stanick88

This is my favorite thread right now. All the other threads (due to our major League team) are depressing. It’s  nice to hear about some of our young prospects making names for themselves. 

2 minutes ago, John Taylor said:

Honestly, this best explains how I have been feeling lately. We literally are wasting the prime years of the best player of our generation.

I completely agree.  I just don’t know what to think anymore. For us to compete we would have to get rid of a lot of our prospects. But by not doing so, we risk losing Trout. Can Ohtani just come back please so we have less holes to try and fill to compete. 

Man, I feel deflated by the angels. From the losing to the injuries; my heart hurts. 

Cozart grabbing his shoulder. 

Lets go get DeGrom F*ck it. 

Young should of and could of caught that. He came to a complete halt and the ball almost dropped on his shoe laces. 

15 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Look internally for help for another month!

Aww, the old kicking the can down the road method that has never worked for us. How about Let’s go get help now. 

This is stupid. Why is everyone so quick to give up on the season. You guys are depressing. Richards is not going to get us anything of substance most likely. Plus that further puts a hole in our rotation. Also, HE IS TROUTS BESTFRIEND. let’s just pack it in so Trout will leave for sure. Good one guys. 

Instead of thinking about who we can trade and get rid of for the sake of trading, we need to be thinking about what is going to make us a contender. We are not a small market team. Quit thinking like one. 

Something needs to be done because We can not continue to rely on Trout for our only offense. Our pitching staff is seeming to come back to earth recently. 

I can’t wait for Calhoun to get healthy from his phantom injury. I say we dfa young, Send back down  hermosillo and blash. Bring up EYJR and play the hot hand between Calhoun and EYJR (what ever hot hand will mean, or the hottest hand). If Calhoun really is injured then send back Blash and bring up EYJR. See if EYJR or Calhoun can bring a spark. Maybe the time off for Calhoun has worked. If not try EYJR. 

YUUUUK, Young in right feild. 

Can you imagine our lineup if we had moustakas and Jay Bruce added to the lineup and we got someone like Herrera, familia, or Britton for the bullpen? Then Cozart can get 4 or more starts a week as utility moving between 3rd, SS, and 2nd, also getting everyone in the infield a few extra days over over the course of the season. 

2 hours ago, WeatherWonk said:

Clearly, by trading him.

What good is having the best player of all time, if you cant make the playoffs?

Baseball, more than any other sport, cannot be dominated by one player the way a Jordan or a Brady or a Gretzky can. It takes so much more in baseball. Probably Ruth and Bonds have come the closest in baseball. Even Bonds didnt have THAT much team success. Koufax for a short period, I guess. Maybe Ricki Henderson.

I see your point with trading. I was most referring to him leaving when his contract is up and not resigning with us. That’s what I took from the word “leaving.” If we trade him and amassed a ton a propects then yes, There is a chance we may be better off. But also a chance we are not. But why take the risk, Let’s try and win now. We need another impact bat (Moustakas) or even change of scenery type of player like ( Jay bruce), and a bullpen piece or two. And we can contend now with the best player. 

On 6/11/2018 at 8:22 PM, ten ocho recon scout said:

As much as I want him to stay, if he leaves....we will survive. The irony is if he does, we might be better off. I know thats blasphemy. And we could never replace him. But the way the team is shaping up, when the time comes, this team should be in a lot better shape.

I hope to hell we can keep him. But i hope (and it looks like) we are building a team to win with or without him. 

I cant blame the guy for wanting to play for a team going places. I only hope were building that team, and he believes it.

There is literally no way that we are a better off if Trout leaves. How would we be better off if the best player of potentially all time leaves?

28 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

I’d still take Calhoun over all present options.  Blash is Facking awful.  

I agree. Atleast Kole does something well (his defense). 

2 hours ago, stormngt said:

Is it just me or this this plagiarized from anothers poster comments in a different thread? Or is it the same person?

Try neither. 

Is it just me, or has Maldonado’s pitch calling seemed to have taken a step back this year. I feel like there are more two strike hit this year.  

10 minutes ago, Randy Gradishar said:

SS and CF are ironically the easiest positions to play. Catcher is a bitch, though.

Yeah.   Said no one who has ever played the game before. 

Except the catcher part. Catcher really is a bitch to play.  

18 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Would you rather have.....

Newcomb and Segura 

or 

simmons 

 

Segura and Newcomb were not even in the same trade. If we had both Newcomb and Segura, who knows what the rest of the team would look like as that would be two trades that would not have happened. 

Im for it, if the price is right. Like othe rmentioned. Fills multiple needs. But just concerned with his age combined with. Ring so fed through 2020. That would be another late 30’s player making slot of money. 

Come one now. this is proof that we need bullpen pieces. Can’t even keep a game close. Much less a lead. 

Eewwwwwwwwwww. I said it too soon

Here we go baby bedrock. 

Young just plain stinks in the feild and at the plate. 

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

I had a hunch Petit simply got too good of a deal in FA for Eppler to match - a two-year commitment for a few mil was a little much, so I understood it. He hasn't been nearly as good as he was last year.

Seeing Norris sign for peanuts stung though. He was a lot better for us last year than his line (and memories) indicated. 

Mostly, I just wanted to point out that plenty of guys Eppler has acquired (Field A) for literally nothing in the last two years are producing - even if on other teams - so I trust he can repeat that process still and find us quality relievers without surrendering top prospects for guys like Herrera, Familia, Hand ( Field B )- especially when there are other guys like Chavez, Rondon, and Soria (Field C) who are putting up reasonably similar numbers and will cost a whole lot less.

Eppler's track record with offense worries me much more than his relievers. 

Keep in mind the quality of the inning thrown. The feild B pitchers are pitching in high leverage situations in close games. So their numbers tend to carry more weight. Someone like Chavez is pitching in games where the pressure isn’t as daunting, and games are less close. I don’t know how much weight should be given to the high leverage situation pitchers, but atleast a small consideration should be given.  Especially since that is what we need most; effective leverage situation pitchers/closer.