Chris Cotillo

So Hoffman's historic batting average on balls in play has come down a little bit.

And until last night, he'd actually been, like, really effective of late since moving out of the closer role.

Now, instead of batting, he gets himself with an error on a pickoff play at third.

As we understand it from postgame comments,

They were trying to keep the runner close in case the contact play was on, but there was a miscommunication of who was throwing over and when.

My only take on this is, like, poor Jeff.

Even the triple he gave up, like, Varshow almost got there and then ate wall.

Yeah, it's a tough time for Jeff Hoffman, man.

Because... The world... The Miggy Rojas is still just too fresh for everyone.

That it... Yeah, it's... The priors are too extreme at this point.

Yes, and those are not the set of circumstances we're playing within, unfortunately.

But it does at least give you a little bit of confidence that he'll be better in the second half.

I know the other thing you picked up from this game is, I mean, we saw it all through the playoffs and the stretch run last year, and we've seen it for 12 starts this year.

Does Trey Savage's delivery ever get less entertaining to you?

We lost this battle on the basketball side as well when the Raptors had Chris Boucher, and he has a three-point shooting motion that is very over the head.

So Trey Boucher, when he's got the long release on three-point shots, it would have made a lot of sense.

But I don't think people are into their medieval war tactics enough anymore, Davey.

The catapult gets much better press, and I don't know how you reverse this.

Yeah, and it's not as fun to say.

Okay.