Official Game Thread - 8/21 - Bucs @ Rangers

[Surgnbuck]

Chapman getting the squeeze, what else is new for Pirates pitchers?

[Surgnbuck]

Count should be 2-2

[Surgnbuck]

should have been strike 3

[Surgnbuck]

he gets the call this time.......Grossman bitching to the ump....that was a strike, so was ball three

[Doc]

I echo the sentiments of Surge and Wildwood. Come September 1, there can be as many as five guys released. Tellez, Grandal, Joe, Bae, and Taylor should never suit up again. If a guy like Brandon Crawford, who’s had a really nice career, can be let go by the Cardinals, why can’t BC take the same action?

[Surgnbuck]

Semien strikes out looking and he's complaining....nothing but a strike dude

[Surgnbuck]

I echo the sentiments of Surge and Wildwood. Come September 1, there can be as many as five guys released. Tellez, Grandal, Joe, Bae, and Taylor should never suit up again. If a guy like Brandon Crawford, who’s had a really nice career, can be let go by the Cardinals, why can’t BC take the same action?

Doc, and it's the exact same situation

[Surgnbuck]

Chapman strikes out the side, punctuating with 102

The Pirates have squandered so many opportunities. Rangers again with only 3 hits. But the Pirates refuse to put a ball in play with runners on, except one time when it resulted in a rally killing, inning ending double play with the bases loaded.

[3pirates3]

https://x.com/CodifyBaseball/status/1826359720866971898

[Doc]

I echo the sentiments of Surge and Wildwood. Come September 1, there can be as many as five guys released. Tellez, Grandal, Joe, Bae, and Taylor should never suit up again. If a guy like Brandon Crawford, who’s had a really nice career, can be let go by the Cardinals, why can’t BC take the same action?

Doc, and it's the exact same situation

The one clear difference, Surge, is that the Cardinals’ priority is winning.