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Parky "Parkinson" Parker in for the save. 

Charlie Morton out of the game in the 4th. Cy Young over.

Ever since the starters have been getting to the seventh with regularity, I really feel like the bullpen has 'righted the ship', as it were. Without doing actual digging (too much effort), the only bad outing I remember in the last week or so was Anderson's inning in the 'Shohei' game.  

I dunno. It was hit hard and the LF'er charged hard and got the ball in quick. Baseball.

Valbuena coming up - kinda gotta take the chance there.

44 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

There is one opening at LBX soon. Walking distance!

That whole new shopping area on the old Douglas site looks pretty neat.

On 6/7/2018 at 3:09 PM, Chuckster70 said:

FYI....MLB now has a starting lineups section on their website. 

A good bookmark: https://www.mlb.com/starting-lineups

Thanks - another:

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

Sounds like good roster management to me.

1 minute ago, stanick88 said:

Because My phone auto corrects apparently from having spelled League wrong all in caps before. 

 

And get over your self spelling nazi. If all you have to say and comment about is a misspelled word, then I feel bad for you. Don’t you have a dictionary to go read or something? 

Hey, I was confused, too. With the LEAUGE capitalized, it seemed like that was the emphasis, and therefore the point, which was confusing. Not a spelling nazi, just genuinely confused.

9 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Oh shit!  Bedrosian getting ready to come into a tight game.

Scioscia getting another arm warm in case Alvarez falters. I've heard lots of complaints about how the bullpen wasn't ready and someone got left in so long, so I assume this would be widely acknowledged as a good thing. Fortunately Alvarez had a nice inning and Bedrosian wasn't needed.

https://www.mlb.com/news/reliever-options-at-non-waiver-trade-deadline/c-280215202

1 minute ago, Angel Oracle said:

Remember that even in his dominant 2016 season, BadRock mainly pitched the 6th - 8th innings and didn't close.  

He is the anti-Kyra Sedgewick.

She always creeps me out, though; her mouth is easily twice as big as it should be. I was always afraid she would smile super big, just to see if it would meet in the back, and the top of her head would fall off.

Speaking of anti-closers, with more teams dabbling with an 'opener' to get through the top of the lineup, I wonder how he would fare in the first?

8 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Surprisingly, BadRock allowed just one baserunner in two high profile innings in this series.   Who knows what is going on there, I just want to see him continue to do that because then he becomes a reliever of importance like he USED to be in 2016.

Not sure I would have classified last night as 'high profile'. 4-1 lead, sixth inning. I actually think this might be a good spot for Cam - limit him to 6th and 7th. Something seems to slip sideways in his brain when he's brought in to close.

Just now, azmancini said:

I’m still waiting,...who would you have had”ready” in the pen?  The suspense is killing me!

a PTBNL

Poor Alex Reyes. Fights his way back from TJ surgery, misses 2017, and this year rehabs with a game in Lo-A, Hi-A, AA, & AAA where he went a combined 23 IP, giving up 7 hits, 7 BB's (for a WHIP of 0.61), 44K's (17SO/9), and no earned runs.  

Gets called up, pitches 4 innings for the Cards, and BAM - surgery to re-attach the tendon.  

Actually enjoyed last nights game. I watched for a solid 8 innings, turned it off with a 2-1 lead and didn't look back. When I finally checked the score, I could just laugh it off because I didn't actually have to live through it.

So, my question; why would Briceno call for all those walks with two outs?

9 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

They're near the worst in the league

Radio guy said the Angels bullpen was tied for the most walks allowed with, like, 97.  Before these three.

Shake it off, G-Rich

This off yesterdays 'effectively wild' podcast: 

"Kole Calhoun is the first player to have a sub-.200 triple slash (.145/.195/.179) before June since Tony Martinez in 1963. However, Martinez was sent down to the minors on May 25 of that year, only to return in September to bat...... .067".

In addition, he had the 7th lowest OPS in May (going back to 1908), at .314

A definite 'oblique strain' candidate.

Lost in the roster shuffles -- New report on Shoemaker. 

From Rotoworld: 

I'm suddenly interested in this game!

30 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

"oblique strain"

 

nudge nudge, wink wink...

2 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Our starting pitching has the third best ERA in the AL.

Houston starting pitching is just ridiculous.

On 5/30/2018 at 9:15 PM, Inside Pitch said:

first game back from TJS isn't it?

DOUBLE TJ surgery.