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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2024 21:28:09 GMT -8
It's a goal. Of course you want to sweep every team, but winning Series should be a goal every time out. More importantly, stringing as many wins together as possible is the ultimate. Pretty contradictory for the second or third time in the last handful of posts. You just said you were happy winning two out of three...and it's hard to go on a winning streak if you can't manage a bullpen. There's no Contradiction. I would be extremely happy if we would win every Series we play. Of course winning every game would be much better. I think he managed it correctly. Kolek crapping the bed, while extremely possible, shouldn't have happened. |
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2024 21:28:39 GMT -8
It's a goal. Of course you want to sweep every team, but winning Series should be a goal every time out. More importantly, stringing as many wins together as possible is the ultimate. Correct--strings WINS together is the ultimate. Winning 5 more series than they've lost this year has them at a lofty 2 games over .500. Undone by multiple losing streaks against bad teams. |
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2024 21:30:13 GMT -8
You should never use the word "everyone." It's not applicable. It's simply a goal, to win every Series. It's not going to happen, but it's something to strive for. I don't lay the entire series at Kolek's feet, only for the outcome of today's game. Suarez pitches today if he doesn't crap the bed horribly, again. Or if he wasn't used yesterday in a four run game for no reason. The fact you can't commit to that tells me you have an agenda. No longer interested. There's no agenda. There's just facts. And the fact that Kolek crapped the bed on Friday, created the situation of a no Suarez for today. I agreed with the decision to use Suarez yesterday. |
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Post by aardvark on Jun 2, 2024 21:31:52 GMT -8
Or if he wasn't used yesterday in a four run game for no reason. The fact you can't commit to that tells me you have an agenda. No longer interested. There's no agenda. There's just facts. And the fact that Kolek crapped the bed on Friday, created the situation of a no Suarez for today. I agreed with the decision to use Suarez yesterday.  |
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2024 21:32:39 GMT -8
Pretty contradictory for the second or third time in the last handful of posts. You just said you were happy winning two out of three...and it's hard to go on a winning streak if you can't manage a bullpen. There's no Contradiction. I would be extremely happy if we would win every Series we play. Of course winning every game would be much better. I think he managed it correctly. Kolek crapping the bed, while extremely possible, shouldn't have happened. How in the world does a person come to that conclusion when half the bullpen was unavailable today? Stop focusing on Kolek for god's sake. Kolek didn't even throw yesterday. Kolek didn't throw today. Kolek was used for eight batters in game one. That ship sailed. Peralta unavailable because he pitched a third of an inning in the first game of the series. Three pitches. Estrada used to intentionally walk a batter, then throws two pitches. Done. Morejon removed unnecessarily yesterday with two outs and a two run lead to use Estrada again...for no particular reason. Shildt's obsession with winning a series is going to doom this team to 82-80 or 83-79. They'll underperform in a different capacity and it's entirely preventable. |
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2024 21:35:17 GMT -8
It's a goal. Of course you want to sweep every team, but winning Series should be a goal every time out. More importantly, stringing as many wins together as possible is the ultimate. Correct--stringing WINS together is the ultimate. Winning 5 more series than they've lost this year has them at a lofty 2 games over .500. By the end of the season, that just may not be enough to get into the playoffs. But should they get into the playoffs, then...AND ONLY THEN...I'm happy with them winning series after series, as that's only time it's important. Well yeah, like I said it's just a goal. Of course you want to win as many as possible and as many in a row. I didn't think I had to spell that out. |
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2024 21:38:52 GMT -8
Correct--stringing WINS together is the ultimate. Winning 5 more series than they've lost this year has them at a lofty 2 games over .500. By the end of the season, that just may not be enough to get into the playoffs. But should they get into the playoffs, then...AND ONLY THEN...I'm happy with them winning series after series, as that's only time it's important. Well yeah, like I said it's just a goal. Of course you want to win as many as possible and as many in a row. I didn't think I had to spell that out. When your circular logic doesn't make any sense, you do. You supported using Suarez in a non-save situation even though it meant burning him today. I'm just dumbfounded. |
