fathom

It took watching Iriarte one time to see his control was never going to work. I’m convinced they don’t scout guys, they just look at old rankings.

He’s also taken the best swings of anyone so far

They were bragging about it in ST. Jerry, Getz and company sure love their Ecksteins.

So I said the other day I like Taylor as the opener. It took me two days to change my mind. Seeing Hicks pitching in close games all the time is a recipe for disaster. We’re probably 2 legit relievers away from Taylor being able to open.

Just a terribly managed game….once again Venable might get his guys to play hard, but dating back to last year, he is terrible with in-game strategy and bullpen management. He gets the gift of being compared to the worst manager ever.

How do you not use Sosa there? Also, everyone needs to stop bunting!

Bergolla has no place to play, and he’s way too slappy to start with.

Simply put, either DH him, bench him or DFA him.

Was just gonna type this. What a joke

Choked up right away..it was the definition of a slappy approach

There are 5 guys in this lineup that any average team would be batting 9th, if they had to play them. Somehow the Getz apologists will all blame this on the Baldwin injury.

As someone said earlier, no excuse for Sosa not to be in the lineup somewhere. This looks like a split-squad lineup.

Slappy slappy slappy

Still wonder how someone could scout him and think it would ever work at this level.

No confidence in his strike throwing ability at all

His approach is never going to work. No idea how he can cover the outside pitch.

Just such a terrible team. The bullpen is 2-3 deep.

How’s Vargas annoying to play against?

Just a terrible swing on 3-2

And then swing at a terrible called 3rd. I swear this team is just as bad as 2024

wtf is Colson doing? He has way too much movement at the plate right now and seems to be diving over the plate.

This pitching coach might just suck

High sinker pounded into the ground.

It’s crazy how bad this lineup is. 5 slap hitters…they’re just so freaking boring

Convincing people he didn’t fail terribly in his previous role