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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 23, 2021 22:33:46 GMT -6
We have a starting pitcher coming back, a stud RF who hits and drives in runs, and a wannabe stud at 3B. I like Tucker as much as the next guy, but you can’t say he’s better than Bregman. We’re talking about a runner up MVP (should’ve won). He was better than Bregman last year in the regular season and post season, and, he was better than Bregman before Bregman went on the IL. Tucker has produced and did his job. Bregman has done very little since 2019. We have Diaz at third base who is hitting. We need Tucker back more than we need Bregman. We need them both back, but, if I had to pick one of them to have back right now, I'd take Tucker. I wanted Bregman to win that MVP as much as anyone and said so on many occasions. I also got hammered by some who said Trout earned it. I will always say an MVP should come from a team who wins and not from one at the bottom of the division. The Angels will finish 4th in the AL West this season and the media has already handed the MVP to Ohtani. That's bullshit. But, with the sign stealing scandal, we have to wonder if Bregman earned the recognition he got or did he cheat like most of the rest. Judging from his numbers since that time, I'd say nobody on the team cheated more. For Bregman to miss this much time with a quad injury proves that either the injury was worse than we thought or his rehab was poorly monitored. He and Tucker are both supposed to be evaluated tomorrow. From what I read, it sounds like Dusty will be the main one making the decision on them, and, I don't trust him not to keep coddling them too long. We will never know the truth as to what is actually wrong with Tucker. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 23, 2021 22:35:09 GMT -6
Yeah, he graduated with honors from the Jose Altuve Baserunning Academy. Carlos does it and he's an over-rated bum and a dumb mfer.........Jose does it and he's being aggressive. LOL BUUUUUTTTTTTT AAAAALLLLLTTTTTUUUVVVVEEEEEE! |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 23, 2021 22:37:42 GMT -6
Yeah, he graduated with honors from the Jose Altuve Baserunning Academy. Carlos does it and he's an over-rated bum and a dumb mfer.........Jose does it and he's being aggressive. LOL BUUUUUTTTTTTT AAAAALLLLLTTTTTUUUVVVVEEEEEE! Nobody criticized your hero tonight.so you can give this a rest. But, everyone here saw Correa have a brain fart on the bases much like Jose has been known to have over the years. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 23, 2021 22:38:35 GMT -6
Trevino coughs up three to the Mariners so far in the 9th and the Mariners now lead 5-3 and A's are coming to bat in the bottom.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 5:19:36 GMT -6
Trevino coughs up three to the Mariners so far in the 9th and the Mariners now lead 5-3 and A's are coming to bat in the bottom. We are really getting lucky. While we play like garbage, the A’s are playing bad also. A’s lose a lead again late. Still up 3.5 games. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 24, 2021 8:13:34 GMT -6
The Astros should have an 8-game lead by now.
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 24, 2021 8:16:21 GMT -6
The Astros should have an 8-game lead by now. They're just trying to keep it interesting. |
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Post by Saint on Aug 24, 2021 8:39:28 GMT -6
These losses to bottom feeding teams are not in any way the fault of Dusty. The players are supposed to be professional athletes. Dusty shouldn’t have to take them by the hand and explain to them that they must show up at the ballpark ready to play ball. Truth is when they are scheduled to play a sub-.500 team they do not come to the ballpark ready to play. That is on the players. It's completely a mental thing at this point. I don't think it's lack of effort. They've collectively gotten it in their heads and they start pressing now. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 9:28:44 GMT -6
The Astros should have an 8-game lead by now. At least. Our pathetic offense is killing us. We can't advance runners or get two out hits with RISP. Sad thing is if we hadn't gotten the production we have from Meyers, Jones, and McCormick, it would be much worse. We should not be having to count on rookies to drive in most of the runs. Continuing to be dominated by bottom feeders should embarrass them but, they don't seem to be bothered by it. Where is the veteran leadership this team is supposed to have? |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 9:32:34 GMT -6
