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Post by Saint on Apr 12, 2021 12:52:00 GMT -6
DBacks must be desperate.
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 12, 2021 13:14:20 GMT -6
DBacks must be desperate. His offensive production has taken a hit, but, he is still a good defensive OF. They could do worse. I wouldn't have minded us signing him to a minor league deal. After all, we signed an injury-plagued bum like Souza and then dumped him. Reddick would have been a better option. |
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Post by bearbryant on Apr 12, 2021 17:21:02 GMT -6
There will be a lot more pitching injuries this year due to the weird scheduling and season last year. Honestly, as much as I wanted them to play last year, I think it was probably a waste of time. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 12, 2021 18:18:04 GMT -6
There will be a lot more pitching injuries this year due to the weird scheduling and season last year. Honestly, as much as I wanted them to play last year, I think it was probably a waste of time. And I'm guilty for wanting a partial season last year, selfishly. Looking back it just wasn't worth it. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 12, 2021 18:18:30 GMT -6
DBacks must be desperate. His offensive production has taken a hit, but, he is still a good defensive OF. They could do worse. I wouldn't have minded us signing him to a minor league deal. After all, we signed an injury-plagued bum like Souza and then dumped him. Reddick would have been a better option. Been there done that. I'd rather let McCormick play. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 13, 2021 10:21:09 GMT -6
Obviously he isn't going to continue to hit .400, but I think Yuli is easily making a case to pick up his extension next year.
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 13, 2021 11:10:53 GMT -6
Obviously he isn't going to continue to hit .400, but I think Yuli is easily making a case to pick up his extension next year. It isn't a bad idea for them to go ahead and try to extend him now. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 13, 2021 11:33:50 GMT -6
Obviously he isn't going to continue to hit .400, but I think Yuli is easily making a case to pick up his extension next year. It isn't a bad idea for them to go ahead and try to extend him now. Well they already have the option on him for 2022. At his age I don't think it makes to do more than a year at a time. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 13, 2021 11:40:54 GMT -6
It isn't a bad idea for them to go ahead and try to extend him now. Well they already have the option on him for 2022. At his age I don't think it makes to do more than a year at a time. You can’t have your boy Rizzo with Yuli on the team. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 13, 2021 12:01:12 GMT -6
Well they already have the option on him for 2022. At his age I don't think it makes to do more than a year at a time. You can’t have your boy Rizzo with Yuli on the team. So focus on a big name SS (or keeping Correa) or go get Bryant or better options for Straw/Catchers. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 13, 2021 14:15:37 GMT -6
You can’t have your boy Rizzo with Yuli on the team. So focus on a big name SS (or keeping Correa) or go get Bryant or better options for Straw/Catchers. I realize that Straw isn't hitting, but, he is our best option in CF at the present time. I'd like to see what he and other young hitters would do if they actually had a hitting coach. Do we ever hire proven, experienced hitting coaches or just the cheapest ones we can find? Get rid of what we have and bring in someone with a new approach. For some reason young players that we trade always seem to hit better with new teams. Example: Teoscar Hernandez with Toronto. He hit 16 homers for them in 2020. Colin Moran has been a good run producer for the Pirates. I am not saying we should not have traded them at the time we did, but, if we have such quality hitting coaches, why do guys we trade always seem to come into their own with other teams? Get rid of the hitting coach we have and get some new blood in here to work with Straw, McCormick, Yordan, and other young players. I doubt if we keep Correa unless he wakes up and sees that he is being unreasonable with what he expects. Moving Bregman to SS and signing a 3B would be an option. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 13, 2021 14:30:40 GMT -6
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Post by Saint on Apr 13, 2021 14:46:13 GMT -6
So focus on a big name SS (or keeping Correa) or go get Bryant or better options for Straw/Catchers. I realize that Straw isn't hitting, but, he is our best option in CF at the present time. I'd like to see what he and other young hitters would do if they actually had a hitting coach. Do we ever hire proven, experienced hitting coaches or just the cheapest ones we can find? Get rid of what we have and bring in someone with a new approach. For some reason young players that we trade always seem to hit better with new teams. Example: Teoscar Hernandez with Toronto. He hit 16 homers for them in 2020. Colin Moran has been a good run producer for the Pirates. I am not saying we should not have traded them at the time we did, but, if we have such quality hitting coaches, why do guys we trade always seem to come into their own with other teams? Get rid of the hitting coach we have and get some new blood in here to work with Straw, McCormick, Yordan, and other young players. I doubt if we keep Correa unless he wakes up and sees that he is being unreasonable with