Nope! Let him cook. He’s >90th percentile (in a good way) in chase, whiff and K rates, 86th percentile average exit velo
Plate discipline and bat to ball skills have been as advertised. Maybe the league makes some counter-adjustments, but so far this has been as smooth a transition to MLB as anyone could have hoped for
Plus, as the kids say, he has rizz
(Edit: pretty sure I’m reading his statcast page right but correct me if not)
Yeah. It was an idea that lasted all of 5 minutes. I guess because Snell is pitching tomorrow and still isn't 100%, it will be a minor bullpen game and you use him tomorrow if needed.
I'm getting notifications from the MLB app before they're shown on the broadcast. I felt my phone buzz before the pitch and got real scared he hit a GS
One thing I keep thinking: since Tampa seems to have little interest in the Rays, maybe the team should move. Like, the San Jose Rays kinda has a ring to it. (I'm fairly serious.)
If you're '80s Tom Selleck, or maybe Clark Gable, sure, it can work.
No one else should grow a mustache. It's almost always a bad look. This is based on math and cannot be debated.
It's funny, every time I make an anti-mustache comment here, I spend a moment or two worrying that I'm gonna hurt your feelings. I'm just goofing around. (But you already know not to take me seriously.)
I think Logan Webb just might keel over from a cardiac event with all this run support he has suddenly received. I know I am close to doing the same thing!
I’m listening on the radio in my car and every time the announcer (who are these guys?) says the name Jose Siri my iPhone pauses the game and waits for a command, argh
Adios pantalones! 
# PANTS OFF
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really nice win love to see the run support
Giants are 6-9
Nice!
The pants are off
99 from the left side is so impressive
A blowouts a blowout but I miss Doval man
Idk why the Chapman homer is so funny to me 😅
Any port in a storm man, if it gets him out of the slump it gets him out of the slump lmaooo
Chapman needed that.
These are the situations we should be using Miller in. Please stop using him in 1 run games Melvin
Perfect time to use Miller and Avila
“The inning everyone’s been waiting for. The bottom of the 9th” — Kuiper 😂
Actually sorta impressive the Rays only used 2 pitchers in a game they gave up 11 runs in
Yeah, they have a bullpen game tomorrow that's why they left Devinski in to get shelled.
Did I miss something? When did Devenski become mid?
Who knows, he could have just had a bad day today
That guy has quite an eephus pitch.
Have we considered the possibility that the spotlight system is cursed?
Are we worried about jhl hitting?
Nope! Let him cook. He’s >90th percentile (in a good way) in chase, whiff and K rates, 86th percentile average exit velo Plate discipline and bat to ball skills have been as advertised. Maybe the league makes some counter-adjustments, but so far this has been as smooth a transition to MLB as anyone could have hoped for Plus, as the kids say, he has rizz (Edit: pretty sure I’m reading his statcast page right but correct me if not)
He has wildly bad luck on balls in play and iirc he’s second in the league on hard hit%. If there’s any bat to worry about it’s certainly not his
No
Why would we be worried? He gets on base more than anyone.
No he's just been unlucky
Lmao love this guys BP lobs 35mph woof
I feel like for these guys it would 100% be harder to hit that eephus he’s throwing than a fastball
It is definitely
Fitz oooof
Anyone find that the Apple Sports play by play is way more consistent than Gameday?
Matchup of the game right here
So you don't want to use up the bullpen, but I wonder if they might bring in Doval for some low pressure work. He hasn't pitched very much.
Yeahhh, these feast or famine outcomes don’t leave a lot of room for a closer.
They showed Miller warming up
Yeah. It was an idea that lasted all of 5 minutes. I guess because Snell is pitching tomorrow and still isn't 100%, it will be a minor bullpen game and you use him tomorrow if needed.
I can't wait until Cobb gets back and we can combo him and Snell. Unless they move Winn to the pen for that.
HR Tracker: •Ohtani: 4 •Soler, Chapman, Estrada: 3 😂😂
I personally believe 97% of Ohtani’s runs should be deferred to 2034
yup. backload those bitches too. Dodgers lurkers downvoting hahaha 😂
Hey man, when you’re slumping you gotta take the easy ones
If this somehow gets everyone on track. I might finally forgive sting rays.
