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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 11, 2021 9:54:44 GMT -6
Any inning with both Straw and Maldonado is basically a scoreless one. Straw is getting on base at least once every three ABs with good defense. I don't have a big problem with him at this point. I need to see a little more from him in terms of hitting. The outfield is going to wildly shift opposite field on him if he’s going to continue to be so late on his swings. I definitely would like to see less hesitation from him on steals. Bunting him to second base is a waste of time to me. I would really like to see more on-base skill from Tucker. He (and Bregman) needs to draw more walks. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 11, 2021 10:07:29 GMT -6
I am still scathing my head and wondering who made the decision to send Javier to the alternate site to activate Odorizzi. I thought they'd send Garcia or Bielak down. Javier pitches five scoreless innings to help beat the A's and they ship him out. Whoever made this decision is an idiot. Other than Greinke, Javier has been our most effective starter. We sent him out and keep a useless piece of crap like Joe Smith.  It was probably that universally loved magical wizard, Stromdaddy, that decided which pitcher to send away. Most of the other teams wish they had "Stromdaddy" as pitching coach. If he did recommend it, and I doubt it, it was because they wanted to skip his term to "rest" him like they used to do when Keuchel wanted to sit around and scratch his ass. Odorizzi was ready to go so they activated him. I imagine Javier will be back from the alternate site for the Mariner series and Garcia or Bielak will go to the alternate site. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 11, 2021 10:10:31 GMT -6
It was probably that universally loved magical wizard, Stromdaddy, that decided which pitcher to send away. We are really good to go with a four man rotation until Aoril 24. By that time, Javier can come off the list. In the mean time, we can look at another BP arm if the right situation arises. Urquidy only makes one start until then and the rest are a rotation of Greinke, McCullers and Odorizzi.
While not likely, it would be nice if Valdez were ready. But I suspect he has a rotation or two of simulated games before he'd even be considered.
When Valdez is ready, I expect him to join a rotation of Greinke, McCullers, Odorizzi, and Urquidy. I wish they would keep Javier in the rotation and move McCullers to the pen to see how that works. The sooner Framber is back, the better. I hope we are rid of Smith by that time. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 11, 2021 10:12:34 GMT -6
Straw is getting on base at least once every three ABs with good defense. I don't have a big problem with him at this point. I need to see a little more from him in terms of hitting. The outfield is going to wildly shift opposite field on him if he’s going to continue to be so late on his swings. I definitely would like to see less hesitation from him on steals. Bunting him to second base is a waste of time to me. I would really like to see more on-base skill from Tucker. He (and Bregman) needs to draw more walks. Straw's OBP is pretty good, but, drawing walks is practically all he is good for at the plate. He did a big hit against the A's on Thursday. His lack of hitting is showing why I wanted another outfielder signed by our new GM who has yet to show he's good at his job. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 11, 2021 10:14:30 GMT -6
It was probably that universally loved magical wizard, Stromdaddy, that decided which pitcher to send away. Most of the other teams wish they had "Stromdaddy" as pitching coach. If he did recommend it, and I doubt it, it was because they wanted to skip his term to "rest" him like they used to do when Keuchel wanted to sit around and scratch his ass. Odorizzi was ready to go so they activated him. I imagine Javier will be back from the alternate site for the Mariner series and Garcia or Bielak will go to the alternate site. I appreciate what Strom does for the team, but I wouldn’t put him in that Leo Mazzone category. A recent example comes to mind. Why didn’t Joe Musgrove seem to turn the corner into a back of the rotation piece here as he seemingly has done in San Diego? Your opinion of him is as lenient as you say everyone’s is on Altuve. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 11, 2021 10:37:26 GMT -6
Most of the other teams wish they had "Stromdaddy" as pitching coach. If he did recommend it, and I doubt it, it was because they wanted to skip his term to "rest" him like they used to do when Keuchel wanted to sit around and scratch his ass. Odorizzi was ready to go so they activated him. I imagine Javier will be back from the alternate site for the Mariner series and Garcia or Bielak will go to the alternate site. I appreciate what Strom does for the team, but I wouldn’t put him in that Leo Mazzone category. A recent example comes to mind. Why didn’t Joe Musgrove seem to turn the corner into a back of the rotation piece here as he seemingly has done in San Diego? Your opinion of him is as lenient as you say everyone’s is on Altuve. What did Cole do after leaving the Pirates and being under Strom? What did Morton do under Strom that he had never done before? I seem to recall Verlander saying Strom had helped him with some things. What is Valdez doing under Strom? Musgrove was never given the chance to be a regular in the rotation. He started a few and then went to the pen......back and forth. His role was never defined. I never wanted him traded but I know we had to include him to get Cole. I base my opinion of Strom on what I see from the pitchers. Cole and Morton had never had the success they had under Strom after coming her. Overall, I don't think Cole is doing as well with the Yankees as he did with us. I want to see what Strom does with Odorizzi. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 11, 2021 11:06:29 GMT -6
If Straw gets on base this well while not hitting great, he's doing fine. I think he'll hit for a higher average then he is now.
