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  1. Beast
    I’m with you. Guy hangs more sliders than anyone I’ve ever seen.
  2. Beast
    Clockwork. This is how bad baseball teams lose games.
  3. Beast
    There’s the Twins we all know and love. Get nothing out of based juiced and nobody out.
  4. Beast
    Multiple 2 out hits with RISP? Something fishy is going on here.
  5. Beast
    Awful baseball by this team tonight. Awful. Pulling Ryan early when he’s cruising….bailed out, Pinch hitting a guy hitting .100….bailed out. Miranda not looking a guy back to third…bailed out. Pitching a waiver wire castoff n the 9th of tie game….bailed out. Swing at 10 pitches a foot outside the strike zone. Then throw a lefty against 2 righties…bailed out. Only to give up a hit in the matchup you wanted. Lol. Unreal. It’s baseball. You’re going to lose games. But, that’s just awful baseball. Deserved to lose 100%. Baseball gods made sure of it.
  6. Beast
    Why wouldn’t you put Anderson on to set up a double play with a lefty on deck? This is just awful baseball by this team tonight. I’d they end up winning, it’s despite themselves.
  7. Beast
    Just an embarrassing display of bailing out a pitcher that can’t throw a strike.
  8. Beast
    Awful play by Miranda. Had 10 minutes to get Eloy at first. Keep him at second.
  9. Beast
    I know he’s been good this year, but I’ll never trust Lopez.
  10. Beast
    Another bench bat would be nice. But, if Kepler continues to hit a little bit, and Miranda and Correa get going as the weather warms, we’re going to score plenty of runs. We’ll get Kirilloff back shortly. We should get Royce back at some point to be, hopefully, a much better version of Nick Gordon and get 4 starts a week in LF/CF/SS. We have Garlick as an emergency lefty masher if needed. I think we’re fine offensively. I can’t see them giving up anything for a bat. As mentioned above, some bullpen help is probably the biggest need. We can’t throw Thielbar, Jax, Duran, and Lopez every night. We can’t afford to keep throwing away games with these other guys. Unfortunately, they could’ve addressed that with a few million dollars instead of prospect capital, but that ship has long sailed.
  11. Beast
    We haven’t exactly been a historic dynasty ourselves. We just folded like a cheap tent in a hurricane and finished behind them in the standings last year, for crying out loud. They’ve won a World Series more recently than we’ve won a single playoff game.
  12. Beast
    He doesn’t deserve anything. He’s been awful. He’s already been afforded multiple opportunities other players don’t get due to his draft position and family name. Its so strange to me. I don’t know the root of the blinding bias, but it’s clearly there. Numerous people here want to jettison players who have much better and longer track records, and provide more value, but have this unshakable loyalty to one of the worst players in the major leagues right now. He literally has no redeeming skill that should keep him on a major league roster right now. It would be one thing if he had defensive value, but he doesn’t.
  13. Beast
    I like it. But a suggestion I would make: I wouldn’t want to waste Lewis’ athleticism at 2B. I’d put Julien there, Lewis in the OF or 3B, and Miranda or Larnach/Wallner at DH. Not sure how things will go without our two best players (Gallo and Polanco), but you have to move on from those studs at some point.
  14. Beast
    So they’re just going to keep running Maeda out there aren’t they? Get him out of the damn rotation and get Ober in there. My God. What is with them and their inability to recognize when a pitcher stinks.
  15. Beast
    This is where the FO has struggled. It’s already cost the team a couple of of games. They have this pompousity that they can turn guys Pagan and Megill into good pitchers where nobody else could. You’re better off paying a little money and signing somebody. If they’re so smart in regard to pitching, why can’t they go identify someone like Chapman on a 1 year $3M deal? He’s got 17 strikeouts in 10 appearances and a WHIP under 1.00. I know that’s hit or miss also, but a lot more likely to succeed vs. just throwing Pagan out there over and over for like 5 years.
