People are discounting Renfroe’s defense quite a bit. Keep in mind he was a finalist for a gold glove in RF last season, and he was good enough to move Verdugo out of RF and over to LF (Verdugo was great in RF during the short 2020 season). RF at Fenway Park might be the most difficult OF position to play in all of baseball. It is huge and it has all of those funny angles going down the foul line. I watched over 120 Red Sox games last year and Renfroe played a great, defensive RF. If Brewers’ fans should worry about anything, it would be Renfroe’s last 2 months of the season, including the playoffs. He got into a lot of bad habits at the plate and was striking out way too much. From April to mid August, he was a beast at the plate; then it all just disappeared. I hope for Milwaukee’s sake that there was an injury that caused his decline and it wasn’t that pitchers finally figured him out. He had atrocious 2020 with Tampa which led to his DFA. But all I can say is that Renfroe will play a much better defensive OF than Avisail Garcia ever did. He just needs to avoid his offense slipping again if the Brewers hope to replace Garcia’s bat with Renfroe.
Boston really likes the prospects they received back from Milwaukee, especially their 3rd rounder from the 2021 draft. He has a chance to be a very special hitter in MLB, so Boston agreed to take that albatross deal for JBJ off their hands just to get him. We’ll see in a few years who actually won this trade; in the short term, it’s a landslide victory for Milwaukee.
Hitters do not always transition to MLB as well though, so I'd hardly put him at the top. It's not the same as evaluating a pitcher where if he throws 99mph or has a great breaking ball you know it carries. You have to project a hitter from another league at the plate, and that's not always easy.
Makes me think of the 10u baseball games I've seen recently. One team had six dads in and around the dugout, each with their own "role." Six dads for a *10u* game?!
Exactly! For the love of Baseball, can we please forget the launch angle! Sure we need home runs but but a base hit, walk then a double is statically more likely! And scores more runs!
I just skimmed the article after the way it started. Very condescending. Obviously baseball writers can be fans of baseball teams, but temper the snide comments of teams you don't like in these type of review/preview articles. It's not an opinion column. This goes beyond spelling/grammar errors. Yes, I'm a Phillies fan, but I would've just stopped reading altogether if this was another team's review. It's just a bad read, honestly. It's unprofessional.
Not to mention, they listed Gibson as the #3 starter, omitted the Phils' 2nd best pitcher in '21 (Suarez) and Stott from the article, and still have Quinn as part of the team. Just disappointing, as I usually enjoys these articles over the offseason.
@Manny - Let’s get the commenting started here! I’m shocked that MLB gave Ozuna a retroactive, 20 game suspension…basically the same as a judge letting someone off for time served prior to a trial. Ozuna will need to pay back the 20 games worth of salary he received while on the commissioner’s 2021 exempt list, but I can’t believe he doesn’t need to sit out any games in 2022. The only remaining question is whether or not Atlanta will dare to bring him back. They still owe him 3 more years on his deal and they have no way to void his contract. It’s going to be very interesting to see what they do.
The same goes for LA and Bauer. Can LA really release Bauer and pay him the $60M left of his contract via player options for 2021 & 2022? I didn’t hear much from Atlanta players about Ozuna but we did hear (via reporters) that a lot of Dodgers players stated they didn’t want Bauer back with the team regardless of the legal / civil suit outcome.
Except for maybe Sale (unless he's nails in 22) they are all leaving on their own anyway. We are rebuilding & I definitely don't want them to deviate unless it makes total sense like Correa does! Cherrington did a great job building a farm but never pulled the trigger on good F/A, then DD basically gutted that work way too much! Theo is still the closest we've had to balanced & the jury is still out on Chaim but he needs time to develop the plan...Cherrington may have but was axed a yr maybe 2 too soon...we'll never know? But DD was a clown...anybody could have done what he did! If Bloome finally gets it right we'll be solid...I give him a max of 3 seasons including 2022...that let's us see how many of our position & pitchers have value on the big club weaving in sensible free agents based on where we are not performing. I will say I have followed the Sox since I was 9 & outside of the excitement for the 04, 07, & 18 teams for different reasons I have never been more excited than waiting to see this group & plan come together...& if we could churn a pitcher every say 5 years even that would be huge! (13 I think we just got lucky AF! If you look at how we hit...& pitched that playoff...every hit we had of our abysmal team BA was in perfect clutch timing & we pitched over our heads...one of the luckiest championships of all time in MLB in my opinion) But I see a few back to backs coming soon! Definitely 4 in 10...
