Chick Mercedes

Abreu probably equates to Vaughn though. Andrus, doesn’t move the needle. Just saying the team has to disprove the media narrative, which seems to be a reasonable narrative entering the year.

Thing is, when you basically just run it back on the diamond, they’re gonna do that. Unless Pedro is a baseball alchemist….. What is really different, Clevinger (a wash at best with Cueto), Beni. Then a (non) shift….which every fanbase probably believes will overly favor their own team.

I think he already lost the weight. This is him

All bets are off

That seems like a judgement not in reserve.

U sure this isn't Deng's kid?

Before my time

Colas looks intimidating at the plate. All I got so far.

He hits em like Karko

Stoney in midseason form on that Burger homer

So they CAN shift. But it has to be an outfielder into the dirt?

Needed a little more confidence making that call. But the catcher should have been more organized there in the first place. As I say this, Perez makes a wide throw to second

Oh Ramos

Burger playing at first, which he should have been doing all along instead of wasting time trying to learn second base

No shift. No sticky stuff. Big bases. Limit throws to first. I assume all pickoff moves are balks now. They are gearing up for huge scoring boost. Probably will be throwing superballs wrapped in cowhide.

Pedro is a true troll

The message they've been sending for awhile now is that he has a shot at the job. And Eloy sure believes he does. Putting down the sandwhiches and beer (I assume) for a reason. At the end of the day, he and Colas will probably platoon depending on pitching.

Well, he has a funny way of negotiating for an extension. His agent must be pleased at his loquaciousness

Hard to tell if people are playing the race card just to shield Tim Anderson from criticism of not. Inference being, if Garrett Crochet said these things, it would have been completely overlooked. That's interesting thinking.

Depends what filter you're using. I didn't get that?

In a couple months if there’s winners in town, this will all be tabled. Of not, at least Tim will be out of excuses for the team. Unless he doubles down blaming fans/media for poor baseball

Pedro is smooth in front of media. But maybe he’s got a couple faces. Someone planting that seed of victimization into the team might be a way of binding them together and getting a fighting edge. Pedro is the Energy guy right? It would be difficult to just force them to get some physical energy in their bones without first getting them them mentally into the foxhole.

-Media put DHs and first basemen in the outfield -Media hired a senile old man to run the team -Media left major position holes on the roster -Media made poor rotation decisions what else did media do. Derail a train?

Well it’s delusional, first of all. Tim, meet the media.

I think he used to feed on bulletin board type stuff when he was younger. He still might. But being thin-skinned and rabbit earned may not serve him well this time. We shall see. Hopefully everyone is hopping mad, has seen their reflections in the mirror, and are ready to prove something. Lashing out at media and the fanbase in camp is not a great beginning though. He’s only creating more layers to fight through.