5/31 - Rays (Eflin) vs Cubs (Steele): 1:20pm, Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Nolansomebody said:

And the Game is tied!

Ugh.

[Andy]

2 pitches. Thanks Leiter.

[Irrelevant Dude]

The bullpen giveth, the bullpen taketh away.

[UMFan83]

How many times has Ross brought in a new reliever only to have them give up a game changing bomb within the first couple of batters?

I'm not saying bringing Leiter Jr in was a good or bad thing, just that it seems to happen a decent amount of times.

Edited May 31, 2023 by UMFan83

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

How many times has Ross brought in a new reliever and have them give up a game changing bomb within the first couple of batters?

I'm going to say twice.  But I can only remember the past week.

[Andy]

Seiya hitting lasers everywhere.

[UMFan83]

Bunting with your hottest hitter in a tie game in the 7th?  Hmm

[Andy]

That was ridiculously dumb and slow baserunning by Mancini, but the run counts just the same

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The glove has to touch Mancini right?  A little surprised that wasn't challenged all things considered, because I don't think the glove touched him before his hand got in.

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

That was ridiculously dumb and slow baserunning by Mancini

He is a big, slow oaf.

[UMFan83]

Now that we played for 1 run lets see that Cubs lockdown pen hold the Rays offense from scoring the next 2 innings.  If they do manage to give up the lead we got the Mastro and Barnhart leading off the next inning for more offense.  Fool proof plan

[Transmogrified Tiger]

that has to be strike 1 on Siri after the call Mancini got 2 minutes ago

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

If they do manage to give up the lead we got the Mastro and Barnhart leading off the next inning for more offense.

Hey now, if we stack their batting averages on top of each other, they look just like a real boy.

[Irrelevant Dude]

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[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Now that we played for 1 run lets see that Cubs lockdown pen hold the Rays offense from scoring the next 2 innings.  If they do manage to give up the lead we got the Mastro and Barnhart leading off the next inning for more offense.  Fool proof plan

And the Cubs are losing

[Andy]

Super happy we played for 1 run in the 7th

[Andy]

God forbid a Cubs reliever remain reliable for longer than 10 seconds

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Andy said:

Super happy we played for 1 run in the 7th

Playing for one run is always a great idea in modern baseball, it never goes wrong!

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

God forbid a Cubs reliever remain reliable for longer than 10 seconds

Only Alzolay, who is now pitching while trailing after having thrown 2 innings yesterday. He'll be burnt out soon.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

Super happy we played for 1 run in the 7th

They sacrificed Tauchman(career 30% K% against LHP) against a crossfire LHRP, especially with Mancini getting thrown out it didn't make a difference.

[Derwood]

Oh good, now Leiter sucks. Add him to the pile

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Only Alzolay, who is now pitching while trailing after having thrown 2 innings yesterday. He'll be burnt out soon.

Alzolay threw 20 pitches yesterday, and 1 pitch in the 8 days prior to that

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

They sacrificed Tauchman(career 30% K% against LHP) against a crossfire LHRP, especially with Mancini getting thrown out it didn't make a difference.

Still, there's just so little upside playing for one run in the seventh inning on a team with a leaky bullpen.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Alzolay threw 20 pitches yesterday, and 1 pitch in the 8 days prior to that

That's great and all, but if you're going to use him today while trailing by 1, why not use him while you still have the lead?  I'm not a fan of back to back days after a multi-inning appearance, but especially not when the team is losing.

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Still, there's just so little upside playing for one run in the seventh inning on a team with a leaky bullpen.

Against an elite offense, albeit one the Cubs had mostly handled for 2.5 games