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I don't mean me...I mean fans who think pitchers are always babied or over protected when TOR arms are such highly valued assets in the game today. Doing the same with Grant Taylor.

You're not going to like Schultz either then... Keeping it close. Bloop and a blast switches the pressure. At least make Skubal have to go Sunday and mess up post season rotation.

For the ball club. Look at that UNLV nil case with their starting QB...had outside shot at #12 spot in playoff. Didn't matter when he had another year of eligibility somewhere to get paid.

Gassed and hasn't been in sixties for weeks and weeks. Maybe without the Ramos error.

First big league homer for DeLoach. Thrown back by fans. No Ohtani 50/50 ball court battles.

Braves are not always right. LHP 50% more valuable ceteris paribus.

Berroa emergency warming.

Most walks of any bullpen in baseball...pretty much last or 29th in every bullpen category.

not boding well here

All the lefties. Buehrle Sale Q Rodon Crochet

At least he recovered and got the out. 25 years since Old Tiger Stadium now. Those iconic outfield over hanginf upper decks and CF flag in play at 440.

Ends season with a nifty 3.58 ETA and lots of extra high velo/max effort pitches due to Ramos.

Ramos just needs more time on the minor working on his defense. Bad read. Extra pitches. Loud grunting from Crochet. Never goes out of the 50s for pitch counts recently. Benetti called it a swing. Bad call. Didn't realize Trey Sweeney was the wrong Dodger traded to Sox. Flaherty trade...Fedde sigh. Similar values.

53-26 record for Detroit with Parker Meadows playing. Crochet has only walked two in his last eight outings. Just 35 pitches. Wish they had DeLoach on the board to put some pressure but you had the botched call. Just assumed a fan touch on the ball down the RF line.

Bullpen guy. Two inning limit.

DeLoach has actually looked pretty good tonight...like he's playing for a job next year. Hiding in against a tough lefty and battled.

Detroit trying to avoid Houston...which the national media would love with Hinch vs. his former team. Probably won't get much help from Min vs. Baltimore.

Detroit just has so much more athleticism and defense. 12 starts in a row limited to four or less innings. 7 days of rest though. In the end almost impossible to sweep DET in this situation on the road, and for Minnesota or Seattle to also win 3 consecutive. But certainly dramatic enough in the moment. So it's Braves/Mets and the crazy weather.

Make that four unless they actually push Crochet longer in the game for the first time in six weeks.

Too small a target…and doesn’t hit for power. Burger would have been nice in these throwaway seasons. Ramos, maybe? One way or another, you have those two, Baldwin, Sosa and Montgomery to fit somewhere.

That’s just not credible. Ask the season ticket brokers how things are going. Also to the earlier conversation, Soroka hasn’t been talked about much but he could fit in that swingman/vet role. Just not sure if they can agree on salary. Someone in the front office seems to like him, though. Maybe Dayton Moore pushed him to Getz as a former Braves’ guy, or Hostetler.

They had Mize listed as the original starter.

Ozzie and the Big Hurt?

Thorpe still has a lot to prove with his health and fastball command when behind in the count. Don’t see Schultz and Smith getting pushed up super fast without any offense to support them. That miss timing of the roster is what led to Rodon leaving when he was just hitting his stride as a Sox…or JR’s pocketbook. But Schultz has been babied along for a reason.

Probably behind the recall of Moncada and having him sit on the bench instead of playing down the stretch for $29 million, more than he lost on John Danks’ entire contract alone if you figure in insurance reimbursement and performance on the front half of the deal.