2 minutes ago, Richie said:

Jesus Palka...

Just go be a bartender and play in a 12 inch league or something. 

 

He really should never see the field as a defender...

Just now, SouthWallace said:

He really should never see the field as a defender...

 He should not see the field as anything he sucks! 

3 minutes ago, Jake said:

This isn't about Lopez, it's about our manager. It's Lopez's fault that at about pitch 95, he was dead meat. It's Ricky's fault he didn't even have someone warming up by then and then left him in at least one batter past the point he was clearly cooked.

The issue is that our bullpen is completely worn down following the double header and the 12 inning game which finished it. We had no choice... we needed Lopez to go a bit deep today. 

Clowns on the field today.

5 minutes ago, Jake said:

This isn't about Lopez, it's about our manager. It's Lopez's fault that at about pitch 95, he was dead meat. It's Ricky's fault he didn't even have someone warming up by then and then left him in at least one batter past the point he was clearly cooked.

Yeah, a good manager has someone up to start the 5th knowing who is on the mound and with how the opposition was getting to a clearly fading starter. 

Edited July 4, 20196 yr by SouthWallace

1 minute ago, Sox80 said:

 He should not see the field as anything he sucks! 

Sad but true.

3 minutes ago, SouthWallace said:

He really should never see the field as a defender...

I don't know what he should see the field as at this point

Tigers are bad enough to blow this.

1 minute ago, SouthWallace said:

Yeah, a good manager has someone up to start the 5th knowing who is on the mound and with how the opposition was getting to a clearly fading starter. 

 Most the time that's true ,but the bullpen is taxed. sometimes you just have to live to see another day.

3 minutes ago, poppysox said:

He would look much better with Francona as his manager.  When he starts to lose it he need a fast hook.

I mean it's not like he'd have a 3.5 ERA but there's no use leaving him out there to give up 1-4 extra runs in his final inning all the time.

Take, for example, this game against the Royals about a month ago. Lopez gets through 5 innings with a pitch count in the upper 90s and his fifth inning featured some hard outs. He goes out for the 6th and gives up a double, then a homer, then a walk, then a ground ball double play, then a single, then a triple, then another single before finally getting taken out with 118 pitches, the highest total of his career having given up 4 runs in the final inning when he probably shouldn't have been given more than one or possibly two batters before getting pulled. As I remember, even after the home run we didn't have a pitcher warming up yet.

Just now, Richie said:

I don't know what he should see the field as at this point

Pinch hitter?  Occasional DH?  I had hopes after his Charlotte mini resurgence but maybe he's just not any good.

ELOY!!!!!!!

5 minutes ago, Jake said:

This isn't about Lopez, it's about our manager. It's Lopez's fault that at about pitch 95, he was dead meat. It's Ricky's fault he didn't even have someone warming up by then and then left him in at least one batter past the point he was clearly cooked.

Yes, our very shrewd and unappreciated manager. 

This was Renteria's plan all along.  Because the good pieces of our bullpen were way overused in yesterday's DH, Renteria wanted to make sure that today's game got way out of hand, so that he could use the bullpen scrubs and give Marshall, Bummer, and Colome 2 days of rest.

Right when we had been talking about Eloy not hitting/homering off of LHP 

Just now, SouthWallace said:

Pinch hitter?  Occasional DH?  I had hopes after his Charlotte mini resurgence but maybe he's just not any good.

People need to stop taking any offensive number seriously in Charlotte

2 minutes ago, Sox80 said:

 Most the time that's true ,but the bullpen is taxed. sometimes you just have to live to see another day.

I would tend to agree, but leaving Lopez out to crash and burn again does nothing for anyone involved.

My boy Eloy got his groove back  

1 minute ago, SouthWallace said:

Pinch hitter?  Occasional DH?  I had hopes after his Charlotte mini resurgence but maybe he's just not any good.

Yeah, I mean... we all like him. He's just overmatched right now. 

 

Palka should be gone tonight with day off tomorrow, just abysmal.

9 minutes ago, SouthWallace said:

He really should never see the field as a defender...

Hell, I wouldn't even allow him in the ballpark as a paying customer.

They're a worse offense than us but we clearly hold the crown for the worst offensive player

Oooooof.  I think now agree with anyone else who has seen enough of Daniel LongSwing Palka...

Please send him down after the game.   He absolutely adds nothing to this team he's an embarrassment.

2 minutes ago, SouthWallace said:

I would tend to agree, but leaving Lopez out to crash and burn again does nothing for anyone involved.

I mean, it's trying to save the pen. There's a lot to be gained in that.

Some days, your pitcher has to suck it up and eat up innings. Lopez new the situation going into the game, I guarantee it.