Singabull's Rays Rants - August 9 to August 15

[Singabull]

Zobrist or Barlett?  Are you kidding me?  Neither one can hit the ball out of the infield on the fly.  And Upton has 90 points of OBP on both of them.  That's like saying Brian Griese is a better quarterback than Bret Favre.

Until Crawford got hurt, though, I'd have put Crawford #1 and Aki in the 2 hole.

Zobrist and bartlett are hitting a lot better than bj right now.

[Bull Dozer]

Zobrist or Barlett?  Are you kidding me?  Neither one can hit the ball out of the infield on the fly.  And Upton has 90 points of OBP on both of them.  That's like saying Brian Griese is a better quarterback than Bret Favre.

Until Crawford got hurt, though, I'd have put Crawford #1 and Aki in the 2 hole.

Zobrist and bartlett are hitting a lot better than bj right now.

There's a thing called sample size, please learn about it. 

[Singabull]

offensive inconsistency continues.  So many guys in scoring position where a single would tie or take the lead.

At one point, a man on 1st and 3rd with no outs and they get nothing.  not good

[Apis Bull]

Where were you when they took 3 out of 4 from the Mariners?  I thought you were going to stop worrying about this team.

[Who'sYourData?]

Another game goes by without a hit from our two best hitters, Longoria and Crawford.  Neither one has had a hit in days.  And that Bartlett guy hasn't made a single play in the field, either.  What a bunch of slackers!

[Triple B]

50 pitches in 2 innings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On pace to get 4 innings in.

Ok kazmir lovers, defend him again somehow....

5 innings ... 2 hits ... 2 runs ... 2 bb ..... 6 K..... and then hand it over to our bullpen. I'll take that every time ..... only thing is I wouldn't have him pitching the first game of the playoffs unless he starts going deeper into games.

[Who'sYourData?]

50 pitches in 2 innings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On pace to get 4 innings in.

Ok kazmir lovers, defend him again somehow....

5 innings ... 2 hits ... 2 runs ... 2 bb ..... 6 K..... and then hand it over to our bullpen. I'll take that every time ..... only thing is I wouldn't have him pitching the first game of the playoffs unless he starts going deeper into games.

He isn't the Rays top pitcher right now, but he isn't exactly chopped liver either.

[Singabull]

50 pitches in 2 innings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On pace to get 4 innings in.

Ok kazmir lovers, defend him again somehow....

5 innings ... 2 hits ... 2 runs ... 2 bb ..... 6 K..... and then hand it over to our bullpen. I'll take that every time ..... only thing is I wouldn't have him pitching the first game of the playoffs unless he starts going deeper into games.

5 innings isn't ace material.  It would be ok if it happened every once in a while but 5 innings out of an "ace" is not good. 

[Triple B]

50 pitches in 2 innings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On pace to get 4 innings in.

Ok kazmir lovers, defend him again somehow....

5 innings ... 2 hits ... 2 runs ... 2 bb ..... 6 K..... and then hand it over to our bullpen. I'll take that every time ..... only thing is I wouldn't have him pitching the first game of the playoffs unless he starts going deeper into games.

5 innings isn't ace material.  It would be ok if it happened every once in a while but 5 innings out of an "ace" is not good. 

Where did I call him our "ace"?