Astros vs Nats
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Cole was rocked because earlier tonight he was given the Fullabaloni kiss of death...
I'm pulling for the 'Nats hard, especially after this wild story about the Astros' assistant GM.
Yeah, definitely want to see the Nats win. However, I got no extra joy or schadenfreude from Cole getting rocked last night. Anything to make Pirates management look even worse, even more embarrassing the better to me!
I love how Huntington talked about the Pirates having the “core” building blocks in place to build a contender. Reynolds and Newman are not “core” players. They are complimentary pieces. Through June you could have argued that Bell was a core player. But not after his last half season of performance. The Pirates have no “core” pitchers.
We have seen a lot of young core players in these postseason games: Soto, Bellinger, Acuna, Flaherty, the list goes on. The Pirates have nothing remotely close to that kind of talent.
It also is telling that baseball people talk openly about how much Cole has improved since he left the Pirates. He has become dominant because he no longer pitches to “soft contact” with the goal being to get a ground ball within three pitches. Now, he pitches for swings and misses. Charlie Morton has publicly said getting away from the “Pirate way” was the key to his transformation into a successful pitcher. The Rays have talked about how hard they have worked with Austin Meadows to get his natural power swing back after the Pirates spent so much time having him get away from his natural uppercut swing. I assume they also have spent lots of time working with Tyler Glasnow to change almost everything the Pirates did with his delivery.
A lot of the Pirates problems fall at Nutting’s feet. But, a lot of them also are directly the result of Huntington’s “Pirate way” philosophy, which needs to be junked.
We have seen a lot of young core players in these postseason games: Soto, Bellinger, Acuna, Flaherty, the list goes on. The Pirates have nothing remotely close to that kind of talent.
It also is telling that baseball people talk openly about how much Cole has improved since he left the Pirates. He has become dominant because he no longer pitches to “soft contact” with the goal being to get a ground ball within three pitches. Now, he pitches for swings and misses. Charlie Morton has publicly said getting away from the “Pirate way” was the key to his transformation into a successful pitcher. The Rays have talked about how hard they have worked with Austin Meadows to get his natural power swing back after the Pirates spent so much time having him get away from his natural uppercut swing. I assume they also have spent lots of time working with Tyler Glasnow to change almost everything the Pirates did with his delivery.
A lot of the Pirates problems fall at Nutting’s feet. But, a lot of them also are directly the result of Huntington’s “Pirate way” philosophy, which needs to be junked.
Good points. The off season change has to be far reaching. That includes their entire minor league system. They have to get people down there who can teach basic baseball fundamentals. Too many players at the major league level make mistakes that high school kids shouldn't make. base running errors. Throwing to the wrong base. Not knowing how to slide so as to give the fielder the hardest target to tag.
Sorry didn't see this before I made my post. Yes they did but they got their payback moments latter.
It was never tied up. The Nats went from a 2-1 deficit to a 3-2 lead on one swing of the bat.
I'm glad they didn't, but he was still in complete control. No reason to take him out. There is no next game till next year. Go for it.
Talk about over thinking it. Taking Grienke out. Not using Cole.
But here is something I haven't heard anyone mention. The Washington Nats lost their best player, the most expensive free agent in history....and won the World Series.
Outside of pitching, and oh is Garrit Cole going to break the bank, why would any franchise pay $300 million for a position player again?
But here is something I haven't heard anyone mention. The Washington Nats lost their best player, the most expensive free agent in history....and won the World Series.
Outside of pitching, and oh is Garrit Cole going to break the bank, why would any franchise pay $300 million for a position player again?
One of the major reasons why I was rooting for the Nationals is because they lost Harper.
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