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Great win.
And another W. Feels good to beat the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
Merryweather is so damn filthy! His delivery is so smooth. Reminds me a lot of AJ Burnett.
Imagine if we end up winning the JD trade haha.
Yea I didnt think much of him last year but he looks golden right now. Hopefully him and Romano can be a good 1/2 punch.Quote:
Originally Posted by mike_noodles
Well I guess we found our closer.
That slider he got Torres to look at was just mean. He really likes using that change up against lefties too.Quote:
Originally Posted by mike_noodles
It does look like Merryweather will be closer, though I wouldnt be surprised if they just go with matchups. Possible they went with Romano against the top of the lineup.Quote:
Originally Posted by hanton
Ultimately whatever gets more wins lol
I just hope they don't overthink it. IMO both of them might do better with defined roles, Roman has had control issues and Merryweather health issuesQuote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
Nice to have Romano, Merryweather and Borucki at the back end of our pen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
Phelps, Dollis, Mayza, Thornton and Chatwood can all be effective, definitely a strength for the team.
Grich with winning RBI's in both wins. Holdiing the Yanks to 8 er's over three games is pretty impressive, especially with our 8th/9th starters in two games.
Looking forward to seeing our top three break out. Hopefully we see our true offense in the next series .
We'll see as the season goes on. One may be more suited than the other in a specific role.Quote:
Originally Posted by hanton
Bullpens are always tricky and streaky but 2 guys reaching 98 or higher is always nice. Could help stabilize the rest of the pen as the season goes on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasky05
Its still early so the offense will probably take some time to get used to. Tellez is looking like the odd man out early on.
The pen is looking great to start the season. Atkins sure knows how to build a great bullpen. Dolis is the wild card though. If he can get his control down, he’s another solid arm. Surprised to see Thornton in there but I guess Stripling is the spot starter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasky05
Good we kept Grichik. Gives us depth. Have a good bench when guys caliber of Gruchuk on it. Has good glove, can play all 3 outfield positions. Will hit 30hrs.
Agreed. Couldn't understand the posters who wanted him gone. To me, an .800 ops bat with above average defense, and 30 homer power is pretty valuable. If Rowdy doesn't come around soon, we can rotate our OFers through the dh spot until he gets back in a groove.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbie
Looks like Tug cleared waivers. I'm sure most of the posters were pulling for him.
I see what you did there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasky05
Glad he did, keeps a veteran C with our pitching familiarity on the roster in case of injury. Also no Jay can beat out an infield dingle faster than he can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasky05
Great start taking advantage of the struggling picture
Nice to get out of that.
I know that Rangers suck but Matz looks really good
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9 K and 2 hits in 6.1IP. Really good start.
Great outing my Matz.
Looks like Covid is over in Texas lol
Damn thought Randall made the big catch to end the game.
Made a nice play to get that ball but didn't squeeze glove enough. I'll take the win though and damn we looking better than I expected with the pitching for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by statquo
Looked like it came out when he hit the wall but either way it was a nice play.Quote:
Originally Posted by armchairgm
We’ll see how Roark goes tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
I’ll predict 5 2/3 up 3r . Bailed out by borucki in 6th.
I thought we were skipping Roark given the day off?
Hyun-Jin needs the extra day probably it's gonna be a long season with the pitchers as well. Might as well rest them when we can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
Thats true.
We are gonna need innings. Sending Roark against a poor Texas team in a pitchers park seems like the logical option. We are down Ray, Pearson and Hatch, doesn't make much sense to me why they'd skip a Roark start here. Did the team announce that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
The Rangers suck but a fantastic outing by Matz. Good to see Semein homer - we really need his leadership especially with Springer out.
Anyone know why Romano was up? didn't make sense
I thought I heard Buck and Shul say it a few games ago. But I may have misunderstood.Quote:
Originally Posted by pebloemer
But yea I suppose it makes sense to start Roark for the innings.
Romano was up to make sure to seal the win. That was the last batter that Dolis was going to face. Charlie wasn’t going to **** around.Quote:
Originally Posted by hanton
Matz pitches well this season is big deal.
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Originally Posted by statquo
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We will definitely need another high leverage arm to take the load off Romano and the weatherman, it's a long season.Quote:
Originally Posted by mike_noodles
I wonder what two years of Josh Hader would costQuote:
Originally Posted by hanton
for 2+ years of control and considering his bFIP is -2.62 lol (i've never seen a negative FIP), probably will cost alot. Groshans?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenny Powders
It’d be nice to get him but if the cost is a top prospect then I’d pass. Romano/Merryweather is a solid set up/closer combo. Add Nate Pearson to the mix and it’s a 3 headed monster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenny Powders
Trading a top prospect to replace Nate Pearson in the rotation is something I’d be more in favour of. Kyle Hendricks or Luis Castillo would fit that bill.
Rather get a SP before BP first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenny Powders