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They invented new ways to make errors!

I was about to say that the A's were mirror images of the Sox team last year.  Our guys must have had some comedy about that over on the bench.

Athletics looked horrible. 5 errors!?!? Yikes. Although once they pulled the starter, the runs weren't as easy to come by.

Two starters have gone 6 innings, it took until May for that to happen last year.  One turn through the rotation has the starters with 37Ks and 1BB.  Bailey has been preaching two things - throw strikes and don't rely on your fastball.  His philosophy is if you master the pitch you can throw it for strikes and if you make a mistake with a fastball it usually causes damage.  So far so good.  Then again, a team that makes 5 errors isn't a great test!

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JJ Bleday (L) CF
Zack Gelof (R) 2B
Seth Brown (L) LF
Brent Rooker (R) DH
Abraham Toro (S) 3B
Shea Langeliers (R) C
Lawrence Butler (L) RF
Darell Hernaiz (R) SS

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Quote from: elktonnick on March 31, 2024, 05:54:38 PM2 and 2 after 4 games in Seattle is better than I anticipated.  The starters have performed well so far.

Me too, quite surprised and yesterday was a nice win.  Starting pitching looks good.  Offense looks good with Devers in but Abreu has become a liability already.  Keep Devers healthy, keep Abreu out, stop resting guys in the first week of the season.

Our bullpen which was the best part of the team last year looks like they'll be a big problem.

Jansen was complaining about a sore back.  So we had no bullpen to go to. Great team makeup.

Four games in we could say that the starters are great, but I'd like to think we are getting a bump from Andrew Bailey and the analysts he put together in the off-season.  They have really finetuned our guys' techniques and how they approach batters this year.

2 and 2 after 4 games in Seattle is better than I anticipated.  The starters have performed well so far.