Tribe hosts Blue Jays, July 7-10 (Series Thread)

• Laley23

  

  Id use the other 4 in the pen before Perez. But I wouldnt make him last. Sipp, Perez, Smith, and Pestano...then Rage
• Footwedge

  From the Hills;826068 wrote:Was poor decisions by Acta. Why not let Masterson pitch another inning?

  
  This!!! Acta was smart in bringing in Masterson. This game could have gone several more innings. Keep Masterson on the game for at least 3 innings. Maybe Batista goes yard anyway. Who knows.
  
  Acta has misued this bullpen many times this season...and it is mind boggling. The strength of this team is the pen....yet....people like Smith have been really under used. Same with R. Perez and even Pastano. Someone needs to explain to me why Durbin has logged more innings than any other reliever.
  
  Play to win the game...even if you're down 3 or 4 runs. Comebacks of that size happen every day in baseball.
  
  Good relief pitchers log 80 to 100 innings a season. We don't have even one guy on a pace to log 70 innings.
• Footwedge

  TBone14;826090 wrote:How do you know Acta didn't tell him to pitch around him and Perez just ****ed up?
  
  No Asdrubal in the lineup today.

  Reporters asked Acta this question in the postgame conference and he said that he wanted Perez to go after Bautista.
• TBone14

  

  Tribe sending the goon squad against Brett Cecil. He has to be drooling at the rare opportunity for him to make a quality start.
• TBone14

  

  We gotta make this guy pay for 2 walks and a hit. Bases loaded. 1 out. DP opportunity in Sizemore at the dish.
• like_that

  

  Leave it to Strikemore to ruin a bases loaded opportunity.
• like_that

  

  Also, not sure if someone has mentioned this, but what is the word on Chizz?
• TBone14

  

  We can't. We suck. Anytime Austin Kearns is batting 6th in your lineup...you arn't very good. That guy couldn't buy a strike that inning and we let him off.
• iclfan2

  

  This team can't buy a hit with RISP.
• Laley23

  

  When will Sizemore be moved down in the line-up. To, like, 9th.
• vball10set

  IMO, Valbuena's a joke--he's an offensive liability and inconsistent defensively---why the hell is he even up here???
• TBone14

  

  Gamer. Carrasco needed a shutout today. We won't score many today.
• iclfan2

  

  Yea, well 5-0 isn't much of a shutout by CC. The Tribe is falling apart.
• BRF

  

  Pretty sucky effort today.
  
  We got one more AB to close out the suckiness.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Whelp, that ass whooping pretty much wiped out all the good they did against ny. Pitiful...
• BR1986FB

  Glad the All-Star break is here. These scrubs need the time off...
• iclfan2

  

  Kipnis hit a homer to leadoff the bottom of the 1st. So odds are, we will call him up and he will either suck or get injured.
• vball10set

  iclfan2;826581 wrote:Kipnis hit a homer to leadoff the bottom of the 1st. So odds are, we will call him up and he will either suck or get injured.

  
  he's got to be better than fucking Valbuena
• iclfan2

  

  Ha, btw I meant bottom of first of the futures game that was on today. He IS better than Valbueno, but Acta said he doesn't want to bring him up and have him sit the bench.
• Footwedge

  Time to pull the plug on Sizemore. Give Head a chance. At the very least play Head against lefties.