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EDinTUSTIN

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  1. Well written, and I like that there is a highly-regarded third baseman in t he system. Now, we know he can hit and run the bases. How are his defensive tools: arm strength, accuracy, range, glove, and reflexes?
  2. I don't think he would at all. In fact, with him being the staff leader he could provide valuable mentoring. It is not as if he would cost another SP playing time.
  3. I would've been glad to take it before 2021 just to put the kabosh on the NL using the DH.
  4. Then maybe the older staff should've pitched better last season. They didn't, so screw them if their feathers are ruffled a bit. Who cares if they have tire marks across their backs. Besides, isn't Tyler Anderson the only one in the rotation fitting that label of older staff? If he is offended, good. He was given a good contract worth a lot of money based upon a career year in his last season with the Dodgers. He failed miserably the first year here. If he is offended, good. Maybe he should've pitched well as he was paid handsomely to do. As for Detmers and Sandoval, we have been waiting for them to exhibit some leadership, which they have not. Hopefully, this prompts them to get their act together. The other potential starters are young like Canning, so I doubt this will bother them at all. Wash thinks Canning has leadership skills, so he absolutely was right to say this.
  5. Words of truth, Taylor. Also, most people don't pay a lot of their hard-earned money to watch software programmers , ad salesmen, and the average Joe's and Jane's do their jobs. They do, however, pay -- and pay a lot these days -- to watch baseball players from the team that they are fans of, do their jobs, and they expect those players to do that to the very best of their abilities. He gets paid handsomely to ply his trade. Does he work harder than the average person who has to bust their hump to just make ends meet? No. I don't disparage him making that huge salary, but #$#$#, have some appreciation and perspective and just what that job entails and how blessed he is to have that opportunity.
  6. They sure were, Chuck. We need more of that -- and pitchers that have the stuff that they had to go along with it. A take-charge, no-prisoners, own-that-mound type pitcher would sure be a real boon to this team and the pitching staff. Could use some Percy 'tude' closing out games, too.
  7. I do as well. Also, having a better bullpen is important, yes. However, what good is a good pen if there are rarely games to hold or save? Or sending in pitchers from a great bullpen because a starter can't get out of the 4th of 5th innings without leaving the team down by four or five runs. Yeah, they might pitch a shutout after that 4th or 5th inning, but we still lose.
  8. Preach brother because what you just wrote gets a big "Amen" from me. How often did we see the likes of Figgins or some other light-hitting middle infielder at DH just so somebody else, usually another slap hitter, man second base just to get some playing time. The DH is for a talented slugger, somebody who specializes in hitting and hitting with power. And Trout hasn't really shined at DH when he has been placed there. I'm not saying he should never DH, but it should be sparingly. If he needs a rest, he needs a rest. Particularly since his last few injuries were hitter rather than fielding related. The championship-caliber teams in MLB have talented sluggers as DH's who maybe once in a blue moon man a position, but essentially they are there for one thing and one thing only -- and they do that one thing very well -- and that is to crush the ball with a bat and drive in runs. Oh, by the way, I went back and did a couple of edits in my previous post. You were probably wondering if I was typing blind or something. LOL You encapsulated my frustrations with how the DH has been used traditionally here -- well, before 2018 anyway. Now people are wanting to go back to use that as a slush spot just to plunk a tired player in? No.
  9. It is indeed a skill set. Actually, very few do it well. I am in complete word-for-word agreement on your assessment, EG. If guys need a rest, well, they need a rest, don't just plop them in the DH slot.
  10. I think taking a flyer on JD might bear some productive fruit. What I worry about with the DH spot is that it just becomes a revolving door for guys to take a break from the field. Before the former DH we had, it was little more than a place where guys took turns there without any rhyme or reason. If we are going to have different players manning that spot, it should be players who have the ability to rake and to drive the ball. And those who do well sliding from playing the field and DH'ing well. It takes a player with a particular mindset to do that. DH is a premier hitting position, one that must be manned by a talented and powerful hitter. Before 2018, it had gotten to the point where slap hitters needing a day off from the field were hitting DH. That shouldn't be. Personally, I think too many people don't understand just how vital the DH is. It should only be manned by someone with the skills and attributes of a #3 or #4, or maybe, a #5 hitter. Stability in the lineup is important.
  11. You sound nostalgic there, Strad. LOL But you also bring back good memories. I enjoyed all of that as well.
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