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  1. Linus
    Disagree. With his hitting profile Lee could be in the majors in two years. He’s not gonna play SS in the big leagues and if he does he will be sub par. While the positions have similarities there are enough differences that he should play third now and be polished on both sides of the ball when he makes the bigs.
  2. Linus
    And he had a great game behind the plate blocking numerous pitches in the dirt. There would have been a couple passed balls with our other catchers.
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    I’m sure Pagan is trying his damnest. The fact that he is this position is on the front office. Rocco can’t hide one of his relievers in todays baseball. He is running out the guys he has been given. If you want a pound of flesh over this deal head to the front office.
  4. Linus
    When did Enlow start pitching in relief? This won’t be popular but let’s move Lee to third right now and have him get ready to be a gold glove third baseman. Keeping guys at short when their long term future is elsewhere seems counterproductive. It sure isn’t doing Martin any favors.
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    TK always said momentum is today’s starting pitcher. In other words they can come out and turn this thing around. They just need to be the best team in the division the rest of the way and they are in. After last year being essentially tied for first on August 12 th sounds pretty good. They haven’t been sharp for a while but that can change. A good place to start is to start playing cleaner baseball.
  6. Linus
    Yea I think nobody cares how we get in but they do care that we’ve been leaking oil for two months. Can they snap out of it and win the division? Sure. Can they keep playing the way they have the last two months and win the division? Highly doubtful.
  7. Linus
    I’m a little worried about Ryan. Have no idea what’s going on. I really hope it isn’t the league getting used to the unusual arm slot. On the bright side Rocco used the two worst relievers in the blowout. We can come back today with a fully armed pen.
  8. Linus
    Remember last year at this time when we were eagerly awaiting the pitching pipeline that was going to pour out numerous good pitchers this year? You can take any group of minor league pitchers and half won’t make it due to injury or ineffectiveness. You can include Ober in that group as well.
  9. Linus
    He just couldn’t catch up to a good fastball above the belt. For all the strikeouts he didn’t chase that much. He just swung and missed at strikes. It’s a tough league when they find your weaknesses they are going exploit them until you adjust. He never seemed to be able to do that. I wish him well.
  10. Linus
    Thanks for this article. Very helpful in understanding this issue.
  11. Linus
    Still think the chance he stays is near zero. Somebody will give him a mega deal and the last thing he wants to do is go into the free agent market any older than he has to. Also for people wanting to sign him to a five year extension that just ain’t happening. He doesn’t have to take that and he won’t. I like the idea of taking the $35 million and spending it on pitching but our front office just sat out a bountiful free agent pitching market last winter. Why would we expect them to dramatically change course this off season?
  12. Linus
    Pagan and Megill have stuff. What they don’t have is command. Command is more important than stuff every time.
  13. Linus
    Wow. Jordy Blaze is just a mess. I was worried about him last year when he struggled at times but never thought it would be this bad. If he isnt 100% IL him and if he is send him to Wichita. Getting the crap kicked out of you every start is not a development plan.
  14. Linus
    Damn. I wish it wasn’t so …..
  15. Linus
    Unfortunately turns out I was right. Bummer.
  16. Linus
    I think we should temper our expectations on Alcala. Mind you I hope I’m wrong but his injury history is concerning. I will be shocked if the next step isn’t Tommy John surgery.
  17. Linus
    Yep after they find two guys that are better……
  18. Linus
    They surely had a plan it just didn’t turn out too well. I believe it was a fools errand to rely on the so called pitching pipeline this year. In any group of unproven pitchers a substantial percentage just won’t cut it and several others will be hurt. That left them with the eventual outcome which was close to nothing. They fixed the problem to a certain extent by having a great trade deadline but that can’t be the long term solution or you won’t have a farm system left. Here is something to consider: all our best pitchers have been obtained via trade. Not one good pitcher developed from the farm. I could throw them a bone with Jax but that’s pretty thin gruel.
  19. Linus
    Any bullpen that contains Duffey and Pagan can’t be a strength ?. It is looking much better but not solved imo.
  20. Linus
    I’m excited by all the moves. They shored up the pitching for this year and next and used their excess at 2nd and 3rd to do it. It was as good an outcome as I was hoping for now we will see how it plays out. Leone looks very smooth behind the plate - he is already our best defensive catcher.
  21. Linus
    Yea I didn’t write that very well. I didn’t mean from a singular transaction rather the overall inability to develop pitching in other ways besides burning top prospect capital over time.
  22. Linus
    Yea so they could have signed him in the off-season for just money. Now we are willing to pay the contract and add quality prospects? This is how front offices get fired.
  23. Linus
    Not trying to be negative here but Strotman has zero trade value - none. He is closer to dfa than traded. Second Archer to the bullpen is not realistic. With his injury history he literally couldn’t pitch enough to help the pen. He needs 5 days to pitch 3-4 innings. I’m afraid it’s just another failed experiment in the pitching morass.
  24. Linus
    I wouldn’t limit it to just baserunning. This team makes mental mistakes nearly every game and some of it is crap that would get you benched in Legion ball. I was calling out on every game that wasn’t clean. I finally stopped because there was no point. It’s more noteworthy when they play a mistake free game. I’m not a Rocco bashed but this aspect of this team reflects poorly on him as a manager.
  25. Linus
    Yea I’m not going to measure well against that one either.
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