Remember, no PBP in these threads and keep the chatter on topic (if it is about something other than this series, talk about it in another thread). 9-21 Kyle Lohse, RHP (5-8, 4.83) vs. Wandy Rodriguez, LHP (13-10, 2.77) 7:05 on FSN 9-22 Joel Pineiro, RHP (14-11, 3.31) vs. Yorman Bazardo, RHP (0-1, 8.50) 7:05 on FSN 9-23 John Smoltz, RHP (3-6, 6.22) vs. Bud Norris, RHP (5-3, 5.07) 7:05 on FSN
Would be shocked if this team wins more than 1 game on the rest of their schedule. Drayton should have fired his damn self. He's the problem.
Not much to criticize about Bourn's stellar season but it would be nice to see him further increase that walk rate next season while cutting down on the strikeouts.
They are a dead team, I would bench all but Pence and Bourn for a few games then mix in the vets down the stretch. I know there not playing for anything but its getting embarrasing. Lets see what Clark does now that he is calling the shots.
You notice teams dont jump up and down on the field when they win division titles this day in time like they use to when the Pirates had Bonds, or Atl had Ronnie Gant etc. They just open a bottle up in the locker room.
Bazardo really needs to show something this series. If the team decides to trade Oswalt/Wandy, they will need Bazardo to fill some of that void.
They have control of Wandy for two more years. You trade him now because he will be 31 next season. Right now he is affordable to any team in baseball. If you want to rebuild, you have to trade people at the top of their value. I might wait until near the deadline to deal him in hopes he can increase his value a little, but then I run a risk that he may revert to his old form.
This is tonights lineup from Tag's Twitter... brianmctaggart Tuesday lineup: Bourn CF, Tejada Ss, Berkman 1B, Lee LF, Blum 3B, Pence RF, Keppinger 2B, Towles C, Bazardo P OK now when are the young guys suppose to play again?
Wade was saying during last night's game about respecting Tejada and Matsui, blah blah blah. Essentially said he wasn't going to put big time priority on Maysonnet, Manzella, Johnson getting playing time. Wade also says he loves the sausage.
