Should've hired Kevin Kennedy bkitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Hey Kazmir...you know what we did to pitchers like you in Boston?"
I guess...if the orders are " lose one way or another. Just make sure you lose". I would have to agree.
hey dave... if "everyone knows what he's doing and can do" why is he still languishing in aaa when the big club obviously has a need for both capable starters and relievers? if "your guys" are so "in tune" with the farm system, what's the hold up? and it's not "belaboring" just because "your guys" claim to be "aware" of him actions speak louder than words bubba if they truly "know what he brings" and "what kind of asset he is" wtf are they waiting for? maybe they're waiting for us to be in dead last so there's less pressure? whatever roberts quotes are exactly what you'd expect and exactly why the nerds hired him someone who's just happy to have a managing gig -- any managing gig -- firmly committed to being a good soldier/company man good for him bad for us Urias continues dominating AAA but still hasn't gotten a call-up by Andy McCullough | Los Angeles Times — 16 hours ago Julio Urias is, by at least one basic metric, the best pitcher in the triple-A Pacific Coast League. He entered Saturday leading the league with a 1.10 earned-run average. At 19, he is eight years younger than the average pitcher at his level, and he has not allowed a run in a month. Yet Urias still has not received a promotion to the major leagues, even as the Dodgers experience lapses in both the starting rotation and the bullpen. Manager Dave Roberts earlier this month floated the possibility of promoting Urias. Discussing the situation on Saturday, Roberts said he had not asked the front office to promote the left-hander. To Roberts, there is no real need for him to stump for Urias. "Everyone knows what he's doing," Roberts said. "Everyone knows what he can do. Our guys are pretty in tune with our farm system. It's kind of belaboring something that obviously guys are aware of. They know what he brings, and what kind of an asset he is." Urias extended his scoreless-inning streak to 27 Friday night. "To his credit, he continues to excel and dominate triple A," Roberts said.
Clayton would have been mad at Mother Teresa if she had taken him out but 111 pitches and giving up a hit to Pawlecki of all people was a sure sign of fatigue.
glad you're proud but the pen has been solid for a while now meat you should be proud(er) of your offense putting up 10 runs not to worry, we'll wake up if something else happens Roberts ‘proud’ of Dodgers bullpen for picking up Bolsinger’s slack by Matthew Moreno | Dodgers Nation — 3 hours ago With a starting rotation that’s been patched together due to injuries, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has become all too familiar with making multiple calls to the bullpen on a nightly basis. In response to Dodgers starters not named Clayton Kershaw failing to consistently throw a minimum of six innings, the club has carried eight relievers and a short bench for several weeks running. Cramping and little-to-no effectiveness limited Mike Bolsinger to just 2.2 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. Heading into the game Roberts indicated Joe Blanton and Chris Hatcher were unavailable. That quickly changed as Hatcher took over for Bolsinger in the bottom of the third and proceeded to throw 2.1 scoreless innings. Casey Fien allowed one run over two innings, and Adam Liberatore finished out the night with four strikeouts over two perfect innings. “I can’t say enough. Just the way they take the baseball, pick one another up, pick the team up,” Roberts said of his relievers. “To go 6.1 and give up just one run is obviously more than commendable. … To take the ball and go extra, I’m really proud of them.” As for going back on his remarks about Hatcher, Bolsinger’s unreasonably short outing essentially forced Roberts’ hand. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck-type thing,” he said. “To their credit, our ‘pen is in good shape for [Sunday]. It took a lot of guys going out of their comfort zone to get it done.” For as much criticism as the Dodgers’ bullpen has faced, they began the seven-game homestand with a 3.01 ERA that was tops in the National League. Some bumps against the Brewers raised their ERA to 3.17, which was tied for second-best in the NL entering Saturday. The group has thrown 16.1 innings over the past three games, and figure to be in line for more work in the four-game series finale that Kenta Maeda is slated to start. Relief should come on Monday when Kershaw takes the mound in the opener with the Washington Nationals.
