CBJ03

Hits it hard.

Sosa pulled from the game in AAA.

He's hung breaking pitches in the zone. Not exactly scared?

Nothing against Jake but Moncada most likely makes that play.

Romy strikes again.

He's been terrible. There hasn't been one thing he's done to even fake excitement about this year.

It really is shocking that right now the outfield is Sheets, Hasley, Colas and the infield is Burger, Andrus, Gonzalez, and Vaughn.

That one ended up center cut.

Pretty surprising that Colas AB was the hardest hit ball of the game.

Is Diekman DFA when Crochet is back?

Not to excuse the absolute raw dogging by the Rays, but man is it tough to face them twice in the same week with basically the same pitchers going.

So he can walk the first batter he faces as usual?

Its been nothing but a snowball. First is was the bullpen, then it was the starting pitching, now its both the starters and hitting. Everyone is pressing.

Its been an odd zone. He's giving nothing on the margins and has missed several strike calls both ways.

95.7

The only thing he brings to the table is athleticism. None of which translates to being a good baseball player.

Well Moncada and Anderson will be back. You cant replace all of them but its hard to have Andrus, Sosa, Burger/Sheets, and Colas all in the lineup at the same time. Having one or two is something you can live with but not all of them.

One quick fix is not having 4 AAAA guys in your starting line up everyday.

I have no idea why they didn't bunt. There was no way Zavala, Sosa, or Andrus were going to put together a good a bat there. Especially knowing they were running the top of their order out in the bottom of the 10th.

I guess I always assumed with the launch angle incorporated into the equation that it would account for the apex of the balls trajectory. Am I way off?

I dont get this sometimes. Unless the wind is blowing in, how does a ball going 404 not get out when it was caught short of a 400 ft fence?

Its the main problem. They've gotten no length from any of them, forcing guys in early to cover long stretches who should be relegated to mop up duty. Now they are getting exposed to long outings instead.