Jake

QUOTE (fathom @ May 13, 2013 -> 10:59 PM) At this point, why not put De Aza as the DH and bench Dunn? Put Wise in CF. Partial answer: PK can't play 1B every day Full answer: PK can't play 1B every day and we owe Dunn lots and lots of money

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 13, 2013 -> 10:56 PM) Flowers? His head isn't in the game. Ramirez booted that ball, but it was no routine play and probably shouldn't have been an error. Flowers is probably the easiest player to bench in that he isn't hitting or playing D. Dunn isn't hitting well and hasn't played D, but he made a couple of plus defensive plays tonight.

Mike Conley is one gutsy dude. Can't believe how Memphis can dump Mayo and Gay and still have this kind of team.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ May 13, 2013 -> 10:49 PM) What can he possibly have in mind? EDIT: RV on sox miscues:"Eventually you get to that point where you don’t pay attention to what’s going on, we’ll find somebody else to do it.” -- Gonzo Probably talking about benching. Who could he be talking about though? The worst offenders defensively are our best hitters

#gritngrind proud to be a Memphian with how this team looks right now

QUOTE (fathom @ May 13, 2013 -> 09:46 PM) As Hawk just said, "right now, we're just not a good team" We should all be thankful Ventura didn't sign an extension and this is PK's final season under contract. When it's like this, tough to blame anyone because you really have to blame everyone. Just gotta brave the storm and hopefully we turn things around shortly. I know we can start playing better defense as soon as heads get out of asses. The hitting may or may not happen, but we don't have to give up runs by not communicating and BS like that.

This team could use an off day

I know Conor is tough because he doesn't wear batting gloves

PH for Kepp. Ballsy Robin, I like it. Don't let the contract dictate your lineup

Sometimes I feel like Dunn going 0 for 3 is a good day. Could be 0 for 4!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 13, 2013 -> 09:35 PM) Wow, how did Rios miss that pitch Had him looking outside so much that he couldn't do anything but damn near hurt himself on the inside fastball

Alejandro's swing looks a bit more toned down today. Can't argue with the ADA-Alexei 1-2 punch so far

Still in it. Let's go bats!

Dunn!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2013 -> 09:13 PM) Ｗｉｔｈ　Ｈｉｃｋｓ　ｔａｋｉｎｇ　ｏｆｆ　ｔｏｎｉｇｈｔ，　Ｄｕｎｎ　ｎｏｗ　ｈａｓ　ｔｏ　ｂｅ　ｆｉｒｍｌｙ　ｅｎｔｒｅｎｃｈｅｄ　ｉｎ　ｌａｓｔ　ｐｌａｃｅ　ｆｏｒ　ｂａｔｔｉｎｇ　ａｖｅｒａｇｅ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｍａｊｏｒｓ，　ｒｉｇｈｔ？ Yes, but Kepp leads the race to the bottom in WAR

Can't catch a break, can we?

Bad call

Hawk loves Mullet Night

QUOTE (fathom @ May 13, 2013 -> 08:55 PM) I'd rather they get him the necessary innings to help develop him as a starter. He was literally an Alexei botched flip away from having a very good start. Agreed. Hector is one of the best pieces in our organization at this point. I'd give him the royal treatment.

Got the job done...but to what end? Oh yeah, Dayan Viciedo

I always kind of liked Pedro Hernandez. He was pretty redundant in our system, but he has the makings of a back of rotation pitcher if things go well for him. Such a Twins pitcher.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2013 -> 08:44 PM) Ｉ　ｈｉｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｒｏｎｇ　ｂｕｔｔｏｎ　ｏｎ　Ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ　ｃｏｍｐｕｔｅｒ　（ｎｏｒｍａｌｌｙ　ｉｔ＇ｓ　ｓｐａｃｅｄ　ｏｕｔ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｔｙｐｉｎｇ　ｉｎ　Ｍａｎｄａｒｉｎ　ｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｓ，　ｈａｈａ）．　Ｃａｎ＇ｔ　ｇｅｔ　ｉｔ　ｂａｃｋ　ｔｏ　ｎｏｒｍａｌ　ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇ　ｆｏｒ　ｓｏｍｅ　ｒｅａｓｏｎ． lol

QUOTE (fathom @ May 13, 2013 -> 08:42 PM) I truly hate defensive metrics. De Aza has been awful on defense all season, yet there's actually a stat that says he's played well?? Well -- any proponent of UZR would say to take it with a ginormous grain of salt with so few plays out there so far this season. On the other hand, his numbers for this season aren't a ton different than what he's posted throughout his career. This metric is based on a human rating each individual play with video review.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2013 -> 08:40 PM) 29 and he doesn't really want to play CF. 　Ｗｉｔｈ　ａ　ｌｏｔ　ｏｆ　ｗｅａｒ　ａｎｄ　ｔｅａｒ．　　Ａｎｄ　ｐｏｓｓｉｂｌｙ　２　ｙｅａｒｓ　ｏｌｄｅｒ． Possibly 2 years older? Why does your font look like that?

QUOTE (JoshPR @ May 13, 2013 -> 08:39 PM) Does that include the runs he's given back with the bonehead plays and bad defense and baseball sense overall? It seems we're trying to justify what can't be justified that is bad play UZR would say that his range, etc. has contributed more positive value than his boneheadedness has subtracted value. He also usually is close to leading the league in baserunning runs added so that does push up his WAR number