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  1. Last year Trout hit something like .130 in “late and close” situations. Hope it doesn’t become a trend.
  2. Oh ok thanks. Looking at the tweets, they made it sound like Bailey had only one year left.
  3. What do the Reds get out of this? They’re taking on a lot more money and giving up prospects/international money for the right to do so. Just to get rid of Bailey? They like Puig that much?
  4. Yes. He is also the source of the nickname “big catorce.”
  5. So he’s going to pitch in the majors after not having pitched a single inning since high school? That’s hard to believe, unless it’s just someone who can come in and mop up in a blowout... basically like any other position player, not a “two-way player.” In the past, haven’t people said that in order to convert to a pitcher, a position player would have to go down to the minors and start over, basically retrain themselves and come up through the system, effectively taking 2-3 years to make it back to the majors, if at all?
  6. Did you mean Cozart and Tropeano for a gray Chase Utley?
  7. Not to mention the actual record of the MLB club in recent years reflects more on the previous GM than it does the current one. Unless you have a Dodger type payroll where you can buy your way out of problems, there's really not much a GM can do when taking over a team with as many holes as this one had throughout the system. The overall health of the organization is much greater now than it was when Eppler took over. 2020 and onward will be more of a reflection of the job he has done.
  8. I would love nothing more than the Giants to screw over the Dodgers, and I have a feeling they feel the same. They pushed Bumgarner back to pitch Friday instead of in his usual spot. At the very least, make the Dodgers have to play some sort of tiebreaker game just to make their obnoxious fans sweat.
  9. Cozart injured his left shoulder, so that’s not an issue. But I agree. His performance this year is mostly in line with his career norms. There isn’t much to him other than an average hitting middle infielder with not a lot of power.
  10. If you ask Trout for input into personnel decisions, what you'd really be doing is asking his agent for that input. Trout doesn't seem like the kind of guy who follows the business side of things, or has any interest in how a front office runs a team as long as they're trying to improve the team. Sure, he could tell you to go after every guy he knows is an impact player, but that's no different than what the average fan would suggest. It's not like he'd be analyzing stats and coming up with a game plan for who to fit in under the budget. "Hey Mike, do you think we should go after Machado?" "Yeah that dude is awesome." Very useful.
  11. I don't think Trout has ever tweeted anything himself that was longer than one word, other than "Fly Eagles Fly" or if the next team we play has 2 words in it.
  12. This is exactly it. He talks too slowly, so that if he's talking about something else in between pitches, he doesn't finish in time to call the next pitch or play. Lots of uhhhhhs in between the words of his sentences don't help. And yes, he more or less tells you what happened after the play is over and has processed it in his mind, as opposed to calling it as it happened. The time whichever team it was turned that triple play on the Angels last month, it was ridiculous listening to Terry try and figure out what happened and describe it (after the play was over of course).
  13. Terry seems like a nice guy, but if you listen to other teams’ radio broadcasts, you’ll realize how little real time PBP he actually does. I don’t even know that he’s not paying attention, it’s just that he’s too slow in all facets to keep up, whether it’s in describing the play or telling a story too slowly to get back to the action in time. With other teams, I know exactly when the next pitch is coming whereas with the Angels, often there have been 2 or 3 I’ve missed because they simply weren’t called.
  14. For what it’s worth, Jose Mota said on the postgame yesterday that he had talked to Albert recently, who told him he had every intention of fulfilling the last 3 years of his contract...
  15. While we’re on the topic of scouting reports, anyone have anything on Mayky Perez? Looks like a somewhat recent convert to relief pitcher at Burlington. Dude has pitched 33 innings, and has struck out 48 while only giving up 11 hits. And 4 of those hits were in his last 2 outings, which were multiple inning outings. So before that he had given up 7 hits all season...
  16. If I remember correctly, him and Nonie Williams were buddies from Kansas. Looks like they’re on the same career trajectory.
  17. Ward is a completely different situation than Cowart. Cowart never hit well in the minors anywhere except Salt Lake (maybe low A briefly). It was a strange thing because he was struggling so much in AA that they demoted him to San Bernardino, and he still struggled. Then they bumped him up to AAA out of the blue, and he magically started performing. They attributed it to some sort of swing change, etc. but in reality it was likely the environment. Ward, on the other hand, destroyed AA pitching this season before being moved up (and didn't perform that badly last season in his first taste of it while still catching). That level has a much higher concentration of high end prospects compared to AAA, and he had no issue with it. Cowart tried AA a few different times, and he was terrible. So offensively I'd expect Ward to hold his own at the major league level, and maybe even thrive. The defense is what's likely holding him back for now.
  18. I think it's just that most realize that EY would have been much more useful than Chris Young, once it was clear Chris could no longer hit major league pitching or field with any sort of consistency. EY could've been a much better defensive replacement while being a factor as a pinch runner. And I don't think it would be possible for him to have hit any worse than Chris. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn't going to save the season or anything. But it would have probably made a difference in a handful of games. Personally I think it was because they thought Chris got off to a slow start because of the spring training injury, and just hung on way too long waiting for him to snap back to form, or at least what they thought he was capable of.
  19. Was there last night. The stadium itself is insulated from the shit area around it. If you've ever been to a spring training game, it's very similar. My friend made a great comment though. After a 66er player hit a home run out of the stadium in right field, he said "a crystal meth tweaker probably got that ball." There really isn't much outside of Marsh in the lineup, and he's been in a little slump lately. Maybe watch for Connor Justus. He looked like a failed prospect, but he seems to have completely turned a corner the last month or so. Power numbers are way up along with his average. He's a little older, so nothing exciting, but it's something. Brendon Sanger is another player who I believe was recently demoted from AA. He was viewed as having some potential at one point. Looks like he is a little too good for A ball, but can't take the next step.
  20. Didn’t pay that close attention to it, but from what I did see looked like he was sitting at 89-90 for the most part.
  21. Went to the game in IE tonight. Not a bad stadium at all. Great place to see a game. Went a little late in the season, as most of the top prospects there have been moved up. But Sandoval pitched very well. 5.1 IP with only 1 hit allowed. 4 BB's, but he wasn't really wild or anything. He was around the zone for the most part. Picked a bad day to see Marsh. He had a rough game... 3 weak groundouts, a K on a ball in the dirt, and botched a play in center.
  22. Red Sox, Yankees, and Dodgers... in increasing order. That's one reason I'll never be able to root against Houston unless they're playing the Angels. They were like a gift from god last year taking out all 3 of those teams in one postseason. It's like the holy trifecta.
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