[quote="Moose" post=345633][quote="ron " post=345630][quote="bamafan" post=345616]Wow Aaron Freaking Boone leaves Green in to blow a 5-0 8th inning lead to trail 6-5 with men on base. Boone is terrible.[/quote]
Not as bad as his bullpen. Green needs to be limited to mop up duty until he straightens himself out. This is the second year he has not been reliable.[/quote]
Green was fine last year. Obviously not like he was 2 years ago.
Bullpen arms have short life spans and I think he might be following the likes of Proctor, Sturtze etc...[/quote]
Never been a big fan of Green or Kahnele (even though the latter is off to a good start).
I'll give Ottovino a pass for yesterday, since it was his first really poor outing, and I'm not sure he was properly warmed up.
Britton needs to be better (he was yesterday). I was a fan of both trading for him, and bringing him back, but the truth of the matter may be that the injury he suffered, zapped him of his ability.
In general, I think the word on how to hit this bullpen is out: Don't look for specific pitches, just look for strikes, and swing at the first one you get. It took 18 pitches to go from 5-0 to 6-5 yesterday, so you have to believe the Royals were on to something. I felt the same way in the Houston series.
That being said, they showed great character to come back and win it, after blowing the lead. This team, at least the one they are putting out on the field now, is never going to win any style points, but that does not matter.
Never thought I'd say this, but thanks to Boston for sweeping Tampa this weekend. That put us right back in the thick of the AL East race.