1984Echoes

So who is going to sit for Baddoo? Canha, Wenceel, Carpenter...? Certainly not Greene. Or is he just a pinch hitter...? Just thinking out loud here: I'd almost rather call up Dingler and give him two games a week in place of Kelly... Just to expose him to MLB pitching... and to see what he's got...

Erie Game Highlights: https://www.milb.com/erie/video/troy-melton-fans-his-fifth-batter-in-five-scoreless https://www.milb.com/erie/video/trei-cruz-slugs-his-second-homer-of-the-season https://www.milb.com/erie/video/hao-yu-lee-s-four-rbi-game Hmmm... Uncertain why I cannot get the actual video to post...?

Guys... stop complaining. We can either cover for LLM, or sink into the abyss. What's your choice? PS: In games last night: Toledo Lost to St. Paul 3-1: Meadows 2-5, singles, .517 OPS Urshela 1-3, (2nd rehab game I think? .900 OPS) Bigbie 0-3 2K's, .701 OPS Baddoo, 0-3 2K's, .844 OPS Dingler 2-4, single-double, .730 OPS Englert, 2 IP's, 0 H's 1 BB 4 K's, 2.61 ERA Erie Wins 8-0 over Richmond Workman 2-4, 1 BB, 1 double, .934 OPS Lee 2-5, single-double, .696 OPS Melton, 5 IP's, 3 H's 0 BB's 5 K's, 2.88 ERA WM Loses to Ft. Wayne 5-3 Anderson 1-4, .696 OPS Campos 2-4, HR (2nd of season), 2 K's .774 OPS Pacheco 1-3, 1 BB, .555 OPS Graham 2-4, single-double, .492 OPS Lakeland Lost to Daytona 15-4 (OUCH!!!) McGonigle 1-5, .785 OPS Briceno 1-4, .804 OPS Campbell 0-4, .708 OPS Jose De La Cruz, 2-4, single-double, .674 OPS Santana 0-3, SF, .624 OPS Zack Lee, 5 IP's, 5 H's 1 BB 1 HR 2 ER's 4 K's, 2.38 ERA

Or they WANT it to happen.

Wasn't Bastidas a big signing...?

That would be good enough. Probably starts out as a punt/kick returner...

Well... He certainly knows how to follow his blockers and set up the defenders in front of his blockers for his moves...

I'm with Sports Freak... He gets at least 3+ years to enact his vision so we can see what he's capable of... so in my mind... That's still 2+ years before I even begin any kind of earnest evaluation. And so far, early returns, in my mind, are highly promising. Organizationally, as well as player acquisition...

Is calling for Harris's head a thing on Twitter? I didn't know that... (I don't use twitter so I wouldn't...)

Not discounting Green at all. He's just an unknown factor at this point...

The only flipside I would say is: If a team is crap and losing 100 games then it's easy to just say "Ain't got the players". And if a team is winning 100+ games nobody cares (mostly) about a manager's decisions because... well, winning. But with a team that's barely scraping by at around .500 and winning or losing games by the thinnest of margins... Makes every decision a manager makes subject to second guessing. I don't normally say anything about a manager's decisions... And losing 100 or so games the past 7 years, right after a spate of years winning 100 or so games... made that easy. Now... I love AJ Hinch... But I'm feeling critical all of a sudden... By the thinnest of margins.

Not if you're leading in the 9th and the only task required is to close the door. Don't give up the 9th inning run and we win. And the previous 3 runs are moot point. You don't know what you're talking about.

As far as I'm concerned, Chafin shouldn't have been on the mound in the 9th. No chance for him to... not do his job.

Since the score was 4-3, Tigers leading after that... No.

I was fine until the 9th... when Chafin was brought in. I would've gone Wentz (1st batter was a lefty)... And then brought in Lange, righty versus Fry, a righty. That was the game right there. Chafin gave up the homer to Fry.

Foley in the 7th was NOT the problem. Chafin in the 9th was. AVAILABLE in the 9th: Lange, Wentz, Holton. Who was the best choice for the 9th? And Foley BLEW his last two games so... NOT Foley.

Ever hear of a barn door AJ?

And NOW he puts in Lange.

With a stacked lefty lineup Hinch might stick with Wentz in the 9th... Or go to Holton instead of Lange... Just guessing...

That was a warning shot to all the underperformers on the team... Just a WAG...

I think it's actually the PARKER MEADOWS DEMOTED EFFECT!!!

Wentz in the 8th... Lange in the 9th.

Day off tomorrow = moot point.

Yep. On both counts.