what he expects. Moving Bregman to SS and signing a 3B would be an option. One of my biggest complaints about the coaching staff (and I don't complain about coaches a lot because I think their value at the MLB-level is overrated) is that I don' think we develop hitters well. While we typically seem to do a pretty good job with pitchers, we do a piss poor job with hitters. The Dodgers seem to do with hitters what we do with pitchers. JD Martinez is the biggest case of this. He crushed in the minors and he has crushed everywhere but with our MLB level team. What was the problem? If it wasn't for his slow pathetic start with us, he'd likely be on a HoF-caliber path. Obviously we can't know for sure if it was the coaching staff or just a slow start to his career, but the crazy dip with us in his performance from minor leagues to Detroit-Boston is suspicious. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 13, 2021 14:48:09 GMT -6
They must see a lot of value in him that we don't... I would assume our area of focus this offseason will not be on FA catchers. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 13, 2021 15:24:45 GMT -6
I realize that Straw isn't hitting, but, he is our best option in CF at the present time. I'd like to see what he and other young hitters would do if they actually had a hitting coach. Do we ever hire proven, experienced hitting coaches or just the cheapest ones we can find? Get rid of what we have and bring in someone with a new approach. For some reason young players that we trade always seem to hit better with new teams. Example: Teoscar Hernandez with Toronto. He hit 16 homers for them in 2020. Colin Moran has been a good run producer for the Pirates. I am not saying we should not have traded them at the time we did, but, if we have such quality hitting coaches, why do guys we trade always seem to come into their own with other teams? Get rid of the hitting coach we have and get some new blood in here to work with Straw, McCormick, Yordan, and other young players. I doubt if we keep Correa unless he wakes up and sees that he is being unreasonable with what he expects. Moving Bregman to SS and signing a 3B would be an option. One of my biggest complaints about the coaching staff (and I don't complain about coaches a lot because I think their value at the MLB-level is overrated) is that I don' think we develop hitters well. While we typically seem to do a pretty good job with pitchers, we do a piss poor job with hitters. The Dodgers seem to do with hitters what we do with pitchers. JD Martinez is the biggest case of this. He crushed in the minors and he has crushed everywhere but with our MLB level team. What was the problem? If it wasn't for his slow pathetic start with us, he'd likely be on a HoF-caliber path. Obviously we can't know for sure if it was the coaching staff or just a slow start to his career, but the crazy dip with us in his performance from minor leagues to Detroit-Boston is suspicious. You are spot on here. We do a terrible job of developing hitters which is why I question our hitting instructors from the minor leagues on up. I forgot Martinez. He is the prime example of what I mentioned. We just released him and he became a top power hitter with Detroit, Arizona, and Boston. Teoscar is doing well in Toronto. I still question trading Laureano to Oakland for Brandon Bailey. Laureano seems to hit us better than he does other teams. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 13, 2021 15:31:12 GMT -6
One of my biggest complaints about the coaching staff (and I don't complain about coaches a lot because I think their value at the MLB-level is overrated) is that I don' think we develop hitters well. While we typically seem to do a pretty good job with pitchers, we do a piss poor job with hitters. The Dodgers seem to do with hitters what we do with pitchers. JD Martinez is the biggest case of this. He crushed in the minors and he has crushed everywhere but with our MLB level team. What was the problem? If it wasn't for his slow pathetic start with us, he'd likely be on a HoF-caliber path. Obviously we can't know for sure if it was the coaching staff or just a slow start to his career, but the crazy dip with us in his performance from minor leagues to Detroit-Boston is suspicious. You are spot on here. We do a terrible job of developing hitters which is why I question our hitting instructors from the minor leagues on up. I forgot Martinez. He is the prime example of what I mentioned. We just released him and he became a top power hitter with Detroit, Arizona, and Boston. Teoscar is doing well in Toronto. I still question trading Laureano to Oakland for Brandon Bailey. Laureano seems to hit us better than he does other teams. Man, what a difference Laureano over Straw would make... Straw is better defensively, but Ramon can actually hit. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 13, 2021 15:35:33 GMT -6
You are spot on here. We do a terrible job of developing hitters which is why I question our hitting instructors from the minor leagues on up. I forgot Martinez. He is the prime example of what I mentioned. We just released him and he became a top power hitter with Detroit, Arizona, and Boston. Teoscar is doing well in Toronto. I still question trading Laureano to Oakland for Brandon Bailey. Laureano seems to hit us better than he does other teams. Man, what a difference Laureano over Straw would make... Straw is better defensively, but Ramon can actually hit. I thought exactly that during all of our games with Oakland. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 13, 2021 15:42:36 GMT -6
Paxton is done for the season....
