Quote Originally Posted by RockyDog View Post
Tonight?s result is because AA has gone cheap on pitching for 2 years straight. Swellenbach is the ONLY reason that he has been bailed out a bit.

They knew going into this season that elder was a bum, Morton was 40, and Sale and Lopez were big gambles. Those 2 paid off big time but a move had to be made when Strider went down and AA decided for the 2nd year in a row to ride trash 5th starters and basically concede a win. Waldrep wasn?t ready, Shawver wasn?t ready, Elder is a bum and they decided to not even give Ian Anderson a shot.

They need to let Fried walk, trade for Sonny Gray and get 2 more middle of the rotation guys as insurance in case Lopez, Sale, or Strider have injury concerns next season.
They scored 0 runs. This offense shouldn't be this bad even without Riley and Acuna