The Phillies are victims of a farm system that has produced nothing, or at least very little the last ten years.. The revamping has just begun under Dombroski and it will take a while.
In the meantime it will take cash and a whole lot of the right trades to become competitive.
So far this off season I've seen none of it from the Phillies front office.
Even if the Braves fail to re-sign Freddy Freeman the Phillies will have to rely on a down season by the Braves to finish ahead of them and that's not even considering the Mets who really improved despite having no manager yet.
As a Phillies fan I say it will take signing like Kris Bryant and like trading for Kevin Kiermaier (knowing full well it's only for his glove) to stabilize CF) and adding 2 good relief pieces and even then it might not be enough.
Nah, they’ll get this CBA worked out by the end of February. After the massive losses from Covid, neither side can afford another partial season and more importantly neither side can afford to lose fans to come watch their games. Cooler heads will prevail and they’ll get this done despite the glaring ineffectiveness of Manfred and Tony Clark.
I would (as a Cubs fan) like to be realistic. SOMEONE had to hit for them last year in the second half. I believe their AAA caliber offense benefited from nobody taking them seriously. In a weak lineup you tend to throw more strikes as not to “gift free bases” and I personally believe the Cubs players took advantage when they could of that. The next playoff caliber Cubs team will only have Madrigal in the starting 8 (assuming DH isn’t in the NL) out of the current roster. Ortega could be a 4th OF or MAYBE the worst hitter of the 8 starters, but I don’t see that happening.
The owners only locked out Major League players. Their coaches can still work as can any of their minor league players not on the 40-man roster. Assuming that Dahl wasn’t placed on the 40-man, he is free to work with anyone in the Brewers organization outside of Major League players. He can work out in any team facility and have access to any coach including strength & conditioning coaches, team trainers, doctors, etc. Hopefully they have him on a program to fix his health issues and swing issues. He has certainly shown glimpses of talent that explains his high draft selection, but has not shown the consistency needed to be a regular contributor for any MLB team. He’s still just 27 so maybe a coach can figure out how to unlock his potential and turn him into the next Yaz.
Price was trash horrid slide step delivery...never liked him or that deal...I also knew Sale would have TJ with his all arm delivery...I often wonder if he had an actual mechanically sound delivery how hard he might throw...Nate is good & I think we'll be fine with Houch &/or Whitlock in the rotation & the othe in the pen. The pickups I actually like all 3...We Need Correa on a 6 or 7 yr deal...he'll I'd try 5 yrs at 200 million with the guys that are leaving in 2023 and our complete infield prospects rising (minus Catcher) Things are looking great in my opinion but we definitely need this SS Now above anything else!
Ladies and Gentlemen, the last living baseball fan who still cares what a player's batting average is.
Conforto's career on-base percentage is almost 360, with a 124 wRC+. That's the kind of production that Kris Bryant and Jose Abreu had last year. Dude's a fantastic hitter.
Ranger as the Opening Day starter would still be a stretch, but yeah, I agree.
This article read pretty uninformed, (I don't know how Gibson is/was the #3) and even condescending at times.
History says they will keep him. Pretty much impossible to trade him coming off if this DV incident. Perhaps a year on it will be different. Zero chance they’ll dump him.
If Boston is now more interested in a right bat, Bryant might be a good target. He could play left and spell Devers on days off till Boston gets their head out of their ass and moves Devers off 3rd permanently.
"Occasionally above average"? Seriously, you all need to head over to one of the stats sites before forming your opinions. He's literally never been below average. He's got a 147 and an over 150 (albeit in the shortened 2020) wRC+ season in his recent past. If that's "OK," gimme some of that.
