OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: New season of plundering begins

[Coastal Kev]

All those draft picks and prospects and none of them can hit. Boy golly that is some bad luck right there to miss on every single one of those guys.

Or could be the lack of proper instruction.

 

[BusinessGoose]

At least it wasn't a shutout?

Getting dangerously close to .500

 

[sovietsanta87]

Or could be the lack of proper instruction.

Nope. Impossible. Coaches do nothing. Instruction and development are buzzwords. Every single player just happens to be that bad

 

[metalan2]

When Suwinsky comes up in a big spot, it's an automatic out 99/100 times.

 

[TNT87]

At least Keller was good for two months of his career.

 

[ChaosAgent]

At least Keller was good for two months of his career.

Keller is such a whatever player, and a #4-5 on any legitimate team.

 

[metalan2]

Why arent we signing Bauer again?

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

At least they didn't tease us with a 20-8 start.

 

[sovietsanta87]

When Suwinsky comes up in a big spot, it's an automatic out 99/100 times.

First pitch strike down the middle. Take. Every single time

 

[sovietsanta87]

Hitting coach Andy Haines is dismissed as the Brewers look for 'a new voice' for their inconsistent offense

The Brewers opted not to renew hitting coach Andy Haines after the team's inconsistent offensive production led to an early playoff exit.

www.jsonline.com

One team fires their coach after making the playoffs but not performing to their standard.

The other extends the manager after one month of winning.

Not excuses to hide behind. No “small market” or “low attendance” alibis.

You have to want to compete. You have to want to be the best you can be. It’s not a serious franchise. Come down to the ballpark for a hotdog, beer, and a game. Win or lose, you’ll enjoy the view in the background

 

[TimmyD]

At least Keller was good for two months of his career.

That’s the problem with not being willing to pay guys bigger deals after they actually prove they are good

Why arent we signing Bauer again?

Because he’s a bad locker room guy or something. They need more guys like Rowdy Tellez in the locker room instead

 

[BusinessGoose]

Love stranding bases loaded one outs

 

[ChaosAgent]

The type of vibe right now where I'm expecting them to lose every single game. I realize that won't happen but would anyone be surprised to see them hovering at 16-25 in a couple weeks?

 

[BusinessGoose]

The type of vibe right now where I'm expecting them to lose every single game. I realize that won't happen but would anyone be surprised to see them hovering at 16-25 in a couple weeks?

On the brightside, they keep this up for a couple more weeks, they won't have to bring skenes up at all, because the chance to extend the hot streak will have fizzled out

 

[ChaosAgent]

On the brightside, they keep this up for a couple more weeks, they won't have to bring skenes up at all, because the chance to extend the hot streak will have fizzled out

Clearly the offense needs to sort itself. I'm not going to do the defeatist thing in assuming Andy Haines is instructing them to make bad decisions in those .1 seconds they have (the players would be total wusses if they did this) but I wouldn't mind seeing Haines fired.

 

[Rossi Rat]

The only real highlight for me surrounding the Bucs lately has been “Rowdy” Andrew Destin’s reporting. Another Penn Stater killing it in the media, shocking I know.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Not sure I want to call a late April game a must-win, but things sure fell apart quickly. That said, from a more cold standpoint, most of the division and even most of the NL is all bundled up together. We're still 11-10 and after this homestand, there's a very winnable stretch of 12 games against weaker teams to claw back.

It's hard to have any confidence at all with the dismal offense and just how terribly the past three games in particular have gone. You get the feeling that the bleeding needs to stop first. Gut a win out and maybe get things rolling against a Brewers team that hasn't really faced any friction.

 

[MrBrightside]

No Devers or Casas for Boston. That lineup is gross - zero excuse for getting swept by this team.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Rob Refsnyder 10 RBI game incoming

 

[sovietsanta87]

As bad as our offense is, you should look at the lineup for the white Sox today.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

This feels like a game and a moment where we need to jump out to an early lead and just quell the bad vibes. Red Sox resting their main threats, veteran SP on the mound for us, and Red Sox running a bullpen game. Wincowski has been roughed up in a couple of his appearances, but I just can't see the Pirates coming out and putting up 2 or 3 runs in the first inning.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

The Sox had a great inning even without scoring. They forced Perez to throw a lot of pitches and spat on a lot of 50/50 balls. The Bucs need to get the bats going or this is trending towards a sweep.

 

[sovietsanta87]

As bad as our offense is, you should look at the lineup for the white Sox today.

And yet they scored two runs off Aaron Nola. Amazing

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Why arent we signing Bauer again?

Because he has an ERA over 7... in f***ing Mexico?

 

[WickedWrister]

Huge snag by Triolo and we're out of that inning.

Need the bats to come alive.