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After watching the Cubs handle the same Padres that killed us and watching the start of this game tonight we are headed in the wrong direction for sure! Hopefully we can play the Pirates again soon! Lol!
I thought this would be our strength coming into the season but I was wrong! I still love the arms but we lead the league in so many bad categories, strike %, hit batsmen, walks, first pitch strikes that something has to change. I don’t think this is going to be fixed externally because we do outside should be done to fix the offense IMO! These guys need to start throwing strikes and since you can’t fire all of them I’m wondering if Maddux may end up being the sacrificial lamb! These guys have great stuff and perhaps a new voice could make a difference! Just watch how few times our relievers are able to throw first pitch strikes, it makes no sense!
Watching this guy pitch is a microcasm of our whole pitching staff! Super talented but can’t throw strikes! To be this poor throwing strikes is ridiculous!
One of the biggest difference between baseball now and baseball in the 70s through 90’s is tonight’s pitcher Oviedo! In those earlier decades he would have stayed at AA or AAA until he learned how to throw strikes and pitch! This kid is talented but is nowhere near ready for MLB!
This offense is pitiful! It is hard to pick between Lance Thomas and Justin Williams who is least pro ready! 32 innings and 5 runs! We need offense help NOW!
This offense is pitiful! It’s hard to pick between Lance Thomas and Justin Williams which is least pro ready! 32 innings and 5 runs! We need batting help NOW!!
Sosa needs to play every day! We have to major issues, to me, our line up is simply not strong enough that the end, from 6-8 and our pitchers are unable to find the strike zone! Carlson is solid in the OF but I have little faith in all the others! O’Neill is a K machine and Bader will never hit over 230 or so in MLB IMO! For us to make a playoff run we would a solid bat that could hit somewhere in that 6-8 position and our pitchers need to consistently find the strike zone! We need batting help desperately to compete.
Balls and walks have become a disease for this team! Up 6 runs and out best pitcher can’t throw strikes! Come on man!
I wonder if we could get the Rockies to trade us Trevor Story for Carpenter and Dejong? We basically got Arenado for Gomber so maybe…..
I feel like the biggest issue we have that gets overlooked is the constant walks given up by our pitchers. We seem to constantly be in 2 and 0 counts especially our bullpen! We lead the league in walks! At least half out losses are due to this issue!
But with all the negativity I still think we are gonna win this game! Padres have blown too many chances and we are gonna make them pay starting now!
It is just so silly to keep sending him out there! We could play anyone else and the results would be better! I just don’t get it!
This Carpenter stuff needs to stop NOW! He is no longer a big league player! Period! It is amazing to me that we have a 170 hitter go down and we replace him with a 120 hitter! It is hard to understand! The brass we have obviously has decided that Sosa can’t do it! It is weird to me. They may be right but let’s see! They don’t mind proving every night that Carpenter can’t do it! Enough is enough!
The one positive about Dejong for me is I have an enlarged prostate and can usually make it from one his at bats to the next so he has become my break and don’t have to watch the predicted results! Lol!
David I hope you are right about Dejong and 260! I just don’t see it though! If you look at his career it has been a steady decline with the batting average! He would almost have to hit 300 the rest of the year to get to 260 and I hope that happens, but right now all he does is hit a homer once a week and that’s about it! I just wonder how long they will go with him with a 180 average! I would hope of if we get 60 games in and he is still below 200 someone else is out there.
