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I didn't think Venable would keep him in after that last inning.

Not sure why Richards was still in after 20+ pitches last inning.

Not after tonight. He gives up a lot of homers.

Sam seems like the kinda guy who wants a collision

Just run through the base next time Sam

They used Richards, probably the lowest leverage reliever they have, to eat an inning. It's fine.

Extremely ballsy to tag on that.

I noticed Meidroth adjusted his hands to be higher and it's been working so far.

Varsho just missed that. We got lucky.

Richards is just not good if he can't get swings and misses on his change up

He was good today before that one. TBF, Richards' change up moves like a damn knuckle ball.

Kay is done for the day

Interesting that they'd rather just walk Grichuk than switch pitchers.

Way to pick up Vargas Colson

He just threw 35 pitches in one inning. It'd be smart of Venable to at least have someone warming in the pen just in case he continues to look bad in the next inning.

That's because his FIP is like 5, which feels a lot closer to the kind of pitcher he really is.

Finally got him to not foul off that sweeper.

He rarely walks too.

You can't let Kay go much longer than this. Varsho has to be his last hitter if he can't get him out.

He was also so bad to start the year that regression had to pull him closer to the player he was last season eventually. And that's basically what he is now.

Detmers feels like left handed Javy Vazquez. Great peripherals, but always ends up giving up too many runs.

As someone with a bad lower back, playing any defense with a bad back is tough. I've never had issues swinging even with the bad lower back, but defense and base running is always what made it flare up. I think there's less lateral movement needed at 3B so it might be a bit easier on the back than SS, where you have to cover more ground and maybe extend your back a bit more to reach for grounders. I can definitely see Colson's recent bad defensive play on mostly routine grounders as some kind of pain tolerance issue. Where reaching down might bother him and it's causing him to lose focus on routine plays he usually makes.

Mune just one homer short of advancing.

Felt like he should have gotten some more consistent pitches on the inside to pull. Way too many on the outside of the plate.

Don't they keep going if their last swing is a homer?