Harold's Leg Lift

Nick Hostetler is no longer part of the decision making process, Kiley. That seems important. Also, just call it a hitch ya douche.

My guy Gladney has been hitting the holy hell out of the ball and he's not getting nearly enough love. Looking at you DS.

Why haven't you made any moves to improve the current team? Was it this medical staff that advised you not to offer Carlos Rodon the QO? Why do you continue to misevaluate the free agent market? Why didn't you add an impact LHH? Why didn't you upgrade RF? Why didn't you upgrade the starting rotation? Why didn't you upgrade the defense? Why didn't you add more team depth? Why did you put so much money in the bullpen?

It's going to be very interesting to see who and where Owen gets popped. He's a HS 6 foot right hander so teams that scout bodies/tools are going to be out because he has no remaining projection and it's command over stuff. Teams that look at stats/data will be the ones in play because it's plus command of 3 avg/above avg pitches. He's one of the more polished pitchers in the draft but at the end of the day he's a HS right hander with an avg fastball. I could see him going in the 30-50 range.

He's not the dynamic high ceiling middle of the field athete you would like in a 1st round pick but that doesn't mean he's not interesting. He's a switch hitter with avg/above avg hit and above avg power from both sides. That's a rare hitting skillset. Where it gets dicey is his secondary tools. He's a below avg athlete and runner. He's also a below avg defender w/a fringe avg arm so it's very unlikely he stays on the dirt. When you start looking around for players who match that type of skillset it gets very difficult. Can he be Ian Happ? That would be a really good pick.

Sale/Q/Eaton/Abreu wasn't the problem. The problem was Rick Hahn being incapable of building a good team around them and now we're seeing that same problem again.

Sounds like there was a lot of heat there and he didn't disappoint. I think everyone should be interested but if I had to guess I'd say the Pads, Cleve, NYY or Bos could be likely landing spots. Maybe the Mets.

Schultz college summer line: 14.1 IP 5 H 2 ER 7 BB 30 K 1.26 ERA

It's hard to imagine Rick Hahn doing a worse job of putting this team together.

He's not facing minor league pitchers any more.

Sigh......

You have to get this out of your head. No one is teaching professional hitters anything.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Schultz $$$$ drive continues to roll on. 4 IP 2 H 0 ER 1 BB 5 K

Leaving your guys in the middle of the fight is a scumbag move.

Because of that text or because people are wishing death on the manager of a baseball team?

He could've made the play if he was aggressive and charged the ball but he lacks first step quickness so he had to back up and then the ball ate him up. He's not a big league 3B.

Burger must have pictures of the official scorer in a compromising position because they ruled that one a hit too. LOL

They actually ruled that a hit. LOL

The roster is grossly top heavy. The team is setup to have the stars carry them and too many of them are either hurt or severely underperformimg so they're relying on far too many bad players to not be bad. Just look at the top 12 players in WAR on Baseball Reference. No Eloy, Moncada, Grandal, Pollock, Giolito or Lynn. Instead you have Johnny Cueto, Adam Engel, Kendall Graveman, Reese McGuire and Reynaldo Lopez (good lord). There were plenty of moves to be made to improve the roster but instead Hahn decided to sit on his hands and wait for the stars to return and save the day. Meanwhile the days keep getting crossed off and the losses keep piling up.

Awesome. What a great story.

The black hole returns and the team gets shut out.

Sosa should be playing 3rd.