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  1. hitterscount
    Ortiz was benched for a week due to his plate approach, not moving runners over with 2 strikes, getting runners on 3rd home with < 2 outs, swinging at first pitch balls.... accountability . His defense.... Lights out, saves a ton of runs that doesn't show up on stat sheets. I would take Ortiz over Lee in a second.
  2. hitterscount
    Buxton at this point. Still believe when we were healthy we had a slightly better pitching staff. For me that is my angst with the trades made at the deadline. The everyday players we received were either not MLB caliber or years away from even potentially helping. With a solid scouting department you should be able to find players like Milwaukee is fielding that can field, run, and make contact. Oh and throw in a real manager , that wouldn't hurt either.
  3. hitterscount
    If Im not mistaking, Burnes and Hader were deadline trades with expiring contracts. Dumping Williams was a genius move, one I would not expect out of our FO.
  4. hitterscount
    Agree to disagree. Batting .158 w/ RISP (hopefully that's incorrect), and yes there have been opportunities, especially when they were still in contention. Plus striking out around 33%. I have stated multiple times, would like to see him get a shot at first. Good glove, strong arm, otherwise he is best suited at DH. He is bottom 10% in range in the OF, just doesn't cut it.
  5. hitterscount
    Wallner in 76 games this year, batting.213 with 29 rbi’s. Throw in below average defense, what an I missing and what does that say about how bad Larnach is. If Wallner can’t be moved to 1st he is a DH against right handed pitching only. Not a ton of value.
  6. hitterscount
    They are both under team control thru 27. Both are steals, if they were on the open market I would agree. #2 is an owners choice, that's why yesterday's news was depressing as all hell. These two guys are steals compared to other SP putting up similar numbers. They could and should hold onto them. If they are not in the 2027 playoff hunt trade them at that deadline. They could take a page from the Brewers playbook. They seem to know what they're doing. Finally, prospects are fine, but maybe draft better and build the farm system through it. Trading Ryan and Lopez should land some solid prospects, unfortunately we have all watched a ton of top 100 in our system, and very few ever develop or make a impact. You have two quality SP in Lopez and Ryan, they give you a chance against the big bad big city teams like the NYY, you know what doesn't, BP days. There is a 1 1/2 yearvwindow to do something,... if the Pohlands statement yesterday was halfway honest they build a team around them.
  7. hitterscount
    Haven't you/we watched enough of Larnach and Wallner to see what they are... slow, poor defense, low contact hitters. Other than 23, Lewis has been inconsistent at the plate and injury prone. It will be another long season next year if they are counting on all three to be a big part of the future.
  8. hitterscount
    As has been stated by many great baseball minds on this site.... the team was several position players and a manager like Pat Murphy, away from WS contention. In half seriousness, why would you even entertain trading Ryan and Lopez. When you have quality starting pitchers and a strong BP you should be in every game, as long as you have speed , can play defense and make contact. The team has control on both players for two years. No way I trade them, I build around them.
  9. hitterscount
    So much for the report they would be sold in two weeks. This is seriously depressing… Falvey and Rocco leading the rebuild and field approach. Kick in the balls.
  10. hitterscount
    The entirety of the roster wasn't that far from contending for a playoff spot and even the AL Central. Had the starting rotation and a quality BP. The issue was the lineup. A lineup that couldn't make contact, run bases or field the ball. Then throw in a manager that just made things worse. There were select trades that needed to be made at the deadline. Those trades should have focused getting 8 guys on the field that understand fundamental and situational baseball. Speed, contact, defense and a manager that knows how to use them (and how to handle the starters and BP). As of today there are so many areas of needs it could be years of watching games like last night more times than not.
  11. hitterscount
    The rebuild that will begin this winter will not be completed for years without free agent spending. When the front office decimated the BP at the trading deadline they left themselves with arguably the worst BP all of baseball and a lineup that barely qualifies as major league worthy. Before the brain trust traded every viable BP arm, what was needed was a plan to retool the every day lineup, which was no small task; corner OF, SS, 2nd and 1st needed to be addressed. Now you need upgrades in those positions plus an entire BP. I don't want to here how easy it is to just throw in arms in the BP and you will be fine. It was less than five years ago we had Colome and than Pagan as the closers, we were out of playoff contention by mid-May due to those porous BP that blew lead after lead to begin those two seasons.. And this current lineup and BP is significantly worse.
  12. hitterscount
    Hate to do it, but time to move upstairs and watch a real team coached by a real MLB manager.it was fun for a 1/2 inning.... Well not really, 1 run w/bases loaded and no outs was about on par for this team.
  13. hitterscount
    This is what you get when you don't take defense seriously.
  14. hitterscount
    Especially when it seems like it's every 4th day.
  15. hitterscount
    Spot on. Sometimes it seems keeping players that are deserving a call to the big league are intentionally held down to control the players arbitration years. I personally hate this part of the union contact. I wonder how many players are broken by being intentionally manipulated by being held back 2,3 4 years sometimes even longer just to mess with team control. If a player is producing in the minors and there are underperformers on the major league team, holding the minor league player back is half ass backwards. As fun as the last week was, this lineup is not competing next year. Gasper, Roden, Fitzgerald, Julien, are not helping next year. The entire BP, pretty much, will need a rebuild.. Zero chance most could produce consistently over a 162 game season. Larnach/Wallner manning the outfield corner positions is not a winning tandem. Brooks Lee doesn't look like a major league SS, and looked worse at 2nd and 3rd. Lewis looks lost. I don't know exactly what we have in the minors, but holding players back that could help next year and are producing in the minors should be called up. There are so many holes to fill that holding guys back that could be part of the future should happen at some point this season. On a different rant, why are we using BP games with Bradley and Abel playing at AAA. While it's been fun the last week or so watching players that want to play, we are closer to a AAA team than a mid level major league team.
