They‘ll do anything to justify trading away picks that amounted fo Darnell Wright, Luther Burden, Caleb Williams and DJ Moore for the hell of it for the right to draft a 5’10 noodle armed quarterback.
That’s when they’re not bitching about his stoic demeanor, where he needs to show passion like Mike Singletary and pull his pants down in the dugout to show frustration. There’s this delusion that because he’s the highest paid manager in MLB history that he’s worth 10 war, and that Pat Murphy is a 10 war manager.
I’ve never seen anything like it before. He’s like Ken Sander constantly picking up and hanging up the phone on prank callers. He’s just picking names out of a hat this point.
Counsell testing out relief pitchers like he’s at his office desk rummaging through a stack of pens to find one that’s not out of ink. I hope they find an answer and soon.
Didn’t he break the record for most games of allowing 3 home runs by a left handed pitcher? Unless the wind is blowing in 15 mph then I want no part of him in a playoff game. One time through the order with a tight leash.
He’s similar to Jason Hammel in the sense that you need to keep a close eye on him and have a quick hook. If bad Shota emerges, like in the playoffs against Milwaukee, a crooked number by the opposing team is bad news in a best of whatever.
I’m not comfortable starting someone who’s broken the ML record for most starts by a left handed pitcher with 3 home runs allowed.
2 things that really stand out. Third base has gone from a black hole to a massive strength, the bench has gone from below replacement to having Pedro, Shaw, Taylor and Conforto who’ve amassed 3.5 war.