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 11, 2021 11:12:02 GMT -6
If Straw gets on base this well while not hitting great, he's doing fine. I think he'll hit for a higher average then he is now. .275/.370 i will take those numbers, but, he has to hit better than he is now to get there. What we need is something other than an automatic out from our catchers. They seldom advance baserunners. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 11, 2021 12:46:23 GMT -6
I appreciate what Strom does for the team, but I wouldn’t put him in that Leo Mazzone category. A recent example comes to mind. Why didn’t Joe Musgrove seem to turn the corner into a back of the rotation piece here as he seemingly has done in San Diego? Your opinion of him is as lenient as you say everyone’s is on Altuve. What did Cole do after leaving the Pirates and being under Strom? What did Morton do under Strom that he had never done before? I seem to recall Verlander saying Strom had helped him with some things. What is Valdez doing under Strom? Musgrove was never given the chance to be a regular in the rotation. He started a few and then went to the pen......back and forth. His role was never defined. I never wanted him traded but I know we had to include him to get Cole. I base my opinion of Strom on what I see from the pitchers. Cole and Morton had never had the success they had under Strom after coming her. Overall, I don't think Cole is doing as well with the Yankees as he did with us. I want to see what Strom does with Odorizzi. I don’t dislike Strom by any means, but he does have his shortcomings. The main one is his relievers tend to be shaky in the 9th inning. Gregerson, Giles, Neshek, Harris, Pressly, and Osuna never gave me a sense that the game is over when they arrived at the mound. Harris was a fine middle reliever, but that didn’t translate to series-clinching situations. Pressly has been my favorite of the bunch, but his 2020 season was shaky at best. He gets a little too much hero worship from the fans. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 11, 2021 14:06:00 GMT -6
What did Cole do after leaving the Pirates and being under Strom? What did Morton do under Strom that he had never done before? I seem to recall Verlander saying Strom had helped him with some things. What is Valdez doing under Strom? Musgrove was never given the chance to be a regular in the rotation. He started a few and then went to the pen......back and forth. His role was never defined. I never wanted him traded but I know we had to include him to get Cole. I base my opinion of Strom on what I see from the pitchers. Cole and Morton had never had the success they had under Strom after coming her. Overall, I don't think Cole is doing as well with the Yankees as he did with us. I want to see what Strom does with Odorizzi. I don’t dislike Strom by any means, but he does have his shortcomings. The main one is his relievers tend to be shaky in the 9th inning. Gregerson, Giles, Neshek, Harris, Pressly, and Osuna never gave me a sense that the game is over when they arrived at the mound. Harris was a fine middle reliever, but that didn’t translate to series-clinching situations. Pressly has been my favorite of the bunch, but his 2020 season was shaky at best. He gets a little too much hero worship from the fans. harris was better suited to be a 7th inning guy. Pressley makes a better setup man. Giles was nuts. Gregerson was a guy to just go against certain right-handed hitters, same with Neshek. I had more confidence in Osuna as a closer than the rest and I wasn't sure with him. We have had no great closer since Wagner. McCullers has the physical tools,but, I don't know about the mentality. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 11, 2021 15:42:03 GMT -6
I don’t dislike Strom by any means, but he does have his shortcomings. The main one is his relievers tend to be shaky in the 9th inning. Gregerson, Giles, Neshek, Harris, Pressly, and Osuna never gave me a sense that the game is over when they arrived at the mound. Harris was a fine middle reliever, but that didn’t translate to series-clinching situations. Pressly has been my favorite of the bunch, but his 2020 season was shaky at best. He gets a little too much hero worship from the fans. harris was better suited to be a 7th inning guy. Pressley makes a better setup man. Giles was nuts. Gregerson was a guy to just go against certain right-handed hitters, same with Neshek. I had more confidence in Osuna as a closer than the rest and I wasn't sure with him. We have had no great closer since Wagner. McCullers has the physical tools,but, I don't know about the mentality. Osuna was above average but nothing remarkable. If you recall, Harris had to clean up after him against the Rays. Without that save, the Astros lose the series. Osuna also sucked against the Yankees. Altuve bailed him out on one swing. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to inquire about Osuna, but he’s not an unemployed Mariano Rivera or anything. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 11, 2021 16:56:36 GMT -6
harris was better suited to be a 7th inning guy. Pressley makes a better setup man. Giles was nuts. Gregerson was a guy to just go against certain right-handed hitters, same with Neshek. I had more confidence in Osuna as a closer than the rest and I wasn't sure with him. We have had no great closer since Wagner. McCullers has the physical tools,but, I don't know about the mentality. Osuna was above average but nothing remarkable. If you recall, Harris had to clean up after him against the Rays. Without that save, the Astros lose the series. Osuna also sucked against the Yankees. Altuve bailed him out on one swing. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to inquire about Osuna, but he’s not an unemployed Mariano Rivera or anything. There is no closer at the present time that is close to being a Mariano Rivera. When he was healthy, Osuna was one of the best and he is still young. He is definitely worth another look. Hopefully, Click and Crane realize that. I want them to take a look at McCullers in that role to see what happens. If he ever gets his stuff under control, I can see Paredes in that role or possibly Javier. Do we know the exact status of Josh James? He has been a bust for the most part. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 11, 2021 19:14:46 GMT -6
