OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: #Lockedown

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Solid ab from Rodgers.

 

[td_ice]

Bases loaded opp. for Serpico.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Oh well. Hopefully making Ray throw 33 pitches in an inning will pay dividends later.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Man, Cutch is a total disaster right now.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Cutch just has that Adam Laroche-like tendency of being totally unable to hit in April.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Yeah, I'm not extremely worried yet, but I hope it's just a slump, and not some kind of minor nagging injury. No reason to think it is, but hopefully he comes out of this in time for this big stretch of games against NL contenders.

Robbie Ray is going to throw 100 pitches by the 4th inning - we better make him pay with a crooked number at some point.

 

[DanielPlainview]

Looks like one of those 14 LOB type of outings

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

2 doubles for Mr. Freese.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Way to go Rodgers!

But Tomas is so bad.

 

[DanielPlainview]

Nevermind

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Tomas is like a worse version of Matt Holiday.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Tomas is like a worse version of Matt Holiday.

He makes Holiday look like Willie Mays.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

He makes Holiday look like Willie Mays.

This would be a great inning to bat around and get the offense ready for Coors Field.

 

[Asuna]

Sean Rod continues to mash. How odd

 

[ImporterExporter]

Cutch is a perfect example of why spring training means absolutely dick. He'll be fine by mid May

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Garbage slider to Castillo there. Liriano needs to remove his head from his ass.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Liriano needs to step it up and pitch better than this. Not only is he not going to go beyond six innings again, but he's putting guys on base like it's his job and then missing spots badly.

Losing a Liriano vs. Robbie Ray matchup is pretty much a great description of how this team is performing right now.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Marte is smoking the ball all over the place.

 

[DanielPlainview]

Bad day for Goldy

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

That's how you pick up your pitcher!

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Well, that was a much better inning from Liriano. It's hard to really hold too fast to this given his style, but as long as he is attack-like towards these batters, he should be able to get through six. That would at least be a salvaged start, to give the bullpen a slight bit of rest.

He doesn't / can't really pitch to contact, so it will be hard to keep the count super low, but hopefully the Diamondbacks will be looking to jump all over him and keep free-swinging.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

That's blocking the plate according to the new rules.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

They might as well remove the rule. Freese gets under the tag easily if he has the front corner of the plate to slide to. MLB review remains the worst in sports by far.

 

[Cherpak]

I'm sick of this blocking the plate ********. If that isn't the definition of blocking the plate then what is?

If I'm the runner and I see the catcher blocking the plate I go back to old school and he is fair game. I'm putting my shoulder down and ramming the catcher.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Yeah, this rule is absolutely baffling. MLB is still mostly a big joke.

Big props to Liriano for 1-2-3 the last two innings. If he keeps it up, he might even be able to pitch some of the seventh, since it will be the bottom of the order.