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Post by Rodneck on Apr 18, 2018 18:51:49 GMT -5
Castillo had a brilliant start but Reed let 2 of his inherited runs to score. The bullpen other than that was perfect. The starters were good but these guys are 5 inning pitchers. 11 of 15 games the starters have gone 5 innings or less. During these spring training tryouts they prepare nobody to be ready to start a game at the beginning of a season. The offense is just putrid. At 12 games under .500 we will never get out of this hole. The rest of the season will again be hoping for flashes.   |
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Post by claycc on Apr 18, 2018 21:56:26 GMT -5
I haven't noticed every game, but Price hasn't been letting the starters throw 100+ pitches. Bailey has been lights out a couple of starts, but was pulled at like 92-93 pitches. But with this staff, they K a lot of batters and walk a lot, too. They really need to be pitch efficient to go deep into games. Especially if the manager is going to pull them out with 90-something pitch counts. Later on, I expect him to loosen up a little and get around 105-110 out of them at times. So, that will get them another inning per start. That should help somewhat, but the bullpen is logging up quite a few innings for now. We know how that plays out from seasons past... it's always the same. The bullpens get overworked until they have dead arms. A couple of starters getting knocked out early in just a few days could spell the end of whatever the bullpen can reliably give.
But the offense just sucks. They might need a wake-up call. Senzel is not the answer, but if he was called up and performed, he might embarrass the rest to get their shit together. Doubt it though.
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