Miami SS on DL. Not even gonna try to spell it
Garmel (04-09-2017)
I don't have any illusions about this being a contending team, but the poor showing this opening week isn't really representative of what they are, either. Some of the flaws are real: anemic bench and shaky bullpen. Some of it was uncharacteristic defensive lapses and bad luck on balls in play. Those will even out, and the bench and bullpen are issues that are addressable (at least incrementally) if we choose to do so.
50PoundHead (04-10-2017)
Bench I can understand.
If Mauricio wasn't out our bullpen is probably a little better. I mean JJ blowing a save was inexcusable.
Forever Fredi
The Bull pen is not as bad as it has started. Viz's runs were on the defense.. even JJ did his job and the defense let him down. He also made quality pitches that just missed low. Jo. Rameriz had a bad game. I hope he is better, but I would expect inconsistency from him. He was lights out the other night.
Losing one key arm in the bullpen can be brutal if you're not super-deep. Cabrera returning will shore things up a lot. We still need a lefty and another trustworthy RHP.
Agreed.. I wasn't trying to paint the pen as being great. I know they are better than they are... But we will have to wait for relief from within before we could be good.
I was hoping more from Roe this year.. I still think Krol will rebound.. JJ and Viz will be solid and Mo and Jose will be inconsistent.. EOF is fools gold.. Colly is just there to mop up or take the beating.
Tapate50 (04-10-2017)
This team isn't half bad, they just have to improve. We keep barely losing games lol but dumb losses like yesterday define season. Freeman was awesome.
On that note, our starting pitching hasn't been too bad. Ender needs to man the hell up though.
Throughout most of the off-season we were sitting on a bullpen that really had only two guys who had shown the talent and/or track record to be reliable bullpen guys. Viz and JJ and both came with some question marks. Then you had Krol, who I thought had shown enough to count on. That's 3. Optimistically. Not really enough.
The others had issues. I was skeptical about Cabrera, given his control issues and lack of AAA seasoning. Others (including Paco, EOF, Collmenter, Ramirez, Roe) had injury issues or a lack of successful track record. You take a chance on 1 or 2 like that. But we have too many of them. Ideally our pen should consist of 5 fairly reliable guys and 2 that we take a flyer on.
I have similar thoughts on the bench. It's ok to have a guy like Bonifacio or D'Arnaud who can fill in at just about every position. But 2 of them? That's like an unforced error. JC seems to have skipped Roster Construction 101.
Last edited by nsacpi; 04-10-2017 at 10:17 AM.
50PoundHead (04-10-2017)