SoCalTiger

Please no. Ok for a game or two but defensively he’s not a shortstop in my estimation.

Javeys to young for the Abreu treatment and who would play shortstop ?

Well they should stop that. Let him rip. I’ll trade a non existing obp for some slugging.

Ok thanks 😊

Do we have any true power hitters in our system ? Jung ? Miguel has left his imprint..Singuelio..

Well I have supported Baez more than almost anyone on this board but it has reached a boiling point. But I still wouldn't release him until we have an acceptable replacement player. You can not expect an owner to eat 85 million dollars with the chance he plays better someplace else or worse harms your team in the process. However if Baez has "checked out" then you are forced into corner. Do you think Baez has given up ?

What about Jackson Holiday ?

So I turned on MLB online late today and say the 2-0 score and thought" didn't they score one run yesterday" to quickly realize that we lost again today and shut out AGAIN. To Miami. wow. just wow.

That's good point. Wishful thinking gone ugly. Having said that it's hard to understand just how terrible he has become.

Do balls hit into the rightfield stands count as homers ? Can you advance a runner from second to third with a fly ball to right ? How about a ground ball to second ? So why the F are you pulling the ball ???

embarrassing

took really needed to get Greene to third

Do we know how Tork has done against good pitchers slugging wise and what is the MLB average against such pitchers ? It's obviously lower but some players have good careers hitting AAAA pitchers but disappoint in big games. Are there such stats available ?

That was clutch. Great to see. Want many many more please.

Manning is cementing his spot as a teams fifth or sixth starter. Not bad but nothing special. Not a future piece in my amateur evaluation.

There’s no shame losing to Verlander, but he doesn’t pitch against us every day either

clutch homer by Tork.

I do think managers lose more games than they win.

Who said BA isn't important ?

Tell your Boss we said stick it. Or tell your customers to just buy and skip the trip.

19-19, Gentleman we are now at the cliffs edge. Can we stay upright ? Skuball to the rescue.

The players were listed as examples and yes Chapman on short deal as well.

I am good with Harris and Hinch. No need for DD and Smokes. I like the direction of the team etc but I just wish the urgency was ticked up a bit. By that I mean adding a player or two on short term contracts via free agency. We could have had JD or Turner for one year as an example. They didn't need to play every day and the youngsters could have been brought along with a bit less playing time. They can be traded or just cut when the kids settle in and start hitting. I don't like the blanket statements like "year one is for evaluating what we have" and "this year we will struggle to hit as we provide runway for the newbies ". Both of those can be accomplished while still adding some veteran players to help us win and take some pressure off the youngsters as well. It's ok to platoon your first year in the bigs or play part time. We've had nice start to 2024 but look how much of it is attributed to Mark Cahna and Urshela. We could have had one or two more vets as well and still played Meadows, Keith, Wencel, Tork and Verling etc plenty. Spend a few million each year on one year stop gap players until we don't need to. Make winning today just as important as developing for tomorrow. They don't have to be mutually exclusive.

I agree with you but they still need to keep that in mind.

I guess that’s progress.