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Nice response!

This... straight 94 mph fastballs over meaty parts of the plate aren't that hard to hit.

Sale is awful tonight

He's given up four or more runs in five of his last nine starts. Not very ace like.

 

He's allowed a bad game, but this isn't one bad game. This is a bad stretch.

 

Edit- Also, this team is s***. Beyond Freeman, they have nothing.

 

Arrieta's going through a similar stretch, albeit his ERA is lower due to pitching in the NL. 6 ER in 6+ innings.

 

In fact, I'm sure there will be 10X more panic in Chicago over Arrieta than anything you hear about Chris Sale.

 

 

Pirates sweep the Cubs and there will be a LONG LONG All-Star break for the Cubs to think about how much all that hype and all those All-Stars are actually worth in the 2nd half.

Edited July 9, 20169 yr by caulfield12

Sale out of there?

At least now I don't have to sleep to have a nightmare. The Braves, Beckham and Flowers lighting up Sale is doing that while I'm awake.

For sure

Fathom, I told you.

 

"Braves had a hitters meeting before the game, and Tyler Flowers ran it."

 

From Scot Gregor.

 

 

This shouldn't matter if you hit your spots and make good pitches. Sale consistently fell behind hitters and left fastballs right over the middle of the plate.

Fatigue has always been an issue with Sale in July/August.

 

He's an ace, but I wish they would manage his innings better. He has such a heavy workload that he's bound to slip up sometimes.

Please please let sale rest. He's dead tired

 

Every year he gets a long rest at the AS break, that will happen again this year I bet. Doubt he starts again before Sunday or Monday

I'd even say, regardless of what Sale has done or not done, if you can't rally from a two-run deficit at home against the Braves with 4+ innings of at-bats remaining, you aren't that great of a team in the first place.

 

 

Jesus they're just picking up where they left off

Ranaudo gave up a bunch of homers tonight too. Too bad Beck is good enough to be here.

Sale's s***ty stretch pretty much ensures he's out of the Cy race. Incredible how quickly he tanked it.

Believe it or not, the game might not be over at 8-4, in the middle of the 5th

 

you are correct. But, this pitching staff needs too stiffen up

You can tell Sox are back at home and it's a weekend because they stink the place up. 11 hits for the hapless Braves already.

Edited July 9, 20169 yr by Soxfest

Not sure why they bring in the worst pitcher on the roster

Fatigue has always been an issue with Sale in July/August.

 

He's an ace, but I wish they would manage his innings better. He has such a heavy workload that he's bound to slip up sometimes.

 

They HAVE done a great job of handling his inning workload every year.

Arrieta's going through a similar stretch, albeit his ERA is lower due to pitching in the NL. 6 ER in 6+ innings.

 

In fact, I'm sure there will be 10X more panic in Chicago over Arrieta than anything you hear about Chris Sale.

 

His ERA is lower because he's pitched better. Arrieta's give up four or more runs in a game four times the entire season, and that's including tonight.

 

As for the second part, no offense, but I don't even live in the Midwest. So who panics about what in Chicago is pretty irrelevant to me.

Ranaudo gave up a bunch of homers tonight too. Too bad Beck is good enough to be here.

Is he? Haven't watched him.

What the hell are the Cy Young voters going to do? Pitcher wins make them drool.

Not sure why they bring in the worst pitcher on the roster

They're gona lose anyways

Not sure why they bring in the worst pitcher on the roster

 

Maybe Ventura received a "secret" contract extension during this last hot streak...

Beck more AAA cannon fodder.

Beck has no business being on this roster. He wasn't even good in AAA