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  1. Jocko87
    I would be curious from his point of view if the multiple organizations might actually help someone build contacts and a network that can lead to an actual non-playing career in baseball. Especially catchers that seem to become coaches at a higher rate. In my professional career, changing organizations has opened my eyes to many things a gold watch would never do. It wasn’t intentional but incredibly valuable. There’s a lot of opportunity in baseball outside playing. Many of these guys probably know they don’t quite have it but there is still a chance to never have to punch a time clock, so to speak.
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    Bride will be DFAd when the time comes as well. He has no options. I suspect he’s just fine with his role and if he has a marginally decent agent he knows the plan. He will likely get a minor league deal and another chance to make a big league roster. They know the deal, and it’s a good one. I’m sure many others have a similar story as this but here’s mine-I went from a tiny town in North Dakota to Sigonella, Sicily in a matter of 9 months with a couple random stops on the way. In a time of no internet or cell phones, yeah mom just had to trust the gubment that everything was cool. No news is good news. I’m really not trying to be the old guy yelling at clouds here (mostly because I’m not that old) but this article just pisses me off. Stop giving me your toughest battles meme. Frankly, I’ve never seen so much unity on this board. Proud of you guys.
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    What til he gets a load of the real tough problems with the CBA. Suicidal empathy is a concept everyone should at least have passing knowledge of.
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    Does a non-MLB hitter have a whomp-em zone?
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    I may be missing it somewhere but we need to see two strike vs all other swings to see the picture. We know he is adjusting significantly but not how much it affects the average. To me, he looks a better overall hitter that hasn’t gotten hot. Also, torpedo bat fad.
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    Bride doesn’t have options, that’s why he was available. Probably gets cut again but there will be other injuries as well.
  8. Jocko87
    Laz got dinner reservations.
  9. Jocko87
    I like data but outliers like that keep me from taking it very seriously.
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    Buxton home run was a 930 xBa but 30/30 parks. You trying to tell me 7% of 414ft line drives are caught?
  11. Jocko87
    Swing hard just in case, Harrison.
  12. Jocko87
    Welp, guess he's not perfect.
  13. Jocko87
    He's a relief pitcher?
  14. Jocko87
    No way that's an error.
  15. Jocko87
    Sir, this is a family forum.
  16. Jocko87
    Can we work Laz Diaz into this? I got nothin.
  17. Jocko87
    Byron Buxton being healthy and the team being good at base running are two completely different things.
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    There is, but it is exceeding rare for someone to get enough rope to prove it. In a baseball sense, maybe Bruce Bochy? Except he's got a losing career record. There is almost no such thing as immediate long term competence. Also, I reject the premise of the original question. The options presented are do not match the narrative and the assumption of incompetence requires knowledge not available.
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    There is still one thing that can fix everything and an inside straight chance of it happening. I've basically distilled it down to the fact they cannot seem to make hitters succeed at the major league level and somehow make previously successful hitters perform poorly. If this organization had even a 50% hit rate on any number of young hitters, nothing else matters. A lineup of killers makes almost every decision of the past three years irrelevant. If they were actually fighting to get Martin and Miranda and Julien and so on at bats because they were actually good, nobody really cares free agent money or right sizing. The draft and development capital invested should have paid much better than this. As the pitching has become exciting, the hitting lets all the air out of the balloon. Many have decided there is no hope in that department but I'm not quite there. There have been signs lately, and with an entirely new coaching staff and significant changes in approach maybe an adjustment period is reasonable. It's been really bad, but adjustments are happening. It's the only thing that can save the season. The pitching will be fine. An offense that runs a bit, takes good at bats and remembers how to crush fastballs can still make this season really interesting. There is still time.
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    And Duran got credit for the last out. Shrug
  21. Jocko87
    Should have walked three times there.
  22. Jocko87
    Shhh, let em keep running.
  23. Jocko87
    Keaschall is definitely playing Yolo ball.
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    Plus 24.7% WPA for all who celebrate that worthless stat.
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