Hmmm Braun is an option here, you lose defense from Gomez, but only for 1 inning. It feels odd to leave Braun on the bench the whole game if he was available
Yo is tired and missing his spots edit: not on that last pitch to Byrd. He beared down nicely there after getting away with the hanger to Soto and that second pitch to Byrd
pretty pathetic throw from Morgan, cant even get it to 2nd on a line with enough time to get behind the throw. Did anyone notice Gonzo faking the throw back to Yo and hiding the ball hoping Barney would wander off the base
Gomez did not hit the ball well his first AB, it was a soft liner that the 2B had to run in to catch. BA is acting like it was a sharp tough luck line drive right at a fielder
Since when does Braun not face better righties? You dont bench Braun in order to get some other guys at bats. Why doesn't Morgan play CF, Aoki RF and Braun LF???? We are basically playing Carlos Gomez over Ryan Braun today.
We can argue about the technical definition of a technicality, but the main point is that the average fans thinks Braun had a high test result but was not suspended NOT because he proved the test was incorrect, but because he proved there was a chain of custody problem. ESPN called it a technicality and based on Braun's press conference he said nothing to indicate his innocence had anything to do with anything besides the chain of custody which added to the problem. People are too dumb and too eager to just believe whatever ESPN says to actually think about how a chain of custody problem could lead to a false positive test. Most people think that Braun's sample was never tainted or altered at all and the only reason he got off is because the collector did everything correctly just not the "official" way. That is a technicality and if it is actually what happened Braun should be booed. The problem is that Braun has never said anything definitive to counter this line of thought. We should work up a concise explanation as a retort to drunken idiot fans that will be harassing us at away games this season.
They'll be fine, anytime there is a save situation I don't mind using them. Axford had 48 save chances but 73 innings last year, they aren't going to have 50 save situations by July. 3-2, if we win 3 out of every 5 games we'll end up with 97