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

[ChaosAgent]

I find it funny that this team actually won this game after the posts earlier

Don’t ask how, ask how many.

They scored 1 run sans ghost runner. 1 run in 2.5 games.
All the derision and hate towards the offense is deserved, and more.

 

[Empoleon8771]

They scored 1 run sans ghost runner. 1 run in 2.5 games.
All the derision and hate towards the offense is deserved, and more.

I mean you’re totally right, but I’ll take the win anytime.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Oooof of a first third of the game

(trade tellez for anything, btw)

 

[sovietsanta87]

If jones would have turned an ankle on that unathletic backhand flip I would have bashed Tellez in the head

 

[BusinessGoose]

DFA Tellez after this game

His batting sucks, his fielding sucks, his effort sucks, his attitude sucks

He needs to get confidence back somewhere else for a week

 

[sovietsanta87]

what a frozen rope by Davis

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Not really a bad start for Jones where he wasn't sharp and the Giants were successfully ambushing him. 5 IP 3 R isn't a good start, but if that's where your bad start is, meh. Hope he can put it behind him and come back out stronger next time.

Just seems like so often with a young pitcher, if the hitters have made an adjustment and have success, it's a total bomb show.

 

[metalan2]

Not really a bad start for Jones where he wasn't sharp and the Giants were successfully ambushing him. 5 IP 3 R isn't a good start, but if that's where your bad start is, meh. Hope he can put it behind him and come back out stronger next time.

Just seems like so often with a young pitcher, if the hitters have made an adjustment and have success, it's a total bomb show.

Unfortunately, anything more than 0 runs is an automatic loss.

 

[WickedWrister]

 

[metalan2]

The Pirates are terrible and water is wet. Sigh.

 

[Rave7215]

Data is confusing. Will continue to take more strikes right down the middle without swinging. Gotta get that opposing pitch count up!

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Need to lock in vs the A's but there's just no way to have any kind of optimism until the offense shows it's not anemic for a week or so.

The A's are actually coming off a series W against Baltimore and a split vs the Yankees, so they won't be a pushover. The only thing that seems to stand out on paper is that they might be a good matchup: their pitching really isn't that great outside of the bullpen. I wouldn't be shocked if our pitching run comes to an end fairly soon.

I think if you want to take an even more pessimistic angle on things, that's it. In spring training and headed into the season, a lot of people (myself included) thought the offense might be decent enough to carry things if we could get solid enough starting pitching. Instead, the starting pitching has basically been good enough that we should have 6 or 7 more wins and it's probably reasonable to think that can't continue.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Yeah, we don't want to go late into games with the score close

It's unlikely that we'll beat the bullpen

And the A's have some long bomb hitters with speed, too

 

[sovietsanta87]

Is cherington waiting for the league to allow extra middle fielders on the field during the game?

Like what are we doing here? Go trade for a bat.

 

[Coastal Kev]

I can live with not spending, but their player development is awful.

 

[sovietsanta87]

I can live with not spending, but their player development is awful.

Which also comes from not spending. But hey they dropped a fortune on that Dominican complex which has yielded exactly zero major leaguers since Starling Marte

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Tellez is just an utter embarrassment.

 

[WickedWrister]

Miserable swing and miss from Cruz... he looks lost.

 

[wheelz87]

Offense brought the lumber tonight!

Its just straight up embarassing.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Checked out of this team.

Wake me up when Cruz or Davis isn't a terrible MLB baseball player, they have put Tellez out to pasture, and Cherington has been fired.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Basically getting steamrolled by the A's

My East Bay roots are conflicted.... I mean, Go A's.. But.. Let's go Bucs, too

 

[ChaosAgent]

Oneil Cruz is Polanco 2.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Basically getting steamrolled by the A's

My East Bay roots are conflicted.... I mean, Go A's.. But.. Let's go Bucs, too

The As have abandoned the East Bay.

But I am excited to see the career mediocrity Ben Cherington walk the plank.

 

[BusinessGoose]

The As have abandoned the East Bay.

But I am excited to see the career mediocrity Ben Cherington walk the plank.

HEY

How dare you...

They're still in Oakland!

 

[BusinessGoose]

Well. This team is neutered