handyandy86 2,451 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Did anyone witness Hand's implosion? Just curious what happened and how he looked. I doubt he loses the job very easily, but with the number of batters he walked you have to wonder if there's some kind of injury we don't know about yet. Link to post Share on other sites
loro1991 123 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, screaming_vultures said: Amazing how Rodney is still a closer in 2018 Yeah, 41 years old, ridiculous. I have Reed stashed as a handcuff but we have been down this road before. He could hold out all season, 32 saves with a 5.00 ERA Edited April 5, 2018 by loro1991 Link to post Share on other sites
twoseemer 34 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 whats the read on Melancon? Is Stickland a must add? Idk saw this: Thinking I wait 'til Holland is activated and go for it. Link to post Share on other sites
duke of queens 1,065 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Soria about to blow it Link to post Share on other sites
AnonymousRob 3,519 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Just now, duke of queens said: Soria about to blow it Nate Jones didn't look much better today. Link to post Share on other sites
murraygd13 1,271 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1 hour ago, urban2014 said: I told you Hand isnt Champan or Kimbrel. Really that's genius..he's not one of the 2 best closers in the game? Link to post Share on other sites
AnonymousRob 3,519 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Soria blows a 3 run lead. Link to post Share on other sites
Gamecubesupreme 632 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Blown save by Soria. Link to post Share on other sites
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Vernon 84 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Kela owners gotta wear shades. Link to post Share on other sites
BMcP 8,690 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 16 minutes ago, handyandy86 said: Did anyone witness Hand's implosion? Just curious what happened and how he looked. I doubt he loses the job very easily, but with the number of batters he walked you have to wonder if there's some kind of injury we don't know about yet. Inconsistent zone all game and he wasn’t getting any borderline calls. Control was maybe a bit off but didn’t see any cause for concern mechanically speaking. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ST. STEVEN 4,441 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I read back a few pages, and saw a little Middleton talk...big FB but he doesn't seem to get many whiffs with the slider...and he offers the CH at the same speed. Clearly can bring it the heat so maybe just a factor of putting guys away with it, but big leaguers will sit and figure this out, right? Anyone have any insight here? Link to post Share on other sites
Carlos Correa 1,076 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 10 minutes ago, AnonymousRob said: Soria blows a 3 run lead. 10 minutes ago, Gamecubesupreme said: Blown save by Soria. Not just a 3 run lead....but vs the Detroit Tigers of all offenses. Doesn't get any worse than that. Link to post Share on other sites
BMcP 8,690 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Horrible horrible misplay by Garcia in LF allowed the tying run to score from third 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Ace_King 605 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Is Hand having jitters, given the expectations of him being a dominant closer going into the season? He was shaky when he first became closer last year in June. He got a pair of saves but had trouble in those outings. He then reverted back to a set up role until the trade deadline. He was fine the rest of the season. Hopefully we are saying the same thing: a few shaky outings followed by dominance ROS. Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzy_Slippers 3,961 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 39 minutes ago, twoseemer said: whats the read on Melancon? Is Stickland a must add? Idk saw this: Thinking I wait 'til Holland is activated and go for it. 100% believe that Strickland is the closer ROS. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
loro1991 123 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 35 minutes ago, Fuzzy_Slippers said: 100% believe that Strickland is the closer ROS. Agreed, have thought Melancon was gonna be done for awhile now Link to post Share on other sites
KilloWertz 2,546 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 1 hour ago, BMcP said: Inconsistent zone all game and he wasn’t getting any borderline calls. Control was maybe a bit off but didn’t see any cause for concern mechanically speaking. Another frustrating appearance to watch, but I did see it too and agree there. He's been too good the last two seasons and is too young to have lost it, so like a lot of players, it seems to just be an unfortunately bad start to the season. He should actually be fun to watch again soon enough. Also, these were his first 3 walks of the season, so it's not like he's really been wild otherwise this season. Link to post Share on other sites
rotodr 157 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 The Hand owner used 20% of his budget 2 night ago on Yates, I razzed him but now the add might not be bad. Yates looks and acts the part, not sure how much longer they stick with Hand but I'd say the leash is very short now Link to post Share on other sites
Backdoor Slider 8,295 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Leone out to finish the 6th. Looks like he’s a cut even before Monday rolls around. Might Hicks get a shot if a save comes up? Link to post Share on other sites
swingbatter 211 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) brach closes out the orioles game with a save with 2 Ks and a walk. looks like the o'day and givens stashes are getting less valuable by each brach save... Edited April 6, 2018 by swingbatter Link to post Share on other sites
KilloWertz 2,546 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 38 minutes ago, rotodr said: The Hand owner used 20% of his budget 2 night ago on Yates, I razzed him but now the add might not be bad. Yates looks and acts the part, not sure how much longer they stick with Hand but I'd say the leash is very short now Could be wrong, but I doubt it. They wouldn't have kept him and signed up to a new contract if the leash wasn't going to be very long. Another bad game pretty soon and then maybe. As for Leone, yeah, he's a cut now coming in this early in the game. Somewhat surprising that the leash was that short given that Holland is coming soon anyways, but oh well. I'm not going to really bother picking up the possible replacement since Holland should be up shortly anyways. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sonny_D 1,964 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, swingbatter said: brach closes out the orioles game with a save with 2 Ks and a walk. looks like the o'day and givens stashes are getting less valuable by each brach save... Brach looked good, filthy stuff. Was squeezed in the walk and had another one called a ball that was down the middle. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzy_Slippers 3,961 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Clean save for Box. Looking good. Link to post Share on other sites
PremiumPlus 58 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) Knebel gives up a 2 run bomb in a non save situation, and a few pitches later on the ground after a pitch, something in his landing. Looks like he hurt his hamstring? Couldn't walk out on his own. Edited April 6, 2018 by PremiumPlus Link to post Share on other sites
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