hankchifan

He is OK. Just got ambushed on a mediocre bad location fastball first pitch. In hindsight a slider would have been a better choice against the lefty.

Location was bad to a lefty. Home run zone.

Will need to jump on his fast ball and avoid swinging at the breaking stuff off the plate. Easier said than done.

TLR is obsessive about lefties facing righties no matter what. At least Goodwin is not hitting cleanup like he previously did for several games.

First time since 2011 according to Benetti.

We should start Sheets tomorrow instead of Engel. We need more pop in the lineup against Brewers top righties, even if we give up some D.

That was answered. He should have been taken out after the requisite 3 hitters, but not for Burr. 6 runs in that inning was the result.

Yes indeed. Our 1-4 hitters were 0-15 tonight, that combined with Bummer-Burr pitching did us in tonight.

One way is to score more runs to have a bigger margin of error for our relievers, and allow us to bring in some of the least reliable relievers.

I only asked for Kopech in a close game against an elite team like the Brewers to show we can be competitive against possible playoff opposition. Don’t pitch him against the weaker teams...

Would not have been out of reach if we would have brought in Kopech instead of Bummer and particularly Burr.

It is pity, why get so worked up in a 7-0 game and risk suspension.

This game shows that we have problems beating good teams with good pitching. And that we are lucky we are in the worst division in MLB. I see Detroit now as the main competition in the division.

You cannot bring in Burr in a close game. Second time recently which he has been blown out. Kopech, Hendriks and occasionally Crochet are our only reliable relievers to bring into close games. Burr shouldbe sent to Charlotte tonight on a one way ticket on Greyhound.

Why wasn’t Kopech in this game.? We can’t expect to win a close game with Burr pitching.

Why is he still pitching in this inning?

Our 1-4 hitters are 0-13 so far tonight. That is not going to cut it.

Gavin Sheets would have looked better tonight hitting 2 nd instead of Goodwin.

That is very good news.

Collins is not a good enough catcher for a first place team. I wished we could have afforded to keep McCann.

This normally helps to keep the pitch count down unless he is giving up too many hits.

Shouldn’t TLR had considered playing Sheets tonight in place of Engel , who has not been hitting it well lately. We sacrifice some D but get a big left handed batter against Peralta who is mowing down our righties?

It would be stupid as DH opens more better paid hitting jobs in the NL and a better product onthe field.

Not only for improved offense but also to avoid injuries running the bases or getting hit by a pitch.

Particularly with so many inter league games.