What's worse this year is that the guys that are bombing are guys we are kinda wed to: Schoop, Candy, Barnhart. Last year it was Mazara, Jones, Ramos, Greiner - guys that were there more on the cheap than real expectation they would succeed.
I'd like to know how the idiot scorer can give Baez an error on the Betts ball that Candy screened him on and in fact probably deflected. And then just to add insult, also give Betts a hit. They need to just do away with 'official' scoring - it's become a total joke.
so who would have thought we'd already be missing Isaac Paredes? In short order we've gone from having plenty of IF depth to Harold's hands turning to stone, Candy's and Schoop's bats turning to mush, and Kreidler on the IL, and Willi still just being Willi. Of course we've already had 3 OFs on the IL as well....
Not sure how bad it has to get before we see Zach Short or Clemens.
I don't know if there some other way the Tigers can mess up a play we haven't seen yet. Candelario cuts across in front of Baez on a ball Javy is waiting for. Candy doesn't make the play, but he does completely screen Javy off the ball. Another run in.
It was always more hope than probability that his ST success was going to play regular season. But he wouldn't have gotten the last two starts if Mize and Manning don't go down, so what can you do? Faedo is a possibility now, but I'd be surprised if the doesn't get at least 3 starts in Toledo before a move.
Does bunting the ball then running 2 feet on the grass in fair territory so you get hit by the throw and are called out qualify as playing 'clean'. Esp after a team mate was kind enough to "illustrate' the rule the other day.
Tigers give up a stolen base to the 1st Dodger base runner.
Tyler hadn't held him, but Barnhart also made a terrible throw that never would have gotten him.
And then of course, Tyler gives up a HR. 2-0 in the 1st. Well at least the steal ended up not mattering.
0-2 Changeup over the heart of the plate. Never throw a hittable pitch 0-2. Ever.
In one sense it's not completely surprising. A lot of college ball teams aren't aiming for pro-style QBs. QBs in college are, to be blunt, expendable, which leads to offenses where they can be at risk. I don't think that will ever become a popular approach in pro football.
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Win the last game. Get Bertuzzi 30. Points for Seider and Raymond. Just a bit of a plus note for the season to end on.