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  1. USAFChief
    His major league history is less than 650 PAs, and I think you need to take into account his solid if unspectacular minor league history too, no? Carlos Gomez OPS+ his first five years: 55, 77, 65, 76, 82. The book on Hicks career hasn't started well, to be sure, but it might not be entirely written yet, either.
  2. USAFChief
    You maybe. Me, I need a pain reliever.
  3. USAFChief
    Hope it comes to a full stop.
  4. USAFChief
    Why take him out now?
  5. USAFChief
    Never would'a seen THAT coming.
  6. USAFChief
    You picked a fine time to turn back into Mike Pelfrey, Mike.
  7. USAFChief
    nerd. let's see if anyone gets the reference
  8. USAFChief
    Along with the 13 man pitching staff.
  9. USAFChief
    Escobar in the outfield. If he just puts his glove up, it might have fallen into it.
  10. USAFChief
    Rosario got caught lollygagging.
  11. USAFChief
    Surely you can't be serious.
  12. USAFChief
    Prolly should be your default opinion, without good reason to think otherwise...
  13. USAFChief
    It's possible I wasnt' being entirely serious.
  14. USAFChief
    Game over.
  15. USAFChief
    I, for one, would have no problem using Sano in a trade for major league talent. But not for Blackmon. It has to be for legitimately very good to great present performance, with hope for that to continue for at least a couple years, and team control.
  16. USAFChief
    Looking for game thread vols for Jun 20 and 21 v CHC, and Jun 27 and 28 at MIL. As always, PM me to volunteer, please. Thanks to JB for taking this weekend! Well done...as expected.
  17. USAFChief
    I hope Buxton is an immediate success. But I'll be surprised if he doesn't have some struggles, too.
  18. USAFChief
    Not to mention, it's going to be even harder to make trades in the future, using only the prospects that are no longer prospects, as bait.
  19. USAFChief
    I'm guilty of paraphrasing, perhaps even exaggeration, but I don't think I made any of that up.
  20. USAFChief
    My problems with this are: there's no guarantee "the real pieces" will ever be in place, if they someday are in place, there's no guarantee there won't be other missing pieces by then, and By the time this takes place, you might not have the extra pieces needed to address the other weaknesses, or the pieces you need might not be available.
  21. USAFChief
    Fair enough. Aaron Hicks hasn't sucked on defense. This thread is based on a false premise. /thread
  22. USAFChief
    And stop with smoothing out the dirt in the box after every called strike already!
  23. USAFChief
    Winner.
  24. USAFChief
    It seems quite the opposite to me. He dropped a ball he should have caught, but His defense has been damn good so far this year. Lorenzo Cain has four errors this year...would it be fair to say focusing on those would be about "the bigger picture?" If not, why would it be fair to focus on one Hicks play? Hicks hasn't hit, but his defense has been just fine. He might not drop another ball that hits his glove for years. "The bigger picture" is, will he hit? The "bigger picture" about last nights loss was the bullpen, which many of us have identified as a weakness long ago. Thompson came into a tie game and walked the 8 hitter, a LH hitter, on 5 pitches. That's the bigger picture.
  25. USAFChief
    I'm not saying it was yours, but I've read a variation of this sentiment for the past three years. "The parades start in 2013!" "Just be patient, by 2014 May and Meyer will be leading this team to multiple playoff appearances," "Hold on, in 2015 Buxton and Sano will be firmly established superstars outperforming Willie Mays and Mike Schmidt." Now it's wait to 2016, when the minor leagues will once again magically provide everything needed. There's even a post advocating trading everything away that won't be here in 2017 or 2018, so I guess the timeline is some point beyond that. Just my opinion, but that sounds like the KC route...wait two decades for your next playoff appearance. I don't think that's necessary, in fact quite the opposite. And that's not patience, it's blind adherence to a bad plan.
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