performance, we could have won 2-3 more games if the damn offense would produce.

To be honest, I'm not sure AB should be in the 3 spot. He's not walking and he's chopping everything into the ground. I'd rather Carlos be 3rd and AB be 5th. Hell, I'd put Yuli in the 3rd spot over AB right now.

Things can change quickly. I think AB is still the guy you want in the 2-4 part of the line up.

I'd still like to take some pressure off him. At least Yuli is drawing walks. I would actually like to put some pressure on some pitchers with multiple guys on base.

Want to emphasize before I say this that I'm not jumping off the cliff, this is just a hypothetical for discussion...

I know things could turn around and all, but If this keeps up and it's still a disaster by memorial day, click and crane have to seriously consider shopping correa while he's still healthy.
Try and get the Machado package like what the dodgers gave up in 2018. Help get some badly needed reinforcements into the farm system. Yuli can probably bring some return, and maybe Grienke. It's better than the measley como picks you would get when they leave for free agency.

Dusty on the Toro PH

I wanted to save Yordan in case the score stayed the same or if we got closer and to use him against their best closer.

WTF?!?! It is 4/20 and they're in Colorado.

I'd like for things to turn around tomorrow, please.

Crane's lack of balls destroyed this team. Instead of telling MLB to shove it he takes it up the ass and fires the league's best GM and one of the game's best managers. He replaces them with with a bargain hunter and a clueless old man who's never won **** as a manager. You can probably kiss Correa goodbye too.

Meanwhile Boston, helmed by ALEX CORA, is 12-6.

Thanks for 2017 Crane, but after last year you can **** right off.

This team needs Altuve back. Get rid of Straw, move Tucker down until he gets going.

Then again, the pitching has been atrocious, for the most part. In the few good starts we get the bullpen sucks.

Abreu calling out straw. I mean, he's not wrong, but you don't air that out in the media.

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Abreu calling out straw. I mean, he's not wrong, but you don't air that out in the media.

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The young guys really talking a lot early on. The veterans have some work to do in the clubhouse.

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Abreu calling out straw. I mean, he's not wrong, but you don't air that out in the media.

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The young guys really talking a lot early on. The veterans have some work to do in the clubhouse.

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Need JV back in a big way.

Very poorly managed game for Dusty. F- A rookie pitcher who has been a starter his whole life shouldn't come in to put out a fire with 2 on in a 1-0 game.....and that wasn't even the most idiotic decision he made in that inning.

All it takes is one 5 game winning streak to turn things around. It would be really great if that started today.

If the front office really believes Straw is an every day major league outfielder then he needs to be sent down to AAA and play CF every night and learn how to read the ball off of the bat. Some of that is instinctual but some is learned and it appears Straw has never played much OF his entire life.

He's played 2782.1 innings across MiLB & MLB in CF.

I agree Straw isn't that good, but I wonder if the thin air in Denver played a factor in that ball sailing over his head. I can see it carrying further than he expected it to.

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I agree Straw isn't that good, but I wonder if the thin air in Denver played a factor in that ball sailing over his head. I can see it carrying further than he expected it to.

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He was playing pretty shallow for that ballpark according to the broadcasters.

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Frok said:

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I agree Straw isn't that good, but I wonder if the thin air in Denver played a factor in that ball sailing over his head. I can see it carrying further than he expected it to.

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He was playing pretty shallow for that ballpark according to the broadcasters.

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He's been a key part of blowing a lead in 2 straight games. Both balls should have been caught. Put Chaz out there, he can't be any worse than Straw.

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Farmer1906 said:

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He's played 2782.1 innings across MiLB & MLB in CF.

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That's a lot of evidence that he's not going to get any better.

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I don't disagree at all. If the front office wants to continue with this experiment, it needs to be done at AAA or Corpus and see if he can become competent. You just can't have a .200 hitter making this many poor plays in CF.

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Farmer1906 said:

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He's played 2782.1 innings across MiLB & MLB in CF.

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That's a lot of evidence that he's not going to get any better.

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I mean, If you compare all of his CF experience across both leagues to Buxton and JBJ, Buxton and JBJ have a fielding %of .991 and Straw's is .985. For however baseball reference calculates range factor, he has more range than JBJ.

My issue is he's a damn black hole at the plate. It can be argued that it's worth it if he's saving runs in the outfield. But no production as a hitter and costing us runs in the OF? GTFO

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Mathguy64 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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He's played 2782.1 innings across MiLB & MLB in CF.

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That's a lot of evidence that he's not going to get any better.

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I mean, If you compare all of his CF experience across both leagues to Buxton and JBJ, Buxton and JBJ have a fielding %of .991 and Straw's is .985. For however baseball reference calculates range factor, he has more range than JBJ.

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He's 35th out of 66th in Outfield Jump.
37th in Reaction
30th in Burst
45h in Route



5* plays (0-25%)
0/4

4* plays (26-50%)
0/1

3* plays (51-75%)
1/2

2* plays (75-90%)
1/1

He's a -2 for Outs Above Average.


Outs Above Average (OAA) is the cumulative effect of all individual plays a fielder has been credited or debited with, making it a range-based metric of fielding skill that accounts for the number of plays made and the difficulty of them. For example, a fielder who catches a 25% Out Probability play gets +.75; one who fails to make the play gets -.25.