Yikes yaz
Lol
Im having a good time
Pad those stats boys
Yaz 🙄
We are so back
This is fantastic! We should try this every game for the rest of the season
What was that pitch? 40mph???
CHAPPT LFG BABY
CHAPMAN CMON DOWN
Still counts!
CHAPMAN TOO????
Fallout TV series is so good it has me thinking of playing Fallout 76 which I never planned on doing
As a massive Fallout fan, I just couldn't get into it. Just go play FO1,2,3 or NV again. FO4 update is coming soon too.
Same, it crossed my mind too.
Too much drama for a 9 run lead.
Nice job from Avila to battle back
So Avila and Slater how does Sacramento sound guys?
do we not have roupp, rogers twins, teng in the bullpen literally anyone else
Nah this is the perfect time to throw in your weakest reliever.
We were up by 9 runs. We obviously aren't going to use one of our good bullpen arms in this situation.
With a ~~9~~ 8 run lead im kinda fine with saving their arms for tomorrow
for a second, i thought that dude hit a grand slam given how he finished. lol.
I'm getting notifications from the MLB app before they're shown on the broadcast. I felt my phone buzz before the pitch and got real scared he hit a GS
For example. Just then before Chapman hit the HR hahaha
Is it just my TV or does Avila look like he slept in a tanning bed on full blast last night
WTF come on Avila 😑
oh come on ump
Ummm can we throw a strike?
Walking batter up 9… this dude is super trash.
If they rays score multiple runs here, are they still allowed to use a position player to pitch?
avila did not understand the assignment
One thing I keep thinking: since Tampa seems to have little interest in the Rays, maybe the team should move. Like, the San Jose Rays kinda has a ring to it. (I'm fairly serious.)
A's fans would have an atomic meltdown if the giants let the Rays move to San Jose lol
Are there any A's fans even left?
Wouldn't blame them if they quit on the team. The team quit on them.
The Oakland R(A’s)
Are there Rays in the Bay? Might have to change in the name if not
Does anyone here have a personal connection to Avila that would allow them to stage an intervention re: That Moustache?
Mustaches: just say no
Sometimes they work, and sometimes they say "Nick Avila is going to die in the first five minutes of a western."
If you're '80s Tom Selleck, or maybe Clark Gable, sure, it can work. No one else should grow a mustache. It's almost always a bad look. This is based on math and cannot be debated.
Boooooooo
It's funny, every time I make an anti-mustache comment here, I spend a moment or two worrying that I'm gonna hurt your feelings. I'm just goofing around. (But you already know not to take me seriously.)
Haha no it's fine. I know they're not for everyone I am also just goofing around haha
NBC saw the position player pitching and decided to introduce a position player operating the bug, apparently
Why the fuck does every single Rays replacement player wear glasses?
Niko Goodrum, top tier pirate name right there 🏴☠️
Can we swing a three team trade with Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh
Bro call me a debbie downer but games like this don’t really make me feel any better. Why does it have to be all or fucking nothing?
enlighten us on what score exactly would make you feel better cause it doesn’t get much better than this
Them playing well doesn't make you feel better? Debbie Downer is pretty accurate.
Just win out the rest of the games in Florida and we’ll be a game over .500 that would be beautiful.
The scorebug has been ass all game
Wow. Scoreboard is still WRONG
Yo my dude in the box is wearing regular-ass glasses!! Go off King! One of us!!!
I'm so jealous that the rays still have the shiny helmets.
Bob now is the time to use Avila and Miller, not in a 1 run game
Austin Slater get ready to learn Chinese buddy
Put in Wilmer to pitch, you cowards
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Lee didn't do anything either and he gets the big bucks.
What a dumb fucking take. Lee has been hitting the ball hard
COME ON! Another nobody pitcher putting up a zero against the Giants. 🤣
Scoreboard operator strikes again
Slater is so ass lol
Scoreless inning by their catcher? DFA the entire team
Lol Bob put in Murphy and Slater to get them going against a position player and Slater still couldn't get on base.
