Claude

Wait until Padreswin.com finds out about this.

There’s no doubt about it. He wants to win and there’s no end in sight with the losing. He understands the budget restraints.

That’s pure goodness there. Well done and definitely has my respect.

That’s fine he’s great defensively, injury prone and has very little pop in his bat. Singles and walks is his thing. I just think Didi and Fletcher would provide a solid defensive core in the middle and add some pop. Didi can reach that RF yellow line and he hits good in Anaheim.

Strad my concern for Simmons is his durability. Sure he’s an elite shortstop but his plate discipline has dropped off. He doesn’t have much power either.

Let him walk and take Didi Gregorious who’s the same age, decent defensively and has much better pop in his left handed bat. Oh and I love his career splits in Anaheim. Didi for 2 / $24M at short and put Fletcher at 2B.

Cans of soup. Omg he’s lost his marbles.

Lol this guy is a load of shit.

So you’re saying that if it turns out that he can’t pitch because of discomfort and if he can’t fix the yips at the plate he’s still worth keeping? He will be a negative war player at that point if that happens. I hope he can rebound but there’s no way in hell I would keep him around if he doesn’t. It’s counterproductive. I think people are still starry eyed about his rookie season which was great but that guy might not ever return. They have to be prepared for that.

No you were talking about the Padres and CWS fails and I said they didn’t spend as much money. Obviously I was referring to the Angels. But you can get your little calculator out and try figure it out. I really don’t give a hoot.

Nope the Padres nor the White Sox spent as much as the Angels from 2009 to present. Nice try cherry picking a couple of seasons but no.

One of nastiest teams in baseball.

Wrong

Those teams didn’t spend as much money.

Interesting observation. He definitely looks uncomfortable. I watched some video of his at bats in Japan and he wasn’t backing out of the box against righties or lefties. It’s something that’s he developed here. They need to fix it or it will compromise his MLB future.

I’m hoping you’re right. He’s a huge part of the what they’re trying to do. He was supposed to be our Ace pitcher and another .900 ops guy in the lineup. Man I hope he figures it out.

Look I’m a fan of Ohtani but if he can’t pitch or stay in the box next season he won’t be very fun to watch.

Jeff he needs to get it together. They jumped through a lot of hoops to get him here. They basically let him make his own schedule. He needs to stop thinking every pitch is going to hit him.

Arte is not going to do that to Pujols. With Upton, it is what it is. He’ll show up every now and then but mostly disappoint. Ohtani is a frickin mess that better fix himself. The team can’t afford to carry him just because he’s the famous two way guy from Japan. If Ohtani shows up next season and plays like he’s playing now they need to quit f’n around with him and scrap the whole thing and designate him for assignment. These three players really shit the bed this season. If they show up next season and continue playing like this then the question for next year’s postseason hunt is already answered no matter how we pitch.

$120M is going to 4 players next year. They don’t have the money to just go out and buy an elite starter.

100% correct. This team needs a lot of work. They have some expensive dead wood that they need to purge before they can even think about winning. It’s outrageous that one of the most expensive teams in baseball can’t get a top 8 spot in the AL. It’s going to get even more difficult next year.

Good post.

“Those people” and “You people” lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

If It’s determined that Ohtani can’t pitch and fails to figure out what he’s doing at the plate he may be out of Major League Baseball after next season. You can’t just carry him if he’s no good.

Looks great Chuckster70