  16. hitterscount
    His swing is so sweet, balanced and doesn't try and pull everything. Please let's not trade him this off-season.
  17. hitterscount
    Folks... we have our 2026 closer!
  18. hitterscount
    In defense of whoever called for the bunt with two strikes, I watched enough AB's to believe that was the best chance to get the runner to 3rd. He is just bad at baseball.
  19. hitterscount
    Neat article..... not sure that the philosophy of drafting SS's in the first round every other year is a good strategy. They have tried to move around Lewis and Lee at the major league level with mixed results,.. Watched most games until late June. Lee looked out of place playing 2nd or 3rd base. Just started watching some games the last week and he looks comfortable at SS. I do question his range over time, he is slower than I thought. Cannot recall a SS with as little speed, but he has a solid arm and good glove when he gets to the ball. Lewis another SS was injured shortly after being moved to the OF. His defense at 3rd is shaky at times, more concerning is he appears to be regressing at the plate. Don't or never will see enough of Culpepper or Houston to have any opinion. Can follow BA, but defensive mechanics/metrics are nearly impossible to gauge. From 2000 until Falvey was brought in there were only 3 SS's drafted, with mixed results. Basically 1st round picks have a 50 /50 shot of making an impact on the roster. So drafting as many SS we do doesn't really matter. But just drafting them because they can be moved around seems questionable.
  20. hitterscount
    He has definitely picked up his hitting the past 2 weeks or so, however, when the season mattered he was a big part of the teams woes. He is still hitting a weak .218 with only 27 rbi's along with nearly a 33% strikeout rate. Throw in below average defense and I don't see him as a viable corner outfielder. Would really like to see him get some time at first base, otherwise he is best suited as a DH. Keaschall has 10 rbi's in 1/7 of games played. Would love to see Wallner finish strong at the plate and be a part of the future.
  21. hitterscount
    "Having played a soulless brand of baseball for the better part of two seasons" This says it all. The every day line-up sucked the fun, enjoyment, expectations, dreams.... whatever the reason for watching the team, by mid-July. From sloppy baserunning, defense, or little to no discipline at the plate it, the season soured way to soon. With that, as unimpressed I have been with Wallner, Larnach, France.... Correa was the biggest disappointment. 30 plus million and there was no clutch in him. Like BigFork... I loved the signing, was hopeful that it was a sign we were going for a serious postseason run. It never materialized and dumping nearly 70 million in salary was IMO the best trade made at the deadline.
  22. hitterscount
    You have to take the emotion out of all of the trades that were made. Every trade should be made with the goal of making the team better, whether immediately or in the future. The strength of the team prior to the trade deadline was the pitching staff. They gutted and dismantled a very serviceable BP. As well as we played during this last road series, there are red flags everywhere with the BP. So back to Varland trade, having a difficult time understanding what value we got out of it…. maybe dumping France, although he could have been DFA’d. We received another LH outfielder, although a superior defensive player over Larnach and Wallner. After trading the other top 4 BP guys this trade made zero sense, unless we were blown away with the return, which wasn’t there. So from a the standpoint of making the team better, it didn’t.
  23. hitterscount
    Pulled the trigger and re-started MLB today to see this Keaschall guy.... definitely a player. It's actually fun to watch a team hustle, play with some fire, and take a few professional plate approaches, Keaschall has done all of that. Still a lot of work to do with next year's position players. You have Keaschall, Lee and Jeffers to start with. Still would love to see Wallner get some work at first. And Kody Clemens should be a part of the equation, the replacement for Castro. He has had clutch hits all year and is a good glove no matter where he is penciled in. Get rid of any thoughts on trading Lopez or Ryan. The rotation still can be good. The BP was gutted and will need major work, still not sure what the thought process was. As committed as I was to not paying for another month of MLB, just had to see what the team looks like with some of the underperformers removed. At least there is effort being brought with some pretty sound fundamental baseball, minus a couple of these new pitchers they are rolling out it's been more relaxing than I thought it would be.
  24. hitterscount
    This is not a knock on Buxton, if he could stay healthy he could be one of the highest paid players in the MLB, if he chose. He is that good when he's on the field. But winning and playing for a chance at a WS does not appear to be a priority, goal, dream... whatever you want to call it. Correa waived his no trade clause to get the hell out of here and went to a team that is serious about being competitive and it doesn't hurt he played there before. As a competitor I just don't understand why you would stick around this organization with the clock winding down on your productive window of opportunities... this team will be bad for the foreseeable future, personally I would be gone
  25. hitterscount
    If Wallner and Larnach are on the team next year than it's just the same crap outfield. They both were handed the keys, and both crashed... miserably. From poor plate approaches, low contact, can't hit with RISP and worse defense, Both are liabilities in the field. They were significant contribuers to this miserable season. I don't care what they do the rest of the season, it's over... the pressure is off. They have had enough time to show what they could do. Hitting HR's down 10 or up 8 doesn't cut it, pads stats but that's it. I watched way to many important pressure AB's this year from to see they are not part of the future/solution. If you want to try and resurrect Wallner's career, put him at 1st and see if he can field there. If he looks alright he can earn a spot next spring.
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