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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Herrera rattled quickly.
I mentioned it in that game where he closed the sweep against the Twins. He came in during that save situation and man, when he stayed within himself his stuff was as filthy as anyone you'll see.
But every 3-4 pitches or so he'd just uncork one. And that was with a 3-run lead. I wondered at the time if maybe he wasn't putting a little too much pressure on himself and if he needed to relax a little.
Today was the same thing. He gave up a HR on what was really a pitchers pitch (I mean c'mon - Heyward had no business getting that ball out) and as a result he started overthrowing.
And Sal could learn a little bit from that as well. I think it was someone in this thread that mentioned he looked a little over-amped after the Heyward bomb. If you can see it, Perez can as well. It might not have hurt for him to take a trip to the mound to calm his young pitcher down.
I said it when he gave it up - the Braves are good. There's no shame in losing to these guys. And 2 great young players you guys have can learn a lot from it, IMO.
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Not if they don't give a shit. Like I said, most of the guys on the team are there to simply cash a paycheck. Perez saw Herrera shitting himself and showed he didn't care. Hell Ned didn't give a **** either, he just wanted to get home and sleep in his own bed. Maybe someone will sack up from the Royals and not let this turn into an 0-8 roadie, but I doubt it. I saw a lot of quit tonight. The Braves look like a good team, but not a team that should hit 4 home runs within a couple of innings and blow a game wide open.