SoxBlanco

Focusing on and preaching fundamentals doesn’t make you good at it. You still have to be good at baseball.

And his third K here

Here’s another K

Did he say “and a change up for strike 3”? Damn, that’s a pretty good change at 99 mph.

It says MLB.TV subscription required. I don’t have a subscription, but I do have an account and I’m logged in right now.

Do I need an account for this? (This is sad. I sound like my 94 year old grandfather.)

As an MSU grad, this has been a pretty good night. First, we smoke Michigan at their place, and now I’m reading this. F*ck you, Chris and Rick.

It’s only February, but this has to be in consideration for post of the year.

If any of the other 29 teams felt they could snag Slater later in the offseason, they’d be wrong. Point being, I think he might have gotten scooped up by another team if they tried to wait.

Here’s your reminder. What are you thinking for Robert’s fWAR this year?

Yep. You nailed it. Thank you. Wasn’t a division game like I thought.

I’ve always gotten the same impression with Moncada. One of my favorite Yoan moments was a few years ago, during a regular season game, when he got a huge hit up the middle to give us the lead late. I don’t even remember who it was against. Had to be a divisional matchup. But the emotion he showed at first base after the hit was unlike anything I had seen from him. It was awesome to see. Anybody remember this?

The reason for not moving him was that he had four years of control and no team would have given up enough. I remember the discussions here about it, and many people agreed it would have been dumb to move him at that point.

Solid prediction. I have two questions for you: 1. How would you change it if you knew Robert would still be on the team? 2. How would you change it if you knew both Robert and Colson were on it?

For now, let’s use this thread to predict what the opening day roster will look like. Once spring training gets underway and cuts start happening, we can update and discuss. Who do you got?

Hey, don’t be so critical of their April last year. They won 6 whole games! That wasn’t nearly as bad as the 3 they won in July or the 4 they won in August.

3 run homer. Not a grand slam. Seems like that’s the only big hit of the last decade.

That was his point. He was saying those three prospects will be present at camp, even though they have a 0% chance of making the team. So for fans, the most value might come from following spring training, as opposed to the regular season.

Which players are you worried about taking at bats from?

Where does Fegan even talk about Colson? Are you referring to the comment about Braden?

Out of curiosity, what metrics were you referring to that helped him at 2B?

It’s funny you bring up this example because I almost used it in my original post. I’m a teacher, and I’ve seen multiple examples of people who are shitty teachers and good department chairs. I do agree that a promotion shouldn’t happen if you’re bad at your job, but I see it all the time in education, too. Ten years ago, our principal was horrendous and they kicked him up the ladder to our district office. And just so it’s clear what my stance is, I don’t agree with promoting people who are bad at their job. I didn’t agree with the Getz hire. We had a chance to start fresh and hire outside of the organization, and we blew it. But I won’t go as far as saying Getz is a bad GM. That’s still an unknown, in my opinion.

I definitely agree with everything you said. And I’m not even a Getz supporter. I was angry that they didn’t look outside the organization for a new GM. But what I described in my previous post has always bothered me.

Isn’t it possible for someone to be bad at directing player development but better at GM? They are two different jobs. It’s certainly possible that Getz is bad at both, but just because he failed at one position doesn’t mean he will automatically fail at the other. And I’m not directing this at you, DA. I’ve just seen several people point out his failure at player development the last few years as if it’s clear indicator of his ability as a GM.