It’s important to note on The pop up to Ward while he inexplicably took a step back while playing on the warning track. The fact that he was playing extreme no doubles deep is on the staff.
The outfield should
Only be that deep if that’s the winning run at first. Not in a 2 run game for precisely that reason. A bloop still hurts there.
yea whenever your range is the 10th row of seats if there wasn’t a fence, then you are putting your defense in a position where they get far fewer outs. Also with Wards lack of speed an arm, a ball to the part of the field where he gets to it without it rolling to the wall, the run is still scoring.
Exactly this and a Quick Look at Sheets spray chart shows exactly zero doubles to left center field. Zero as in not a single one. So literally no reason to have Ward holding up the wall in left center there.
yea honestly Rada isn’t going to hit but Ward isn’t hitting either and Rada is an actual ball hawk I’ve heard.
It’s important to note on The pop up to Ward while he inexplicably took a step back while playing on the warning track. The fact that he was playing extreme no doubles deep is on the staff.
The outfield should
Only be that deep if that’s the winning run at first. Not in a 2 run game for precisely that reason. A bloop still hurts there.
yea whenever your range is the 10th row of seats if there wasn’t a fence, then you are putting your defense in a position where they get far fewer outs. Also with Wards lack of speed an arm, a ball to the part of the field where he gets to it without it rolling to the wall, the run is still scoring.
Exactly this and a Quick Look at Sheets spray chart shows exactly zero doubles to left center field. Zero as in not a single one. So literally no reason to have Ward holding up the wall in left center there.
https://www.fangraphs.com/players/gavin-sheets/19901/spray-charts?position=DH/OF&type=battedball
The old too much information biting us again.
Kenley looked really bad. 91 isn’t going to cut it.
Paris, Ward, Rengifo, Soler can all just disappear.
Even with those guys we lost because of the pitchers
I was just naming the offensive guys.
Soriano not only pitched good enough to win, he SHOULD have won.
Like I said, with our bullpen we would need to score. We didn’t score enough.
Turns out walking dudes is not a sound baseball strategy
Maybe you should tell the pitchers
They were napping when the memo was passed around.
Must be old school coaching. Naps and milk and cookies
Tatis’s first walkoff homer. We saw history.
I wouldn’t play Ward in the outfield again. DH rest of the year
The problem there is Soler is just as bad. Perry has constructed a truly horrid roster.
also why just play him at all. His hitting is just as bad as his defense right now. 225 OBP. Slugging under 400.
Shittiest bullpen in baseball.
That’s not just an opinion
Nice job by Soriano. Lugo might be a player
Wow snatched a loss from the teeth of victory
Not surprised.
All academic now
Even by our very low standards, this is an incredibly frustrating game to watch.
Everything up
0-2 to a walk. KJ meltdown.
Not a good sign
Another lead off walk
This one leads to an L.
6 pitch 9th for us
Could be worse. I could have paid for my son’s education only to see him become a Professor of Indigenous Media.
O’Hoppe is 2 for his last 23 ABs.