Gameday Thread: 5/15/2018 Astros vs Angels (Trout at leadoff, Ohtani 2nd)

[bloodbrother]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

this bullpen is my nightmare.  a really good team otherwise.  

nothing more demoralizing to a team and fan base than losing games late.  

Reminds me of 2012

[failos]

Good play by Johnson.

[moccasin]

I'm pretty critical of the manager, but today you just have to blame Alvarez. He just flat out didn't get the job done.

[nando714]

1 minute ago, SuperTroopers said:

So all of our pitchers minus Skaggs.  Barria is 21 years old and hasn’t pitched over 90 pitches this season.  This is kind of how everyone is doing it.  We have seen pitchers taken out this season with no hitters.  Scioscia in the past never had this quick of a hook.  You can pretend he did but he didn’t have this quick of a hook.  Pitchers in the past were regularly going over 100 pitches.  This is an organizational change, so since Scioscia is stubborn, do you think he brought about this change?  Forget about your hatred of Scioscia and think logically.  

Sosh, Is this you? No wonder your pitching decisions have been questionable. You  post during games 

[JarsOfClay]

The momentum really swung in the Astros favor when dumbass Ebel sent Kinsler home.

 

[TroutField]

Just now, HeavenlyHalos said:

Oh come on, we don't need 3 or 4 new arms to make the playoffs. The bullpen is bad, but it's not THAT bad.

Idk it’s pretty bad. I don’t trust Alvarez, Bedrosian, Parker, Johnson, and I barely trust Anderson. That’s a pretty pathetic bullpen 

[cjcinec]

Scioscia's pitching moves have backfired all season long. He continues to over manage this team. Pitchers can’t throw strikes. Catchers can’t keep the ball in front of them. You pretty much know if it’s a close game the bullpen is going to cough it up. Good thing they held on last night or they would be looking at another home sweep with Verlander pitching tomorrow. Can this team win despite the fact Scioscia's the manager?

[stormngt]

6 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

I hate this stupid pitch count thing. Unless they're coming off Tommy John surgery or something, if the pitcher is cruising you leave him in there.

Or if you are passed your career high 

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, HeavenlyHalos said:

Oh come on, we don't need 3 or 4 new arms to make the playoffs. The bullpen is bad, but it's not THAT bad.

Yes it is.

Who do you trust, other than Parker right now????

[Sherlock31]

We are giving away another fxxxing ball game.....Fxxx this.

[101halo]

2 minutes ago, SuperTroopers said:

So all of our pitchers minus Skaggs.  Barria is 21 years old and hasn’t pitched over 90 pitches this season.  This is kind of how everyone is doing it.  We have seen pitchers taken out this season with no hitters.  Scioscia in the past never had this quick of a hook.  You can pretend he did but he didn’t have this quick of a hook.  Pitchers in the past were regularly going over 100 pitches.  This is an organizational change, so since Scioscia is stubborn, do you think he brought about this change?  Forget about your hatred of Scioscia and think logically.  

Sorry, can only offset one of the down votes. Board management really needs to be held accountable for arcane rules like single votes on a post. 

[Angelsfan1984]

1 minute ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Scioscia manages the bullpen horrendously and Eppler should have done a better job finding relievers. Both things can be true

100% . There's no reason we shouldn't have new arms. Eppler needs to apparently give scioscia 7 percivals so it's not hard to make the right decision

[bloodbrother]

Just now, moccasin said:

I'm pretty critical of the manager, but today you just have to blame Alvarez. He just flat out didn't get the job done.

Alvarez shouldnt' have pitched to Altuve, but I'm not gonna sit here and say that he should have gone to Cam. I guess the blunder was having CAm warming up in the first place and not somebody like Blake Parker or JIm Johnson maybe?

[UndertheHalo]

Oh my god.  Trash. 

[GrittyVeterans]

Just now, cjcinec said:

Scioscia's pitching moves have backfired all season long. He continues to over manage this team. Pitchers can’t throw strikes. Catchers can’t keep the ball in front of them. You pretty much know if it’s a close game the bullpen is going to cough it up. Good thing they held on last night or they would be looking at another home sweep with Verlander pitching tomorrow. Can this team win despite the fact Scioscia's the manager?

Depends what you mean by "win"

[Glen]

Jesus.

[Stradling]

Just now, nando714 said:

Sosh, Is this you? No wonder your pitching decisions have been questionable. You  post during games 

Whatever.  I like how you want to blame him but you ignore facts.  If you don’t remember him pitching guys over 100 pitches in the past that is on you, but it happened most every game.  

[failos]

damn it . This is pissing me off

[HeavenlyHalos]

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

Yes it is.

Who do you trust, other than Parker right now????

I still have some faith in Anderson. Johnson isn't bad for a 6th inning option. He said we needed 3 or 4 new bullpen arms to MAKE the playoffs. I disagree with that. 

[Taylor]

[daygloman]

I think we might be fucked tonight...............................

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, bloodbrother said:

Reminds me of 2012

yep.  was thinking the same thing.  

[GrittyVeterans]

Jim Johnson is not a Major League reliever

[fan_since79]

Well, this game's gone all to hell.

[bloodbrother]

Bullpen killing ALL of the momentum this team had this series. Their performance tonight could be the difference from winning this series and losing it. What an abomination these last 2 innings were