Series Thread: Three games in Texas, Apr. 27-29

[cezero]

Love reading through these in the morning after wins. Couple things, can you guys please quit trying to jinx the king. "should be a sweep" "3 nights in a row with 7 innings pitched" God stop that! Who knew Dave Simms posted on these boards..........

Maybe their season flashed before their eyes on that flight into texas cause the last two nights the pitching staff has been nails!

Lastly, Millers not great defensively, but its nice seeing that 300 average. I feel good when he steps to the plate, can't say that about k nino or LOBMo (left on base not to be confused with legion of boom)

What fans say on a message board actually has no impact on any game. The same is true of what commentators say in a booth.

I'm of the same mind about Miller. If he keeps hitting, then I'm not in a huge hurry to replace him, though if push comes to shove with a trade of one of our young SS, I'm not sure what I'd do. Tough choices ahead.

 

[Cloud]

not a great ballpark for him historically, but he's a man on a mission this year more than ever before after getting snubbed for the cy young.

I was thinking the same thing... the snub job last year is going to make him a better pitcher this year (yes, it's possible!). With the offense capable of putting up some runs, I expect a lot of wins for him. I have a number in mind, but I don't want to jinx it for him the rest of the season.

 

[DHoey]

I'll take another low scoring win for the sweep tonight. I got Wandy on the bump tonight for my fantasy team so hopefully the M's don't have a offensive explosion.

 

[gowazzu02]

I'll take another low scoring win for the sweep tonight. I got Wandy on the bump tonight for my fantasy team so hopefully the M's don't have a offensive explosion.

Wandy??? how many teams are in your league? Or are you a pitcher streamer?

 

[DHoey]

Wandy??? how many teams are in your league? Or are you a pitcher streamer?

16 team league. I've always been a Wandy fan. He was solid as it gets before he got hurt in '13. So he's finally healthy and I took a chance on him against the struggling Angles last week, and kept him cause his next start favors well too.

 

[WizardHawk]

Despite the addition of Cruz the lineup will still struggle when Cano and Seagar are slumping which is the case the last few games. Just too many other dead spots right now.

^^^ This

Adding Cruz will certainly improve the overall offense, but not any crazy amount. They are going to hit a lot closer to where they did last year than any of the top teams. It's a pitching and defense first team which is why they have struggled. Their defense has been fucking horrible and the pitching really struggled the first few weeks.

 

[Itsmytime]

BOOMSTICK BABY!

 

[Podunkparte]

Damn. How does a human being hit a baseball that hard? Ridiculous

 

[Anointed One]

oh my. Lomo got a hit

 

[Podunkparte]

Come on Zunino...

 

[Podunkparte]

Well... at least he didn't strikeout? LOL

 

[Anointed One]

Zunino.... Wow he gets a double play but an RBI to his credit. Do we think he actually tried to do that?

 

[Podunkparte]

Yep, Beltre's still good

 

[Podunkparte]

No rbi given on a double play. Doesn't matter though runs > stats

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Man Cruz is mashing this year.

 

[Cloud]

Gotta give that run to the Rangers for being ultra aggressive. 0 out runner on base with a 3-2 count to a strikeout hitter and they sent the runner twice. They know runs is going to be at a premium with Felix on the mound.

 

[Anointed One]

who would have thought that Felix would have been our worst pitcher this road trip

 

[Cloud]

Probably going to be one of those nights for Felix. Already two ER.. 3 is the most so far in all of his starts.

 

[Cloud]

who would have thought that Felix would have been our worst pitcher this road trip

Rangers park has been historically bad for him. He'll settle down.

 

[Itsmytime]

At least he didn't get caught looking...