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I thought they got rid of Viciedo?

Wow Gordon turned on a ball. Who is this pitcher he's throwing meatballs. I honestly think I could have done something with that one. Right down the middle belt high changeup Flowers takes it out of the park in that nice light air.

Uh, did Hawk just say Gordon in the best utility guy in MLB? LOL.

We've certainly got a lot of "hawkisms" already this spring. We've got: 1) Bo Jackson's 1 iron 2) fast baserunners stress pitchers more than home runs 3) baseball is the only sport where offense doesn't control the ball surely I've missed some as well. I'm so f***ing tired of him it's going to be a long season. And as I ALWAYS SAY -- Hawk is a legend, a boyhood treasure -- but put him out to pasture please.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 03:21 PM) What happened? Eaton fake hustled his way to an out with Jose up. Passed ball Eaton went to 3rd and made a huge ass turn and got cut down.

I really hope I never see that in the regular season. Heartburn inducing.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 03:13 PM) I feel like every pitch Danks has thrown so far has been letter-high. He's toast. Wish they would just pay his freight out of town. He had what, the 3rd worst qualified FIP in MLB last year? His FIP over his last 200 innings is 4.9. Injuries to shoulders really suck for pitchers. It's impressive he even came back from the capsule surgery and is still in MLB. John Santana I don't think has thrown even 100 MLB innings since his.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) Leury Garcia is a player with decent potential, particularly on defense. Strong arm, decent skills, but extremely raw in every aspect of the game. It makes no sense to give him away. He may never see the big leagues again, but then he may also do so. If we were doing "what is best for the chances of developing him" he'd have gotten a full season in AA in 2013 and a full AAA season in 2014, he was instead on the big league bench. That's a setup where anyone not named Mike Trout should be expected to struggle. Personally I think he's a dime a dozen no hit all glove type that probably isn't elite enough at one position (say SS) to ever be anything more than a .5 WAR utility guy -- if that. That said, he's not costing them any real money and the 40 man isn't full so yea send him down and see what happens.

Huh, figured they would have just released Leury to clear a spot on the 40 man. Guess there's no rush but usually it seems teams "do a solid" to guys like that and just grant them release to see if they can grab a big league job elsewhere. Well maybe Leury just has no shot and everyone agreed AAA is where he'd best be served.

Thanks so much for the link. Jose is the man. I was on him early got his autograph last spring. Pretty much everything scouting and saber was like "this guy is gonna rake" so it's not like I was some prophet. Remember his "slider bat". Come on.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 06:32 PM) Trolling or stupid? obvious sarcasm in a throwaway post in a throwaway thread

I guess it doesn't matter but I would have liked to see it go to Q.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 06:32 PM) Good news is this spring has hopefully shown Montas he can't just throw 100 mph at this level without good command and be successful. Yea no doubt. Seems unless he has a major breakthrough he's ticketed for a career in the pen, possibly as an elite closer, but still -- in the pen. Secondary pitchers are as rough as advertised. They aren't even that bad stuff wise he just can't command them at all it seems.

Nice job MLB.tv

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 06:26 PM) It's really just a combination of crappy catchers with major deficiencies, it seems At this point I think it's fairly safe to say that the cumulative WAR from 2B might be greater than C.

Man, Ramon Castro would look pretty good on this roster. Non of the backup catchers can throw for s*** and Flowers aint not great shakes himself.

good viewing now Montas in and Hawkins as well.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 05:58 PM) .484 avg 1.062 OPS. Huh, few times I've seen him he's done jack. Guess he only performs when the pressure is off with no TV.

Jose hasn't looked very good this spring. Thank god it means jack.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 05:51 PM) His speed should be fine at least. He looks much faster from losing the weight. The real question will be how hesitant he is with balls close to fence or within diving range cause of his shoulder. Physically he's pretty athletic IMO for a guy that big. His problem is mostly what you mentioned -- he doesn't get good reads and he tends to sorta get caught in between diving and pulling up on balls hit to his left. If he just makes most the routine plays and holds most guys to doubles on balls into the corner I'll be happy.

Avi has a really s***ty arm.

Q running into some trouble here not really pitching that badly but the Padres are doing a good job fighting off tough pitches.

Jesus Alexei stop it man. Does he age? Surely he's lost a step from 27 but man his reflexes seem as good as ever.

Is this Q's 2nd to last tuneup? Maybe he goes 6. We really don't need 7 weeks of spring. I'd be fine starting the season on March 31st. Alexei doing his thing. Bails on a bad hop but with that hand eye not even a problem.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 05:11 PM) Abreu ended up being ok from the looks of it. No limp or anything. little chuckle after he found 3B as well. Seems fine.