Royals at the Tribe

• fiction

  

  asdrubal back in the lineup tonight at dh
• hoops23

  

  I totally forgot that Jose Lopez was a former all star.
• vball10set

  hoops23;1184132 wrote:I totally forgot that Jose Lopez was a former all star.

  What's worse than that---I had no idea!!!
• Mulva

  

  Lopez has a career OBP of <.300 and a career OPS of <.700. Those are both real bad.
  
  He's definitely not a bad backup though. He has nice range at 3rd.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  The umpires blow another call at second. It's nice catching a break once in a while.
• hoops23

  

  Fucking Masterson serving up two run homers and shit...
• wes_mantooth

  

  hoops23;1184176 wrote:Fucking Masterson serving up two run homers and shit...

  
  Yeah, def looks like last year was a fluke.
• hoops23

  

  Bases juiced with 0 outs.
  
  Will Smith not so fresh right now.
• hoops23

  

  First 4 reach, bases still loaded.
  
  Jose Lopez RBI single.
• TBone14

  

  Just turned it on.
  
  5-2? What the hell is going on?
• wes_mantooth

  

  Masterson sucks....that pretty much sums it up
• KR1245

  

  well this sucks
• hoops23

  

  Masterson. Wow. Buster Olney just tweeted that Masterson's command issues reminds him of another former dominant sinker Baller. Fausto... Er... Robert Hernandez.
• Mulva

  

  Masterson has definitely reverted back to 2009/2010 form.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  It's not a good sign when we can't even beat the Royals.
• HitsRus

  

  No other way to put it.,..Masterson was terrible. You know who else sucks?.....maybe even worse than Marson? (if that's possible)...Carlin...He couldn't handle Masterson's slider worth sh##. Terrible technique. trying to backhand balls instead of sliding his body out to block the pitch in the dirt. SMH. Half the team out there was at AAA (or lower) a month ago. Nice that Diaz got his cup of coffee....now send him back down and bring back Jason Donald.
• grodt

  

  He's going back down, but a reliever is coming up.
• HitsRus

  

  ^^^^so's my dinner.
  
  
  and with the loss and the ChiSox win...we are in second place.
  
  
  It's the end of May, the batting average is sinking, and Travis Hafner is hurt....who'd a thunk it?
• vball10set

  I thought we'd start to slide after the all-star break (ala 2011), but I was wrong...it's gonna' be a loooong season
• TBone14

  

  Really need to get Santana back in the lineup.
• fiction

  

  indians placed hafner on the 15 day DL and called up P scott barnes
• like_that

  

  fiction;1184525 wrote:indians placed hafner on the 15 day DL and called up P scott barnes

  What a joke, how can you be so fucking fragile playing baseball? What a huge dissapointement his career has been. Can't wait for Strikemore to come in and save the season :rolleyes:.
• BR1986FB

  SMH...Halfyear....:thumbdown:
• Wooball

  

  Is it just me, or is Masterson's velocity down considerably from last year? He seems to be sitting about 91-92 mph on that sinker this year. Thought he was closer to 95-96 last year. His biggest problem is he can't get lefties out again, which was his problem 2 years ago. Throwing that 91-92 mph sinker to lefties you better have great command. Throwing a 95-96 mph sinker gives him much more room for error.
• grodt

  

  Last year his fastball averaged 94.18 and the sinker 92.7. This year, so far, he's at 91.91 and 90.36