Dude he's got a 147 wRC+ year on his baseball card, and only one season below average (which wasn't 2021 actually), and that only barely. Just about every outfielder in baseball would love to "struggle" like that.
His problem is staying healthy, not "struggling" at the plate.
If he can still pitch. And if he can still pitch, the Dodgers are not letting him go. He's one of those situations where if he's really available, you really don't want him. Cuz the Dodgers are not dumb and they don't pass on guys because of money.
Gibson, Efflin, and Suarez are all solid options behind Wheeler and Nola. It’s not a great rotation but it’s pretty solid and probably the best the Phillies have had in about a decade
Do not feed the troll, all he does is grief the Bay Area fans for some strange reason. This TG guy lives on every SF post, super strange. Hes never contributed one iota of pertinent info on any Padre post.
He won't trade him. He can opt out after 2022, and it will be doubtful we will trade him prior to the deadline. Bloom will have a tough decision to extend him or wait on Mayer, but that decision won't come in 2022.
I hate to admit this, but if their is one team that can straighten out a guy like Dahl it's the Brewers. There is a pretty good list of relatively obscure players that had their best seasons in Milwaukee. I'm already worried that he stays healthy and tips the scales making their offense at least average. That's all it would take for them to win another 95+ games.
Fever Pitch Guy2 hours ago
KD – Ever heard of Adrian Beltre?
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One more guy that too many fans judged on the basis of one season. Beltre was a terrific player, got hurt, and had one bad season. When Theo signed him, some of these nimrods thought he was finished.
The waiting cuts both ways. If you wait until he has truly proven himself, then you start paying closer to what Taylor gets. When people look at him as a good bench player, he comes a lot cheaper. It's the same thing with everything. If you want to wait for certainty, you lose most of the value. If you make the move earlier, you take more risk.
It was an unfunny joke and a weak take. The MLBPA needs strong leadership and hasn't really had it since Fehr. The owners are not going to bend on this because they have the upper hand.
The owners should have to open their books to who are in essence their shareholders, the fans, without that kind of transparency the 30 owners will continue to cry wolf about $$$ as they rake it in, all the while pointing fingers at the "greedy" players. It's a long runnning dog and pony show by the owners who found the perfect guiless and gutless clown in Manfred to lead the parade.
Do fans really think if the owners get their way that the money saved will lead to lower prices at the ballpark? No, it will probably lead to more building of luxury corporate boxes and the kind of ridiculous seat licensing found in the NFL. It's going to be a long winter and possibly spring as well.
Why do the owners want a further watered down playoffs? Because more mediocre teams in the postseason means more mediocre payrolls.
Instead of teams tanking it we will see a rush to see which 82-80 teams with low payrolls make it as wildcards. Just spend enough to make it to .500. I wonder how many owners today care more about making a profit than winning a division?
He was actually. He legit carried the team for extended stretches. That is the legitimate definition of the 'It' factor. His presence on this team changes the make up of most games.
Hey Brian. You made th classic mistake of posting a real hot take off-season plan there. The Phillies already have some large commitments so I really struggle to see the Phillies land Correa.
Landing Reynolds might actually be less possible. The Pirates are not interested in trading him so the Phillies would have to motivate them. Not exactly warm sales. Reynolds would be so expensive, it would probably hurt your feelings how much he would cost. Keep in mind that though maybe you could think up a fair trade, the Pirates aren't interested in that. They have to be blown away with an offer.
How can anyone who writes about baseball make a list of corner OF and not have Suzuki Seiya at the top? This guy doesn't even MENTION him! WTF? The best hitter in NPB. Not even mentioned. Should be fired.
DBH - Hate to break it to you, but the Sox ain't taking a $12M luxury tax hit next year PLUS an $8M 2023 buyout just to have him be a defensive replacement. He will be starting nearly every game, guaranteed.
I wouldn't. Hader is a max effort pitcher with some miles. It's really a matter of when, not if, he breaks down. Even a minor injury that drains a couple mph from his fastball could make a huge difference in his effectiveness.
