BackDoorBreach

Palka is awful

Well...

ELOY START PULLING THE BALL PLZ. WHAT A GAME!

AHHHH

Robot umps

Tim still hot. Great year at the plate.

Hopefully he can build on this. That was a great outing just couldn't finish. He has better stuff than Gio and look what he's doing.

Im not either but he does.

God damnit. That sucks for Cease.

He doesn't deserve those 2, so hopefully we can get a quick out.

Out of gas.

If he can get consistent control and stop shitting on himself the first 2 innings he's going to K 200 a year.

Strong 7th by Cease would be a great game for the rebuild regardless if we win.

Wow Leury. Way to help Cease out.

This isn't even worth debating. Almost all of his earned runs on his near 7 ERA have come in the first 2 innings. That is a problem that still hasn't been addressed.

He has an ERA of 11 in the first inning. That has plagued him all year. That is not a "statistical oddity" that he gets blown up almost every start the first 2 innings. That is called a pattern.

It's almost like, it's a trend for him. Not sure why this is funny.

2 walks for Yo. Thank you.

7ks through 3. That first inning kills him almost every game.

Cease has the K ball working so far.

What is with the first inning shit fest we see all the time with our pitchers? It happens to Gio too and it's been all year.

JFC

Did Ricky and Cooper ever say definitively if Cease was tipping pitches? Last I heard they were "looking into it".

Kopech is going to be on an innings limit and Rodon won't be back till after the ASB. Dunning was in AA before he got hurt and will also be on a limit. That wouldn't make any sense unless they plan on running out Covey as the 5th starter and have an opener or something some games.

Good. There needs to be more of this. If they flop this offseason or go bargain shopping there are no more excuses. The full core outside of Vaughn will be up next year.