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2024 21:39:11 GMT -8
There's no Contradiction. I would be extremely happy if we would win every Series we play. Of course winning every game would be much better. I think he managed it correctly. Kolek crapping the bed, while extremely possible, shouldn't have happened. How in the world does a person come to that conclusion when half the bullpen was unavailable today? Stop focusing on Kolek for god's sake. Kolek didn't even throw yesterday. Kolek didn't throw today. Kolek was used for eight batters in game one. That ship sailed. Peralta unavailable because he pitched a third of an inning in the first game of the series. Three pitches. Estrada used to intentionally walk a batter, then throws two pitches. Done. Morejon removed unnecessarily yesterday with two outs and a two run lead to use Estrada again...for no particular reason. Shildt's obsession with winning a series is going to doom this team to 82-80 or 83-79. They'll underperform in a different capacity and it's entirely preventable. Answer this question, and don't skirt it. If Suarez doesn't throw on Friday, is he available today? |
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2024 21:43:26 GMT -8
How in the world does a person come to that conclusion when half the bullpen was unavailable today? Stop focusing on Kolek for god's sake. Kolek didn't even throw yesterday. Kolek didn't throw today. Kolek was used for eight batters in game one. That ship sailed. Peralta unavailable because he pitched a third of an inning in the first game of the series. Three pitches. Estrada used to intentionally walk a batter, then throws two pitches. Done. Morejon removed unnecessarily yesterday with two outs and a two run lead to use Estrada again...for no particular reason. Shildt's obsession with winning a series is going to doom this team to 82-80 or 83-79. They'll underperform in a different capacity and it's entirely preventable. Answer this question, and don't skirt it. If Suarez doesn't throw on Friday, is he available today? It. Doesn't. Matter. It's the same exact thing as yesterday. It's the same argument. Stop being dense. He threw in two games, not one. |
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2024 21:43:53 GMT -8
Well yeah, like I said it's just a goal. Of course you want to win as many as possible and as many in a row. I didn't think I had to spell that out. When your circular logic doesn't make any sense, you do. You supported using Suarez in a non-save situation even though it meant burning him today. I'm just dumbfounded. Here's what's dumbfounding. You can't admit that Kolek's debacle affected today's outcome. In fact, you don't even want to talk about Friday. You want to focus on yesterday, and that's because you don't want to highlight Kolek's horrible performance for some reason. Maybe it's because just a few days ago, you said that Kolek was just fine. Hmmmm. |
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2024 21:45:10 GMT -8
Answer this question, and don't skirt it. If Suarez doesn't throw on Friday, is he available today? It. Doesn't. Matter. It's the same exact thing as yesterday. It's the same argument. Stop being dense. He threw in two games, not one. It doesn't matter. Perfect. Stop being dense. He threw in two games because of Kolek's performance. Sheesh. |
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2024 21:48:15 GMT -8
When your circular logic doesn't make any sense, you do. You supported using Suarez in a non-save situation even though it meant burning him today. I'm just dumbfounded. Here's what's dumbfounding. You can't admit that Kolek's debacle affected today's outcome. In fact, you don't even want to talk about Friday. You want to focus on yesterday, and that's because you don't want to highlight Kolek's horrible performance for some reason. Maybe it's because just a few days ago, you said that Kolek was just fine. Hmmmm. I want to focus on the entire series and ALL the decisions, not one. Is it Kolek's fault he was left in for eight batters, or is it the fault of the guy making the changes? Why did Suarez have to come in with a five run lead and two outs? You either undermanage and leave Kolek in too long, or you overmanage, needing one out with a five run lead. Either way, it's on Shildt. If you're not going to use guys threw days in a row, then you need a damn plan. |
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2024 21:49:30 GMT -8
It. Doesn't. Matter. It's the same exact thing as yesterday. It's the same argument. Stop being dense. He threw in two games, not one. It doesn't matter. Perfect. Stop being dense. He threw in two games because of Kolek's performance. Sheesh. He didn't need to pitch yesterday at all. |
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2024 21:51:16 GMT -8
Yuki Matsui threw the seventh inning yesterday with a 3-2 deficit against the 7-8-9 hitters in the lineup and somehow found himself as the only reliever available to close a 3-1 game today against the 3-4-5 hitters where the starter went SEVEN INNINGS.
You shouldn't need a map to figure out that that's pretty dumb.
