Dropped one to the Pirates tonight. 5 consecutive L's.
It was interesting listening to Cody Decker on WSCR yesterday afternoon talk about this. He and Mercedes have similar stories, putting up consistent, solid numbers at every level of the minors and then never really being given a full shot in the Majors.Yermin Mercedes, who was recently demoted to Triple A, wrote in an Instagram post tonight that he is "stepping aside" from baseball indefinitely while also apologizing to the team for "not accepting some of their decisions."
If only he had hit 4...Have a game, Seby Zavala. Hit his first 3 homers of his career tonight.
The bad news is that the Sox lost 12-11.
Maybe I’m in the minority here - but why exactly? What message would they be sending and what did the catcher do wrong? I have watched this replay a bunch and can’t seem to figure out what the issue isWouldn't mind seeing C's catcher getting plunked in ribs today....sends a message to the right person and league IMO. Of course the way things go the umps will give a warning pre game and would eject our pitcher. Maybe Sunday would be better.
He kept calling up and in pitches with a guy who didn't have control that day. It's asking for someone to get drilled. Then when Abreu got hit in the shoulder he was doing again. That is where everyone is trying to be Abreu out but if they can't control their fast ball it gets dangerous real quick. TLR had an interview where he discussed this before the game on Saturday.Maybe I’m in the minority here - but why exactly? What message would they be sending and what did the catcher do wrong? I have watched this replay a bunch and can’t seem to figure out what the issue is
So we blame the catcher for calling a pitch in the inside third and upper third of the plate because the pitcher was struggling with command? Come on now. You can argue maybe he shouldn’t have done it (hindsight is 20/20 of course) but let’s not act like he deserves to get plunked. What’s the message to send? Don’t try to pitch a strike to Abreu that he struggles with (relatively)? I understand the safety concern, but I don’t think it at all merits a “message”. It was an honest mistake and he certainly trusted his pitcher more than LaRussa, but I expect any catcher would trust their pitcher more than the opposing manager…He kept calling up and in pitches with a guy who didn't have control that day. It's asking for someone to get drilled. Then when Abreu got hit in the shoulder he was doing again. That is where everyone is trying to be Abreu out but if they can't control their fast ball it gets dangerous real quick. TLR had an interview where he discussed this before the game on Saturday.