kdog

This season is lost IMO…but even if I buy that some reversion to mean is coming, you are relying on guys like Candy, schoop, grossman, and maybe meadows. They don’t have a viable long term catcher. It would unreasonable to expect them to buy 3 legit core players in free agency…and the farm system isn’t necessarily equipped to make value trades for position players. I don’t see how this is built into a consistent contender anytime soon.

Bringing up the starting outfield is a step up to a below average team vs being completely awful. But this was a 77 win team if everything went right. The rebuild isn’t over, it’s just beginning.

Candelario leaves the game with an injury.

Hinch is trying to get through 3 days at a time with the injuries and lack of performance. They can't possibly think that Willi will hit over the season. They're just trying to find a few weeks of decent contact. This is survival instinct.

I would guess we are nearing the end of the Eric Haase era....below .500 OPS guys who have no defensive value should be gone ASAP.

The Willi Castro thing is a micro issue that stems from gigantic macro problems within the organization. Trust me, they wouldn't play him this much or out of position if they didn't have to.

Baez May/June splits: 35K, 2BB, 18-120, 230 slug, .432 OPS.

Willi is going to play in the outfield until the rest of the lineup makes him unnecessary. I don't blame him or Hinch. It's the other guys who are paid well and doing nothing.

Willi Castro wouldn't be playing if their entire infield all had OPS below .600 aside from Tork. They only reason he's playing is that when he occasionally makes contact, sometimes it's a basehit. That's how bad this has been. And Meadows and Grossman have 0 combined homers on June 5th!!!! this is insanity even given their injuries. Hinch hasn't done a good job but this is a systemic failure.

Build an actual roster with good mlb players. And you can carry Cameron and Hill in the outfield if your entire infield didn't have worst in the offense numbers. Every single position. Castro is a better hitter than both of those guys so he gives you something even if he can't play defense. You are focusing on Cameron and Hill's defense when this is one of the worst offenses in mlb within the past 10 years.

Game was under 3 hours...very nice.

Pitching Harold.

Play Cameron or Hill in center. You can put Willi in either corner in that park. But they were going to get smashed either way. 6 perfect innings. This lineup is beyond pathetic.

Brieske and Rony are pitching the next two days. This series was going to be a disaster for pitching either way.

This should be Erod Jr's last start.

Would guess Greene's issues are conditioning primarily. He hasn't played baseball in two months.

The other options are Hill and Cameron right? RH hitters who can't hit.

Meadows will be back Monday, Grossman will be back Friday, and Greene will be back soon after. But if the first two guys don't hit, you need Willi and Harold I guess?

That was hilarious....if you are this reliant on the Castros for offense, crap happens lol. If Baez, Grossman, Meadows, Schoop, Tork, etc were healthy and hitting to career norms you can carry a good defender out there.

If Hinch had a normal rotation, no way he lets E-Rod 2 face that guy with men on.

overmatched thus far.

Sunday morning MLB games are on Peacock Premium. The Apple TV exclusives are free right now...but that will change down the road.

Meadows left the game early yesterday and Hinch said he felt fine.. I think they are capping him at 3 at-bats to start.