DJ LeMaheiu is the MVP

[UndertheHalo]

Discuss. 

[Angel Oracle]

I thought Skankee fans were knowledgeable.

Heck, he’s not even #2 (Bregman).

[tdawg87]

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

I thought Skankee fans were knowledgeable.

Depends where you go. ESPN or Twitter? Ha. So much stupid.

r/baseball is actually pretty good. Trout is a memelord there and most fans are pretty knowledgeable and realize how amazing he actually is.

Whatever. This happens every year. Next year will be someone else. 

[Claude]

Mike Trout is the MVP.

DJ Lemahieu is just another guy that Eppler missed out on. Oh and Urshela who cost the Yankees only $25k. 

[wopphil]

No.

[Chuck]

55 minutes ago, Calzone 2 said:

Mike Trout is the MVP.

DJ Lemahieu is just another guy that Eppler missed out on. Oh and Urshela who cost the Yankees only $25k. 

Eppler's scouting on position players outside of Ohtani (I mean, duh) is severely lacking. 

 

[UndertheHalo]

So, uhh.... obviously the idea that Trout isn’t the MVP is retarded.  This is an ideal opportunity to call Yankees fans retards.  That is the spirit of this thread. 

Edited September 1, 2019 by UndertheHalo

[eligrba]

1 hour ago, Calzone 2 said:

Mike Trout is the MVP.

DJ Lemahieu is just another guy that Eppler missed out on. Oh and Urshela who cost the Yankees only $25k. 

In Eppler's defense, he probably asked Cashman for his take on those players and Cashman told him they both sucked and to spend money elsewhere, like on Harvey, Cahill and Allen.

[Blarg]

8 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Eppler's scouting on position players outside of Ohtani (I mean, duh) is severely lacking. 

 

Tommy La Stella .300/.353/.495/.848

Brian Goodwin .286/.348/.514/.862

 

I think Eppler did OK this year. 

[tdawg87]

12 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Eppler's scouting on position players outside of Ohtani (I mean, duh) is severely lacking. 

 

Goodwin? LaStella? Simmons?

[tdawg87]

I just got Lou'd again

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Tommy La Stella .300/.353/.495/.848

Brian Goodwin .286/.348/.514/.862

 

I think Eppler did OK this year. 

I'll give you Simmons, but if you think he saw Goodwin and La Stella doing what they've done this season for the Halos you're kidding yourself. He got lucky on those two.

[tdawg87]

If Trout keeps hitting the way he has the last couple weeks he may lose out on the MVP. 

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I just got Lou'd again

The Who rocked 

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'll give you Simmons, but if you think he saw Goodwin and La Stella doing what they've done this season for the Halos you're kidding yourself. He got lucky on those two.

I think that's a big part of it. There's no way any  GM knows some rando pleb is going to become a star. They see something they like and hope for the best.

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'll give you Simmons, but if you think he saw Goodwin and La Stella doing what they've done this season for the Halos you're kidding yourself. He got lucky on those two.

Then Cashman got lucky on DJ and Urshela 

[Docwaukee]

23 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Eppler's scouting on position players outside of Ohtani (I mean, duh) is severely lacking. 

 

he's done alright here imo.  

Cozart has been the big miss due to the amount invested.  

As much as people rip on Upton, my guess is he'll be solid again next year.   At the very least, it's too early to judge.  

He's done fine with Goody, La Stella, and turning Kinsler into Buttrey, Maldonando into Sandoval, and Cron into Rengifo.  He also acquired Ohtani.  

Yunel Escobar wasn't too bad.  Espinosa sucked but there wasn't a lot of options at the time.  A couple of his OF platoons were created with very little budget or prospect capital to do much else.  

Bour was worth taking a shot at and didn't cost much.  

Simmons was a great trade and still more valuable that what he gave up much to our dismay at the time.  

In the end, he's created a very nice major league lineup.  It's deep and there's more good on the way.  

I don't like Stassi at all so we'll see where that one ends up.  

 

[Chuck]

Just now, Lou said:

Then Cashman got lucky on DJ and Urshela 

He got lucky on Urshela, who was known to be all glove no bat. DJ was a solid pickup from the start.

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

 I don't like Stassi at all so we'll see where that one ends up.  

Still scratching my head over that Stassi trade. Made no sense at all. 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

He got lucky on Urshela, who was known to be all glove no bat. DJ was a solid pickup from the start.

DJ had been in decline for a couple of years and had an OPS+ of 87 last year. It is 142 this season.

He got lucky 

[Docwaukee]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Still scratching my head over that Stassi trade. Made no sense at all. 

reminds me of bobby wilson.  decent defender.  no stick.  those guys float around mlb all the time and are a dime a dozen.  

[UndertheHalo]

Cashman went out and got Voit also.  

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Cashman went out and got Voit also.  

He got lucky

[Stradling]

22 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'll give you Simmons, but if you think he saw Goodwin and La Stella doing what they've done this season for the Halos you're kidding yourself. He got lucky on those two.

Yet Cashman saw what DJ and Ursela are doing?  

[Chuck]

Sorry guys, until I'm convinced, Eppler sucks at player evaluations outside of relief pitchers. 

Quote me once that changes. I'll be waiting.