hankchifan

Another Sunday lineup and this time on a Sunday. Mendick, Zavala , Sheets and Goodwin all at the same is worrisome, particularly on D.

Cesar is an out dressed as a baseball player.

Main start of college football season. Clemson vs Georgia. US Open Tennis. Golf FedEx Championship. Sox getting lit up yesterday, etc.

The bat drop scares them to death.

You did not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. Our pitch selection on the 2 Salvyhomers was brutal. And they were no solos, they were of the Earl Weaver 3 run variety. Whoever called for the fastball to Salvy should be reprimanded or worse.

He did not slide. Joe was telling to slide and he tried to get in standing up. If he slides he is probably safe. Awful running regardless. You don’t make the 3 rd out at 3 rd particularly with Abreu coming up. Send him back to the minors.

Mendick belongs in the minor leagues.

I think the problem with our flame thrower relievers like Kopech and Hendriks is that they think they can blow their 97+ mph fast ball by anyone. But that is not the case against elite hitters like Salvy, Jose Ramirez, Aaron Judge, and others that can hit those fastballs a long way.

Kopech for sure. He has much better stuff than DK.

Needed to pinch hit Sheets for Vaughn. We do not adjust well to circumstances. We need to stay away from Vaughn with RISP in game situations. It is like sticking with Keuchel in game situations, when we know something bad is coming. Not only he is not hitting, but he won’t take a walk. He swung at 2 balls on 3-2 which wouldhaveload3d the bases.

Who is making these terrible calls of fastballs to Salvy?. The bench, the catcher or the pitcher? Someone needs to be accountable and TLR needs to be sure that we don’t do this again with Salby, Jose Ramirez and other Sox killers.

Like I mentioned on earlier comment don’t let Salvy beat you,not once but now twice - 6RBIs. Do we ever adjust? And another 3 run rally with 2 outs and no one on.

He gets very good jumps on the ball. What a difference compared to Goodwin. Goodwin will be unwatchable in CF after Luis’s majestic performances.

He is not called the Panther for nothing. Agile and deadly.

Predictable outcome. Zilch.

The old adage comes back to haunt us. “Don’t let Salvy beat you”. It has happened too often In the past.

Particularly from Liam Hendriks.

Good things happen when you put runners in motion.

It’s never over until it’s over!

Only one that brought energy tonite seems to have been Leury.

I didn’t mean bullpen pitcher. I meant batting practice pitcher.

Also doesn’t help that Keuchel is getting hit very hard. Not too much soft contact with his junky pitches and bad locations.

DK should be recruited for pitching in the HR Derby. Some lucky hitter will be happy with the results.

Could we have a four man rotation or a bull pen game instead of keeping Keuchel in the rotation?

KC has our number this season. They seem to have the confidence that they can beat us. They don’t have the same confidence against the Indians.