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L K said:Gibbons is terrible. Stroman 6.2IP 2 hits, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts
Stroman gets the first two batters out in the 6th on a flyout and an infield groundout. Jose Abreu hits a double to Colby Rasmus. Pitching coach comes to the mound. Stroman pitches carefully around Adam Dunn and walks him. Runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 out and he's sitting on 96 pitches. Gibbons pulls him. McGowan gives up a 3-run homerun on the 1st pitch.
Danny Viciedo hit the home run. He was 0/2 with a strikeout against Stroman on the day.
L K said:Danny Viciedo hit the home run. He was 0/2 with a strikeout against Stroman on the day.
The only thing I know about strategy is that everything the manager does is crap. Unless it works, in which case he's a button pusher.
Potvin29 said:L K said:Danny Viciedo hit the home run. He was 0/2 with a strikeout against Stroman on the day.
Alexei Ramirez was 0/2 against Dickey and hit the game-winning 2-run HR off of him last night. Gibbons was criticized for leaving him in too long, now too short. It seems to me to be the type of thing that is tough for me to criticize the manager too much on because if you look at those two scenarios - he's wrong the first night if he does what you say he should have done today based on the preceding at-bats, but if he leaves Stroman in and a hit comes he'd obviously be criticized for leaving a pitcher in too long for the 2nd straight night.
TML fan said:I don't care that he pulled Stroman. Personally. I wouldn't have done it, but what bugged me was the decision to pitch around Dunn. You intentionally brought the go ahead run to the plate. That's just stupid.
Andy007 said:TML fan said:I don't care that he pulled Stroman. Personally. I wouldn't have done it, but what bugged me was the decision to pitch around Dunn. You intentionally brought the go ahead run to the plate. That's just stupid.
And while Dunn is having a pretty good year (800+ ops), he isn't exactly a feared player at this stage in his career. .237 avg and 12 home runs after last night's game.
bustaheims said:The Jays have signed both their 1st round picks to at-slot deals.
Frank E said:What does "at-slot" mean Busta?
bustaheims said:Frank E said:What does "at-slot" mean Busta?
Picks in the first 10 rounds of the MLB draft are allocated "slot" amounts that, when added together, make up the team's draft signing allowance. If you sign guys under slot, you can sign some others for more. If you fail to sign a guy, you lose the entire amount. You can go up to just under 5% over your total signing allowance without anything more than a financial penalty. Once you exceed 5%, you start sacrificing draft picks.
Frank E said:Got it. So basically they signed for their maximum penalty-free allowance?
bustaheims said:Frank E said:Got it. So basically they signed for their maximum penalty-free allowance?
Sort of, yeah. You can go significantly over on individuals as long as you don't hit 5% over in total. They signed deals that maxed out their value without taking away room for the team to use on other deals.