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2024 Season | Series #7 | A's @ Guardians | April 19-21, 2024

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Huge start by McKenzie. After the leadoff HR he went 5 innings allowing no runs, 2 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 6. Yes, it was against the 29th ranked scoring team, but this was definitely a step forward as he works his way back. He looked much better tonight, especially the slider.

This team has a way of bunching hits together and they did it again tonight. Nine hits and 10 runs, although the last two runs were unearned.

Oakland has some gigantic position players. Abraham Toro is 6'0", 223 and Ryan Noda is 6'3", 217. Seth Brown is 6'1", 223, Lawrence Butler is 6'3", 210, Tyler Nevin is 6'4", 225, and Brent Rooker, who hit a 421-foot home run, is 6'3", 225. They remind me of the hulking White Sox a few years ago when they had Konerko, Abreu, and some other huge guys.

Their starter is listed at 6'7", 240 and the lefty they brought in, Muller, is listed at 6'7", 250. This is the last team you want to get in a brawl with. If you get hit by a pitch just say, "Thank you, sir, may I have another" and take your base.

I'm seeing a big change in Tim Herrin lately. His confidence is high and he's attacking hitters fearlessly. He's pitching with attitude. Three up, three down on 13 pitches with two K's. In his last 6.2 innings he's allowed 1 hit, no runs, 2 walks, and struck out 9.

Nice to see Beede get back on the horse. In his last three appearances he gave up six earned runs in 2.1 innings. Tonight he went two scoreless, giving up just one single.
 
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CATS44 said:
'No bar' might be more accurate. Its kinda like being in a high jump contest, and the height to clear is the curb.

Last year the entire OF hit 16 homers....34 below the next lowest total.

Freemans dinger tonight puts us half way there.
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Speaking of Freeman, that was a great catch in center. I'm still waiting for a ball to drop that I think Straw would have caught. It hasn't happened yet.

But I've seen Tyler hit three home runs that Straw would not have hit. Tyler is on pace for 26 home runs if he gets 500 AB's.
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
Hilarious. Boyle must be pissed. You don't see a lot of home runs that leave the bat at under 90 mph.
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Good thing we weren't playing the Yankees; Aaron Judge would have caught that one without jumping. Heck, that guy Abreu of the Red Sox probably would have climbed the wall and got it.
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
Huge start by McKenzie. After the leadoff HR he went 5 innings allowing no runs, 2 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 6. Yes, it was against the 29th ranked scoring team, but this was definitely a step forward as he works his way back. He looked much better tonight, especially the slider.

This team has a way of bunching hits together and they did it again tonight. Nine hits and 10 runs, although the last two runs were unearned.

Oakland has some gigantic position players. Abraham Toro is 6'0", 223 and Ryan Noda is 6'3", 217. Seth Brown is 6'1", 223, Lawrence Butler is 6'3", 210, Tyler Nevin is 6'4", 225, and Brent Rooker, who hit a 421-foot home run, is 6'3", 225. They remind me of the hulking White Sox a few years ago when they had Konerko, Abreu, and some other huge guys.

I'm seeing a big change in Tim Herrin lately. His confidence is high and he's attacking hitters fearlessly. He's pitching with attitude. Three up, three down on 13 pitches with two K's. In his last 6.2 innings he's allowed 1 hit, no runs, 2 walks, and struck out 9.

Nice to see Beede get back on the horse. In his last three appearances he gave up six earned runs in 2.1 innings. Tonight he went two scoreless, giving up just one single.
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Still really worried about McKenzie. The fastball dropped from low 90s down to 89 by the 5th inning.
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
Speaking of Freeman, that was a great catch in center. I'm still waiting for a ball to drop that I think Straw would have caught. It hasn't happened yet.

But I've seen Tyler hit three home runs that Straw would not have hit. Tyler is on pace for 26 home runs if he gets 500 AB's.
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Freeman can definitely out slug Straw.