These losses to bottom feeding teams are not in any way the fault of Dusty. The players are supposed to be professional athletes. Dusty shouldn’t have to take them by the hand and explain to them that they must show up at the ballpark ready to play ball. Truth is when they are scheduled to play a sub-.500 team they do not come to the ballpark ready to play. That is on the players. It's completely a mental thing at this point. I don't think it's lack of effort. They've collectively gotten it in their heads and they start pressing now. It is ALL in their heads. Bat AB's are creating a lot of it. They are pressing to an extent, and, instead if trying to move runners and just go for base hits when needed, they all swing for the fence. The Royals are giving them a lesson on moving runners and taking advantage of speed. We fail to hit with RISP and the Royals get hits and score runs. We refuse to bunt and aren't working counts like we have before. Yordan left EIGHT runners on base last night taking strikes and going after pitches out of the zone. Brantley has done nothing but hit weak ground balls. I think he's hurting and needs off his feet. |
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Post by koolade2 on Aug 24, 2021 10:55:25 GMT -6
The Astros should have an 8-game lead by now. At least. Our pathetic offense is killing us. We can't advance runners or get two out hits with RISP. Sad thing is if we hadn't gotten the production we have from Meyers, Jones, and McCormick, it would be much worse. We should not be having to count on rookies to drive in most of the runs. Continuing to be dominated by bottom feeders should embarrass them but, they don't seem to be bothered by it. Where is the veteran leadership this team is supposed to have? That should be Altuve and Correa and personally I don't think Correa is that kind of player. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 24, 2021 10:56:36 GMT -6
At least. Our pathetic offense is killing us. We can't advance runners or get two out hits with RISP. Sad thing is if we hadn't gotten the production we have from Meyers, Jones, and McCormick, it would be much worse. We should not be having to count on rookies to drive in most of the runs. Continuing to be dominated by bottom feeders should embarrass them but, they don't seem to be bothered by it. Where is the veteran leadership this team is supposed to have? That should be Altuve and Correa and personally I don't think Correa is that kind of player. I think Correa is a leader. As far as being a reliable hitter, not really. |
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Post by olpapa on Aug 24, 2021 11:01:07 GMT -6
Trevino coughs up three to the Mariners so far in the 9th and the Mariners now lead 5-3 and A's are coming to bat in the bottom. We are really getting lucky. While we play like garbage, the A’s are playing bad also. A’s lose a lead again late. Still up 3.5 games. Mariners are just 2 games behind Oakland in the standings now. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 11:08:46 GMT -6
At least. Our pathetic offense is killing us. We can't advance runners or get two out hits with RISP. Sad thing is if we hadn't gotten the production we have from Meyers, Jones, and McCormick, it would be much worse. We should not be having to count on rookies to drive in most of the runs. Continuing to be dominated by bottom feeders should embarrass them but, they don't seem to be bothered by it. Where is the veteran leadership this team is supposed to have? That should be Altuve and Correa and personally I don't think Correa is that kind of player. Correa has exhibited more leadership than any veteran on this roster. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 11:13:33 GMT -6
That should be Altuve and Correa and personally I don't think Correa is that kind of player. I think Correa is a leader. As far as being a reliable hitter, not really. He is a streaky hitter, but, has a history of being reliable in September and the post season. Brantley has been our most consistent hitter until this current 3-30 streak. Yuli is getting back to normal after being out with the neck issue. Jose has had a tendency to be streaky, too. Before piling up some hits the last few days, he was something like 9-48. Right now, he looks like the Jose that we need. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 11:18:31 GMT -6
We are really getting lucky. While we play like garbage, the A’s are playing bad also. A’s lose a lead again late. Still up 3.5 games. Mariners are just 2 games behind Oakland in the standings now. We had the chance to bury the Mariners before letting them have the game on Sunday due to our poor hitting. They are playing the A's which should have given us the chance to increase the lead on one of them, but, we responded with that disaster last night. Now, we face Singer again tonight and he made them look bad last week. The A's have a four game series with the Yankees coming up while we face the Rangers in Arlington. We don't need a repeat of our last trip to Arlington when we got swept. Dusty's excuses about facing a hot team are lame at best. The fact is his player's don't show up ready to play unless they are playing a good team. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 24, 2021 11:26:56 GMT -6
That should be Altuve and Correa and personally I don't think Correa is that kind of player. Correa has exhibited more leadership than any veteran on this roster. I have not seen it... |
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Post by Saint on Aug 24, 2021 11:29:40 GMT -6
I really don't think veteran leadership or the lack thereof has anything to do with it. We weren't worried about leadership before August. It's just a bad month while they deal with a number of issues.
