Riverbrian

If Wallner was good enough for the majors... whose spot would he take?

We have too much Myers type production. We need to shed our existing Myers type production. The Reds let him go because of his Myers type production. Which is exactly what teams should do with Myers type production.

Buxton should be your next assistance.

You are right... we can't dismiss the possibility of a 5th hit before Independence day. In all seriousness though. I shouldn't focus on Gallo this morning when I just want to enjoy the win last night and hope for another one this afternoon.

It's a good point. Where we are certainly isn't the fault of the youth.

Kepler has indeed had a couple of nice games back to back since getting 3 AB's in the previous 5 games. Gallo on the other hand. His last home run was over a month ago on May 20. To be fair... he's had a DL stretch in the past month but that's all the fairness I can muster. Gallo in his last 4 games: 14 AB's 10 K's 0 BB's

You typed this at 3:13PM Central on Tuesday. The date was June 20, 2023 He has raised his OPS from .709 to .805 since your post. Thank You... You appear to have gotten Royce heading the right direction. 😉

It was a great game to watch. Hat tip to the home team

I also once pissed off Skippy from Family Ties.

He wasn't a member.

I don't think it was alcohol.

I met Mitch Hedberg once... He was pretty wrecked when I met him and I kid you not... It was about 7 in the morning. One of my favorites though.

Coldplay Lead Vocalist on the mound. I hope he pitches nasally as well.

I get easily confused but I've always assumed that all rooms were room temperature.

Yeah that's nothing. A friend my mine has a can of Falstaff from the 50's. He said he was going to drink it next year.

I malt it much quicker using ice cream.

Do you remember this day. You were so happy.

Nope... He is certainly an interesting tropic to talk about.

Here some interesting news. Arraez went 2 for 5 today and is hitting .398 now.

Gray wouldn't dare give up that many runs. Not after the strong stance he took last week.

Sometimes you can't see the invisible wall.

At the deadline... you are either a buyer or a seller. Anything else is standing still and I don't care much for standing still. You have to get serious about fixing the offense right now in order to have the proper information for the trade deadline. Like always I recommend flat out honest competition for playing time. It's time to stop waiting for some of these players to be better. For the Next 33 days... Assuming health... the 13 position players look like this. The OF is where the major pain point is... The quickest way to fix the OF is removal of the major pain points. C - Jeffers/Vazquez 1B/3B - Lewis/Julien/Solano 2B/SS - Correa/Polanco/Farmer OF - Kirilloff, Wallner, Taylor, Castro DH - Buxton These players compete against each other for the most playing time. Plenty of playing time available for all who are earning it. I don't care how much money they make they compete against each other. If Polanco is injured for example, Larnach can be called up by sliding Castro into 2B mix or Julien into the 2B mix with Kirilloff moving back to the 1B mix. If you want to bring Miranda back... you can by moving Lewis into the OF mix. There is enough flexibility here to let your best bats play and help you find your best bats. Yep Kepler is gone and so is Gallo. If you can trade them do it immediately otherwise DFA. WE all have 3 years worth of data that says who they are right now is who they have been. They didn't get that shift change rule bounce we thought they might. Move on. If not in contention after 33 days... All expiring contracts are moved. All of them. If in contention... look for offense... don't go nuts and sell the farm for a Goldschmidt. Look for the solid but not spectacular hitter. They can be had at a much cheaper price... I am looking primarily for someone who can play 1B... more bang for your buck.

I really try to not read too much into these post game pressers or public statements. There are certain things that he just can't say and while he was clearly frustrated, a lot of what he said was just things that all managers say with a microphone pointed at him. However, on this one I can't help but wonder if Rocco understood the question he was asked. When asked about actionable... He responded by saying they were not going to react to one game. Well of course... Reacting to one game would be horrible over reaction. I assume that his mindset was the game last night and I assume that the mindset of the person who asked the question was a much broader period of time. Of course my assumptions are caused by my mindset so who knows. Forget last nights game. It was one game. How about Is 3 years enough time to be actionable in the case of Kepler and Gallo? Is the entire 2023 season so far enough time to be actionable? How much time is enough time to be actionable is the follow up question that needs to be asked because they are running out of time to actually be actionable. If the Donkey you are riding wants to jump off the cliff into the Grand Canyon... you best get off the donkey.