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  1. TheLeviathan
    Prior to yesterday Paredes was 0-1, Alvarez 0-2, and Walker had never faced Jax. Alvarez was 0-4 and Paredes 0-2 against Duran. So, yeah, I'm not sure what the impetus for that decision was. It would seem that keeping them in their natural roles would've been supported by the data as well.
  2. TheLeviathan
    The manager discussion on this site is not worth having. It might be worth having on a larger scale and I respect how people ultimately feel on the issue. I think MLB managers are mostly irrelevant and I don't see Baldelli as even 20% of the issue. Others feel different....fine. As the last season or so has indicated, rationality has left that conversation here at TD. I don't see why anyone continues to grouse or pick a fight that no one wants to have in any kind of an interesting, insightful, or conversational way. Let that horse die. However, I don't know how anyone - feelings on Rocco aside - can look at the available guys we have to play in the field every day and think we have a chance. This is simply not a contending group of position players. They don't hit well enough to offset their mediocre defense and plodding foot speed. They don't do anything particularly well with any consistency. Who's to blame? I think the FO definitely has some blame there considering the degree to which they've failed to develop well-rounded guys. Draft picks haven't resulted in dynamic players. But.....man, it's hard to do anything other than put this on ownership. They squeezed the payroll to Ty France levels and we're getting what we paid for. Until they go, my optimism is just sapped.
  3. TheLeviathan
    I wish I could give this ten upvotes.
  4. TheLeviathan
    I always thought Jason Kubel had it right with "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys. "List of Demands" by Saul Williams would be good too.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Love how much more aggressive our running game is this year.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Just wait until the Falklands rise up again in their tariff-free utopia.....
  7. TheLeviathan
    Sure, but the metrics back the eye test. Miranda is swinging at garbage and rarely making hard contact. I defer to playing young guys, but Miranda is stretching that instinct right now.
  8. TheLeviathan
    At this point.....is it really a bad call to bury Miranda? I'm usually someone that wants to invest in young players but right now he's.......not good. At much of anything.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Could you imagine what right-wing talk radio would sound like the last three weeks if anyone else was overseeing this kind of mess? Woof. Also....google the way in which these tariffs were calculated under the guise of "reciprocal". It's almost too dumb to believe.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I like the thinking, but Metellus and Jackson might not be a bad combo to rely on either. I'm still most in favor of trading down if possible. My second choice is get one of these stud DTs.
  11. TheLeviathan
    I see a lot of effort to draw conclusions from 6 games, but even if you think you're seeing trends....those might only be the case because Lewis and Lee are hurt. (And Julien was sick) For instance...if Julien was full strength is one of the LF starts going to Castro instead of Bader? Even today, how would the lineup change if those two guys were available? It seems like the first two choices to replace them in the lineup are Julien and Bader over Miranda and whatever other stiff on the bench. I can't say I disagree at all with that.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Slow day in the article department eh?
  13. TheLeviathan
    It sounds weird, but they almost pulled it off too well. Though if the runner going from 1st ws supposed to be bait, the timing wasn't great
  14. TheLeviathan
    I mean...I don't know what else you want there. Wallner got to stay in against the lefty. They waited until there was two strikes and Julien definitely had the element of surprise. They forced them to balk but the umps were as shocked as the Sox and didn't make the right call. More of that. All of it.
  15. TheLeviathan
    The story of Born Again is very heavily rooted in the original show. I think you'd be ok without watching it, but truth be told - it's well worth the watch. First season of Jessica Jones as well. It's simply good TV. (For the most part, half of DD season 2 was pretty mid)
  16. TheLeviathan
    I know this article is a bit old now, but Gleeman had some good information over at The Athletic. Basically....from what Forbes can estimate, there is no way the team has $425 million in debt unless it was accrued almost entirely in the span from 2020-2022 or it simply isn't baseball debt. I know which one my money is on.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Agreed, I really do like what they're doing on the pitching development side, but it just isn't enough to offset anything. Sadly, without an ownership change, I'm not sure how much actually gets altered.
  18. TheLeviathan
    I agree with you, but most of that criticism seems to be pointing at the front office. Our pitching pipeline is starting to look pretty decent, but on the positional side it's a mess. I think the scrappy, piranha identity was more a function of necessity and the cheap owners. But at least players came up to the big leagues with a good glove and a set of skills. It feels like we're constantly rebuilding hitters into functional fielders (and hitters!) at the big league level. That doesn't seem like a viable strategy IMO. Rocco has his faults, but what seems to be ailing the team is far more systemic.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I hear blowing in it might work too!
  20. TheLeviathan
    I can get behind criticizing Miranda and others about terrible at-bats..... But how did Buxton get a pass? Our number 8 hitter being bad isn't on the same level of importance.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Never has the team's play on the field so closely aligned with my feelings on ownership.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Bats are cold, but the lineup is definitely my biggest concern with this team. You aren't going to win many games no matter how good your pitching, managing, or defense are if you're only going to scrape out 3 hits.
  23. TheLeviathan
    The visits have a lot of gamesmanship to them as well. No team brings in their 30 favorite guys, there is a method to it beyond that. To be honest, that whole part of the process seems silly to me. I don't get why they have those restrictions other than to be merciful on the prospects maybe?
  24. TheLeviathan
    Honestly, this is the recipe for anyone in the bottom 2/3rds of baseball in revenue and payroll. Then.....the blind luck every World Series team needs in the small sample playoffs.
  25. TheLeviathan
    This was my takeaway as well. The team battled, but in the end the Cards made the margins-type plays in the field to deliver a win. But for those that didn't like things from last year there were a lot of promising developments: we stole a base in a close game to give ourselves a chance, the team went opposite field a lot, and they didn't do any crazy substitutions. It's early, but all good signs. You're gonna lose some, things happen.
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