What a fun spot in the game. Serious entertainment. Grizzled vet vs the young buck. Who will win this contest?
So, Kenley fucked up with a bad pitch, Taylor fucked up booting it, Muncy fucked up the throw, and Will fucked up catching it. That's some shit.
Two years too late. Should have left in Urias for longer, shouldn’t have stayed with Baez for as long as he did, Jansen shouldn’t have seen the ninth. Wish you all luck if you are confident for the rest of the series but I don’t see it.
I’m just blowing off steam but it seems unfathomable to me that we are on year three of Kenley’s decline and Roberts continually trots him out there in high leverage situations to get his dick ripped off AGAIN. It’s just insanity at this point. Also, Graterol gets 1 batter and Baez gets two whole innings? Gtfo
I absolutely agree. But that was just a fuck up on a such a level that I can’t pin it on any one person. a bit of a loss for words. We had so many hits tonight. We aren’t fooled by their pen. So I guess that is good. Not sure how the team bounces back tomorrow. You’d think that could zap all the energy from LAD. But I feel like these situations tend to lead to the winning team underperforming the next day.
Roberts isn't to blame for Taylor and Smith's fuck ups but that absolutely was a disasterclass by Roberts that is a culmination of every criticism of him over the last 5 years. We know that Roberts and this organization are analytics-driven. Well, it doesn't matter what philosophy you have (analytics vs eye test) because neither of them is telling you to trust Baez and Jansen. Where is this trust in Jansen coming from? Because he found his 95mph cutter for 1 inning? Why are we pulling Urias (arguable our best pitcher this postseason) at 80 pitches? Because you want a fucking right on right match up on a guy that Urias has struckout twice? Baez getting extending to a second inning was a direct result of him trying to make up for the inning he lost by pulling Urias early. Also, you are going to go match up in the 5th with Treinan but you don't want to bring in McGee or Gonzalez to face the lefty after Arozarena?
Like I said, I agree. Definitely a debacle. I know you do whatever you can to win tomorrow, but winning the game without throwing May would be huge. Give the kid a fair shot at a normal start. if we lose, no idea what we do with Buehler. He would be on 3 days rest but you’d have to throw him. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that.