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2024 22:09:30 GMT -8
Here's what's dumbfounding. You can't admit that Kolek's debacle affected today's outcome. In fact, you don't even want to talk about Friday. You want to focus on yesterday, and that's because you don't want to highlight Kolek's horrible performance for some reason. Maybe it's because just a few days ago, you said that Kolek was just fine. Hmmmm. I want to focus on the entire series and ALL the decisions, not one. Is it Kolek's fault he was left in for eight batters, or is it the fault of the guy making the changes? Why did Suarez have to come in with a five run lead and two outs? You either undermanage and leave Kolek in too long, or you overmanage, needing one out with a five run lead. Either way, it's on Shildt. If you're not going to use guys threw days in a row, then you need a damn plan. I've answered this a few different times. They used Suarez on Friday, because Kolek left the bases loaded and there were two good hitters coming up, one with power. One of them got a hit and the other just about tied it up. You use Suarez yesterday, because you don't want a repeat of Friday. Don't mess around. Close it out. You're playing against a good team, with a VERY good home record. |
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2024 22:12:24 GMT -8
I want to focus on the entire series and ALL the decisions, not one. Is it Kolek's fault he was left in for eight batters, or is it the fault of the guy making the changes? Why did Suarez have to come in with a five run lead and two outs? You either undermanage and leave Kolek in too long, or you overmanage, needing one out with a five run lead. Either way, it's on Shildt. If you're not going to use guys threw days in a row, then you need a damn plan. I've answered this a few different times. They used Suarez on Friday, because Kolek left the bases loaded and there were two good hitters coming up, one with power. One of them got a hit and the other just about tied it up. You use Suarez yesterday, because you don't want a repeat of Friday. Don't mess around. Close it out. You're playing against a good team, with a VERY good home record. Then you don't get the right to bitch about one situation and not the other. Very simple. If Suarez is overused, which he has been recently, you need to make sure Estrada is available. Today was on Shildt, point blank. Yesterday was on Shildt, point blank. And Friday, yeah, on Shildt. |
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2024 22:39:39 GMT -8
I've answered this a few different times. They used Suarez on Friday, because Kolek left the bases loaded and there were two good hitters coming up, one with power. One of them got a hit and the other just about tied it up. You use Suarez yesterday, because you don't want a repeat of Friday. Don't mess around. Close it out. You're playing against a good team, with a VERY good home record. Then you don't get the right to bitch about one situation and not the other. Very simple. If Suarez is overused, which he has been recently, you need to make sure Estrada is available. Today was on Shildt, point blank. Yesterday was on Shildt, point blank. And Friday, yeah, on Shildt. That is absolutely hilarious!!! All on Shildt. Par for the course. Although, I do agree that yesterday and Friday were on Shildt. They generated wins. Today was all Kolek. I certainly do have the right to complain about one over the other, when I believe that the Manager was correct in his moves. I've already told you my reasons why, many times, and told you that I don't agree with you. That's it. Kolek effed up big time, and the result was today. Bummer. |
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Post by docmm on Jun 3, 2024 6:28:52 GMT -8
The Padres catching situation is really horrible since Campusano has gone South. He's hitless in his last 23 ABs and hitting a robust .091 in his last 60 plate appearances. Campusano and Higashioka are hitting a collective .211 which is terrible. However, as terrible as that is, there are 11 (!!) team's catching combos hitting worse than that.
First it was Francisco Mejia that was going to star behind the dish. That didn't come to pass but now it's Campusano's turn. I sure hope Salas ends up being worthy of that $5,600,000 signing bonus. Salas is a third of the way through the Fort Wayne schedule and is hitting .193 with 1 HR. He's striking out about once every 4 plate appearances. I know he's only 17 but that's a whole lot of money to give someone that young.
Preller has missed way more than hit on these International signings. I just hope Salas isn't another miss.
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Post by docmm on Jun 3, 2024 6:43:01 GMT -8
Matsui needs to only be in low-leverage situations.
He's blown all three Save opportunities he's been given so far. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, fool me three times, shame on the Padre coaching staff.
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 3, 2024 8:01:45 GMT -8
Then you don't get the right to bitch about one situation and not the other. Very simple. If Suarez is overused, which he has been recently, you need to make sure Estrada is available. Today was on Shildt, point blank. Yesterday was on Shildt, point blank. And Friday, yeah, on Shildt. That is absolutely hilarious!!! All on Shildt. Par for the course. Although, I do agree that yesterday and Friday were on Shildt. They generated wins. Today was all Kolek. I certainly do have the right to complain about one over the other, when I believe that the Manager was correct in his moves. I've already told you my reasons why, many times, and told you that I don't agree with you. That's it. Kolek effed up big time, and the result was today. Bummer. You can complain, but you literally just look jaded, antagonistic and biased. You could actually argue you could have swept the series and only used Suarez once and you'd be closer to being right. Your arguments aren't coherent, they aren't logical, they aren't rational, they don't make any sense whatsoever. You're being hypocritical and it shows, with silly justifications that ignore the facts. But I've come to expect nothing less. |
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