  16. Beast
    Current core? Yes. Current supporting cast? No. If guys like Maeda or Mahle are starting playoff games, and guys like Pagan and Moran are getting playoff appearances, I don’t think the pitching staff stands a chance. To avoid that we need Gray to stay healthy, which he hasn’t been in a number of years. The position players look good enough on paper. Taylor has been great, but I wouldn’t trust him to get a hit with 2 guys on in the bottom of the 7th in a one run playoff game. I’d hope Buxton is back on center. Kepler needs to return to form, which is a huge ask. Alex K as well. Miranda needs to hit for more power. I like our chances much more than previous years to win a playoff series. I don’t think we can make a run to the championship yet. Another good offseason and some prospect development - maybe in a year or two.
  17. Beast
    And they want to keep Nick Gordon n his place. I don’t know what is going on either, but it’s gone off the rails. Maybe ergot poisoning.
  18. Beast
    It’s mind blowing to me that some are still clinging onto to Gordon. Most have come around. He can’t hit. Never has been able to, aside from the outlier last year. If you were able to get that from him consistently, he may pass as a platoon, replacement level guy. We have 4-5-6 of those guys in AAA right now at their floor. He has no defensive value whatsoever, don’t know why his “ability” to take up space at multiple positions matters. Great guy by all accounts. But, there’s a lot of great people out there that don’t get free rides in the MLB. Wallner is a much better player right now. Larnach is a much better player right now. Julien is a much better player right now. Kirilloff is a much better player right now. It’s absurd to have a list of guys like that stuck in AAA for Gordon. If he catches in and succeeds somewhere else, good for him. I hope he does. But, he’ll probably go unclaimed. Nobody is banging down the door for a nearly 30 year old with no high end tool or upside. 40 man spots are too valuable.
  19. Beast
    Such a waste having Ober down in AAA spinning 5 inning shutouts. Get him up here. Piggy back him off another one of these starters that cant finish 5-6 innings. He’s probably better than Maeda and Mahle right now. Last night would’ve been a good example. He could’ve come in and thrown 3-4 innings after Gray, you don’t burn every quality bullpen arm we have, and we probably win the game.
  20. Beast
    All of the other things aside, what are we doing pitching a guy like Moran, who can’t throw a damn strike, in a 4-2 game in Fenway Park? Throw someone even remotely competent and it’s game over. Quit overthinking it, Baldelli. Lefty-lefty matchups make no difference when your lefty can’t throw a strike. At the very least, have the wherewithal to see that Moran isn’t getting it done and make a change. I was at a gathering for work and every casual sitting there watching the game was making that call. That’s just a crap loss to take, and one that should’ve been avoided if proper decisions were made from the dugout. Talk about the players not holding up their end all you want, but they (except Moran) did enough to win that one. You can’t always decline criticism on the manager and point at the players.
  21. Beast
    Phenomenal deal.
  22. Beast
    He’s had a very rough few games. But he also looked like one of the best hitters in baseball for a couple weeks to start the season. He could be hurt right now. Maybe he was pitched to a certain way and hasn’t found the adjustment. Maybe he just hates Yankee Stadium. Who knows, but I’ll give it a few more games before getting too worried.
  23. Beast
    Can’t complain about a split in NY. Especially fighting some injury issues. Could’ve easily won 3 of 4. Lopez certainly pitched well enough to win, Cole was just on fire (and probably cheating like German). He probably should’ve only allowed one run. At the MLB level, the home run that bounced off the top of the wall should be caught, and it’s a can of corn in most other ballparks. Overall, pretty happy with how things are going. Asking for more feels unreasonable.
  24. Beast
    You’re upset somebody read an article and didn’t assume something published in the article was a mistake or autocorrect? I’m not taking sides in this absurd bickering match with attempted low key political flexing and virtue signaling (exhausting). Just think this is a fascinating outlook on reporting and publishing content.
  25. Beast
    That’s a huge win for the team. Not only in terms of their W-L record, but fan morale, national coverage, confidence, etc. It also came with a cobbled together group from the minors (Varland and Garlick), and in Yankee stadium. Massive. Really impressed with this team. Injuries could be an issue, but it feels like special could be brewing here.
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