Sailed one almost over McCann and spikes the next one.  This is great. 

There's no way Cease lasts beyond the 4th. Bullpen is gonna have to cover 5 innings again.

Another 3 ball count 

Back to back walks. Awesome.  

Woof.

Detwiler warming

Detwiler warming 

7th walk.  Get him out and give us a chance.  He's the worst version of himself today.

I’m fine if he’s not even on the postseason roster at this point.

What does Don Cooper do with Cease? Anything?

He can’t even find the zone with the FB

ERA still gonna look good though. He may not be playable in the playoffs at all. Hopefully Rodon gets healthy and we can have long relief days for game 4s if it comes to it. 

Can we hook Cease up with whoever worked with Lopez in Schaumberg? No idea what Cooper even does with these guys anymore

Lack of control isn’t gonna buy anything close with the ump 

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Gotta pull him if he walks Galvis

No reason for the reds to even swing the bat. 

3 straight walks.  7th on the afternoon. 

Finally, Cease shouldnt even be back on the mound until he can show he has Single A control

Cease will get smoked in playoffs pitching like this 

you guys still don't want Bauer? Cease just can't be trusted

He can’t be relied upon for playoff innings.  What a shit performance today. 

It's so infuriating. When he's in the zone he's good. He just can't find the zone at all.

In many ways, this was the worst Cease outing in his career after a great first inning.
 

Emphasizing his struggles, in this poor start he gave up no runs and no hits.

It doesn't look like going exclusively from the stretch is the answer to Cease's control problems.  Someone is going to have to do some actual coaching.

Just now, chw42 said:

It's so infuriating. When he's in the zone he's good. He just can't find the zone at all.

Problem is, he's rarely in the zone. I feel like every start he's walking 3 guys at least