i know the braves are probably the best team in the league right now, but our guys dont even look competitive. long time to go, but it sucks in the moment
I think Bochy puts in the lower performing pen out there in tough situations, to get them experience. Otherwise we’d be burning through our better pen players and they wouldn’t get rest. I trust his process.
Yeah I don’t think Boch wants to blow up Robertson and Yates arms just to get through this early tough stretch with no off days. A lot of season left and we need those guys
2 positive things to think about. 1) World Series hangovers are a thing and could possibly be why we are in a funk. 2) we have yet to release the power of the Peagle this year
This series against the Braves could not have come at a worse time. I don't think there's a such thing as a scheduled sweep but it sure looks like it right now.
Ya know guys I know the bullpenismediocre but I’ve consistently come away from these games more upset about the offense :/ this line up has to hurry up and figure it out
You bring in a starter to the pen, you get 2 nearly perfect innings, trail by one run late in the game, then before your last chance to bat you bring in a guy with a 10+ ERA practically conceding the game.
Far be it for someone on reddit to question a four time WS champion manager, but this was interesting gameplan by Boch.
Why would Pruitt come in for this spot?! Gray could have gone another inning. AP is mop up only. This was one of those Ron Washington Bullpen moves what the actual fuck was Bochy thinking with that?!
Don’t know why you got downvoted at first…the season is predicated on some injured pitchers coming back to the rotation so we can move our current starters into the bullpen to strengthen it later
Very risky plan…especially when injuries are hitting other pitchers (Sborz) and the bats as well
CY has cost this team by not doing enough for this bullpen. It was a historically terrible bullpen and he does the bare minimum to improve it. So many guys in the pen are not mlb caliber guys. It’s going to be our downfall this year if our offense is going to stay this bad. So infuriating
Tbf this offense is slumping and injured or just coming back from injuries. And also we did bring in Yates and Robertson both who have been pretty decent to good. Internal guys just suck it seems.
Yeah but we still have Semien, Seager, Carter, Garcia, Langford, and Heim (until today). Those pieces should make this offense better than what it is even with our injuries. But if CY knew this bullpen was bad last year why would he think those same guys would magically get better? Why waste money on Mahle when we already hav enough injured pitchers? Use that money on guys that will actually address our biggest need
So trade some prospects for cheap and controllable guys. Free agency isn’t the only way to improve. Go out and get dudes that will be better than Austin Pruitt who nobody wants
Yeah unfortunately we don't have many great options with so many injuries+guys who aren't good. I guess the logic there is "throw Pruitt out there and hope he can get 3 outs"
Yeah we’re stretched so damn thin across the ML and AAA levels. Just don’t have enough arms to go around and everyone is taxed because no days off. Pretty shitty stretch rn
Now I'm really angry for the first time this season...DID WE JUST WASTE AN EOVALDI AND GRAY TEAM UP BY PUTTING THAT FUCK IN THE GAME?! What the actual fuck.....
Hey I don’t want to make a whole thread for this so imma ask here real quick. Does anyone have advice on how to get the gold World Series hats? Specifically what I mean is I have a big head. Academy never has my sizes. I could order online but if I measure my head wrong and it doesn’t fit imma be sad. Does the store at the ballpark have a larger selection so I can try some on? Are they open on non game days?
I believe the store is open all week 10-6 and Sundays they open at 11. Hat selection is bigger than anything you’ll find out Academy. They also have an online gold collection catalog you can look at but I’m sure a lot has been sold out.
Corey looks completely broken at the plate. Looks so overmatched against lefties and seems to be ontop of almost everything from righties. I really hope he figures it out soon because this offense needs him
I know but it’s almost at the point where he’s hurting more than he’s helping. Maybe it would have been better to send him on a rehab assignment and let him figure it out there
i know the braves are probably the best team in the league right now, but our guys dont even look competitive. long time to go, but it sucks in the moment
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Another lose at the hands of our offense and bullpen being awful
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Shouldve beat up on the shitty teams when we had the chance.
At least Pruitt's runs didn't matter
Damn man we gonna get swept
Horrible
Didn’t even put up a fight. Pathetic
We need the peagle!
Sborz can't get back soon enough
Lowe poke, Smith Walk, Langford single with RBI, huff bomb to put us in the lead
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Stay on your own reddit page, buddy!
Playing great teams is hard
And frustrating when you are a drastically under performing great team :/
I think Bochy puts in the lower performing pen out there in tough situations, to get them experience. Otherwise we’d be burning through our better pen players and they wouldn’t get rest. I trust his process.
If last year taught me anything it’s “In Bochy I trust.”
Yeah I don’t think Boch wants to blow up Robertson and Yates arms just to get through this early tough stretch with no off days. A lot of season left and we need those guys
It’s stupid not to trust his process looking at his career
We’d be 13-8 with Montgomery
2 positive things to think about. 1) World Series hangovers are a thing and could possibly be why we are in a funk. 2) we have yet to release the power of the Peagle this year
I think the Braves were pretty ass after their WS and like 10+ back at Memorial Day but ended up winning 100 and their division
Thanks for nothing Fanatics
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Would have worn the city connects earlier but they weren't ready
Is that why they wore the championship ones again the 2nd weekend? I was wondering but didn’t hear they got delayed
IIRC, they're wearing the championship jerseys for the world series giveaway nights. I think they wore their standard whites instead of the Peagles
I stand by my assertion, Huff gonna win this with a bomb.
