by joethejet » Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:42 am
Well, we lost two more one runners before getting blown out in the last game. HUGE change in the standing. This set up is just not a good team. I guess. I think it does have something to do with the park, but this is ridiculous. No way this team in this league should be this far out of it. It's just not that bad a team.
Game one, lose becuae Tulo is hurt and my 4e32 SS makes a single and an error i nthe top of th 9th. Oh, and great hitters like AJ pierzynski and Upton (v rhp) get hits and we lose in 14 innings. Oh, did I meantion he started a .50 SP against us? And, got 5 shutout innings from Randy Johnson?
Game 2, Tomko out pitches Josh Johnson! Give me a break. That team just isn't very good period. We get beat by 2 1-7 BPHR rolls. That's three games of 4 that we lost on 1-7 rolls. But, it's because our team sucks I guess.
Game 3 we get blwon because Sanchez is a MUCH better pitcher than Beckett who can't get out of the second inning. Oh, did I mention another 1-7 BPHR got rolled against us? And that we didn't roll any BPHRs despite having a fair amount?
We've fallen 15 games off the pace after closign to 4 games of .500 due to a series of close losses. Yeah, but it's because this team just isn't very good.
I don't know, maybe you're right Beckett should have a 5.00 ERA and Correia and Lannan should be 4.80+, Sanches should be 4.20 with 5 blow saves and five losses. Lyon should be 3.65 with a 277 average v RHB.
I guess Teixera, Gonzales, Hudson, Either and Rios should all be below .250 and Kennedy, Kapler (total platton) and Tulo should be around 260 in a HIGH singles park. Maybe that should be expected. I'm thinking NO, but I guess I"m wrong.
The thing that has just KILLED us is the SPs. they've been brutal and the offense, despite the park, just hasn't had the average to pick up the difference.
You're right, this is essentially the same team as last time and it sucks again so I guess I'm wrong. I really don't think so, I'd LOVE for someone to tell me why this team is this bad. We're 12-17 in one run games. Horrible.
Had we won those five one run games instead of losing them, we'd be seven back instead of 15. Basically, barring a HUGE hot streak, we're toast. Almost entirely due to this streak.
Just the way it is I guess.
Jet