And he has adapted to centerfield very well.

But he isn't Straw out three. Tyler made a very tough play tonight, but Straw would have made it without leaving his feet.

I've seen three plays in center that weren't made that Straw would have made...two by Freeman, one by Laureano.
 
Game 2 preview:

This game starts at 4:10 so we can watch the first game of the Cavaliers/Magic series and then switch to baseball.

Alex Wood, a 33-year-old lefty, takes the bump for the A's. Wood is off to a very tough start; in four starts he has an ERA of 8.10 and a WHIP of 2.10. He's completed five innings in just one of those starts.

Wood started against the Guardians in Oakland and was rocked for 7 hits and 6 runs in 3.1 innings. In his three subsequent starts he has a 6.08 ERA.

Logan Allen makes his 5th start for the Guardians. Allen has been very hittable with a 5.06 ERA. He had one excellent start against Seattle, going 6.2 shutout innings in what is the best start by a Guardians' pitcher so far. But in his other three starts he has allowed 12 earned runs in 14.2 innings.

Allen went five innings against Oakland in the first series, allowing three runs. Two of those runs came on solo homers by J.D. Davis, who fortunately is injured at the moment. Other than the two bad pitches to Davis he gave up one run in five innings.

Fangraphs has Allen ranked 67th out of 81 qualified starters in ERA. But in terms of xFIP he ranks 47th of 81 and for xERA he ranks 51st, so he may have been a little unlucky. Pitching against a team averaging under three runs per game may be just what he needs.

With a lefty going for the A's expect to see Fry, Laureano, and Arias back in the lineup.
 
MD13 said:
Still really worried about McKenzie. The fastball dropped from low 90s down to 89 by the 5th inning.
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Yeah, I noticed that, but at least it was 92-93 in the first couple of innings. Maybe as the season progresses he'll build up some arm strength and be able to sustain the velo through the middle innings.

He did a great job of getting to two strikes with breaking balls and then freezing them with the fastball at the knees for the punchout. Bieber likes to do that.
 
CATS44 said:
Freeman can definitely out slug Straw.

And he has adapted to centerfield very well.

But he isn't Straw out three. Tyler made a very tough play tonight, but Straw would have made it without leaving his feet.

I've seen three plays in center that weren't made that Straw would have made...two by Freeman, one by Laureano.
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Don't agree with this at all. I doubt Straw makes that play tonight. As soon as the ball was hit he turned his back and raced toward the wall the way Mays did on Vic Wertz' ball in the 54 Series. I never saw Straw make a play like that.
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
Game 2 preview:

This game starts at 4:10 so we can watch the first game of the Cavaliers/Magic series and then switch to baseball.

Alex Wood, a 33-year-old lefty, takes the bump for the A's. Wood is off to a very tough start; in four starts he has an ERA of 8.10 and a WHIP of 2.10. He's completed five innings in just one of those starts.

Wood started against the Guardians in Oakland and was rocked for 7 hits and 6 runs in 3.1 innings. In his three subsequent starts he has a 6.08 ERA.

Logan Allen makes his 5th start for the Guardians. Allen has been very hittable with a 5.06 ERA. He had one excellent start against Seattle, going 6.2 shutout innings in what is the best start by a Guardians' pitcher so far. But in his other three starts he has allowed 12 earned runs in 14.2 innings.

Allen went five innings against Oakland in the first series, allowing three runs. Two of those runs came on solo homers by J.D. Davis, who fortunately is injured at the moment. Other than the two bad pitches to Davis he gave up one run in five innings.

Fangraphs has Allen ranked 67th out of 81 qualified starters in ERA. But in terms of xFIP he ranks 47th of 81 and for xERA he ranks 51st, so he may have been a little unlucky. Pitching against a team averaging under three runs per game may be just what he needs.

With a lefty going for the A's expect to see Fry, Laureano, and Arias back in the lineup.
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The game starts at 6:10, right?
 
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