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  1. Shaitan
    No Castro?
  2. Shaitan
    Much like Punto in years past, he's earning pocket change as far as MLB money goes. A QO is worth like $18m this year. If he fits the roster is a valid question. I but I could care less if he's paid $4 million a year.
  3. Shaitan
    While I agree that the bullpen needs to be better and the more good players you have the better your team will be, I disagree with this article's premise that the only way to win a World Series is to imitate other teams' success around the league. The beauty of this sport is it's enormous schedule, which allows for different models to reach that same end goal. Whoever determines the next trend is the one who will likely win the WS. And sometimes you just get lucky. (eg. 1987)
  4. Shaitan
    Agreed. This front office seems to want more control. I think they go with a first-time or relatively unexperienced MLB manager (though perhaps experienced coach) who is willing to take "top-down" instruction. A Showalter, Scosia, etc will want to call all the shots.
  5. Shaitan
    Or he's still inexperienced at this level and nerves influence his control. With Molitor only using the opener strategy for Stewart and Gonsalves, that's seems to be at least part of the logic.
  6. Shaitan
    While I get that being a 1st round pick gives players advantages and expectations, once they put on a minor league uniform they're on equal footing with the rest of their teammates. I don't care where a player was drafted; I care what he does in the future. They have 30-some rounds for a reason. Some players figure it out as they mature. Span comes to mind, though OF and P are clearly different scenarios. His minor league numbers were nothing that excited anyone, but he put together an above-average MLB career. Here's to hoping both Stewart and Jay turn the corner. I have more faith in the former at this point. Jay's medical history doesn't look promising.
  7. Shaitan
    Kiriloff has 0 AA at bats. Nothing to see here.
  8. Shaitan
    Medical staff, fundamentals coaches, and (I'll get torn apart for this one) veteran leadership. After that, somebody capable of providing Ervin-or-better innings and another 25+ HR bat.
  9. Shaitan
    Is Stewart a minor league FA this year?
  10. Shaitan
    Last year they couldn't win at home. What a weird team.
  11. Shaitan
    I see a useful Chris Hermann-type bench role for him. Except that Hermann couldn't hit his way out of a paper bag or play any positions usefully.
  12. Shaitan
    Eh, September baseball.
  13. Shaitan
    I actually dislike the deadline for the opposite reason. I don't like that it's the norm for competing teams to basically turn themselves into all-star teams.
  14. Shaitan
    Didn't they just push it later a few years ago?
  15. Shaitan
    Thank god "pitch to contact" is gone.
  16. Shaitan
    I like that. It's getting a little off the thread topic, but that gives Kepler another year to maybe turn a corner (or transition to 1B, which I believe he played some in the minors).
  17. Shaitan
    Is Kiriloff a full-time DH candidate, or is he too young so they'd want him getting that value (and improvement) in the field?
  18. Shaitan
    Now I've seen everything in this sport.
  19. Shaitan
    My limited observation of Stewart is that he needs to be more efficient. He's been better his last two outings, in spurts, but he's still hitting 100 pitches before he can get through 5. Whether he's gassed at that point or not, a pitcher needs to be ahead of that.
  20. Shaitan
    I wonder if we'll see Vargas in Sept for a goodbye cup of coffee.
  21. Shaitan
    He plays a little OF, right? If he can be a serviceable 5th OF, he's a decent bench piece at minimum.
  22. Shaitan
    Find me an August trade that's brought value back to the trading team. These are usually completely one-sided money-savings moves.
  23. Shaitan
    Exactly. If Stewart wants to succeed in MLB, he'll have to find a way to get through 5 innings without so many pitches. The first 5 innings of this game took 2 hours, the last 3 took 45 minutes.
  24. Shaitan
    That's the difference right there. Molitor often goes to his Big 3 when it's not a high leverage situation, keeping the go-tos tired and the "fill in the cracks" unused.
  25. Shaitan
    Really? They're playing close games and have won more games than they've lost since the trade deadline. I'd say they're pretty motivated. Last year too. They could simply give up and lose every game after the deadline. Admittedly, it seems to be much moreso in the second half of the season after the front office lights a fire under them. That could be on Molitor.
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