Best guy should get the top of the ninth if he's rested. Try to scrap out something in the bottom. If nothing, patchwork the rest of the game. You only need a single run to win.
Can a player really discriminate on being traded to teams who have the potential funds for a re-sign? Even big money teams don't always re-sign players. There's usually a bidding war in which some other team offers the best deal anyway. So if it's just about cash and comfort, it's hard to predict another team's plans two years in the future anyway. He must really just hate Cleveland as a city.
They're not throwing in the towel, but also couldn't resist Cleveland's offer for Miller. With Clippard they may still be respectably "in it" from their own perspective.
I find it a bit surreal how much teams will pay for a great relief pitcher. I guess, with that rotation and a Miller + Allen duo at the back, it makes the Indians incredibly hard to beat.
I don't understand the confidence everyone has with Bautista at first over EE, even though EE has played the position semi-regularly since 2012. Why would Bautista suddenly be the better option at 1B between the two of them? If the job is so easy then just leave the experienced guy there.
Unless they are completely strung up, these guys can take an AB or field a few innings. What's more important, winning the game or giving them an extra hour off that will really impact nothing?
The best chance to make up more runs was PHing Tulo with two men on. No guarantee such an opportunity comes again, but Gibby is making his team do it the hard way.
A two-strike, two-out walk, then a f***ing triple + error. Good thing we got the B-team going today.
Gibby taking the L for no reason the day before an off-day, and against a bottom dweller team no less.
I have a feeling the Padres aren't exactly going to come out feeling like they can win.
But who knows with Dickey. Anything can happen. It does kinda suck that you thought you were getting Estrada and now it's Dickey though.