GDT: Jays @ Brewers Game 2 of 3

[Solaxys]

Assuming we lose this, 4-10 with Kikuchi on the mound.

Has there been precedent on how other playoff/WS contenders handled such situations? Do they just ride or die with the pitcher?

[BuckHenry]

Sick of , “wait till he gets hot” or “Scuffling right now , but will soon come around !”How about an offence that shows some consistency, rather than this , ‘hot /cold ‘ ******** .

[Spanky99]

This year he sure does

 

Season isn't over. Do you think he's a 100 wRC+ bat going forward?

[Dagagad]

Sick of , “wait till he gets hot” or “Scuffling right now , but will soon come around !”How about an offence that shows some consistency, rather than this , ‘hot /cold ‘ ******** .

 

Huh, what the f*** are you talking about? The offense has been pretty red hot recently.

[Dagagad]

Assuming we lose this, 4-10 with Kikuchi on the mound.

Has there been precedent on how other playoff/WS contenders handled such situations? Do they just ride or die with the pitcher?

 

Phantom injury, send him down and see if he can sort it out usually.

[JFD]

Season isn't over. Do you think he's a 100 wRC+ bat going forward?

 

No.. The Torres comparison might be accurate though. He's trying to do too much at the plate right now

[Spanky99]

Sick of , “wait till he gets hot” or “Scuffling right now , but will soon come around !”How about an offence that shows some consistency, rather than this , ‘hot /cold ‘ ******** .

 

lol... you should stop watching baseball then.

[Solaxys]

Could just get Trent to start again instead of Kikuchi lol

[Dagagad]

Could just get Trent to start again instead of Kikuchi lol

 

Send Kikuchi down on a phantom IL and piggyback Lawrence after 3 innings of Thornton?

[Spanky99]

Phantom injury, send him down and see if he can sort it out usually.

 

Don't even need a phantom injury, he can be optioned, not that they'll do that though.

[Dagagad]

Don't even need a phantom injury, he can be optioned, not that they'll do that though.

 

I didn’t know they have options. Someone the other day made a good point that an IL stunt allows them to send him to florida to ‘rehab’ and then do rehab assignment. That would be better than an option but they should explore either way.

[Solaxys]

Send Kikuchi down on a phantom IL and piggyback Lawrence after 3 innings of Thornton?

 

Rays are doing it with Beeks/Wisler/Armstrong

[Dagagad]

Rays are doing it with Beeks/Wisler/Armstrong

 

You’d lose Thornton relief but honestly you’d have more chance every 5th start.

[Spanky99]

I didn’t know they have options. Someone the other day made a good point that an IL stunt allows them to send him to florida to ‘rehab’ and then do rehab assignment. That would be better than an option but they should explore either way.

 

Kikuchi has 3 options, I don't think they will, Casey Lawrence doesn't instill much hope, nor Hatch.

[JFD]

Walk Kirk and dominate everyone else. Solid plan

[Dagagad]

Kikuchi has 3 options, I don't think they will, Casey Lawrence doesn't instill much hope, nor Hatch.

 

Kikuchi is almost an auto loss right now. I don’t see how it could be worse and he needs to figure stuff out.

[Dagagad]

I would love to have the Milwaukee pitching dev working for our team.

[Spanky99]

Kikuchi is almost an auto loss right now. I don’t see how it could be worse and he needs to figure stuff out.

 

I understand, I doubt Ross Atkins does is what I mean, he has to be running out of rope I would think.

[BuckHenry]

A ‘red hot offence’ that is 4-6 in the last 10 games , batting .187 with RISP and 16th in BABIP … if that’s RED HOT , will hate to see them when they REALLY COOL OFF.

[Spanky99]

lol

[Dagagad]

A ‘red hot offence’ that is 4-6 in the last 10 games , batting .187 with RISP and 16th in BABIP … if that’s RED HOT , will hate to see them when they REALLY COOL OFF.

 

The fact that you had to go for the stats that are literal luck is either high quality trolling or ignorance lol.

[BuckHenry]

Maybe Thornton has to go into the starting rotation and Kikuchi back down to work out his fastball problems ; along with his confidence .

[DigitalRock]

Shatkins never did enough to address the pen or starting pitching this offseason

[BuckHenry]

Hey Doggy doody , I played baseball at a semi pro level , and still play senior ball … what’s your background in baseball besides posting .

[Dagagad]

Hey Doggy doody , I played baseball at a semi pro level , and still play senior ball … what’s your background in baseball besides posting .

 

My background in baseball is not being semi retarded.

[Spanky99]

My background in baseball is not being semi retarded.

 

lol

[Spanky99]

Lets Go Sticks! Crawl back in it!

[gruber92]

Watch Moreno work this at bat. I bet he at least advances the runner.

[Deadpool]

Whelp, lots of game to go and a great start to the 5th. This offence can still win this!

[gruber92]

You just got to love the overall make up of Moreno.