I'm not DOWN with Downs

[shellback]

i think he used downs because 2 lefthanded batters were due up.

lets try maronde and send downs to the austrailian baseball leauge. can you say washed up?

[tdawg87]

The bullpen has been good so far overall. The offense has been a joke. I've seen enough horrid at bats and approaches the last few days to give me diabetes.

Today was on the offense. You give up 3 runs over 9 innings in Texas and you should win.

[baseballplayer]

After Butcher came to the mound, I thought Downs was going to pitch around Kinsler and pitch to Andrus.

Me and you both.

[shellback]

pitchers are ahead of hitters at this point. and the bullpen has been good. getting back to downs, this guy has been so inconsistent last year and this. all those bizarre nagging injurys and personal bs. we should just go with maronde and see what happens. downs has become the definition of "douchebag lefthander".

[Earnest Borgnine of 9]

Lol, you're trying too hard.

Because I didn't post here after the sole victory we had, it automatically means that I don't post here after wins? Great logic.

You still haven't contributed anything to the conversation and simply posted to level a personal attack. I'll let that speak for itself as I'm sure we're all waiting with bated breath for your first nugget of wisdom.

[Earnest Borgnine of 9]

I'm so downs to watch that.

Probably more entertaining than our offense.

[shellback]

bait your own breath, dammit!

[InsideThePark]

lol @ "you pathetic child"

 

i'm gonna use that on here from now on

It's comedy gold. Anyone who uses that phrase must be an Internet badass.

[nando714]

Holding Texas to 3 in their park and the line up we have in that ballpark

SHOULD be enough

[InsideThePark]

Insidethepark - I been creeping here since season started and your routine IS starting to tire.

Interesting, first post and you just joined this site minutes ago. I get the feeling that this is Earnest posting under a brand new screen name.

[Wallerrrr]

bait your own breath, dammit!

 

Shut up you pathetic child!

[InsideThePark]

Lol

[greginpsca]

These players should get jobs as ditch diggers. They sure know how to dig themselves into deep holes

[EcksteinSpawn]

In a game where we held Texas' offense to only 3 runs, I find it hard to blame the loss on pitching. Bats need to wake up.

[EDinTUSTIN]

He gave up a bloop single to Gentry which was essentially a leadoff double. Rangers bats got lucky today with bloops and Beltres homer barely cleared the fence

In that case he should have only gotten half a run. Otherwise, it doesn't matter if it barely cleared or was hit 550 feet.

[ineedanap]

1) The offense should be able to score more than 2 runs.

 

2) Downs should be able to pitch an inning in a close game and not give up a run.

 

3) I'm not ready to give up on Downs. He pitched a perfect inning on opening day. He hit Choo and, although hit hard, Pujols misplayed a line drive allowing the run to score. Today, Downs gave up a bloop to Gentry and then left a pitch up to Kinsler-if that pitch was a few inches lower it would've been a groundout to Howie. I tend to give guys a longer leash than most (see Jepsen), so take that as you will. Burnett (and probably Maronde) is (are) the lefties of the future, but the guy had a 1.34 ERA in 2011 and a 3.15 ERA last season- its only been 2 games, and a few bad pitches. I think people are overreacting to the "L"s next to his name.

[shellback]

that 3.15 era  is a nightmare.  bring up maronde. he aint gonna do any worse and his upside is tremendously greater.

i guess im just sick of these tired old relievers making the big money and taking up space that could be filled by hungry, non-complacent kids.

[Glen]

1) The offense should be able to score more than 2 runs.

 

2) Downs should be able to pitch an inning in a close game and not give up a run.

 

3) I'm not ready to give up on Downs. He pitched a perfect inning on opening day. He hit Choo and, although hit hard, Pujols misplayed a line drive allowing the run to score. Today, Downs gave up a bloop to Gentry and then left a pitch up to Kinsler-if that pitch was a few inches lower it would've been a groundout to Howie. I tend to give guys a longer leash than most (see Jepsen), so take that as you will. Burnett (and probably Maronde) is (are) the lefties of the future, but the guy had a 1.34 ERA in 2011 and a 3.15 ERA last season- its only been 2 games, and a few bad pitches. I think people are overreacting to the "L"s next to his name.

 

 

No.  We're reacting based on what we saw for the last two months last year - which reminded us of the end for Scot Shields - and what we saw in spring training and what's happening now.  Bad stuff like that happens to bad pitchers.  His ERA in 2011 is irrelevant right now, especially at his age. 

 

And a lot of it is the frustration at a 1-3 start and looking for scapegoats.  Downs just happens to have two of those Ls attached to him. 

[Earnest Borgnine of 9]

Interesting, first post and you just joined this site minutes ago. I get the feeling that this is Earnest posting under a brand new screen name.

You caught me. So clever.

[Earnest Borgnine of 9]

 

And a lot of it is the frustration at a 1-3 start and looking for scapegoats.  Downs just happens to have two of those Ls attached to him. 

It's 1-4, with trumbo getting bumped from the four spot ASAP.

[InsideThePark]

You caught me. So clever.

That is low, even for you.

[70runner]

It was obvious Downs had lost whatever magic he had during last years second half.  He hasn't done ANYTHING to prove otherwise.  His fastball is mostly BP so he relies on his offspeed stuff.  He's toast.  Use him for lefty hitters ONLY.

 

As to our MOTO...ugh.

[Lou]

Interesting, first post and you just joined this site minutes ago. I get the feeling that this is Earnest posting under a brand new screen name.

Ha, nice catch.