JoeC

At least with Kopech there (seemingly) was a strategy to give him periodic rest for innings management anyways, so I am guessing it was somewhat of a no-brainer for that reason.

As a side note, I would love to have Benetti and Brockmire call a game together. Benetti as the "straight man" setting up Brockmire would be a sight to behold.

Huh. It's almost as if this organization tolerates mediocrity in its public-facing product out of some sense of loyalty. I hope it doesn't bleed over to the on-field product. That would be a shame.

That, and the fact that Vaughn never played OF tells me that he isn't an outfielder. I commend him for seizing the opportunity to break into the big leagues, but at some point the org should strive for something beyond a second-tier solution.

Muncy just signed an extension, so he's off the table.

Makes sense, given the lack of mask in the video.

Would be curious to see the rest of the team's stats in this situation. Read: "someone please look it up because I'm too lazy"

You're right. It's pretty plain. For his career: 1B: .776 OPS (104 AB) DH: .802 OPS (126 AB) LF: .748 OPS (377 AB) RF: .685 OPS (173 AB)

I think that was from late 2020 or early 2021. At the time I was actually on board with it. The offense had relied so incredibly heavily no the home run that it was feast-or-famine a lot of games. I interpreted his "fuck the home run" attitude as a "let's focus on good at-bats as a primary approach, and home runs will come." Not "don't hit home runs." You know - I was viewing it though a lens of common sense.

AV has an .800 OPS. His WAR is 0.6, but that's 100% because of his defense. I'm failing to see how he's a massive disappointment.

Yes.

Pretty much. He's giving us what any reasonable person could have expected out of him at this stage in his career.

You must apologize to all.

Pretty sure I disagree on at least 2 of those 5 (if not 3), at least if you're expecting to have some semblance of competency.

Pray tell - what positions are those?

Agree. Still - so many chances to win somehow, and they just manage to piss it all away every time.

(wrong thread)

Me too.

We can go down in fewer.

At least this saves the BP by shortening the game to 8 innings.

Nice to see Andrus cool and calm there.

Why does a 4-4 tie seem like an insurmountable lead?