Seattle Mariners (11-14) @ Toronto Blue Jays (16-9) | April 28-30, 2023

Randle McMurphy · Post #441 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:46 pm

Not sure why Espinal was hitting there with Belt on the bench, but nothing new for this manager.

Boogie! · Post #442 » by **Boogie!** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:46 pm

Let's go clutch bo

SharoneWright · Post #443 » by **SharoneWright** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:46 pm

Boogie! wrote:Just don't swing at anything.

ftfy

Boogie! · Post #444 » by **Boogie!** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:47 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:Not sure why Espinal was hitting there with Belt on the bench, but nothing new for this manager.

Belt has been just as trash if not worse. Belt is a guaranteed strikeout against this guy. No need to complain about every managerial decision.

Boogie! · Post #445 » by **Boogie!** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:48 pm

Well if bo can't do it.

Randle McMurphy · Post #446 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:49 pm

Boogie! wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:Not sure why Espinal was hitting there with Belt on the bench, but nothing new for this manager.

Belt has been just as trash if not worse. Belt is a guaranteed strikeout against this guy. No need to complain about every managerial decision.

Belt is a far, far better hitter than Santiago Espinal, especially against a right-handed reliever who throws 100 with that kind of slider. It's a stupid decision and yes, it deserves to be called out for what it is.

Boogie! · Post #447 » by **Boogie!** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:49 pm

What a chokejob.

Boogie! · Post #448 » by **Boogie!** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:50 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:
Boogie! wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:Not sure why Espinal was hitting there with Belt on the bench, but nothing new for this manager.

Belt has been just as trash if not worse. Belt is a guaranteed strikeout against this guy. No need to complain about every managerial decision.

Belt is a far, far better hitter than Santiago Espinal, especially against a right-handed reliever who throws 100 with that kind of slider. It's a stupid decision and yes, it deserves to be called out.

Nah. You literally call out every managerial decision as a mistake.

Hottie McShotty · Post #449 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:50 pm

Such BS. This should have been a sweep.

Randle McMurphy · Post #450 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:51 pm

Boogie! wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
Boogie! wrote:
Belt has been just as trash if not worse. Belt is a guaranteed strikeout against this guy. No need to complain about every managerial decision.

Belt is a far, far better hitter than Santiago Espinal, especially against a right-handed reliever who throws 100 with that kind of slider. It's a stupid decision and yes, it deserves to be called out.

Nah. You literally call out every managerial decision as a mistake.

Nah, I call out the stupid decisions as mistakes. There's a difference.

SharoneWright · Post #451 » by **SharoneWright** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:53 pm

Yimi just can’t walk the lead off guy in the 9th.

And Espy just can’t be swinging at balls leading off the 10th when he’s one of our worst hitters and when what we need is runners/multiple runs.

Boogie! · Post #452 » by **Boogie!** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:56 pm

Need to upgrade bullpen at deadline for sure.

HangTime · Post #453 » by **HangTime** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:56 pm

If if you're looking at defensive change, why take Whit out of the game? Why not move him to 2nd bade, at the very least you keep his bat in the lineup if needed.

TOStateofMind · Post #454 » by **TOStateofMind** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:57 pm

Just a killer to not have your best BP guys this game. Too many untrustworthy guys and it showed.

polo007 · Post #455 » by **polo007** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:57 pm

Wow, Chris Bassitt just broke that tablet!! That's crazy!

Read on Twitter

Mehar · Post #456 » by **Mehar** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:58 pm

Cannot win them all. Instead of the 9 million they spent on a reclamation project like Belt, I said at the time I wished that money could have spent on another decent high leverage arm out of the pen besides Chad Green. Hopefully, Chad Green is ready to go by Summer Time. Unfortunate that Espinal booted that ground ball, since it would have been a different story. Good homestand overall. The starting pitching has been solid (except for the First Inning today). No reason why Kirk and Merrifield should not be hitting and in the lineup regularly.

Hottie McShotty · Post #457 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:00 pm

Why didn't Schneider walk Crawford in the 9th inning? Crawford is a contact hitter. You had a runner on 2nd with a base open. Our manager is an idiot.

Randle McMurphy · Post #458 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:00 pm

HangTime wrote:If if you're looking at defensive change, why take Whit out of the game? Why not move him to 2nd bade, at the very least you keep his bat in the lineup if needed.

I guess you could have moved him to 2nd, but I have no problem with taking Whit out for defense in that spot (KK and Varsho are easily better than him in the outfield).

Randle McMurphy · Post #459 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:01 pm

Hottie McShotty wrote:Why didn't Schneider walk Crawford in the 9th inning? Crawford is a contact hitter. You had a runner on 2nd with a base open. Our manager is an idiot.

Suarez is a much better hitter than Crawford, so that wouldn't be a good idea. Garcia just needs to not hang a slider to him with 2 strikes.

Hottie McShotty · Post #460 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:02 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:
Hottie McShotty wrote:Why didn't Schneider walk Crawford in the 9th inning? Crawford is a contact hitter. You had a runner on 2nd with a base open. Our manager is an idiot.

Suarez is a much better hitter than Crawford, so that wouldn't be a good idea. Garcia just needs to not hang a slider to him with 2 strikes.

Garcia has swing and miss stuff. Suarez would have been the better match up. Not to mention he bats right.