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 13, 2021 15:45:24 GMT -6
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 13, 2021 15:47:07 GMT -6
I realize that Straw isn't hitting, but, he is our best option in CF at the present time. I'd like to see what he and other young hitters would do if they actually had a hitting coach. Do we ever hire proven, experienced hitting coaches or just the cheapest ones we can find? Get rid of what we have and bring in someone with a new approach. For some reason young players that we trade always seem to hit better with new teams. Example: Teoscar Hernandez with Toronto. He hit 16 homers for them in 2020. Colin Moran has been a good run producer for the Pirates. I am not saying we should not have traded them at the time we did, but, if we have such quality hitting coaches, why do guys we trade always seem to come into their own with other teams? Get rid of the hitting coach we have and get some new blood in here to work with Straw, McCormick, Yordan, and other young players. I doubt if we keep Correa unless he wakes up and sees that he is being unreasonable with what he expects. Moving Bregman to SS and signing a 3B would be an option. One of my biggest complaints about the coaching staff (and I don't complain about coaches a lot because I think their value at the MLB-level is overrated) is that I don' think we develop hitters well. While we typically seem to do a pretty good job with pitchers, we do a piss poor job with hitters. The Dodgers seem to do with hitters what we do with pitchers. JD Martinez is the biggest case of this. He crushed in the minors and he has crushed everywhere but with our MLB level team. What was the problem? If it wasn't for his slow pathetic start with us, he'd likely be on a HoF-caliber path. Obviously we can't know for sure if it was the coaching staff or just a slow start to his career, but the crazy dip with us in his performance from minor leagues to Detroit-Boston is suspicious. I don’t know if I can single out the Astros, but I’m a bit sick of the emphasis on launch angles. When they tell me the angle of a home run, I couldn’t care any less. That and exit velocity are cool stats and all, but a lefty hitting a squibber down the third base line could lead to a double. A screaming one-hopper to an outfielder is a single. Hitting can be boring to watch when a hitter must pull everything and hit it right to a shifted fielder. The Astros screwed themselves out of a World Series last season because they just would not adjust and hit the ball where the fielders weren’t. That alone gave them a 3-0 deficit that made it close to impossible to overcome. And I’m sorry, if bunting is too much to ask from Myles Straw, then maybe he doesn’t belong in the majors. Speedy guys like him with no pop should have that as mandatory for their skill set. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 13, 2021 16:43:38 GMT -6
One of my biggest complaints about the coaching staff (and I don't complain about coaches a lot because I think their value at the MLB-level is overrated) is that I don' think we develop hitters well. While we typically seem to do a pretty good job with pitchers, we do a piss poor job with hitters. The Dodgers seem to do with hitters what we do with pitchers. JD Martinez is the biggest case of this. He crushed in the minors and he has crushed everywhere but with our MLB level team. What was the problem? If it wasn't for his slow pathetic start with us, he'd likely be on a HoF-caliber path. Obviously we can't know for sure if it was the coaching staff or just a slow start to his career, but the crazy dip with us in his performance from minor leagues to Detroit-Boston is suspicious. I don’t know if I can single out the Astros, but I’m a bit sick of the emphasis on launch angles. When they tell me the angle of a home run, I couldn’t care any less. That and exit velocity are cool stats and all, but a lefty hitting a squibber down the third base line could lead to a double. A screaming one-hopper to an outfielder is a single. Hitting can be boring to watch when a hitter must pull everything and hit it right to a shifted fielder. The Astros screwed themselves out of a World Series last season because they just would not adjust and hit the ball where the fielders weren’t. That alone gave them a 3-0 deficit that made it close to impossible to overcome. And I’m sorry, if bunting is too much to ask from Myles Straw, then maybe he doesn’t belong in the majors. Speedy guys like him with no pop should have that as mandatory for their skill set. I don't have a major problem with launch angles, but Straw should be bunting plenty. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 13, 2021 20:01:15 GMT -6
