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Probably because Donaldson and Cruz are up next. I still would rather ride with Crochet than Heuer though.

Tigers blew a 7-0 lead against KC

I mean, if Simmons doesn't get thrown out at 3rd, who knows what could have happened? Donaldson and Cruz were due up next. Grandal hit it hard right into the shift.

Jose is a few inches away from a 2 homer game.

Jose is warming up!

Bro that was 5 inches outside.

Eaton dogging it when Polanco bobbled the ball. I know he's banged up, but try a little harder.

I like this version of Crochet.

Guys are just sitting change up on Foster.

One bad fastball to Polanco in a 2 strike count changed the entire trajectory of his outing today. At least he redeemed himself a bit in the last 2 innings.

Balls of steel to throw a change up there after he almost had a double off it on the first pitch.

2nd strike to Grandal wasn't a strike for Cease. Yaz was right to be mad about it.

He found the curveball

That was gone. Kepler just made a really good play.

No Buxton and they still rob homers.

Cease has such a low floor and a sky high ceiling. You just gotta let him figure his command out. His fastball isn't as hittable as last year, so he should hang in more often when he has no slider or curveball control.

Cease has no control on his secondary pitches right now.

I had no problem with that send with 2 outs. Vaughn isn't the fastest but he's not Grandal slow.

Maeda's kinda lost it. He wasn't anywhere close to Vaughn.

Yaz!

You should change your name to dlyancease

FanGraphs has us at #1. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-power-rankings-may-3-9/

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/mike-trout-yasmani-grandal-and-other-early-babip-outliers/ Grandal's zBABIP is .261. Say what you want about his batted ball profile or the shift, he's definitely been unlucky even though it seems like he hits into the shift when he rarely puts a ball in play.

Hitting him 2nd just clogs the bases if he gets on. The Brewers did hit him 2nd when they got to the NL WC game and that did happen to be one of his best seasons offensively, though.

It'd be nice to kick them while they're down.