That umpire calling that foul ball as strike 3 until it was pointed out to him... embarrassing.

$100 for a Duran auto. Might have to pull the trigger.

MLB umps. So sick of it

gigem1223 said:

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MLB umps. So sick of it

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Not just MLB

Adolis needs to do something here.

He has been terrible at the plate going on 2 weeks now.

Come on blue. Those pitches are shin level. Ridiculous!

But it's a strike. Gotta adjust.

He needs to be moved down the lineup. I'm a bit worried about him and the way he looks at the plate. It doesn't look like he's in a slump, it looks like he's been figured out.

Can someone please get a big hit

More wasted baserunners with no outs.

Allergic to hits with risp. This team is lost right now.

Slump continues…

Only way they can score is hitting the ball over the fence. No way in hell they find a hole with risp.

We need to cut down on the strikeouts.

Need the bats to start making noise and finding holes.

Tksymm7 said:

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We need to cut down on the strikeouts.

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Never fails with a lead off double, the next batter Ks.

After seagers double, lowe got walked.

Lol you got me

Let's go get Barlow a win.

Also, this ump is so bad. Just bad.

Doli back to swinging at anything within ten feet of the zone.

Get a hit. Speed on base. Next batter swings at first pitch for a lazy fly. Doesn't even give Jank a chance to steal. Just bad baseball.

Shouldn't have stolen there, because once he was RISP, you knew we were doomed.

Did I just hear 0-11 with risp?

gigem1223 said:

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Did I just hear 0-11 with risp?

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Remember when we couldn't mess that up a few weeks ago. Law of averages man.

Proposition Joe said:

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DallasAg 94 said:

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Or it's very simply that he's an average pitcher that had an anomaly year last season.

Even with the career year last season, he has a career ERA+ of 100.

He's a 4.5ish ERA, back of the rotation pitcher. There's value in that, but there's no magic approach Maddux can teach him or the like.

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Perez has the stuff to be a 2/3. His issue was always falling apart when he got negativity rolling. An error, or a bad pitch for a HR would become 5+ runs in a game. I think we all saw his ability to limit the damage last year and there were comments about it (if only by me. )

I think 2022 was more along the lines of what he is capable. You look at those 3 games in 2023 and that's 19ER in 11.2 IP. The other 10 games he is 18ER in 59.2 IP which is a 2.72 ERA. 77% of his outings (10/13) were really good.

We'll see where he is tonight and how he does. If his splits continue, maybe you look at him as a Home SP.

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A lot of pitchers show the stuff to be a 2/3 but can't ever consistently harness it. That's Perez.

He's pitched almost 1400 big league innings as a 4.5ish ERA pitcher.

He pitched hundreds of AA/AAA innings as mostly a 4.5ish ERA pitcher.

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Actually, he is 4.07 in the Minors.

And you've been on here long enough to know Martin has been well ahead of typical age at every stop.

At 17, he pitched in Spokane of the NWL. It is a Fall league where college kids drafted in June go to play. He was the 2nd youngest player ever in the league, 2nd only to King Felix. Typical age is 22-23.

At 18, he was pitching in Frisco @ AA.

He was 21.84, when he made his MLB debut.

@ 22, after his 1st full season of MLB (20GS, 3.62, 124.1 IP) he signed a deal that covered his 2 Serf years and his 3 Arb years. He got a $1M signing bonus and a committment from JD that they would help him do everything politically necessary to get his family out of Venezuela. The $1M, from what I understood would help him pay for lawyer fees.

So, I would not call his path typical. And yes, I've protective of him. I followed him from Spokane all the way through.

What is Lowe doing?

That was a really bad idea from Lowe.

What is he thinking.

Too many players pressing and it's mostly the vets.

gigem1223 said:

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Too many players pressing and it's mostly the vets.

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The script says Adolis swings on 3 straight out of the zone.

Um, okay.

Make them pay Jung.

Of course Adolis takes a walk with 2 out and no one on.