JoeC

We can only hope. There's the whole "if he can stay healthy" thing, as well as the whole "if he can adjust to the adjustments the league makes on him" thing, too. Luckily he seems like he's able to develop some semblance of patience out there.

You rang?

Great. Now that he's got his fat contract he's just gonna mail it in.

We'll always have the pop-up RBI single to short.

I am liking McGuire back there.

This is one of those 60 you're gonna lose.

I'm hoping for a game-tying infield pop-up.

MLB Gameday PbP: "Jake Burger singles on a pop up to shortstop"

This is nuts.

Yes. Now for those damn "woo" kids we can hear over the broadcast....

Nice to see the healthy side of my Pollock - Engel platoon getting on base.

Late reply, but I was going to go the Moises Alou route for suggestions here.

I read this post right before Keuchel got a backwards K on a seamer / sinker down the middle.

Harrison I am hoping will turn out to be a NICE budget signing.

Damn I love Tim Anderson. I said it... man crush.

Seems like it's worthy of some sort of countdown thread.... the mandatory option thread.

Yes it was nasty. Crazy horizontal movement. Tight and late breaking. I'm OK with him not recognizing THAT pitch. It's the rest of the at-bat that I have a problem with. Putting yourself into a position to have to defend against that pitch to begin with? Not good.

That last slider that Eloy swung at near (not close enough to be "at") was nasty.

Some might describe that as "tradable"

Quintana, Sale, Eaton (2016 edition), capped off by Lynn dropping an F-Bomb.

If these things don't come to fruition, at least we will have had some good conversations / reading.

maybe a better link here if you're an Athletic subscriber: https://theathletic.com/1750136/2020/04/16/stark-the-home-run-that-broke-baseball-reference/

Not true.

Can we IL platoon Pollock and Engel? It's a new concept I just invented and I'm 100,000% sure nobody has ever thought of before. Just mandate that one must stay on the IL at all times. As soon as one goes down, the other is instantly activated.

Newbie question: Is this the appropriate time to start a "Put Burger in the rotation" thread? Sorry, but Burger's defense at 3B is average. His bat is going to be above average hopefully, but a major league roster on a team supposedly contending for a world series victory is not the place to teach a questionable defensive talent how to play a middle infield position.