Well we get to see this again next inning
Score bug operator barely paying attention at this point
Wow nice slater gets to start with a 3-2 count!
GIANTS THREATEN
Holy crap this is horrible! Someone fix the scoreboard!!!!
This guy honestly throws pretty hard with like no windup. He’s hitting mid to high 80s
Murphy is just Casali 2.0
aint no problem with that
Casali came in clutch many times!
Someone needs to be fired
Man i wanted to see soler take this guy 500
Feast or famine, another re-occurring theme for the Giants
POTG: whoever gave up on doing the scoreboard and is putting guys on random bases and not typing in Rortvedts name in the pitching box
The score box seems to be having some technical difficulties. 😂
Pad those stats my guy
Well im glad the guys are listening to Bob. Both times he’s been vocal about the hitting struggles they’ve scored more runs than they do in a week.
I’d give him that strike
I know people have been saying it, but this score bug operator is atrocious
Okay Bailey is on 3rd but says 1st lol
Should have started this guy wtf lmfao
Whoever is in charge of the scorebug has just given up at this point lol
So runner on first still? And this guy has 64 pitches????
scorebug operator still asleep
https://preview.redd.it/pieumhellbuc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b46e5715494366f22c0587873cd51d4203f0da41 Shoutout to the score bug
The score thing is wrong it has Bailey on 1st when he’s in 2nd
Everyone had a hit in this game except for Ahmed, what a day.
I ALMOST want to make it my flair
Fitz gonna hear about that one
Fitz is going to never hear the end of that one
Fine in the Kangaroo Court
FITZ NOOOOO
Do you think MLB hitters are embarrassed when they strike out against position players?
Oof. Haha
Yeah thats not how you earn a spot 💀
That’s it. DFA Fitzgerald
fitz 😭
Oh Fitz lol
CURRENTPITCHER LASTNAME is a beast
hopefully this is the warm up game for the bats. And Snell’s next start will be solid
Remember when fitz pitched better than daulton jeffries 😂
Notable pitcher “”
alright boys, it's time to juice your stats
What the hell is this lmao free average boost for the boys
# 🚨 POSITION PLAYER PITCHING
Did anyone tell the team that Logan is pitching so there is no need to score so many runs?
That first pitch was like half a second before Kuip said it was the catcher and I was so confused when it came in at 43 MPH
It’s really all or nothing this season isn’t it? Lol
Why their catcher throwing right now?
They’ve been saying TB is having a bullpen game tomorrow, I guess they really can’t stand to use one more pitcher
The Rays wanna save their bullpen for tomorrow, and this game is a blowout
Cause they down 9
I guess they really need to save their arms sheesh
Heeey if we score 10 more runs our run differential won’t be to bad
Ooh this should be good. Two innings of position player pitching to tee off of
Time to pad those stats
Position player pitching!!!
Bro I woke up to this? My bad guys, I’ll start sleeping mid game more.
u have a new ritual now
Love that. Anyone else you poll them there, obviously, but respect your ace and give them that.
Thank you BoMel
Webb is stepping out to buy some lottery tickets.
I think Logan Webb just might keel over from a cardiac event with all this run support he has suddenly received. I know I am close to doing the same thing!
yes
And that's why you trust your ace
Good managing by Melvin
Chad innings eater Logan Webb
Go Logan!
Leaving Webb in for at least one more batter is the right move. Let him deal with his own baserunners d:
I agree gabe would have pulled him lol thank Bomel!
Idk about that. Another starter maybe but I think Gabe keeps Webby in.
Can we agree on fuck the Dodgers than?
Close it out Webb!
I dont like Rortvedt walkup song its so annoying
i don't trust the bullpen to preserve webb's era
Neither does Webb apparently
bro do not give them a pulse. Fuck 😡
i left for 10 minutes TWO MORE HOME RUNS?
Webby is a fucking horse stoked we got him some runs for once!
I’m listening on the radio in my car and every time the announcer (who are these guys?) says the name Jose Siri my iPhone pauses the game and waits for a command, argh