7/16 game thread. Cole returns.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 9:06 pm

1. John Jaso (L) 1B

2. Starling Marte (R) LF

3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF

4. Jung Ho Kang (R) 3B

5. Sean Rodriguez (R) RF

6. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

7. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

8. Eric Fryer (R) C

9. Gerrit Cole (R) P

ArnoldRothstein · Post by **ArnoldRothstein** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 9:36 pm

Minors: Meadows still out at Indy. Diaz in the lineup at Altoona. Brault starting for Indy - game notes list Duncan, Glasnow, and Boscan for the next three days.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 9:44 pm

7F4C5051525A6C514A564D4A5B57503E0 wrote: Minors: Meadows still out at Indy. Diaz in the lineup at Altoona. Brault starting for Indy - game notes list Duncan, Glasnow, and Boscan for the next three days.

Good to see Diaz in the lineup in Altoona. Poor guy would have surely been with the Bucs if he hadn't got hurt.

ArnoldRothstein · Post by **ArnoldRothstein** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 9:46 pm

Looks like Bell has been sent down for Cole.

CarolinaBucco · Post by **CarolinaBucco** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 10:06 pm

I don't really understand what the Pirates are doing.

Glasnow ... He can help this team win. He's in Indy.

Bell ... He can help this team win. He's on his way to Indy.

Taillon ... He can help this team win. He says he feels great and refreshed. They haven't said what they're doing with him, but I think he can come off the DL tomorrow. He had better return to the rotation immediately, but who knows.

Brault ... All I know is he's better than Niese, but he's also back at Indy.

As it stands today, the Pirates are still very much in the WC race but the division race is starting to slip away again.

In my opinion they need to go with their best possible 25-man roster RIGHT NOW ... rather than fiddling around and doing whatever it is they are trying to do.

If they wait much longer, the division race will be over and the WC race will be a longshot.

The one decision they've made that I really liked was the demotion of Niese. That was a start. But this team needs its best pitchers inserted into the rotation, and its best players on the big league roster. That is not the case right now.

LumberCo · Post by **LumberCo** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:06 am

your not alone, don't get it either

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:06 am

They're getting ready to start the game.

rucker59@gmail.com · Post by **rucker59@gmail.com** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:43 am

Cole owes the defense behind him a very nice dinner. They save his rear-end or else the Pirates could be out of the game after the 1st.

rucker59@gmail.com · Post by **rucker59@gmail.com** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:57 am

Two doubles in the 2nd and the Cole Train is about ready to derail already.

Cole is very frustrating.

rucker59@gmail.com · Post by **rucker59@gmail.com** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 1:12 am

And he pitches a dominating 3rd.

He can be so dominating. But he's so often ordinary.