adambr2
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A loss for a division opponent only matters if that opponent is any threat to finish ahead of you in the standings. The Reds should not be any such threat.
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I think the MLB rules state that each division winner will be a part of the playoffs come October and thus games played against them carry more weight than non division foes. What if I told you that if we win the most games of anyone in our division, regardless of who they are against, we will be said division winner?
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Everyone seems to be very concerned with making sure other divisional opponents lose. In May it was the Cardinals. In June it was the Cubs. Now it's the Reds. Maybe we should just try to win as many games as we can and let the other 4 teams sort themselves out.
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Man, you are beating this horse to a pulp. The rationale behind limiting Hader to 3 outs has been said to let him affect as many games as possible. Stretching him out for longer outings will obviously make him available in less games. I wanted Burnes to work out of it in the 6th today, but it's not like Devin was a terrible option to get 1 out. They also couldn't have used Hader in the 8th of Game 1 today because they PH for him in the top of the 8th, and they needed to to grab the lead.
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The way baseball is played these days, a rate of 1 strikeout per inning is relatively low for a relief pitcher. And a runner on second with nobody out is a situation in which a strikeout has much greater value than it does with the bases empty. So who was the obvious better option that strikes out way more people? My choice would have been Cousins, but Boxberger does as well and he was mentioned. Burning Williams to get one out in the 6th rather than letting Burnes finish it as I said I preferred at the time also came back to burn Counsell. Williams would have been the obvious choice for the 8th.
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Yeah I think it’s going to hold him back a bit but probably still gets enough votes for manager of the year. It’ll be a slimmer victory though I bet as more and more see how truly awful he is. Considering our injuries, offense, and roster churn he was given you look at our record and conclude the manager is 'awful'. The fact they're in the spot they are is basically shocking. Every year they've been above expectations and win more games than they should have, yet we still can't get consensus the manager is good. I know people enjoy complaining and being negative, but calling Counsel an awful manager is just a flat our terrible opinion. Dude you're a veteran poster, you know that guy is sarcastic on just about every single post.
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I think Counsell is a fine manager. Most managers are basically the same anyway and a really good one will probably win you 4 or 5 extra games and a really bad one will probably lose you 4 or 5 games and most are in that range between the two. I would guess their biggest job is managing egos and personalities. I agree with Counsell on most things. If there's one area I strongly disagree with a lot of his decisions, it's his extra inning bullpen management. Just doesn't seem like he's adapted his thinking for the man at 2nd rule at all. It hasn't come back to bite him often. Today, it did.
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Man this one stings. Had a chance to get DeGrom and we blew it. Hope we can split today and not let this recent bump tailspin into a losing streak.
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Was he ...aware that a runner was starting on 2nd? Bad decision, worse explanation.
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I think it has gotten to the point where I always just assume you are sarcastic.
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There's nothing wrong with questioning the decision to go with Suter in the 8th. Plenty of folks didn't like it before the fact and there's reason to second guess that one.
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Hader is used as a 1 inning guy in the interests of longevity. And they would have had to let him hit in the 8th just to get him back out there in which case we wouldn't have had a lead to protect.
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I mean, Counsell is aware that we have other strikeout pitchers in our pen besides Hader and Williams, right? What a befuddling choice. There's a time and place for Suter. A 1 run lead with a man on 2nd in a sudden death situation ain't it.
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Bet that tie looks pretty good now. Suter was such an awful choice by Counsell for this inning.
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I’m hoping that Suter can get out of the 8th with a tie.
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Um, we have a lead... I think he's not that optimistic that it's going to stay that way.
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Suter is probably the last guy in the pen I would go to now. Hope it works out.
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Darn it Willy. I think he would have walked you too if you had shown a little more patience.
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Diaz is an idiot if he's that upset about the zone. His pitches are missing by plenty.
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Thanks for nothing, Rowdy. We're probably screwed if we can't get the guy from 2nd in.
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This really sucks. Not only did we waste a gem against DeGrom but burned both Devin and Hader in Game 1 of a double-header. Hopefully we can still find a way to pull this out.
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Anddd we jinxed Hader with all that talk.
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I agree, though my personal preference there would have been to trust Burnes and let him try to get that last out. But it worked out.
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Hader was great in the role he had in 2018. He didn't really like the role, though. So the Brewers adjusted his role to keep one of their most valuable players happy. I not real sure why that is so tough to get. Hader wanted to be a traditional closer. He's now the best one in the game. It's OK Not that he wasn't great in '18, but he's somehow been even far better in this role. So even more than just happy, pitching in a role he's more comfortable in has greatly improved his performance.
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I think we have to accept that they aren't using Hader for 4 outs at all at this point of the season