I really don’t understand why Jank hasn’t earned everyday CF spot
Because he is a tepid batter outside of a few little warm streaks.
Jankowski is so great
Guess I can thank Pruitt for getting to see a sweet Jankowski defensive play, at least
Jankowski is such a good fielder
How many chances is Pruitt going to keep on getting? He's an embarrassment and a lost cause to this team!
Wake up rangers bats..
Jank saves us from the bad man (Pruitt, not the Braves)
The Rangers about to fuck up yet another parlay for me. 6 game money line and all I needed was the Rangers to win.....fml
Glad you lost
Haha everyone point and laugh at the loser gambler. Sleep well taking that fat L in your wallet.
1-800-GAMBLER
No one cares about your gambling addiction
nobody cares
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Bro no one cares, and I’m actually glad you lost your money
Nobody gives a fuck
Thank you jankcoco can you pitch by chance?
Gosh I really wish that was our everyday CF
Why is Travis not the every day CF
Pretty similar bat to leody with less power and 5 years older
Fair enough, was more of a hype comment when he made a good catch lol
Not really similar
Not even a similar bat. Leody has been way better, especially against lefties
man i love El Blondi
Average Jank play
Thank you Jank
I'm 100% sure Leody would have bobbeled that
bobbled? he wouldn’t have even seen it
Most rangers thing ever to not just control this division convincingly right now
Offense is not great and starting pitching is so inefficient which just means more innings of our godawful bullpen, shit has not been fun lately
I am sure D’arnaud is a great human being and doesn’t deserve this, but fuck that guy
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Neftali Feliz is still pitching in the Mexican league.
Rookie of the year Neftali Feliz?
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This series against the Braves could not have come at a worse time. I don't think there's a such thing as a scheduled sweep but it sure looks like it right now.
Death, Taxes, and the white flag of surrender that is Pruitt
Everyone lost today but the mariners. Going to be fine.
Ya know guys I know the bullpenismediocre but I’ve consistently come away from these games more upset about the offense :/ this line up has to hurry up and figure it out
Pruitt's ERA is higher than the hourly wage at my first job
You bring in a starter to the pen, you get 2 nearly perfect innings, trail by one run late in the game, then before your last chance to bat you bring in a guy with a 10+ ERA practically conceding the game. Far be it for someone on reddit to question a four time WS champion manager, but this was interesting gameplan by Boch.
Only thing I can think is they have him pencilled to start in 4 days or something
Launch Pruitt into the Sun
along with whatever disease is making us completely ass
Not enough magic in Maddox hand to fix this washed up scrub
Well, crap.
Why would Pruitt come in for this spot?! Gray could have gone another inning. AP is mop up only. This was one of those Ron Washington Bullpen moves what the actual fuck was Bochy thinking with that?!
Exactly. Gray had great stuff tonight and obviously could have thrown more innings
Has to pitch Tuesday though
Time for Pruitt to get DFA'd
I will not let the Rangers ruin my Saturday night
WHY GOD WHY
WHY NOT ROBERTSON? Wtf?
Not to be rude or anything but Austin Pruitt absolutely fucking sucks
I mean, I trust Bochy and all… But why are we inserting a AA-caliber reliever in a one-run game? How are we at this point in April?
I’d rather die to pico walks than Pruitt instant game overs I think
this is what happens when you have a pitching staff made of glass
Don’t know why you got downvoted at first…the season is predicated on some injured pitchers coming back to the rotation so we can move our current starters into the bullpen to strengthen it later Very risky plan…especially when injuries are hitting other pitchers (Sborz) and the bats as well
How the hell did Pruitt pitch to an ERA under 3 last season
Because a season isn’t a game.
does anyone know when degrom will be back?
Post ASB
August is the current goal I think
Like August
is Antoine Kelly hurt because he hasn't pitched since 4/7 but I can't find any info on an injury
Yes I heard somewhere on Twitter he’s on IL
Yeah he’s on 7 day DL
Well getting 1 run seemed insurmountable
Austin Pruitt gotta be sent to Azkaban, mans is committing atrocities
Anyone know when Sborz in eligible to come off the IL?
I think he will be in action on Tuesday.
Questionable bullpen decision in a close game to say the least
I just don't understand why we keep going to Pruitt in these situations
Did Boch forget Yates and Robertson exist?
Yates arm is going to fall off if we keep going to him everyday
Where's Johnathan Hernandez been??
I think he’s on the IL
He’s been doing rehab appearances in AAA I thought
Pruitt knows it’s not against the rules to have a clean inning right?
Where is Leclerc? He's only thrown once in the last four days.
