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2020 Series #17 Indians @ Tigers, Sep17-20

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Alomar, Jr. keeps making all the wrong calls.

He can’t be returned to his base-coach duties soon enough.
 
Alomar putting his faith in the wrong guys. Again. Awful.
 
Hill comes in and walks in a run and then gives up a (short) sac fly.
 
The mortal sin for relievers is walking the first batter you face.

Quantrill did it.
Maton did it.
Hill did it.
 
Naquin looking like a JAG. Still cannot hit the high heat.
 
looking to go 7-10 in September - a couple bumpy starts, chronically poor hitting, leaky bullpen
 
Things I'm sick of as a fan of this team:
- The sight of Phil Maton's pouty, baby face as he stomps off the field after leaving way too many pitches in the zone.
- Sandy Alomar Jr squandering every ounce of goodwill the fanbase had for him with each poorly constructed lineup, indefensible pinch-hitting decision and mismanagement of his bullpen.
- Carlos Santana playing like he's daydreaming about being on a beach for the next five months.
- Knowing that our anemic offense is only going to get worse next season when it's hollowed out in the offseason by a mandate to cut the payroll to the budget of a student film.
- If it weren't for our penny-pincher owner and the organization's inability to develop position players, we could roll into a three-game series with Bieber, Bauer and Clevinger.
 
Things I'm sick of as a fan of this team:
- The sight of Phil Maton's pouty, baby face as he stomps off the field after leaving way too many pitches in the zone.
- Sandy Alomar Jr squandering every ounce of goodwill the fanbase had for him with each poorly constructed lineup, indefensible pinch-hitting decision and mismanagement of his bullpen.
- Carlos Santana playing like he's daydreaming about being on a beach for the next five months.
- Knowing that our anemic offense is only going to get worse next season when it's hollowed out in the offseason by a mandate to cut the payroll to the budget of a student film.
- If it weren't for our penny-pincher owner and the organization's inability to develop position players, we could roll into a three-game series with Bieber, Bauer and Clevinger.
You lost me at penny-pinching owner.
 
They need to find out what happened to Maton. In July and August his ERA was 0.79. In September it's now 11.57. He's gone from one of the best relievers in the league to the worst practically overnight. I think he lost the feel for his breaking ball.

After his first 12 appearances his line was 12.1 innings, 9 hits, 1 earned run, 0 walks, 16 K's and a 0.73 ERA. It doesn't get much better. But his last two weeks have been a disaster.

Santana is down to .190. In his first at-bat he worked the count to 3-2. Everybody knew he was getting a fastball down the middle. He fouled it off. Next pitch was another fastball down the middle. Easy two-hopper to the first baseman. Even when he knows he's getting a fastball and it's in the center of the zone he can't square it up. It's been the story of his season, along with the walks. But the pitchers have figured out it's stupid to walk him when he's an easy out just by throwing anything in the zone. When he manages to hit the ball hard like he did later in the game it's just a ground out into the shift.

The Indians were unlucky tonight as Lindor hit two line drives right at fielders and Jose hit a screamer right at the first baseman for a double play with two on and one out in the 8th. He also lined out to the pitcher. At least Reyes got two hits which I think matches his total for the last two weeks. Maybe he'll get going.

Three runs in the last 18 innings against the Tigers. This offense is so ugly outside of Ramirez. Naquin may never draw another walk in his career. He swings at practically every pitch he sees, especially low breaking balls. He can't hit a high fastball to save his life and by high I mean anywhere near the top of the zone or above it.

This was probably a meaningless game but it sucks to see one guy kick it away like that.

I keep waiting for Mercado to do something except chase bad pitches but so far that's about all he does at the plate.
 

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