I wish they would leave Porcello in for the 9th. Why take a chance on Kimbrel with a lead like this?
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I think Cora understands how to use Kimbrel: he's not a guy that is good for more than 1 inning. And, although he's blown saves, he is the most dominant closer since Rivera. His stats are stellar. And you have to figure that Porcello is lined up for game 4 (esp. with Sale being in the hospital with some kind of stomach ailment). With all o that said, I do think Cora and the staff shoulder some of the blame for Kimbrel's meltdown in New York. Someone had to tell him: no sliders until you've got ahead. Just throw fastballs until then. His fastballs were strikes in NY but the breaking pitches were the problems. The moves ultimately worked and Kimbrel should emerge from that with renewed confidence.Last edited by danielmak; 15-10-2018, 03:43.
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Yeah, thankfully.
UA, true. I didn't mean for those two statements to be mutually exclusive.Last edited by Femme Folle; 15-10-2018, 04:06.
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Dodgers blow it again. Harold Reynolds tends to be the least insightful for me on MLB Network, but I think he made a good point tonight after the Dodgers loss: Roberts is choosing lineups based on Brewers pitchers and this chopping and changing means nobody is able to get hot at the plate. Between injuries and the Dodgers normal approach to platooning, there were certainly a lot of changes during the year, but I agree that there's just too much happening in this series. Just go with the best starting 9 unless someone has horrific numbers against a lefty or righty. As it stands, the current approach is not working (only against Jeffres).
Hill needs to to do the job tomorrow.
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On the other hand, he keeps sticking with guys like Grandal and Bellinger that are doing absolutely nothing. Grandal is the worst, but ironically the one guy they probably can't afford to leave out, his game 1 woes aside.
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Originally posted by Incandenza View PostOn the other hand, he keeps sticking with guys like Grandal and Bellinger that are doing absolutely nothing. Grandal is the worst, but ironically the one guy they probably can't afford to leave out, his game 1 woes aside.
Bellinger was very poor last year as well in the WS and has made some bad mistakes in the outfield this series.
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View PostBloody hell! I woke up ten minutes ago, checked the score, realised the game was still going on, switched it on with Bellinger at 3-2 and literally the only thing I saw was the winning run. Scenes.
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