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  1. DJL44
    And yet, they were clearly outperforming the other options in AAA. People should remember that when they say "fire player XX and call someone up from the minors"
  2. DJL44
    Part of the problem is they are incredibly reliant on the MLB draft to fill the pitching pipeline. They are getting nothing from their international scouting.
  3. DJL44
    Agreed, but Dobnak has started the process. He should be up first, and considering they are depending on Aaron Sanchez to start at the moment he could be useful.
  4. DJL44
    Classic projection. "I'm angry about the team losing, and if I don't see Rocco screaming and yelling and throwing a temper tantrum every day then he doesn't care about winning and losing." The manager is not there to mirror the emotions of the fans. He's there to prepare the team to win. I don't know about you but if my manager yelled and screamed at me all day I'd quit. Throwing a temper tantrum because your team is losing is poor management. Rocco might not be manager of the year but at least he's not an immature hothead who will quickly alienate his players.
  5. DJL44
    They should call this the "backup QB fallacy"
  6. DJL44
    16th in defense and 23rd in pitching. They've made moves to improve the pitching but not the defense.
  7. DJL44
    I think people need to be careful about projecting their feelings onto other people's motivations. The players are professionals and I'm sure they're putting in the necessary work. They don't have the talent. I'm actually impressed with how much value Rocco has been able to squeeze out of Chris Archer and Dylan Bundy. I didn't think Griffin Jax would be this good in the bullpen. They ended last season with rookie Joe Ryan and that's about it for a pitching staff. 54-70 one year ago, 62-57 this season. That's a huge improvement. It is frustrating that this division is so weak and they aren't taking advantage of it but the talent is just mediocre.
  8. DJL44
    Wasn't he injured?
  9. DJL44
    Megill needs to pitch like Rich Hill - fastball at the top of the zone and curveball at the bottom. Instead he's throwing the fastball above the zone and hanging the curveball.
  10. DJL44
    I don't think the team believes in long relievers. Relievers almost always do better in short stints. The hard part about having a long reliever is that you don't know exactly when you need them - except when you have a pitcher like Archer in your rotation. Nobody would have predicted Mahle leaves the game that early.
  11. DJL44
    Yes, yes and no.
  12. DJL44
    4 years with a club option like Dozier would be fair to both sides. Tyler Mahle is the other big name they should look at extending this offseason.
  13. DJL44
    I think they typically have found the sweet spot - Brian Dozier (2 seasons), Jorge Polanco (2 seasons) and Max Kepler (2 seasons) are all good examples.
  14. DJL44
    It would be nice if their foreign scouts could find pitchers as often as they find outfielders.
  15. DJL44
    Wait a year. He's under team control to age 30 already. I'm glad they didn't give Danny Santana a long-term deal in 2014. Miranda isn't even a starting position player at the moment.
  16. DJL44
    A helluva lot more value than they found with Shoemaker and Happ.
  17. DJL44
    Jake Cave is only playing because Kirilloff, Garlick and Larnach are out and Buxton and Kepler are playing injured. If we see another starting pitcher get hurt you'll get to see Aaron Sanchez again.
  18. DJL44
    Blind squirrel, meet acorn
  19. DJL44
    What's wrong with Joe Ryan?
  20. DJL44

    Where's Wallner?

    DJL44 commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    Agreed, The callups are much more likely to be players already on the roster - Jovani Moran, Devin Smeltzer or Mark Contreras.
  21. DJL44
    Sanchez also pitched 7 games for the Nationals with an 8.62 RA9. In MLB this season he has an xWOBA in the 2nd percentile. 6th percentile in K%, one of the worst rates of hard contact among pitchers at nearly 50%. "He's different" is not a good argument for putting him in the rotation.
  22. DJL44
    Injuries to Ober and Paddack and a lack of confidence in Devin Smeltzer.
  23. DJL44
    Small Sample Size applies here
  24. DJL44
    I am not a fan of revolving door of bad pitching trying to throw spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Pagan is on the team because he's probably better than what they have in AAA. There is no real help in the minors at the moment.
  25. DJL44
    I am on board with this. If starters are only throwing 75-80 pitches there is no reason they need 4 full days rest between starts.
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