I don’t know if I can single out the Astros, but I’m a bit sick of the emphasis on launch angles. When they tell me the angle of a home run, I couldn’t care any less. That and exit velocity are cool stats and all, but a lefty hitting a squibber down the third base line could lead to a double. A screaming one-hopper to an outfielder is a single. Hitting can be boring to watch when a hitter must pull everything and hit it right to a shifted fielder. The Astros screwed themselves out of a World Series last season because they just would not adjust and hit the ball where the fielders weren’t. That alone gave them a 3-0 deficit that made it close to impossible to overcome. And I’m sorry, if bunting is too much to ask from Myles Straw, then maybe he doesn’t belong in the majors. Speedy guys like him with no pop should have that as mandatory for their skill set. I don't have a major problem with launch angles, but Straw should be bunting plenty. When I hear the terms "launch angle" and "exit velocity", I want to throw up. If Myles Straw can't or won't learn to bunt, send his ass to Sugar Land. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 13, 2021 20:10:18 GMT -6
I don't have a major problem with launch angles, but Straw should be bunting plenty. When I hear the terms "launch angle" and "exit velocity", I want to throw up. If Myles Straw can't or won't learn to bunt, send his ass to Sugar Land. The Tigers tonight and the A’s last series absolutely killed our pitchers with foul balls. I hope our hitters learn to work pitchers like this because this homestand has been embarrassing. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 13, 2021 21:54:51 GMT -6
When I hear the terms "launch angle" and "exit velocity", I want to throw up. If Myles Straw can't or won't learn to bunt, send his ass to Sugar Land. The Tigers tonight and the A’s last series absolutely killed our pitchers with foul balls. I hope our hitters learn to work pitchers like this because this homestand has been embarrassing. It seems to be unimportant for our hitters to work the count. Jose goes up to lead off the first, swings at the first pitch, and, hits a weak ground ball to third....one pitch, one out. We had others do it, too. We have been out-pitched and out-hit on this homestand. It has to be mental when you pile up runs on the road and come home and not score. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 14, 2021 8:47:34 GMT -6
Springer being out at least another couple weeks appears likely.
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 14, 2021 8:50:47 GMT -6
Springer being out at least another couple weeks appears likely. I am guessing MLB players union would never go for all MLB contracts be based on future performance.... |
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Post by Saint on Apr 14, 2021 8:58:24 GMT -6
Springer being out at least another couple weeks appears likely. I am guessing MLB players union would never go for all MLB contracts be based on future performance.... I don't know, but I'd really like to see more heavy performance-based contracts and lower guarantees. The players would hate it, but it makes more sense. Maybe to balance it out with owners, work in some shares of ticket sells or something. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 14, 2021 9:15:48 GMT -6
I am guessing MLB players union would never go for all MLB contracts be based on future performance.... I don't know, but I'd really like to see more heavy performance-based contracts and lower guarantees. The players would hate it, but it makes more sense. Maybe to balance it out with owners, work in some shares of ticket sells or something. Players with a history of being plagued by injuries should have contracts that include incentives for games played, run production, etc. I have an idea so many of these guys being "rested" unnecessarily would slow down. Of course, the players would turn around and accuse the front office of telling the manager to keep them out of the lineup if the team is going bad so they don't have to pay them the terms of the contract. Guys like Carlos Correa should expect to be offered that type of deal. Springer falls into that category as do many others. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 14, 2021 9:55:02 GMT -6
To be fair and consistent, shouldn't this forum be calling for the firing of Strom since our pitchers have given up 13 HR in the last 3 or 4 games?
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 14, 2021 10:08:39 GMT -6
To be fair and consistent, shouldn't this forum be calling for the firing of Strom since our pitchers have given up 13 HR in the last 3 or 4 games? You're lucky you're the forum creator/moderator. |
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