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  1. jimmer
    nothing gets past you :-)
  2. jimmer
    seriously.
  3. jimmer
    where was that last pitch?
  4. jimmer
    and then to the bench after getting thrown out :-(
  5. jimmer
    I never said other wise. My point was, if people expected him to do well, they were bound to be let down based on the fact that he hadn't prepared and because he started the season late. And to play devils advocate for a moment, he wasn't employed in the offseason nor was he employed prior to being signed. He didn't owe any team anything.
  6. jimmer
    Morales didn't prepare for last season and started the season late. It was too much to expect him to do well after that
  7. jimmer
    Thanks for the info. And why? Because Santana's BABIP is a hair above league average right now and look at the results. Still, though SSS for everyone.
  8. jimmer
    I think it's possible. I think there's something to be said for comfort level of players (though, admittedly, not sure how moving an IF to CF would make him more comfortable). I also think that his offense last year was way over his abilities but is not as bad as this year so far. He has to figure out a way to get on base more.
  9. jimmer
    awesome!
  10. jimmer
    anyone know what league average BABIP is this year so far or what it was last year?
  11. jimmer
    unfortunately, our list of people who should bat 9th is pretty long:-)
  12. jimmer
    Been saying I want Funk for months now. Still do.
  13. jimmer
    Mauer's defense is just fine at 1B. It's just not 23M dollar fine :-)
  14. jimmer
    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-mlb-draft-rankings-april-edition/
  15. jimmer
    If we had a good defensive catcher on the team now, it'd be easier to back the idea we need to continue to wait for Pinto to get better at catcher. But we don't. Pinto has 400 games at catcher in the minors. Not sure how much better we can expect him to get.
  16. jimmer
    This sounds like a post that might have been written about Plouffe a few years ago.
  17. jimmer
    'Simmons was ready to play when he was called up. Buxton is not.' I'm not trying to be argumentative and I agree Buxton isn't ready, I've said that before (and it's mostly based on missing so much last year), but how do you know Simmons was ready? Did you know Simmons was ready before he was brought up and, if so, what was that based on? What did you see about him that made you think he was ready as opposed to Buxton? He was 22 and only had 2 plus seasons in the minors with only about 40 games above A+ ball.
  18. jimmer
    seems Miggy Cabrera had the exact same way about him at 3B the last year he played there.
  19. jimmer
    Toronto's CF just turned a relative can of corn third out into a 3 runs for the Braves.
  20. jimmer
    Suzuki batting as high as he is a good example of a manager using SSS to build a lineup.
  21. jimmer
    Not sure I understand that reasoning. Why would it be okay for Simmons and not Buxton? If anything, the fact that lower level prospect like Simmons can still be a very valuable MLB player based on his superior defense alone should mean a top notch prospect like Buxton, also with superior defense, would be an even better player since he was/is the better offensive player in the minors. Is you point that Simmons already reached his offensive potential in the minors and wasn't going to get any better so why not promote him while Buxton, though also a superior defender and better offensive player, can't be a MLB player yet because his offensive potential won't be able to be reached? I'm still fine with Buxton being down, though. I don't envision him being up before September at the earliest. Maybe not until around this time next year (Kris Bryant).
  22. jimmer
    I still think that's going to happen. Not sure that I'd say it worked necessarily. Santana wasn't good out in CF, either (though he's not a OF so one shouldn't expect him to be good out there). Santana's flaws on defense and offense were overlooked because his unsustainable BABIP made him look like he's a better offensive player than he is. If he plays CF defense like he did last year and, on offense, carries a league average BABIP and no walks, he's likely not going to look good to anyone.
  23. jimmer
    Gibson isn't a kid in baseball terms. He's 27. As far as Santana goes, many felt last year was way over his head with his BABIP over .400. Now it's .286, so yeah, he's dropped. On top of that, he's wasn't a top prospect nor was Arcia. I don't think either was ever rated top 100 by any major prospect listings. Some people are screaming for the top prospects to come up.
  24. jimmer
    He's not ready. He may not be ready at all this year. I have zero issues with him not being up. I would argue, though, that a player can be brought up just on defense. Simmons is an elite defender and was brought up after only two plus seasons in the minors (62 games at RK, full seasons at A+ and 44 games in AA before being promoted same year). Offensively speaking, Buxton was better at rookie level and way better at A+ level. He's just hit AA. I don't think the Braves regret bringing Simmons up. Are we concerned that the level headed, hard working Buxton will have his offensive development stunted if brought up this year for defense? I don't know.
  25. jimmer
    Teams can have more than once ace caliber pitcher. Tigers have had more than one at a time recently like the Dodgers and the Nats do now. Just because a pitcher is a team's #2 doesn't mean he isn't ace caliber. And just because a guy happens to be designated a team's best starter (or a team's ace), doesn't mean he is an ace.
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