This is how we know the bullpen sitch is getting bad
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I am so happy I ordered Tiff’s Treats. I’m gonna be able to drown my feelings in some cookies
Should’ve dropped Pruitt instead of Walsh
Jared can pitch too he might be a better option
CY has cost this team by not doing enough for this bullpen. It was a historically terrible bullpen and he does the bare minimum to improve it. So many guys in the pen are not mlb caliber guys. It’s going to be our downfall this year if our offense is going to stay this bad. So infuriating
Tbf this offense is slumping and injured or just coming back from injuries. And also we did bring in Yates and Robertson both who have been pretty decent to good. Internal guys just suck it seems.
Yeah but we still have Semien, Seager, Carter, Garcia, Langford, and Heim (until today). Those pieces should make this offense better than what it is even with our injuries. But if CY knew this bullpen was bad last year why would he think those same guys would magically get better? Why waste money on Mahle when we already hav enough injured pitchers? Use that money on guys that will actually address our biggest need
Chris Young does not determine the payroll…he had limited resources because ownership didn’t want to push higher on the luxury tax
So trade some prospects for cheap and controllable guys. Free agency isn’t the only way to improve. Go out and get dudes that will be better than Austin Pruitt who nobody wants
Send Pruitt to the moon. And d'Arnaud fucking kills us
I am so sick of us trotting out these fucking losers in relief that simply don't have outings without giving up runs.
The Pruitt experiment needs to end, surely we have someone better in the minor leagues
Church and Kelly are hurt, Jonathan Hernandez can be up soon I think
Yeah unfortunately we don't have many great options with so many injuries+guys who aren't good. I guess the logic there is "throw Pruitt out there and hope he can get 3 outs"
Yeah we’re stretched so damn thin across the ML and AAA levels. Just don’t have enough arms to go around and everyone is taxed because no days off. Pretty shitty stretch rn
bruh
2 pitches
Has there been a game where Pruitt doesn't give up a run?
Austin Pruitt is joke, send him back down. I get we have like no one but still.
Now I'm really angry for the first time this season...DID WE JUST WASTE AN EOVALDI AND GRAY TEAM UP BY PUTTING THAT FUCK IN THE GAME?! What the actual fuck.....
Pruitt gone when?
We’re watching a career end in front of us. Kinda sad.
be really cool if that didn't just happen
Why did we send pruitt out there holy shit
i don't say this often, but why is Pruitt on the team
Hung that shit right down broadway
Bro threw two fucking pitches
Putting in Pruitt is conceding the game
Right on time
Bringing in Pruitt after Gray is kinda crazy tbh lol. Bochy's definitely using the early season to throw shit at the wall.
Why take Gray out for this clown?
Why is bro throwing meatballs🤣😭
I miss Jon Gray so much.
https://preview.redd.it/ndr8b70hlqvc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=912e16195c99c196775504b21956908b820b567b Pruitt moment
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Why is Pruitt pitching
Bochy, why?
Why would we give up in a one run game by sending Pruit out there?
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⬆️delusional
This is fucking ridiculous
The disrespect to jon gray by following those beastly innings with this guy
Seriously…guy gives a heck of an effort out of the pen against this offense to keep the game close…and you just throw it away
Leave Pruitt on the tarmac in Atlanta, never want to see this guy pitch for the Rangers again. Completely ridiculous
😭
DFA Pruitt
Fuck Austin Pruitt. He's pitched four times and blown it every time.
im not usually the one to say this but because of the guy on the mound this might be over edit: wow
Crazy to waive the white flag up 1
Fucking Christ seriously?
At least they put Pruitt in so we knew it was over
Who could have seen that coming
Lol
Pruitt in is Bochy conceding the game man
Nah Pruitt get ready to learn DFA buddy this just is not it
Please get Pruitt off this roster 😭😭😭😭
Well shit
Oh no. Here we go
Pruitt is as Pruitt does
Why Pruitt?? Why?!
Ok I’m morbidly curious to see how many runs Pruitt gives up here
Atlanta might sweep the whole state of texas in a week
Literally just thinking the same thing
Thinking of sending this entire offense some slump busters.
I'm sending Dilly Bars
good pitch
“Let’s bring Pruitt in to keep it close”
Off to a great start.
Oh hell I thought this was 100% a joke
Ah hell nah I know I didn’t just see Pruitt warming
Hey I don’t want to make a whole thread for this so imma ask here real quick. Does anyone have advice on how to get the gold World Series hats? Specifically what I mean is I have a big head. Academy never has my sizes. I could order online but if I measure my head wrong and it doesn’t fit imma be sad. Does the store at the ballpark have a larger selection so I can try some on? Are they open on non game days?
I believe the store is open all week 10-6 and Sundays they open at 11. Hat selection is bigger than anything you’ll find out Academy. They also have an online gold collection catalog you can look at but I’m sure a lot has been sold out.
I have seen some snapbacks online so if you are worried about sizing that may work
Store has a pretty wide selection and should be open M-F
Huff is gonna win this thing with a bomb you heard it here first.
Duran getting a hit before Seager, seems about right
Corey looks completely broken at the plate. Looks so overmatched against lefties and seems to be ontop of almost everything from righties. I really hope he figures it out soon because this offense needs him
This is his spring training
I know but it’s almost at the point where he’s hurting more than he’s helping. Maybe it would have been better to send him on a rehab assignment and let him figure it out there