Series Thread: We'll not be Angelic to the Angels....Want all 3

[DT LUNA]

No more Gallo for me . Al fin de samana Peace and out.

 

[WilltheThrill]

I'm starting to wonder if I could strike out Joey Gallo.

And I'm only half joking.

 

[Bmurph]

I'm really not understanding why Gallo and LJ are getting playing time in such a tight pennant race while veterans sit on the bench.

I'm wondering if JD told Banny to put them in.

Whoever made the calls, they were bad ones

 

[WilltheThrill]

Maybe we'll get bad Huston Street tonight. He's been shaky lately. Maybe we'll get lucky and get a few walks to start a rally.

 

[Bmurph]

bad breaks all night

 

[WilltheThrill]

When you line into a dp like that, it's just not your night. Re-rack and get 'em tomorrow.

 

[Bmurph]

Shitty game

 

[WilltheThrill]

At least Choo is totally locked in right now. Hopefully either Fielder or Beltre can get it back together and start hitting for the stretch run. The middle of our lineup has to produce.

 

[Bmurph]

At least Choo is totally locked in right now. Hopefully either Fielder or Beltre can get it back together and start hitting for the stretch run. The middle of our lineup has to produce.

Gotta be better w RISP

 

[Kelleyman]

The Gallo in the starting lineup experiment not a success so far. He had zero momentum coming in here. He is a pinch hitter. Huge talent that needs more work. Bringing LuJax in a one run game another headscratcher. What was Mitch thinking? We had a lot of balls that just did not go our way. Too many walks and Cron got it done for them.

Ok Dutch get it done tomorrow. Hope our bats wake up. Like to see a Napoli sighting too

 

[Kelleyman]

Oh yeah Choo did his part for sure. He is playing as advertised

 

[WilltheThrill]

The Gallo in the starting lineup experiment not a success so far. He had zero momentum coming in here. He is a pinch hitter. Huge talent that needs more work. Bringing LuJax in a one run game another headscratcher. What was Mitch thinking? We had a lot of balls that just did not go our way. Too many walks and Cron got it done for them.

Ok Dutch get it done tomorrow. Hope our bats wake up. Like to see a Napoli sighting too

I agree. Tonight's loss has the feel of a mental one instead of a physical one... just stupid and totally avoidable mistakes likely cost us.

If Venable plays instead of Gallo, maybe we have 1-2 more hits.

If Luke Jackson isn't brought on in a 1-run game to face the likes of Trout, Pujols, and Cron, maybe someone else keeps the deficit at 1.

If Mitch doesn't totally fall asleep on the base paths and get tagged out, maybe he gets driven in from 2nd by the next hitter.

Who knows, maybe we still lose even without those things. But stupid decisions and actions that are entirely avoidable certainly don't help our chances. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Gallo and LJ were really bad choices from the get-go. I can't imagine what Banister is thinking.

 

[Bmurph]

Kela out with elbow discomfort, MRI didnt show anything and he did not make the trip

 

[Kelleyman]

Saw the Banny interview. Hate to see Kela out and elbow issues. Guess you have to use whole pen. Still have to go back when he had chance to bring in LuJax in the extended Tolleson outing. Still a headscratcher. Yeah guys, it still may not have mattered but want to give yourselves best chance to win. Get me tomorrow or really today.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Kela out with elbow discomfort, MRI didnt show anything and he did not make the trip

This potentially hurts a lot worse than the loss tonight... NOT good.

 

[Bmurph]

This potentially hurts a lot worse than the loss tonight... NOT good.

had to figure it might happen with the workload

 

[donaldson79]

Why Joey Gallo is back in the Texas Rangers’ starting lineup

Is that right Jeff? And I'd like to win the lottery. This is nonsense.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Beltre needs to be more selective. All year he's swung at more garbage than he normally does. Terrible AB.

He has always swung at garbage but his skills

Why Joey Gallo is back in the Texas Rangers’ starting lineup

Is that right Jeff? And I'd like to win the lottery. This is nonsense.

I posted the actual text about 2 pages before. Sorry for some of you but I am not on the Bannywagon right now. I am still on the fence with him. He has made some absolutely idiotic decision. Venable makes a pitcher throw around 6 pitches per AB and in his last 2 ABs has walked. To play a guy in hope of getting his confidence back at the expense of the rest of the team is ridiculous. He has absolutely wasted the reason we got Napoli as the ABs he has gotten were in situations not intended for him to bat. And how many more of our better pitchers to we need to wipe out pitching them in situations where they should have been resting. We see very little of the rest of the pen. I said on the Padres post there are some good things about him. I will stop there but if this was RW making these decisions we would be having a field day but for some reason we seem to cut this guy some slack.

 

[donaldson79]

To play a guy in hope of getting his confidence back at the expense of the rest of the team is ridiculous. He has absolutely wasted the reason we got Napoli as the ABs he has gotten were in situations not intended for him to bat. And how many more of our better pitchers to we need to wipe out pitching them in situations where they should have been resting. We see very little of the rest of the pen. I said on the Padres post there are some good things about him. I will stop there but if this was RW making these decisions we would be having a field day but for some reason we seem to cut this guy some slack.

I couldn't agree with you more, re: your comment on Mr Gallo. If we were 12 games behind and just playing out the season, I'd be on board. And like you, why did you trade for Nap if we're going to waste an entire position/AB on a guy who hasn't hit his weight at any level in 3 months is ridiculous? And to make matters even worse, per se, Gallo is playing out of position.

Kela and Tolleson have certainly been overused, at least it appears to some/most of us. So, we're on the same page here. But let me ask you this, how much input does Maddux get when pitching changes are made? I'd think a lot. Especially since Banister is new to our league/team and position, you'd think he'd lean quite heavily on someone as experienced/respected as Mike. So is he? If not, why not? Or are the two of them on the same page?

Lastly, Washington never overachieved with a lineup like the one we put on the field for most of the first half IMO. He somehow kept the teams confidence up, never quit on them, and consequently, here we are in a pennant chase. So, cutting him so slack makes sense to me.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I couldn't agree with you more, re: your comment on Mr Gallo. If we were 12 games behind and just playing out the season, I'd be on board. And like you, why did you trade for Nap if we're going to waste an entire position/AB on a guy who hasn't hit his weight at any level in 3 months is ridiculous? And to make matters even worse, per se, Gallo is playing out of position.

Kela and Tolleson have certainly been overused, at least it appears to some/most of us. So, we're on the same page here. But let me ask you this, how much input does Maddux get when pitching changes are made? I'd think a lot. Especially since Banister is new to our league/team and position, you'd think he'd lean quite heavily on someone as experienced/respected as Mike. So is he? If not, why not? Or are the two of them on the same page?

Lastly, Washington never overachieved with a lineup like the one we put on the field for most of the first half IMO. He somehow kept the teams confidence up, never quit on them, and consequently, here we are in a pennant chase. So, cutting him so slack makes sense to me.

On the Maddux question I am not sure. I know we would wonder about that even when RW was the manager. But it is a good and legitimate question.
On the lineup that is one of the things I liked that I mentioned during the Padres series is that he was not stuck in the mud with the lineup. Moving DeShields to leadoff, Odor/Choo batting 2nd and getting Andrus out of there. But at the same time we have some legitimate talent in the lineup. They just were not producing and some still are not. But kudos to Banister for his changing it around. But that is why I am still on the fence. He has some good things but the bad are blatant bad decisions that most baseball fans are confused by.