bigbadbuff Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 18 hours ago, BullsandBroncos said: At least you have people that play those positions, playing those positions. We had a AAA right fielder who hit the ball 3 times in 2 months and lead the league in first base errors playing first base. Not to mention a AA level 2nd basemen playing outfield “Play those positions” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, bigbadbuff said: “Play those positions” Yes. 3 of our starters up until the deadline didn't even play the positions they were playing, ever. And those players have an insane amount of errors at said positions. They can afford one player like IKF when they have a player that basically counts as 2 above average batters. Edited August 17, 2022 by BullsandBroncos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbuff Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 59 minutes ago, BullsandBroncos said: Yes. 3 of our starters up until the deadline didn't even play the positions they were playing, ever. And those players have an insane amount of errors at said positions. They can afford one player like IKF when they have a player that basically counts as 2 above average batters. I think the last 6 weeks has shown they can’t afford that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante9876 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Braves lock up another great young piece on a modest deal. I think swanson might price himself out of Atlanta. Hope they go get another Front line starter in FA and resign Max Fried. Edited August 17, 2022 by dante9876 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, bigbadbuff said: I think the last 6 weeks has shown they can’t afford that. It's not all on one player. They've scored 8 runs in the last 56 innings lol. Bats were bound to go cold eventually. Edited August 17, 2022 by BullsandBroncos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbuff Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 hours ago, BullsandBroncos said: It's not all on one player. They've scored 8 runs in the last 56 innings lol. Bats were bound to go cold eventually. Absolutely not. I’m complaining about Hicks and IKF directly, and Donaldson, although he at least plays a good 3rd base. Torres has also been horrible, but i realize the guys we have in the minors are more suited to replace the players I’ve had the biggest gripe with. IMO a lineup of DJLM JUDGE RIZZO STANTON BENI TORRES TREVINO PERAZA BADER/Cabrera/Florial Is what we should be rolling out in September to see how it looks for October. We know what we are getting out of IKF and Donaldson, and we ain’t winning with that team. I want to see a couple of the younger guys get some run and see what they can do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mission27 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 6:17 PM, bigbadbuff said: Absolutely not. I’m complaining about Hicks and IKF directly, and Donaldson, although he at least plays a good 3rd base. Torres has also been horrible, but i realize the guys we have in the minors are more suited to replace the players I’ve had the biggest gripe with. IMO a lineup of DJLM JUDGE RIZZO STANTON BENI TORRES TREVINO PERAZA BADER/Cabrera/Florial Is what we should be rolling out in September to see how it looks for October. We know what we are getting out of IKF and Donaldson, and we ain’t winning with that team. I want to see a couple of the younger guys get some run and see what they can do. Totally agree Yankees pulling the same garbage as always playing barely above replacement level vets every day because we are stuck paying them millions or Cashman doesn't want to admit defeat Only time they deviated from that playbook was 2016-17 because Cashman traded/released all the vets, big surprise the 2016 team almost made the playoffs and the 2017 team almost made the WS "ahead of schedule" When will he realize the best teams aggressively promote and utilize young talent? In every single sport. If you aren't going to spend 2x as much as anyone else anymore, you can't rely on a bunch of guys in their 30s who are way past their physical peaks and can't stay healthy and effective for 162 games Hicks hasn't been a good player in 4 years, Josh Donaldson is a piece of crap human being and he's hitting .223 with minimal pop. But they're playing every day because we are paying them $35m a year. IKF has a .317 slugging percentage Enough is enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarcia34 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, agarcia34 said: Dustin May makes his return today. His stuff some how looked better. Cannot wait 9ks on 71 pitches lol give it another year and a half and he will be considered the best at his position 😎 Edited August 21, 2022 by agarcia34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 7:45 AM, BullsandBroncos said: Yes. 3 of our starters up until the deadline didn't even play the positions they were playing, ever. And those players have an insane amount of errors at said positions. They can afford one player like IKF when they have a player that basically counts as 2 above average batters. Except they have multiple players who are automatic outs, at least Gallo is gone but Hicks is still here and there's been zero production from the catcher spot for the past two months. The cleanup hitter has 47 RBIs this season and an OPS below .700 When Rizzo, Giancarlo, and Carpenter were healthy and mashing it was fine but that's the problem, they built the entire offense around a few guys in their mid-30s (and got lucky with Carpenter), injuries happen If Judge wasn't having an all-time season they'd be in second place right now Zero offensive production from half your lineup isn't going to cut it for a team that wants to win a WS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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