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Here's the difference, no one else suffers from bad offense. If Yoan Moncada strikes out on three pitches, that doesn't hurt anyone else. If Jake Burger boots a ball at 3rd, the pitcher now has to pitch over it. It adds to their pitch count and gets them out of the game earlier. It forces another bad reliever into the game, or forces a good reliever into throwing even more pitches. It can cost us needed relievers for the next days as we cover the extra pitches and innings. We have already seen the results of horrible team defense with relievers being hurt, sore, and unavailable for days at a time. I would argue guys being sent in risky situations by the 3rd base coach is the downside result of a bad offense. Because we can't score runs in bunches this year, the coaches, are pressing guys into tough sends. Again no one else suffers because of this. You make extra outs, that is it. As for the Vaughn mention, I will simply note that Adam Engel was playing RF a lot more often before he got hurt, and I am sure his defense was fully the reason why.

If they aren't going to play him every day, I am glad then sent Sosa to AAA.

I imagine board meetings looking something like

That defense behind him cost him all three of his runs. He did well against a really good offense last night.

The point is that we have horrible defenders all over the field, and they are costing us runs. We have somewhere around 3 guys who are truly good defenders at their positions. Every time we stick Jake out there, maybe he hits, but he gives it all back on the field. We can't afford to have a whole line up of this, and we quite literally lost the game last night for this exact reason. Also if we don't get Yoan Moncada back on track, we aren't winning anything anyway. But for the record, on their careers, their numbers are remarkably similar, even with Moncada's huge injury related problems this year.

FIFY

I am glad someone here got it.

We are looking for both kinds of players 1B AND DH

He's ready.

To follow up on this, if you expand fangraphs out to 180 PAs to include Jake Burger's season here are their defensive ratings out of 76 peers Yoan Moncada 17th 3.9 Dwar, 3.6 UZR/150, 1 OAA, 0 RAA Jake Burger 57th -4.2 Dwar, -13.4 UZR/150, -6 OAA, -4 RAA

I am way more to apathy now. I was angry early on because pretty much everything was obvious and predictable. Now that it is happening, I feel helpless and disconnected. I watch less and go less.

Look if we aren't going to score runs, we can't give away cheap ones. Even if Moncada keeps hitting like he was prior to his injury, he is still giving top notch defense at 3rd.

Burger hasn't proven this either, for the record.

It has gotten noticably worse now.

I was going to say 1984.

Last night was a perfect example of the last two seasons. -Terrible defensive line up costs the starter 2 runs. player playing out of position can't make a fairly routine play. -Base running mistake kills a rally early. -bullpen coughs up the lead after a rally. -Tons of easy/quick outs allow opponents starter to work deep into game -no long balls -multiple defensive outs given away with dropped balls not showing up as errors, but extended innings and allowing extra runs.

Starting in the dugout and permeating throught the players, this is just the dumbest team in baseball right now.

That's not a homer tho.

Lol, Sheets.

I mean no manager on planet earth is yanking Lucas at this point. None.

Oh good lord.