chw42

It's a lot easier to hit a fly ball when the pitcher doesn't care if you hit one. You definitely get pitched differently.

I know what the numbers are. He did most of his damage early in the year. Recently, it's been like watching nails on a chalkboard in those situations with him.

No way that's a strike with Collins catching.

All Yoan had to do was hit a fly ball...but he somehow always finds a way to not get the run home with a guy on 3rd and less than 2 outs, even when he hits the ball hard.

Shoulda scored that inning. Really bad luck on that ball bouncing out of play off the net.

You gotta give the runner somewhere to slide. He just sat on the plate.

God damn it...

I think the fan helped hit that ball out of play.

Hernandez was never quite this bad, even when he played for the Phillies.

Leury's had a higher wOBA than Cesar since we acquired him.

Think that's when he's trying to dot corners. He can still get it up to 95. It's not ideal, but hopefully he can still reach back and get more if he needs it.

BABIP evening out a little bit

Kranick's had really good fastball location so far. Lots of pitches right on the black.

We've had a few chances to get to 22 games over .500 a few times this year and lost every time. Let's not do that tonight.

Carlos needs to scrap that curveball. It's gotten hit really hard recently.

Inning went from promising to over in 3 pitches.

Really nice piece of hitting by Luis

Kranick's underlying numbers are much better than his ERA.

Good fastball command so far. Velocity got up to 95, but sat 92-93. Threw 2 good sliders to Newman but he fought it off and then layed off.

Abreu's probably in the 40-45 WAR range by now had he played those 6 years in the states. Depending on how he ages, he could probably get another 10 WAR somehow for the rest of his career. He'd probably end up borderline in the best case scenario.

People wanted Keuchel gone from the rotation, but now he'll be the starter in 2 of the next 6 games.

So he was good in AAA and we released him anyway? I'd rather give Crick a shot than have Mike Wright throw garbage time.

I agree. Even if it isn't serious, I don't see the harm in giving him 10 days off. We need him fresh for the playoffs. He'll still get at least 3 starts to ramp up for the playoffs if he misses 2 starts.

We have 2 off-days coming up. We can skip his start in Oakland by going with Rodon, Keuchel, Lopez. We then come back home to play Boston and Lynn should be ready to come off the IL by then if he stays the minimum amount of days on the IL. He can realistically skip 2 starts if he needs to heal it or just go on the 10 day IL if it's serious.

Wow, he deserves it. I'm surprised as hell it's not Zack Collins or another pitcher given Lucas' injury last night.