2023 Season | Series #30 | Guardians @ Rangers | July 14-16, 2023

[southernflyer]

1 for 14 in the series, maybe he needs the weather to warm up a bit more

If the game was Tuesday when the temp is 107, he would have gone 3 for 4 with 2R and 3RBI.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Bibee was awesome. Two runs in six innings; one on a fly ball down the line that barely made it over the fence and should have been caught and the other thanks to Straw shying away from a fly ball he should have taken control of followed by a seeing-eye single. A little better defense and Bibee could have had a six-inning shutout.

I was really impressed with the performances of Williams and Bibee against the best offense in baseball. These guys are going to be great if we don't overload them with too many innings too soon.

As soon as Stephan came in I said, "Oh no, bad choice". He got the first guy on a good pitch but then walked the next two by nibbling at the edges. At that point you could see the fear on his face. After watching the Rangers for three games he should have known you can not get them to chase early in the count, except for Sieger. Stephan walked two hitters then fell behind the next two and he was toast. He gave the game away because he was intimidated by the top of their order.

Fry and Freeman need to play more. Arias was 0-for-3 against lefties. Why do they keep playing him when he's hitting .086 against them (5-for-58)? How bad does he have to be before they are forced to admit he can't hit lefties?

At least after this series there should not be any realistic hope that the Guardians can make a deep playoff run, even if they could squeeze by the Twins.

 

[macbdog]

Think it needs to change to "Let's not get embarrassed, again."

I got a little ahead of myself since I saw they were in 1st place. I've learned my lesson.

 

[daddywags]

Williams, Bibee, and McKenzie is a trio to be excited about.

 

[KluberSociety]

Got stepped on by Stephan. I see calls for Karinchak but his FB is down about 2 MPH from its norm this month so I don't know what's happening there either.

 

[daddywags]

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[DCTribefan]

Why indeed.

 

[PIP]

 

[DCTribefan]

Williams, Bibee, and McKenzie is a trio to be excited about.

I’d be more excited if McKenzie could stay healthy.

 

[mopete12]

Because opponents go out of their way to throw lefties against us...and we have a set of young players whose specific job is to hit them.

Until we have some young RH batters who can do that (and use the ones that can)...or we trade to acquire some...we will face the same problem week after week and year after year.

We face righties 70% of the time.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

It’s like a different guy comes up small every night. Just disgusting.

 

[Criznit]

No denying after last year's performances, Stephan and Hentges have come up short.

 

[Real Deal]

It’s like a different guy comes up small every night. Just disgusting.

Besides Stephan. He's hornswoggle out there now. Mental midget.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

The bullpen gave up 14 earned runs in 8 innings in this series. They came in leading the majors in bullpen ERA while the Rangers were 25th. I figured if it came down to the bullpens we can win. Not so much.

The Rangers bullpen gave up 2 earned runs in 10.2 innings. The Guardians' bullpen blew two leads; a 5-2 lead after 7 innings and a 4-3 lead after six innings.

The Guardians could have won this series 2-1 with a little help from the bullpen.

 

[Martyinnewyork]

There are too many things wrong with this team to even attempt to list them all. Instead I’ll list the things that are right.


Someone help me, there must be SOMETHING going right?