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  1. Danchat
    The incompetence of this organization, first and foremost. He's Falvey's guy.
  2. Danchat
    I was typing up a similar response. This franchise has always been slow to fire coaches/GMs, Rocco is Falvey's guy and Falvey is alone atop the power structure of this organization.
  3. Danchat
    Feels like this defense is good for 2 errors per game. There was an article this offseason titled "This infield might be a disaster" and they were 100% correct. With the pitching they have, I could see it. The hitters will regress to the mean to a degree, there's no way some of these guys continue to hit as poorly as they are.
  4. Danchat
    With better pitching and much worse hitting...
  5. Danchat
    They're bench players who are sitting more often than not, which is not what we want Martin and Keaschall doing, they should be playing every day either in the majors or AAA. I imagine they will be up sooner than later due to injuries / eventual demotions. Wade was a borderline outfielder who they should have been patient with in hindsight, but nobody saw him as a MLB-starting player which is why he was only traded for a lousy reliever. Luis Gil was a lottery ticket who took 6 years to become a legitimate starting pitcher in the majors, and Cave did provide positive value for the first couple years of that move. Teams trade 19 year old lottery tickets like him all the time, it's a crapshoot whether they pan out. Now if you want to delve into the Tyler Mahle and Jorge Lopez trades, you'll have much more of a case against Falvey. They missed on Wade Jr but heck, I would do the Cave-Gil trade again right now if it means we get a 1.5 WAR OF for a couple years in exchange for a longshot guy like Gil who might be good in 2031.
  6. Danchat
    We're on our 4th hitting coach of the Falvey regime, you have to wonder if it's more about the talent than the coaching. Many of us gave acclaim to Rowson (the first hitting coach), but if you compare the players there's no questions we were fielding better lineups in 2019 compared to now.
  7. Danchat
    Why is Wallner trying to steal a base when we're down 4 runs and only have 5 outs to give?
  8. Danchat
    He had one atrocious PA in the game today that looked straight out of 2024... he's consistently taking strikes that he should be swinging at. I wonder if he's having a harder time identifying pitches than how he was in 2023.
  9. Danchat
    3 of the past 4 years have been big disappointments in my book. The franchise feels like it is stuck in neutral. I took a look at the 2024 numbers and yes, Duran is way better in the 9th inning. However, he only pitched 12 innings in the 8th so it was a small sample size, though I thought it was more than that. Conversely, Jax's 'worst' inning was the 8th (39.2 IP) with a 2.27 ERA and .549 OPS against and he was somehow better in the 9th (13.2 IP) with .421 OPS against. Also a small sample size there. So yes, Duran should be pitching the 9th but there is no reason to expect Jax to suck in the 9th. Especially after Spring Training where Jax looked great and Duran had command issues.
  10. Danchat
    Jax is supposed to be the cornerstone of the "best bullpen in baseball", what gives? The sooner Paddack is done starting games, the better. Why not tap into that pitching pipeline I've heard so much about? Festa was arguably the better pitcher last year as a rookie.
  11. Danchat
    MLB Gameday and Yahoo sports claim that Duran is pitching... I am confused.
  12. Danchat
    I think we can officially say that we've gotten some positive value out of the Polanco trade... it took long enough!
  13. Danchat
    They seem fortunate to get out of that inning only down 1. Time to score some runs with the first two batters on base here. Methinks McCaughan is going to be needed for more innings today...
  14. Danchat
    I thought it was intentional to ensure there are less games when it's cold here. In 2024, 12 of our first 17 games were on the road. In 2023, it was 13 of 19.
  15. Danchat
    Cole Sands' walk up song being Darude - Sandstorm is very funny.
  16. Danchat
    I'm a fan of putting starters in the pen and seeing what happens. Even if Cory Lewis still has a chance to be a major league starter, why not keep him in the pen for a bit and see if he thrives? Some or even the majority of these guys are going to end up in the pen, why not fast-track it a bit? It's more than likely we will need bullpen help from the minors as the season goes on.
  17. Danchat
    I noticed when I checked up on his career numbers this is the first time he's not beginning the year as a starter, given how well that works for other pitchers it may be that they've found a capable multi-inning guy. But he also has no options so high chance he gets DFA'd for a fresh arm at some point.
  18. Danchat
    I wonder if they reached out to Drew Strotman? 😉
  19. Danchat
    Signing him and trading him away were both A+ moves!
  20. Danchat
    Correa and Buxton are going to hit, them slumping is going to be confined to smaller sample sizes... but it would be cool if Bader's hitting continues past this first week. Would be Santana-like in the way our expectations were surpassed.
  21. Danchat
    If Bader keeps hitting like he is, sure... perhaps both Bader and Kepler have rebound seasons.
  22. Danchat
    Nothing will change until the regime is replaced. Otherwise Falvey will just replace Rocco with a similar manager.
  23. Danchat
    Brewers did it in Game 2 when the Yankees scored 20 runs on them!
  24. Danchat
    Perez throwing a perfect game/no hitter against us would be the start of Total System Failure 2.0...
  25. Danchat
    Yup. He's a symptom of a larger issue and it wouldn't solve the massive issues this roster has... but even I as one who has continued to argue that managers don't have as big of effect on the game as most think they do, he needs to go after how 2024 ended. But so does the front office and the minor league development staff.
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