Braun is relying to much on the home run
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Magic in the 9th?
Once again Sogard does his job and gets the tieing run in scoring position. Bandy can't finish the job. He sucks.
Some of you noticed this on TV, and Domingo Santana confirmed a fan threw a beanbag at him from the Citi Field stands in the fifth inning. "Thank God it didn’t hit me. I picked it up and gave it to the bullpen. They said it was somebody from the second deck."
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) April 14, 2018
Tough night for Davies, he was really scuffling.
Bandy did suck....maybe there's a reason he's our 3rd catcher.
Lobbing things at opposing players from the stands. Classy.
Remember this from last year?
even the youtube videos you post suck
Why isn't Hader the closer until Knebel gets back? All the guy does is throw strikes and gets outs.
Hader filthy.
Well well well. Maybe CC learned something tonight. Hader throws 23 pitches over 2 innings, get 5 Ks and an easy fly ball to center to end it. Since he went 2 innings tonight he probably won't pitch tomorrow, but i hope he is the closer from here on out until Knebel is healthy again.
I hope CC keeps using Hader like he had been, in high leverage situations. No point in saving him til the 9th when someone needs to hold down a 1 run lead in the 7th
I get your point. But what good does it do to hold them in the 7th and watch Drake or the like blow it in the 8th or 9th?
Because Drake or like would blow in the 7th and then Hader could finish a game with the crew down 3? 
Just kidding.
I often debate that in my head as well. Sometimes the toughest inning might be the 7th or 8th, not the 9th.
Josh Hader is the first pitcher since 1908 (and likely ever) to strike out at least 3 batters in 6 consecutive appearances while not t eclipsing 2.0 innings in any of them.
— Kazuto Yamazaki (@Kazuto_Yamazaki) April 15, 2018
Hader has been really good in his current role - sort of long relief and sort of set up guy. Relievers are the quirkiest position in all of sports so I would keep him right where he is. He’s getting a lot of appearances and locking guys down.
EC Pack posted:Because Drake or like would blow in the 7th and then Hader could finish a game with the crew down 3?
Just kidding.
I often debate that in my head as well. Sometimes the toughest inning might be the 7th or 8th, not the 9th.
This the Andrew Miller Cleveland argument.
Man you have to think if Knebel was healthy they don’t lose today. They played the Mets tough but somebody else needs to step up. Albers did not.
I asked Travis Shaw what it was like facing Noah Syndergaard today in those conditions. "Good luck," he said. "Freakin' wiffle balls at 98 miles an hour. His changeup's disgusting. It's what he's known for."
— Todd Rosiak (@Todd_Rosiak) April 15, 2018
Thor's 97 mph Black Magic Sinker (slow).
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 15, 2018
It's looks like he's throwing a pitch in a tornado. pic.twitter.com/6GzYdMQXPy