Dbacks at Padres Game Thread

[mjb21aztd]

way to go reyonlds watching two pitches cross the middle of the plate than swinging at a high fastball at your head with bases loaded SOB

 

[Lefty]

Why is Melvin pitching Rauch? His arm is going to fall off. The game is out of hand and he is pitching Rauch. Bob Melvin is an incompetent moron.

 

[ArizonaSportsFan]

The DBacks NEED to go up 4 games tonight. It is too late in the season to p*** away games.

Apparently it isn't. Silly me.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Why is Melvin pitching Rauch? His arm is going to fall off. The game is out of hand and he is pitching Rauch. Bob Melvin is an incompetent moron.

Its the second time Rauch has pitched in four days.

 

[Nasser22]

Why is Melvin pitching Rauch? His arm is going to fall off. The game is out of hand and he is pitching Rauch. Bob Melvin is an incompetent moron.

Better to try and get his **** together during a blowout than to mess up a close game vs. the Dodgers, or anyone else again. At least Pena has it figured out a game. One of Lyon or Rauch needs to get back in rhythm soon for these last two months.

 

[Lefty]

Its the second time Rauch has pitched in four days.

Rauch has already pitched 63 innings this year and in his last 6 outings, he has given up eight runs. We all know he has thrown a lot of pitches in the last two years, so why not give the guy a rest, especially with a 12:30PM game tomorrow. Even Grace was questioning Melvin's decision. He is better off resting and trying to figure out what is wrong in practice than throwing meaningless pitches in a blowout game.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Rauch has already pitched 63 innings this year and in his last 6 outings, he has given up eight runs. We all know he has thrown a lot of pitches in the last two years, so why not give the guy a rest, especially with a 12:30PM game tomorrow. Even Grace was questioning Melvin's decision. He is better off resting and trying to figure out what is wrong in practice than throwing meaningless pitches in a blowout game.

63 innings so far puts him on pace for 77 for the full season, well below his last two years of 87 and 91 innings respectively. With Thursday off, it isn't exactly a big deal.

 

[Lefty]

63 innings so far puts him on pace for 77 for the full season, well below his last two years of 87 and 91 innings respectively. With Thursday off, it isn't exactly a big deal.

No big deal? The guy's arm is not made out of rubber. Melvin once again is mismanaging his pitchers and you are the one person that thinks it's not a big deal.

I went to the other Diamondback boards and not one person is agreeing with Rauch pitching tonight, especially with a day game tomorrow. Not only Grace but Sutton was shocked that Melvin had him in the game tonight.

I never thought someone would even come close to mismanaging a bullpen like Brenly did, but Melvin is right up there with him.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Thanks for completely ignoring the crux of my post, which was that he is on pace to be well below the amount that he has pitched over the last two seasons, despite your implication that 63 innings is somehow a large total for him. But what some random posters on another message board somewhere are saying is totally better than actually using facts.

 

[DiamondBacks5117]

No big deal? The guy's arm is not made out of rubber. Melvin once again is mismanaging his pitchers and you are the one person that thinks it's not a big deal.

I went to the other Diamondback boards and not one person is agreeing with Rauch pitching tonight, especially with a day game tomorrow. Not only Grace but Sutton was shocked that Melvin had him in the game tonight.

I never thought someone would even come close to mismanaging a bullpen like Brenly did, but Melvin is right up there with him.

I didnt watch the whole post game show but did walsh find out if rauch asked to be put in the game to work on his stuff?

 

[Lefty]

Thanks for completely ignoring the crux of my post, which was that he is on pace to be well below the amount that he has pitched over the last two seasons, despite your implication that 63 innings is somehow a large total for him. But what some random posters on another message board somewhere are saying is totally better than actually using facts.

I'm not ignoring it. 63 innings is a lot of innings for a reliever at this point in the season. He has pitched an extraodinary amount of innings the past two years and because he is on pace to pitch less this year means nothing because he is still on pace to pitch a high number of innings. He has pitched more innings this year than guys like Francisco Rodriguez, Rivera , Papelbon, Danks, Broxton and Scott Shields.