That’s definitely not what happened. It wasn’t innings limits. He couldn’t pitch past the second losing all velocity and control. You should look up the trade because they got more than that…
Who cares about Carlos Correa. If there’s any Yasha comments he made about Derek Jeter I think the Yankees Would be smart to kick him to the curb. He obviously is a brainless twit, as well as a drum beat cheater. My heart has a hard time bleeding for some pass bag that’s going to make at least 15 million a year anyway. On another note he might go to a team where he has no protection in the lineup and it’s like crap. It’s a gamble…
dewey - Yes when I said last year I was referring to last year. LOL
Their defense has already gotten better, now that JBJ is in CF and Hernandez is at 2B. Remember, their original plan for this year was Dugie in CF, Renfroe in RF, Hernandez at 2B and Franchy in LF.
I think everyone agrees the defense on the left side of the infield needs to be improved, but what does that have to do with Schwarber? If they trade Xander, which I think is a definite possibility, they will likely replace him with a better defender who doesn't hit nearly as well. All the more reason why they should add Schwarber's bat, they need his .957 OPS.
My point is, LHP/RHP splits is what's important ... NOT what side of the plate you swing from.
They've already got Xander, Dalbec, JD, Hernandez and Vazquez who are RHB that perform better against LHP.
So WHY would anyone say that having an all-lefty OF along with lefty Devers is "too lefty-heavy"? How is 4 out of 9 LHB in the lineup considered to be "too lefty-heavy"?
Agreed. They need that third pitcher. I would doubt Schwarber is a consideration due to his poor defense - the Mets D is already bad enough. Bryant would be a bad addition, but I don’t think the production will match the contract.
Bohm would be a fine centerpiece that Oakland would be silly to over look just because he had a poor season. Even if you do look at it like that, Chapman had a down season of his own so you would think that would level the playing field a bit.
I agree on the hysterical part. FWIW, the only happens in the RSN. I've seen people that hated Ellsbury and Bay, and others, until the day they left. Then they cried for years about cheap Henry was.
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@finkle...boi...You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Why do you even bother to post?
People are discounting Renfroe’s defense quite a bit. Keep in mind he was a finalist for a gold glove in RF last season, and he was good enough to move Verdugo out of RF and over to LF (Verdugo was great in RF during the short 2020 season). RF at Fenway Park might be the most difficult OF position to play in all of baseball. It is huge and it has all of those funny angles going down the foul line. I watched over 120 Red Sox games last year and Renfroe played a great, defensive RF. If Brewers’ fans should worry about anything, it would be Renfroe’s last 2 months of the season, including the playoffs. He got into a lot of bad habits at the plate and was striking out way too much. From April to mid August, he was a beast at the plate; then it all just disappeared. I hope for Milwaukee’s sake that there was an injury that caused his decline and it wasn’t that pitchers finally figured him out. He had atrocious 2020 with Tampa which led to his DFA. But all I can say is that Renfroe will play a much better defensive OF than Avisail Garcia ever did. He just needs to avoid his offense slipping again if the Brewers hope to replace Garcia’s bat with Renfroe.
Boston really likes the prospects they received back from Milwaukee, especially their 3rd rounder from the 2021 draft. He has a chance to be a very special hitter in MLB, so Boston agreed to take that albatross deal for JBJ off their hands just to get him. We’ll see in a few years who actually won this trade; in the short term, it’s a landslide victory for Milwaukee.
Stale, tired, inaccurate take on this team.
Hitters do not always transition to MLB as well though, so I'd hardly put him at the top. It's not the same as evaluating a pitcher where if he throws 99mph or has a great breaking ball you know it carries. You have to project a hitter from another league at the plate, and that's not always easy.
Makes me think of the 10u baseball games I've seen recently. One team had six dads in and around the dugout, each with their own "role." Six dads for a *10u* game?!
Very exciting player if his defense holds up
Up and down career
TG doesn’t post anything on Giants articles either. Just the same old dreck, like clockwork.
One trick troll.
Hey that farm system produced Rhys Hoskins and Aaron Nola
They passed on Seager…….
