Brock Beauchamp
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Everything posted by Brock Beauchamp
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Huh? Both Chief and I pretty much said PRing for Cabrera was the obvious choice. It wasn’t a chess move, it was obvious. -
Simmons pinch-hitting there was the obvious and right choice. Soto would have eaten Cave alive.
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I don’t know if I’d go as far as to say he’s not viable but he’s definitely at a disadvantage against lefties, doubly so against lefties throwing Soto’s nasty slider.
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You kinda have to, right? Unless the lead is 2+ runs, then it doesn’t matter.
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Well played.
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Oh, right. It’s good to be reminded the Tigers are playing.
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Huh, I think it is.
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“Shoulder height” or “center center” are not the only places pitches can go, Stashak.
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I’m coming to suspect that Cody has no idea where the ball is going today.
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I appreciate Miggy laughing at the joke that there’s a zero percent chance he runs there.
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Yeah, I don’t really get that. Maybe they want to limit Buxton at the plate? If so, why?
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Woof, Stashak not looking good today.
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Wait what? Seriously?
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Happ is almost surely done for the day.
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Damn. That ball just kept sailing.
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Sano hasn’t been getting the results yet but unlike the start to previous seasons, his plate approach sure looks good. I’m pretty optimistic about his performance this year if he doesn’t throw away his first 50-75 PAs.
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I think that’s really dependent on score but I think we see the second tier guys for a couple of innings.
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When do we become worried about Kepler?
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Oh, his glovework is pretty crap but if you’re at the end of a bench, it’s not like you can PH Rooker for, say, Simmons. Or a catcher. But because Astudillo can play a half-assed second or third, you can PH him for almost anyone in any situation; sure the defensive alignment takes a hit afterward but that beats not being able to do it at all.
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He’s also a really nice PH option you can slot someplace on the field very easily afterward.
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I’m far from being on the bandwagon but if he’s even moderately capable with the bat, he’s a pretty great 26th man.
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Akil Baddoo crushes Homerun in first major league at bat
Brock Beauchamp replied to AZTwin's topic in Other Baseball
If a front office leaves decent but risky prospects unprotected in Rule V, it means almost by default they're doing a hell of a lot right because if they're risking players like Baddoo in the draft, it means they have 35+ better, or at least higher floor, players in front of him on the 40-man roster. And that means they're probably a very good team. -
Akil Baddoo crushes Homerun in first major league at bat
Brock Beauchamp replied to AZTwin's topic in Other Baseball
On top of all of this, I'm 100% certain the Twins wanted to keep Baddoo and quite confident they wanted to keep him more than a few other players. But when it comes to the 40-man, sometimes you dangle the biggest risk in hope no one will bite. And dangling a guy who hasn't played a full season in a very long time, a guy that hasn't played in the upper minors, is also a very risky guy to draft in Rule V. In this case it didn't work for the Twins. The Tigers bit anyway. Bummer. With that said, this situation is far from over. Even after the hot start, I'd put even money on Baddoo being offered back to the Twins before the end of the season. Give pitchers some time to form a book on Baddoo and he could instantly revert to a .400 OPS player as teams exploit his weaknesses and inexperience. Or maybe Baddoo succeeds and thrives with the Tigers. It happens. Bummer for the Twins but basing decisions on the 95th percentile outcome on a fringe 40-man player isn't how good, deep, contending teams operate. -
You got me! I'm actually not down on Happ but view him mostly as rotation filler and have concerns about potential decline from past seasons.
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How pleasantly optimistic of you. I wouldn't use the word "excited" to describe Happ being on the mound but okay, that's nice, we'll go with that instead of the word I was going to use.
