DavidGee24 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:57 pm
Another loss in a close game. Tell you what, I'll take this offense next year and we just need to find a way to bolster the pitching, that's been the difference between victory and defeat in these close ones.
And Altavilla's 2.61 ERA didn't mean much. Look at Festa today, pitched like crap and zero effect to his ERA. Altavilla has been a train wreck until today.
And Rosscup was horrible.
Altavilla had 25 K's and 3 BB's pitching in 16 innings in AA... He had a mind boggling .612 WHIP. It's all about control for him and I think they prematurely sent him down after one bad outing in Japan... Hopefully his command issues at the MLB level were just nerves and are over. Because he's got the stuff to be dominant.
Rosscup is better that a lot of guys we've been trotting out there. While I know ERA isn't the main indicator of performance... it's certainly a decent one. All I know is his 3.21 ERA looks a hell of a lot better than Biddle's who they DFA'd after trading for him... and certainly better than Elias of late from the left side.
Our bullpen has quality arms... Altavilla, Adams, Bass, Sadzeck, Brennan, Strickland, Elias are some quality, power arms that if they ever learn to collectively pull their heads out of their asses... man. Every one of these guys can hit 96... some 96-100... they just always seem to have one pitch they'd like to get back.