I didn't know he had ever been in the majors. When did the Phillies call him up?
Preaching my sermon!
It would be cool if someone signed Correa to a 350 million dollar minor league contract.
Everyone not playing in Houston who can outrun them teams catcher should have to do push-ups for every. Pop-up and fly ball to the warning track
Same thing.
Exactly! For the love of Baseball, can we please forget the launch angle! Sure we need home runs but but a base hit, walk then a double is statically more likely! And scores more runs!
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I just skimmed the article after the way it started. Very condescending. Obviously baseball writers can be fans of baseball teams, but temper the snide comments of teams you don't like in these type of review/preview articles. It's not an opinion column. This goes beyond spelling/grammar errors. Yes, I'm a Phillies fan, but I would've just stopped reading altogether if this was another team's review. It's just a bad read, honestly. It's unprofessional.
Not to mention, they listed Gibson as the #3 starter, omitted the Phils' 2nd best pitcher in '21 (Suarez) and Stott from the article, and still have Quinn as part of the team. Just disappointing, as I usually enjoys these articles over the offseason.
@Manny - Let’s get the commenting started here! I’m shocked that MLB gave Ozuna a retroactive, 20 game suspension…basically the same as a judge letting someone off for time served prior to a trial. Ozuna will need to pay back the 20 games worth of salary he received while on the commissioner’s 2021 exempt list, but I can’t believe he doesn’t need to sit out any games in 2022. The only remaining question is whether or not Atlanta will dare to bring him back. They still owe him 3 more years on his deal and they have no way to void his contract. It’s going to be very interesting to see what they do.
The same goes for LA and Bauer. Can LA really release Bauer and pay him the $60M left of his contract via player options for 2021 & 2022? I didn’t hear much from Atlanta players about Ozuna but we did hear (via reporters) that a lot of Dodgers players stated they didn’t want Bauer back with the team regardless of the legal / civil suit outcome.
Get your pitchforks ready!
Brett Gardner is an attractive option?
PHI is dumping underperforming players they will never miss.
I think the IF will make a comeback but the OF does need work.
The pen is atrocious.
100%!
I think he’s more of a AAAA outfielder.
Except for maybe Sale (unless he's nails in 22) they are all leaving on their own anyway. We are rebuilding & I definitely don't want them to deviate unless it makes total sense like Correa does! Cherrington did a great job building a farm but never pulled the trigger on good F/A, then DD basically gutted that work way too much! Theo is still the closest we've had to balanced & the jury is still out on Chaim but he needs time to develop the plan...Cherrington may have but was axed a yr maybe 2 too soon...we'll never know? But DD was a clown...anybody could have done what he did! If Bloome finally gets it right we'll be solid...I give him a max of 3 seasons including 2022...that let's us see how many of our position & pitchers have value on the big club weaving in sensible free agents based on where we are not performing. I will say I have followed the Sox since I was 9 & outside of the excitement for the 04, 07, & 18 teams for different reasons I have never been more excited than waiting to see this group & plan come together...& if we could churn a pitcher every say 5 years even that would be huge! (13 I think we just got lucky AF! If you look at how we hit...& pitched that playoff...every hit we had of our abysmal team BA was in perfect clutch timing & we pitched over our heads...one of the luckiest championships of all time in MLB in my opinion) But I see a few back to backs coming soon! Definitely 4 in 10...
Sidd Finch as pitching coach!
The Phillies are victims of a farm system that has produced nothing, or at least very little the last ten years.. The revamping has just begun under Dombroski and it will take a while.
In the meantime it will take cash and a whole lot of the right trades to become competitive.
So far this off season I've seen none of it from the Phillies front office.
Even if the Braves fail to re-sign Freddy Freeman the Phillies will have to rely on a down season by the Braves to finish ahead of them and that's not even considering the Mets who really improved despite having no manager yet.
As a Phillies fan I say it will take signing like Kris Bryant and like trading for Kevin Kiermaier (knowing full well it's only for his glove) to stabilize CF) and adding 2 good relief pieces and even then it might not be enough.
Kris Bryant to Seattle, please!
