KipWellsFan

Sousa is not good. So point taken... But I remember Steve and Jason saying that Sousa falls off the mound to the third base side. So making it back to first is hard for him.

Well in his last 9 games he has an OPS of .355... However, in the 15 games before that his OPS was .810.

I have nothing to add. Grandal and Moncada's struggles are mystifying to me. Although Moncada's sample size is smaller. Hope they figure it out!

Take a shot every time Jason Benetti subtly suggests that LaRussa is doing something strange.

Sorry I have been away. What is the deal with Moncada? Hurt?

The grass is always greener...

Baseball is suffering... you are right.

Oddly enough, Rosario botched a somewhat similar play later.

Last year Grandal caught 12/62, or 19%, which is a pretty significant decline for his career. McGuire has caught 30% of runners for his career.

If you were wondering... Grandal and McGuire have nearly identical framing numbers according to Baseball Savant, but both are good. McGuire has one passed ball and 9 wild pitches in 126 innings. Grandal has two passed balls and 6 wild pitches in 114 innings. Grandal has yet to catch a base stealer. McGuire has caught 3 base stealers. Would be interesting to see the FIPs of the pitchers they receive, but not sure how to get that stat.

If I don't have Apple TV (I have a Roku), and I have a Microsoft Surface, I can't watch on those platforms eh? I have to watch on my iPhone?

You are not crazy. He visually looks dejected anytime little things go wrong. I'm sure this occurs with other players who lack success too, but maybe they just don't show it as much as him. Other players (e.g. Liam), can walk a guy, get angry, and get right back to it on the next hitter. It's a mental thing. So maybe some sports psychology can help. Otherwise you gotta give him the chance to get better. Maybe lower leverage is the right idea. I actually think TLR does a decent job of working people up and down leverage levels.

Madrigal was not our best OBP guy. His OBP was like 4th or 5th highest.

Pffft...

I think Moncada is the big difference. Not only was he exceptionally patient last year, he has been replaced mostly by Jake Burger who is in the following percentiles: K% - 15th percentile BB% - 9th percentile Whiff% - 6th percentile Chase Rate - 6th percentile Also, José Abreu is actually being MORE patient at the plate this season. José's underlying statistics actually look pretty good, so I'm not too worried about him.

I wouldn't be excited about it. But you can never have enough depth.

Who's that dude in the new banner? lol

He was hard to watch.

ding ding ding

Experiment? He doesn't have many at-bats, and the other choices aren't great either. Leury or Mendick. Or some frankenstein infield with Moncada or Burger at 2B, which will probably not work. Our defence is bad enough already.

This! Whenever I put on the other games the announcers are really boring. Steve and Jason have great banter. But to each their own.

Not sure what the source for the graph is, but that does seem to suggest the xSLG formula is wonky no?

Just because we have sunk the investment into Keuchel doesn't mean we have to keep pitching him. Lets hope he figures out how to be a crappy starting pitcher rather than a disaster, and then we don't need to worry about that decision.

Unrelated to the big issue in that game… why don’t you pinch run for Yas after his hit in the 10th? McGuire is probably better defensively, and Engel (or even Burger) has a much better chance to score on a double. That one didn’t cost us… But major oof either way today…

You take that back! hi8is is a treasure.