You think that is why we lost? One, Cyr did not have a good night at the plate. It was a defensive substitution. Dorian's only plate appearance he walked. You think Miami was planning on Walters blowing a lead in the bottom of the 9th?
That and we hit into 2 double plays late to kill 2 rallies.
I havent been able to watch outside of gamecast the last 3-4 games. Is his velo dropping? I know he was showing his breaking ball a bit more and it seemed like it was great for at least keeping guys even more honest. Have they abandoned that and just gone pure fastball again?
Last year the fastball lost velo and he started elevating it. Not to mention late in the season guys have seen it all and begin to feast on fastballs.
I remember last year his velo dropped a bit but it just didnt even have the same late life on it. Became a very hittable 94-95.
Prior to ligon injury and another guy going down this week I wanted Torres as a weekend starter. But now I don’t know how we do that unless we decide to roll the dice on unproven/not good guys on the back end.
The elevated strike has been taking over as the more effective location as opposed to the traditional “keep the ball down”. Hitters have changed their launch angles and thrown out that nonsense about “swinging down” on the ball. They’ve also gotten better at hitting low strike zone pitches. You’ll see MLB pitchers go high so much more now. No doubt it’s trickled down to the college ranks that feed the pro system.
Good to have both. Walters is still the man. His numbers are still great.
1-4 with a walk doesn’t constitute a bad night at the plate either lol
Commenting on a game you did not watch...lol. I did not say he had a bad night at the plate. He was not a difference maker at any point. He had an untimely error.
The error has nothing to do with his offense. When you are in a tie game, you need at least one run to win by anyone’s math. Cyr has been the best player on the team generating runs. You also implied he had a bad day at the plate, which he really didn’t, and then suggested it was a good move to put Dorian in who hasn’t shown the ability to get that much needed run all season. Backing that up is the mountain of sabermetric data showing the trade off for defense in lieu of offense in that situation isn’t a good idea, especially at 2nd base.
It’s borderline criminal. First time in a long time I haven’t followed religiously. The issue is he’s doing just well enough to keep his job at the moment.
