gehringer_2 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, RedRamage said: I wonder if Ausmus might not make a decent GM If I had to guess he'd be good at everything execpt making trades - and that just because his up tight personality might make make him a poor negotiator -- but IDK. He seemed like a decent guy - just wasn't cut out for the job when he was here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 27 minutes ago, RedRamage said: I wonder if Ausmus might not make a decent GM. Obviously he wasn't a great manager, but GM is obviously a very different position to that of the guy on the field. He was always supposed to have good baseball smarts, what's he? Maybe it just didn't translate well on the field. That said I don't think he has real extensive experience in the front office. I'd be a little reluctant to hand him the keys with out more of a track record. According to wikipedia: 2011-2013: "field executive" for Padres 2018: Special Assistant to general manager for the Angels Maybe? I think the bigger thing is that taking his managerial career along with comparing his front office experience to Dana Brown, it just makes it an incredibly easy decision (and one they ultimately made the right decision on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Jonathan Davis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theroundsquare Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 are you ready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said: Jonathan Davis? https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jonathan-davis/15104/stats?position=OF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jonathan-davis/15104/stats?position=OF Almost would have rather seen Meadows Jr. get an invite lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 13 minutes ago, mtutiger said: Almost would have rather seen Meadows Jr. get an invite lol If I’m reading Fangraphs WAR properly, his was higher than a lot of guys in our lineup last season. I know—pretty low bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 hour ago, mtutiger said: Almost would have rather seen Meadows Jr. get an invite lol Parker? He's on the 40 man and doesn't need one. I don't mind the Davis signing. In terms of controlling the zone, he does that. Similar to Vierling, a right handed counterpart to the Meadows/Baddoo/Carpenter crew at least is a complement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 27 minutes ago, Edman85 said: Parker? He's on the 40 man and doesn't need one. LOL, you are right.... completely wasn't thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 https://www.mlb.com/news/how-comericas-new-fences-will-affect-tigers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 3 hours ago, RatkoVarda said: Jonathan Davis? Calculated risk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 RIP to the Patriarch of the Avila family Ralph Avila who passed away today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I noticed Andy Ibanez on Team Cuba for the WBC. So he will be out of camp from roughly March 1 until Cuba is done. Should be plenty of infield/dh at bats to go around, assuming Baez, Schoop, and Cabrera are playing as well. Cuba and Netherlands (Schoop) are in the pool in Taiwan (Please call it Taiwan. Chinese Taipei nomenclature is Chinese propaganda), so that is a bit of extra travel time/adjustment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTiger Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 4 hours ago, Edman85 said: I noticed Andy Ibanez on Team Cuba for the WBC. So he will be out of camp from roughly March 1 until Cuba is done. Should be plenty of infield/dh at bats to go around, assuming Baez, Schoop, and Cabrera are playing as well. Cuba and Netherlands (Schoop) are in the pool in Taiwan (Please call it Taiwan. Chinese Taipei nomenclature is Chinese propaganda), so that is a bit of extra travel time/adjustment. Hope Schoop got his Taiwan 🇹🇼 visa in time. Or should I say Formosa since he his playing for the Netherlands and the Dutch were the first western explorers to land there and called it Formosa which means Beautiful Island 🏝 which it is indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 Someone is all in a dither and is clutching his pearls about the new direction ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddwert Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 https://www.mlb.com/news/harold-castro-celebrates-walk-off-in-style No one is going to bring up hitting Harolds walk off homer in Winter League ball? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, chasfh said: Someone is all in a dither and is clutching his pearls about the new direction ... Interestingly, the tease on McCosky's Google page reads in a rather more alarmist manner than the actual tweet does, although the article does run along the same alarmist lines as this: I wonder what the technical reason is behind that? Edited January 31, 2023 by chasfh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 2:25 PM, 1984Echoes said: Are you telling me that because I supported Avila I'm NOT ALLOWED to question Hinch... like, ever? That seems like some kind of draconian punishment that I am receiving here... lol. nyah, i'm just teasing you. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) Re:McCosky story: You notice that the success he pointed to was Fulmer - a pitcher. It's a whole different mental approach for a pitcher than a hitter. A pitcher is an initiator. He controls the action - he has time to deliberate - to bring his thoughts about what he wants to do to some kind of closure, then make his pitch. Hitting is purely reactive, once a pitch is coming you have to be 100% on pure reaction and the 'mental/muscle memory' of what your body knows how to do. Any thought process a hitter attemps once a pitch is released dooms him. Hitters are going to be far more affected by potential mental overloading than pitchers and if teams don't recognize that difference and tailor their approach for hitting and pitching differently, they are going to fail. Edited January 31, 2023 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, buddha said: lol. nyah, i'm just teasing you. 🙂 I knew that... That's why I threw the word "draconian" in there... I figured that was a "HOT" word for responding to a tease!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Toddwert said: https://www.mlb.com/news/harold-castro-celebrates-walk-off-in-style No one is going to bring up hitting Harolds walk off homer in Winter League ball? Good for him. Still fine that he's gone though. Edited January 31, 2023 by mtutiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Apropos of nothing, but people confusing resign and re-sign will never not get old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Edman85 said: Apropos of nothing, but people confusing resign and re-sign will never not get old. That's a dominate theme. Edited January 31, 2023 by Tiger337 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longgone Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, Edman85 said: Apropos of nothing, but people confusing resign and re-sign will never not get old. You should be re-signed to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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