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 24, 2021 12:27:34 GMT -6
Correa has exhibited more leadership than any veteran on this roster. I have not seen it... Did you not watch last year’s postseason run? He also stood up for Altuve when the others were busy on their knees apologizing to people who’d never accept it. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 13:38:37 GMT -6
I really don't think veteran leadership or the lack thereof has anything to do with it. We weren't worried about leadership before August. It's just a bad month while they deal with a number of issues. We were blowing games to bottom feeders well before August.........we were swept by the Rockies, Rangers, Orioles, and Tigers earlier in the season. There was no excuse for that just as there is no excuse for they have played the Royals. I'm tired of hearing "just wait until we get our guys back". We beat the top teams while Bregman was out so that excuse is lame. We were blowing games earlier due to a weak bullpen.......that was supposedly corrected. But, Yimi Garcia and Maton have been inconsistent. Getting Urquidy back will help the rotation. Good teams know how to overcome "issues" instead of using them as excuses for playing bad baseball. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 24, 2021 13:58:09 GMT -6
Did you not watch last year’s postseason run? He also stood up for Altuve when the others were busy on their knees apologizing to people who’d never accept it. Verlander is more of a team leader than Correa. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 24, 2021 14:00:25 GMT -6
Did you not watch last year’s postseason run? He also stood up for Altuve when the others were busy on their knees apologizing to people who’d never accept it. Verlander is more of a team leader than Correa. The "Carla is a leader" meme started based solely on his talking to a pitcher one time when the pitcher nearly got in a fight. Might have been Urquidy. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 14:00:37 GMT -6
Correa has exhibited more leadership than any veteran on this roster. I have not seen it... You must not be looking for it. If he hasn't, who has? |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 24, 2021 14:01:47 GMT -6
I usually watch games out of the corner of my eye while doing something else. How many times has Yimi had a bad outing since we got him?
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 24, 2021 14:01:49 GMT -6
You must not be looking for it. If he hasn't, who has? Sure in the hell not Correa. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 14:02:25 GMT -6
Did you not watch last year’s postseason run? He also stood up for Altuve when the others were busy on their knees apologizing to people who’d never accept it. They don't want to see Correa's leadership because that would contradict their argument that we should let him walk. He was the ONLY one to show any leadership last season. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 14:02:51 GMT -6
I usually watch games out of the corner of my eye while doing something else. How many times has Yimi had a bad outing since we got him? Most of them. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 24, 2021 14:04:15 GMT -6
Did you not watch last year’s postseason run? He also stood up for Altuve when the others were busy on their knees apologizing to people who’d never accept it. Verlander is more of a team leader than Correa. So, a guy who hasn't been around since his first start of 2020 is a leader. LOL LOL LOL Your hatred of Correa is clouding your judgement. |
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Post by Saint on Aug 24, 2021 14:04:43 GMT -6
I really don't think veteran leadership or the lack thereof has anything to do with it. We weren't worried about leadership before August. It's just a bad month while they deal with a number of issues. We were blowing games to bottom feeders well before August.........we were swept by the Rockies, Rangers, Orioles, and Tigers earlier in the season. There was no excuse for that just as there is no excuse for they have played the Royals. I'm tired of hearing "just wait until we get our guys back". We beat the top teams while Bregman was out so that excuse is lame. We were blowing games earlier due to a weak bullpen.......that was supposedly corrected. But, Yimi Garcia and Maton have been inconsistent. Getting Urquidy back will help the rotation. Good teams know how to overcome "issues" instead of using them as excuses for playing bad baseball. Bad baseball? They're the 2nd best team in the AL record-wise, and they've been in mostly healthy control of the AL West for a long time now despite not having their full team. All teams are going to lose games, whether to good or bad teams. They're just barely off the pace of winning 100 games again. I think we're seeing a case of fans not managing their own expectations since expectations have been so high for several years now. Coming into this season, we had a questionable OF, and a questionable rotation. Our only proven blocks were the infield, Greinke, and Pressly. And half of our infield had awful 2020 seasons and we didn't know if they would even bounce back. Despite all of that, we've learned that our OF is actually pretty damn good with good depth, our rotation is so good that we have a guy with a 2.84 ERA pitching in long relief despite having a starter on the IL, and the half of the infield that stunk it up last year are having all-star caliber seasons. They're, right now, on pace for 96 wins and are leading the division by 3.5 games with less than 40 games to go. I don't think there is a poster on this board that wouldn't have been more than happy with that if it was offered before the season started. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 24, 2021 14:05:22 GMT -6
Verlander is more of a team leader than Correa. So, a guy who hasn't been around since his first start of 2020 is a leader. LOL LOL LOL Your hatred of Correa is clouding your judgement. I do NOT hate Correa. I simply do not think he is worth the kinda contract he is going to demand. Nothing more, nothing less. |
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