August 21, 200521 yr It's definitely frustrating, but I am not worried right now. Also, can Villone freaking stop with the wild pitches?
August 21, 200521 yr I think you have to be worried when the team is playing for the lead in the wildcard and you're getting closer by the day to your divisional rival who has already lost AND your bullpen blows a lead not once but twice in one game. When Encarnacion came out of the game early I thought for sure it was because he had been traded. Obviously I was wrong. Encarnacion stills seems to be (like 2003) the odd man out (although Mike Lowell certainly is the fan's the prime candidate he appears at this juncture untradeable) if we need to move a starter for relief help. With so little left on his contract and his free agency upcoming (no strings attached), he becomes almost the perfect acquisition for the right contending team. I'm not foolish enough to believe we should win every game but this is one we had every reason to believe, as Joe Angel might opine, was "in the win column". Losing Mecir and Villone's lack of command leaves the Fish with no option but to trade for relief help and quickly. If Encarnacion is the bait, one has to expect the move will be made as soon as possibe to get Hermida up so his audition has more meaning than a few September appearances. If he's brought up before the end of this month he's available to play in the post-season.
August 21, 200521 yr I've been worried about the bullpen for a few weeks now. It explains why Jack has tried to stretch his starters for more innings than usual, so that he can avoid the bullpen. Besides Jones, only Mecir was a stable reliever, and now he's probably done for the year. Villone hasn't been effective at all yet. The rest of them have been disappointing.
August 21, 200521 yr It's hard not to be worried- it's belt-tightening time around the Majors, and our bullpen is showing little improvement. Villone hasn't done anything, Mota isn't reliable anymore; the only one I trust is Jones.
August 21, 200521 yr Every team has losses like this. I'm more worried about are wildly inconsistent offense. While we did lose tonights game. The offense wasn't at its best in the last 2 games. 6 runs on 10 hits. :confused At least the offense scored some runs and did hit the ball. Lets hope the offense builds on it, and I believe our pitching will rebound tomorrow. It feels like they do after losses like this.
August 21, 200521 yr I missed last night's game unfortunately, was Moehler pitching so badly that he had to be yanked after just 3 innings?? I know he'd given up 4 runs, but I've seen worse.... and you've gotta try & get at least 4 or 5 innings out of him, don't you? Valdez pitched fine so not that it mattered anyway, just wondering.
August 21, 200521 yr Author I missed last night's game unfortunately, was Moehler pitching so badly that he had to be yanked after just 3 innings?? I know he'd given up 4 runs, but I've seen worse.... and you've gotta try & get at least 4 or 5 innings out of him, don't you? Valdez pitched fine so not that it mattered anyway, just wondering. 909861[/snapback] The ump was calling borderline pitches, so Moe was force to pitch middle of the plate fastballs and you know what's going to happend. I think it was the right call to get him out of there early
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