OnlyBucs

Another weak hit for Craig. At least he's getting hits. I haven't seen anyone have so much success hitting the ball so weakly since Chris Stewart in 2014-15. He kept it up for 2 years.

Vargas is batting a solid .138

716A67666F636C020 wrote: Vargas is batting a solid .138
You're giving him too much credit. Now he's at .125.

Looking on the bright side of life --- Brubaker didn't walk anyone.



But, moving to the darkside --- The Braves have 7 runs on 7 hits in 5+ innings off of him.

Stallings, Gonzalez and Polanco in the top of the ninth. Sounds like the start of a 6 run rally to me.

But old friend doesn't let it happen and shuts down the mighty Pirate bats 1,2, 3 in the 9th.

The Bucs would go 162-0 if they played by shedman's rules.  You know, make them up as you go along so he can trash BC any chance he gets!   ;D ;D ;D  I think I stay interested in the Bucs just to see how many ways shedman can bash BC!   :D



P.S. Shedman you get one free, yes I said free, wise crack at me now!

Bucs now on pace for 63 wins. Holmes, Crick and Underwood did the job today.

E-Gon with another walk, just needs two more to tie his career high.

4D6B6A7D6B7B080 wrote: Bucs now on pace for 63 wins.  Holmes, Crick and Underwood did the job today.

E-Gon with another walk, just needs two more to tie his career high.


The team was one game over .500 on April 27.  Their record was 12-11.  Since then, they've gone 6-16, a .273 pace.  If they continue to play at that pace over the final 117 games, they'll win just 32 more times for a final record of 50-112. 



The question is, which team are they?  The one that played winning baseball over the first 23 or the one that's played really badly over the past 22?  If the roster, and the one in Indy, had young, upcoming players, I'd say they could play closer to how they did over that first three weeks.  But this roster is just awful, and there's no help arriving soon from Triple A. 



In addition, the team's best players are likely to be dealt away by the Deadline.  So is it a stretch to think that they may only win 10-15 games over the final two months?



I think I predicted 54 wins prior to the season. After watching these last three weeks, I'm hard pressed to see them winning that many.

702630242B31212A273002252F232B2E6C21420 wrote: Bucs now on pace for 63 wins.  Holmes, Crick and Underwood did the job today.

E-Gon with another walk, just needs two more to tie his career high.


The team was one game over .500 on April 27.  Their record was 12-11.  Since then, they've gone 6-16, a .273 pace.  If they continue to play at that pace over the final 117 games, they'll win just 32 more times for a final record of 50-112. 



The question is, which team are they?  The one that played winning baseball over the first 23 or the one that's played really badly over the past 22?  If the roster, and the one in Indy, had young, upcoming players, I'd say they could play closer to how they did over that first three weeks.  But this roster is just awful, and there's no help arriving soon from Triple A. 



In addition, the team's best players are likely to be dealt away by the Deadline.  So is it a stretch to think that they may only win 10-15 games over the final two months?



I think I predicted 54 wins prior to the season.  After watching these last three weeks, I'm hard pressed to see them winning that many.


I think when we saw the roster we expected the team to perform just like they have in the 6-16 (now 6-17) stretch. The 12-11 start was inexplicable and not likely a fair representation of their ability. It will help to get Hayes back but they still have no starting pitching and 2/3rds of a lineup that can't hit.