My beef on this topic is Melvin pitching Rauch in a game where they had no shot at winning. Why pitch him when there is a day game the next day, especially with Randy pitching? Makes no sense whatsoever except in the mind of Bob Melvin.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

I'm not ignoring it. 63 innings is a lot of innings for a reliever at this point in the season. He has pitched an extraodinary amount of innings the past two years and because he is on pace to pitch less this year means nothing because he is still on pace to pitch a high number of innings. He has pitched more innings this year than guys like Francisco Rodriguez, Rivera , Papelbon, Danks, Broxton and Scott Shields.

You mean eighth inning guys pitch generally pitch more innings than closers? Shocking.

I don't have a list of relievers with the most innings pitched but I would assume Rauch is in the top-10.

Wrong. Rauch isn't in the top ten. In fact, there are several guys who have already thrown 70+ innings as a reliever this season. Atlanta's Jeff Bennett has thrown 77.1 innings, or what Rauch is on pace to do in the entire season.

My beef on this topic is Melvin pitching Rauch in a game where they had no shot at winning. Why pitch him when there is a day game the next day, especially with Randy pitching? Makes no sense whatsoever except in the mind of Bob Melvin.

I'm not saying that Rauch was the perfect candidate for the job, but this is really making a mountain out of a molehill.

 

[Lefty]

Wrong. Rauch isn't in the top ten. In fact, there are several guys who have already thrown 70+ innings as a reliever this season. Atlanta's Jeff Bennett has thrown 77.1 innings, or what Rauch is on pace to do in the entire season.

Thanks for the info. I could not find a list but you did, so if you don't mind, could you please provide a link because I would like to see where he stands this year and compare it to pitchers in the last two years.


I'm not saying that Rauch was the perfect candidate for the job, but this is really making a mountain out of a molehill.

I politely disagree. The guy has thrown a lot of innings in the past 2-3 years and with the Diamondbacks in a playoff race, they need to give their key pitchers rest, and yesterday was a perfect time to do so. It was not necessary to pitch him.

Also, Rauch is going to be a key component in the bullpen for the next few years and I would hate to see him end up like Oscar Villarreal or Bobby Thigpen.

 

[Lefty]

I didnt watch the whole post game show but did walsh find out if rauch asked to be put in the game to work on his stuff?

Did not watch it. I'm sure we can read what he said in today's paper.

 

[Lefty]

Randy needs to be on today and hopefully the bats can get to Cha Seung Baek early. He has struggled of late.

Here is CBS Sportsline preview of the game:
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/preview/MLB_20080827_ARI@SD

 

[Desert Rat]

Just got back into town last night. I skip doing the series preview and they start to fall flat. Now that I'm back for the rest of the season, I will continue the tradition with the crucial next series.

Hopefully, Randy will get #295 today! Come on, offense, get him some support!

 

[Dback Jon]

Just got back into town last night. I skip doing the series preview and they start to fall flat. Now that I'm back for the rest of the season, I will continue the tradition with the crucial next series.

Hopefully, Randy will get #295 today! Come on, offense, get him some support!

I blame you for these losses....

 

[Dback Jon]

Sad when RJ has to break up the perfect game...

0-0 after 3

 

[mjb21aztd]

What happend to this offense it is like watching paint dry we can't do anything anymore.... We are making mistake after mistake when we get on base if we get on base if we lose this game 1-0 or whatever i'm going to be sick, we should be atleast 5 or 6 games ahead of the dodgers right now but this team has choked majorly

 

[mjb21aztd]

wow another failed chance with runners on first and 2nd with two outs what a surprise would be a miracle if someone could get a clutch hit this game . If we play like this during the dodgers series we are going to get killed

 

[Lefty]

I'm at work following the tracker. I can't believe they are not scoring against this pitcher. Let's hope the runs start coming.

 

[mjb21aztd]

okay a guy on first and third with one out can we atleast try to get this guy across

 

[mjb21aztd]

wow a miracle we actually score a run good at bat by Reyonlds maybe it will wake us up a little bit 1-0 dbacks top 6th still a real weak offense game though ugh

 

[mjb21aztd]

2-0 dbacks Montero with a two out triple to bring in Dunn , now 3-0 dbacks Young gets a rbi double woot

 

[Dback Jon]

A run!!