Osuna was above average but nothing remarkable. If you recall, Harris had to clean up after him against the Rays. Without that save, the Astros lose the series. Osuna also sucked against the Yankees. Altuve bailed him out on one swing. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to inquire about Osuna, but he’s not an unemployed Mariano Rivera or anything. There is no closer at the present time that is close to being a Mariano Rivera. When he was healthy, Osuna was one of the best and he is still young. He is definitely worth another look. Hopefully, Click and Crane realize that. I want them to take a look at McCullers in that role to see what happens. If he ever gets his stuff under control, I can see Paredes in that role or possibly Javier. Do we know the exact status of Josh James? He has been a bust for the most part. Against the Red Sox, Rays, and Yankees, Osuna showed us very little dominance. Like I said, Hinch had to rely on Harris to save Osuna’s bacon against the Rays. Paredes and Javier need A LOT of work on their command to be effective closers. James is a bust as a starter. With Paredes and Javier as effective late inning guys, maybe he could be traded to a team needing a setup man or a closer. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 11, 2021 19:48:44 GMT -6
There is no closer at the present time that is close to being a Mariano Rivera. When he was healthy, Osuna was one of the best and he is still young. He is definitely worth another look. Hopefully, Click and Crane realize that. I want them to take a look at McCullers in that role to see what happens. If he ever gets his stuff under control, I can see Paredes in that role or possibly Javier. Do we know the exact status of Josh James? He has been a bust for the most part. Against the Red Sox, Rays, and Yankees, Osuna showed us very little dominance. Like I said, Hinch had to rely on Harris to save Osuna’s bacon against the Rays. Paredes and Javier need A LOT of work on their command to be effective closers. James is a bust as a starter. With Paredes and Javier as effective late inning guys, maybe he could be traded to a team needing a setup man or a closer. James hasn't done enough in the last two years to have any trade value unless someone sees him as a reclamation project of some type. With all that talent, injuries and blank space between his ears has been the problem. I wish he could come around because we'd have another guy who can help. With his stuff, if he could control it, he could dominate for a couple of innings at a time. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 12, 2021 2:03:44 GMT -6
You can’t possibly think they’re going to pay McTwitchy $85,000,000 to be a reliever.
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 12, 2021 4:30:43 GMT -6
You can’t possibly think they’re going to pay McTwitchy $85,000,000 to be a reliever. No, but it would be good if he can pitch more total innings of a season like a starter would, as opposed to totals like a reliever. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 12, 2021 8:11:57 GMT -6
You can’t possibly think they’re going to pay McTwitchy $85,000,000 to be a reliever. No, but it would be good if he can pitch more total innings of a season like a starter would, as opposed to totals like a reliever. ***** |
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Post by Saint on Apr 12, 2021 8:55:07 GMT -6
I'm okay with McCullers only going 5 innings a start if he's making 30+ starts a year. It's not ace material, but $17 million a year for 150-175 IP with an ERA around 3.60? That's fairly reasonable in this era of baseball.
The problem is that I don't think he can make 30 starts a year. In fact nothing in his career should lead you to believe he can even make 25 starts a year.
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 12, 2021 9:48:04 GMT -6
You can’t possibly think they’re going to pay McTwitchy $85,000,000 to be a reliever. Why not....they pay McDumbass $29 million a year. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 12, 2021 9:49:15 GMT -6
You can’t possibly think they’re going to pay McTwitchy $85,000,000 to be a reliever. No, but it would be good if he can pitch more total innings of a season like a starter would, as opposed to totals like a reliever. Since a lot of his problems usually happen in the first inning, I don't think he makes a good "opener". |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 12, 2021 10:45:01 GMT -6
You can’t possibly think they’re going to pay McTwitchy $85,000,000 to be a reliever. Why not....they pay McDumbass $29 million a year. You are so dumb. You’re dumber than Ghick was. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 12, 2021 11:04:36 GMT -6
Why not....they pay McDumbass $29 million a year. You are so dumb. You’re dumber than Ghick was. No, I'm not dumb. I just know how to get a ridiculous reaction from you. Considering what some other players get....especially pitchers........5years/$85 million for McCullers is not that far fetched. I'll admit he needs to give us more innings to earn it. |
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