Money spoke to the reigning AL Cy Young award winner. May it speak to Bryant as well! And/or Story, and/or Suzuki.
Joe McEwan or Robin Ventura would be fine in my book.
Nah, they’ll get this CBA worked out by the end of February. After the massive losses from Covid, neither side can afford another partial season and more importantly neither side can afford to lose fans to come watch their games. Cooler heads will prevail and they’ll get this done despite the glaring ineffectiveness of Manfred and Tony Clark.
The Phil's fundamentals last year were pretty bad.
You’ll see if Beede breaks out this year with the giants .. since he’s out of options. Otherwise it’ll be with another team!
Bryant costs too much for a declining left fielder
Don’t remind us
I would (as a Cubs fan) like to be realistic. SOMEONE had to hit for them last year in the second half. I believe their AAA caliber offense benefited from nobody taking them seriously. In a weak lineup you tend to throw more strikes as not to “gift free bases” and I personally believe the Cubs players took advantage when they could of that. The next playoff caliber Cubs team will only have Madrigal in the starting 8 (assuming DH isn’t in the NL) out of the current roster. Ortega could be a 4th OF or MAYBE the worst hitter of the 8 starters, but I don’t see that happening.
The owners only locked out Major League players. Their coaches can still work as can any of their minor league players not on the 40-man roster. Assuming that Dahl wasn’t placed on the 40-man, he is free to work with anyone in the Brewers organization outside of Major League players. He can work out in any team facility and have access to any coach including strength & conditioning coaches, team trainers, doctors, etc. Hopefully they have him on a program to fix his health issues and swing issues. He has certainly shown glimpses of talent that explains his high draft selection, but has not shown the consistency needed to be a regular contributor for any MLB team. He’s still just 27 so maybe a coach can figure out how to unlock his potential and turn him into the next Yaz.
Totally agree.
Yeah pretty blatant omission. Mistakes were made.
Price was trash horrid slide step delivery...never liked him or that deal...I also knew Sale would have TJ with his all arm delivery...I often wonder if he had an actual mechanically sound delivery how hard he might throw...Nate is good & I think we'll be fine with Houch &/or Whitlock in the rotation & the othe in the pen. The pickups I actually like all 3...We Need Correa on a 6 or 7 yr deal...he'll I'd try 5 yrs at 200 million with the guys that are leaving in 2023 and our complete infield prospects rising (minus Catcher) Things are looking great in my opinion but we definitely need this SS Now above anything else!
Ladies and Gentlemen, the last living baseball fan who still cares what a player's batting average is.
Conforto's career on-base percentage is almost 360, with a 124 wRC+. That's the kind of production that Kris Bryant and Jose Abreu had last year. Dude's a fantastic hitter.
Ranger as the Opening Day starter would still be a stretch, but yeah, I agree.
This article read pretty uninformed, (I don't know how Gibson is/was the #3) and even condescending at times.
Whyhayzee- it’s only been 2 days and it’s the weekend.
The hot stove is cold. Not even sure the pilot light is still burning. This lookout kind of blows.
History says they will keep him. Pretty much impossible to trade him coming off if this DV incident. Perhaps a year on it will be different. Zero chance they’ll dump him.
I was one and done. And you're right, he doesn't post on Padres articles.
Mariners are set in the OF. And the next time a player's home town is relevant to what team they pick in free agency will be the first.
They're all over Bryant though. For 3B.
If Boston is now more interested in a right bat, Bryant might be a good target. He could play left and spell Devers on days off till Boston gets their head out of their ass and moves Devers off 3rd permanently.
Except that's not his name.
Schwarber will easily surpass his asking price
I learned that word from that movie. Kudos on the reference.
He should be the outfield coach/instructor.
"Occasionally above average"? Seriously, you all need to head over to one of the stats sites before forming your opinions. He's literally never been below average. He's got a 147 and an over 150 (albeit in the shortened 2020) wRC+ season in his recent past. If that's "OK," gimme some of that.
RISP? He’s worse when runners are on base? What an absurdly useless stat. Causation?
