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  1. Vanimal46
    He's truly making a mockery of the league. No reason for him to see A ball again after this season.
  2. Vanimal46
    A couple starts in a row pitching less than 5 innings for Berrios... Hope he breaks out of the funk.
  3. Vanimal46
    I mean, that's good news! Though I'm a bit surprised you think so given his slash line. Why do you think they'll move him up right away?
  4. Vanimal46
    This is fantastic Tom, thanks! Rooker has a sexy slash line over the last 28 days... AAA time would be great to end the year. The sample isn't that small for Kiriloff and Lewis in Fort Myers anymore and they're killing it. I'd love for them both to get their feet wet in AA to end the year. Why such a low K/9 for Enlow? Is he having trouble locating the curve? I was excited for Baddoo to potentially turn a corner this season but he's been cold... He'll have to spend more time in Cedar Rapids next year.
  5. Vanimal46
    . Don't say that if you're ever in Texas... That's fighting words down here!
  6. Vanimal46
    You're being too modest. We all know your insta game is lit!
  7. Vanimal46
    I'm very intrigued with him. Zimmer is a straight shooter and rarely pumps the tires of rookies. Especially rookie CBs. He's been saying Hughes is picking up the scheme faster than the typical rookie. I'm excited he'll be an impact player right away.
  8. Vanimal46
    Yep, the same guy! You need to separate your expectations from when he was drafted... They should be different now with 4+ years of professional experience. He's made strides this year to get this far. If you're wondering where the velocity went since HS, he was pitching once every 10 days when he was 18. So he was able to ramp it up to upper 90s and strike out HS caliber players. He's had to adjust from pitching once every 10 days to 5 days and mix his selection of pitches.
  9. Vanimal46
    He deserves a lot of credit. The young guys haven't really experienced the Tiger comeback before yesterday. Koepka had ice in his veins and didn't let the roars from Tiger fans affect his play on the course.
  10. Vanimal46
    His round yesterday was one of the best I've seen from Tiger in 5+ years. He didn't fade down the stretch this time. I'm confident he'll be able to win a major within the next calendar year.
  11. Vanimal46
    But that's exactly what happened... Have you experienced hip pain or a labrum tear? I have twice... The injury is all about pain tolerance. You can technically tear more cartilage if you're wreckless but there's no amount of rest that will fix it. It will continue to linger and affect your every day life. With that injury I literally couldn't sit or sleep comfortably without pain medication. I admire him for trying to play through it just like I did and many others. At the end of the day it saps up your athleticism, and affects your mindset. You're always thinking about what move you can do that will make it hurt the least.
  12. Vanimal46
    Normally I would be skeptical but since he's speaking my language with hip surgeries I feel what he's going through. If he had a labrum tear, which sounds like it given the timeline for recovery post surgery, I know exactly what he's going through. It's an injury you can technically play through, but it's no picnic to do so. There's no off switch for that type of pain. Doesn't matter what you're doing, it's a lingering pain 24 hours a day. If you make the wrong move with your leg it's like getting stabbed in the hip with a knife. It's a pain that pulsates through your lower back and groin, which makes it difficult initially to pinpoint what part of your body is injured. It took over a year visiting different specialists to diagnose my injury back in 2006. During that time, like Morrison, I stupidly chose to play through it and hindered my ability on the ice rink.
  13. Vanimal46
    Yeah that's the same timeline I had for both of my hip surgeries. It's an injury that won't get any worse, but won't get better with recovery. Surgery is needed. I am empathetic for him playing through it because I did the same in ice hockey. It's not easy, and the pain never goes away.
  14. Vanimal46
    I agree with your first paragraph. His peaks and valleys are wider than other players. You can't have too many slow starters on the team. Otherwise they will be laughing stocks. In general, unless the reliably consistent player is a star, I'll take the streaks of greatness and failures. In regards to Dozier, 5 years of data should make it easier to forecast his performance. The manager sets the lineup and is certainly capable of making adjustments based on that. The Twins relied on a large number of slow starters and it blew up in their face this year. They also relied on Buxton and Sano turning into stars, Kepler taking the next step, and many other factors we've discussed on dozens of threads.
  15. Vanimal46
    And my point is Dozier does this every year for the last 5 years. Expecting him to be anything different is the problem. It's not like Dozier wasn't trying to produce in the beginning of the season. It didn't work out. Now, like clockwork, he's back to killing the ball the same time of year he always does.
  16. Vanimal46
    It makes me want to strangle the doubters. Expecting him to be any different than what he's shown over the last 5 years is the problem.
  17. Vanimal46
    But he started the season red hot so no one will really notice... It's a perception flaw for fans all across the board. Player A starts off really well and tails off, no big deal. His BA and metrics still look good. Player B gets off to a bad start and works his way back to respectable numbers, and fans think he's been bad all year.
  18. Vanimal46
    Yeah with the names already penciled in the starting rotation next year I concur he probably won't stick. There will be several bullpen spots up for grabs next year though... I'm intrigued to see if he can fill one of them.
  19. Vanimal46
    It will be even better if he sticks in the bullpen after his spot start.
  20. Vanimal46
    Old friend Danny Valencia received the same news from Baltimore too
  21. Vanimal46
    The Vikes reached out to Joe Berger's camp but he's intent on staying retired. On to the next one. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/08/09/vikings-put-in-a-call-to-retired-guard-joe-berger/
  22. Vanimal46
    I've got the popcorn ready. https://twitter.com/LaVelleNeal/status/1028005965722017792?s=19
  23. Vanimal46
    Concur. I'd call recently retired starters like Berger and Thomas... Check in to see if they haven't lost 75 lbs yet...
  24. Vanimal46
    I think the Vikes have $10 million in cap space left so here's the pipe dream... Fly that private jet to wherever Joe Thomas lives and convince him to put on the pads again.
  25. Vanimal46

    NERDS!

    Vanimal46 replied to awinter's topic in Other Baseball

    Doesn't really matter what people want teams to do. Analytics won the war and we're not going back to a simpler time that Jayson Werth wants to go back to.
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