Dude he's got a 147 wRC+ year on his baseball card, and only one season below average (which wasn't 2021 actually), and that only barely. Just about every outfielder in baseball would love to "struggle" like that.
His problem is staying healthy, not "struggling" at the plate.
Jefe, would you say I have a “plethora of free agents”?
The Giants should trade for him, they haven’t had a true lead off hitter since Brett Butler.
Almonte has carved out a pretty nice career as that backup outfielder your team has who is OK as long as you don’t have to see him too often.
If he can still pitch. And if he can still pitch, the Dodgers are not letting him go. He's one of those situations where if he's really available, you really don't want him. Cuz the Dodgers are not dumb and they don't pass on guys because of money.
Gibson, Efflin, and Suarez are all solid options behind Wheeler and Nola. It’s not a great rotation but it’s pretty solid and probably the best the Phillies have had in about a decade
I have an appointment on Monday to see my therapist about MLB off-season lockout withdrawal. Anybody else?
Soooo glad I’m not a Red Sox fan!!
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Yeah, being the team of the century is a heavy burden to bear.
His .214 ISO and 124 OPS+ for his career I think will help them ignore his batting average with RISP I think.
Good one G74. He'll be a lot skinnier too:)
Do not feed the troll, all he does is grief the Bay Area fans for some strange reason. This TG guy lives on every SF post, super strange. Hes never contributed one iota of pertinent info on any Padre post.
How dare you introduce logic into this discussion.
He won't trade him. He can opt out after 2022, and it will be doubtful we will trade him prior to the deadline. Bloom will have a tough decision to extend him or wait on Mayer, but that decision won't come in 2022.
Dupe is a great depth signing; I wanted the Pads to do this exact deal and sign him to El Paso. Alas, FZ beat us to it.
I hate to admit this, but if their is one team that can straighten out a guy like Dahl it's the Brewers. There is a pretty good list of relatively obscure players that had their best seasons in Milwaukee. I'm already worried that he stays healthy and tips the scales making their offense at least average. That's all it would take for them to win another 95+ games.
Fever Pitch Guy2 hours ago
KD – Ever heard of Adrian Beltre?
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One more guy that too many fans judged on the basis of one season. Beltre was a terrific player, got hurt, and had one bad season. When Theo signed him, some of these nimrods thought he was finished.
By all accounts, this TGSD19 cat looks and smells like a troll and does not represent the real, faithful Friars one bit.
The waiting cuts both ways. If you wait until he has truly proven himself, then you start paying closer to what Taylor gets. When people look at him as a good bench player, he comes a lot cheaper. It's the same thing with everything. If you want to wait for certainty, you lose most of the value. If you make the move earlier, you take more risk.
It was an unfunny joke and a weak take. The MLBPA needs strong leadership and hasn't really had it since Fehr. The owners are not going to bend on this because they have the upper hand.
The owners should have to open their books to who are in essence their shareholders, the fans, without that kind of transparency the 30 owners will continue to cry wolf about $$$ as they rake it in, all the while pointing fingers at the "greedy" players. It's a long runnning dog and pony show by the owners who found the perfect guiless and gutless clown in Manfred to lead the parade.
Do fans really think if the owners get their way that the money saved will lead to lower prices at the ballpark? No, it will probably lead to more building of luxury corporate boxes and the kind of ridiculous seat licensing found in the NFL. It's going to be a long winter and possibly spring as well.
Why do the owners want a further watered down playoffs? Because more mediocre teams in the postseason means more mediocre payrolls.
Instead of teams tanking it we will see a rush to see which 82-80 teams with low payrolls make it as wildcards. Just spend enough to make it to .500. I wonder how many owners today care more about making a profit than winning a division?
@tony What such in-depth analysis. How long did it take you to come up with that?
Yes the entire article was condescending.
He was actually. He legit carried the team for extended stretches. That is the legitimate definition of the 'It' factor. His presence on this team changes the make up of most games.
Do you consider 4 LHB in the same lineup to be "too lefty heavy"?
Hey Brian. You made th classic mistake of posting a real hot take off-season plan there. The Phillies already have some large commitments so I really struggle to see the Phillies land Correa.
Landing Reynolds might actually be less possible. The Pirates are not interested in trading him so the Phillies would have to motivate them. Not exactly warm sales. Reynolds would be so expensive, it would probably hurt your feelings how much he would cost. Keep in mind that though maybe you could think up a fair trade, the Pirates aren't interested in that. They have to be blown away with an offer.
Actually, there are pictures of him in a Giants uni. After 25 years, he still looks the same.
How can anyone who writes about baseball make a list of corner OF and not have Suzuki Seiya at the top? This guy doesn't even MENTION him! WTF? The best hitter in NPB. Not even mentioned. Should be fired.
DBH - Hate to break it to you, but the Sox ain't taking a $12M luxury tax hit next year PLUS an $8M 2023 buyout just to have him be a defensive replacement. He will be starting nearly every game, guaranteed.
I wouldn't. Hader is a max effort pitcher with some miles. It's really a matter of when, not if, he breaks down. Even a minor injury that drains a couple mph from his fastball could make a huge difference in his effectiveness.
That’s definitely not what happened. It wasn’t innings limits. He couldn’t pitch past the second losing all velocity and control. You should look up the trade because they got more than that…
Who cares about Carlos Correa. If there’s any Yasha comments he made about Derek Jeter I think the Yankees Would be smart to kick him to the curb. He obviously is a brainless twit, as well as a drum beat cheater. My heart has a hard time bleeding for some pass bag that’s going to make at least 15 million a year anyway. On another note he might go to a team where he has no protection in the lineup and it’s like crap. It’s a gamble…
Actually, the Braves made several trades that ended up saving their season.
Defensive replacement is a waste of a roster spot. No way to carry a hitter and not give them at bats. Impossible.
Well it’s hard to win with a 2000 year old mythological figure as a main component on your team.
Sounds like an 80’s pop band
What stat doesn’t matter? OPS+? It’s literally other stats combined into one. Care to explain your disdain for it?
Hitting coaches are cheap, compared to players. Perhaps, more individual attention will help players.
dewey - Yes when I said last year I was referring to last year. LOL
Their defense has already gotten better, now that JBJ is in CF and Hernandez is at 2B. Remember, their original plan for this year was Dugie in CF, Renfroe in RF, Hernandez at 2B and Franchy in LF.
I think everyone agrees the defense on the left side of the infield needs to be improved, but what does that have to do with Schwarber? If they trade Xander, which I think is a definite possibility, they will likely replace him with a better defender who doesn't hit nearly as well. All the more reason why they should add Schwarber's bat, they need his .957 OPS.
My point is, LHP/RHP splits is what's important ... NOT what side of the plate you swing from.
They've already got Xander, Dalbec, JD, Hernandez and Vazquez who are RHB that perform better against LHP.
So WHY would anyone say that having an all-lefty OF along with lefty Devers is "too lefty-heavy"? How is 4 out of 9 LHB in the lineup considered to be "too lefty-heavy"?
Holy crap yes!!!!!
Yea, the manager takes the blame for decisions someone else made. Thankless job. Well, it pays well so maybe there is some glory
Jacob Cruz with Yelich. Cruz pictured with previous team. The Brewers. No pictures available with Giants.
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Agreed. They need that third pitcher. I would doubt Schwarber is a consideration due to his poor defense - the Mets D is already bad enough. Bryant would be a bad addition, but I don’t think the production will match the contract.
Bohm would be a fine centerpiece that Oakland would be silly to over look just because he had a poor season. Even if you do look at it like that, Chapman had a down season of his own so you would think that would level the playing field a bit.
You'd be sleeping as well TG but you've misplaced your binky. Try thumb sucking.
Conforto will be lucky to get as much as the qualifying offer. We tend to forget that he's a .254 hitter and .213 with RISP.
I agree on the hysterical part. FWIW, the only happens in the RSN. I've seen people that hated Ellsbury and Bay, and others, until the day they left. Then they cried for years about cheap Henry was.
Nice LOTR reference