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send him to LA already

such a liability in the field, that's like 4 outs in the past 7 innings he's p!ssed away

Haha very true, but I think they've blown something like 15 leads this year.

Pen looks a whole lot better with the return of Liam and Crochet imminent, Kelly's newfound Cueto/Zesty Nesty inspired leg twirl dominance and the emergence of Kenyan and Santos, it's really a shame they've dug themselves such a deep hole.

TA is not a star, that's my whole point.

His "WBC form" where he got exactly 2 hits off of major league pitchers, both of which are lefty? (Sandoval and Alvarado) Guy didn't exactly light the world on fire in the WBC, he was 6/18 with 2 BBs and 7Ks. Did most of his damage against scrubs from Canada. My sense is people here highly overvalue TA. Based solely on his play, he's a maybe a top (10-15) SS in the league when healthy. He has a plus contact tool, diminishing speed, zero power and is average to below average in every other aspect of his game. He's now on the wrong side of 30, thinks he's owed a 9 figure deal, and refuses to move to 2B where his offense would actually play. The window is closed here and by the time it's open again he'll be well past his prime, it's time to deal the diva while he still has some value.

I've been pretty open about my disdain for the man.

I mean, how much more evidence are the Tim supporters willing to ignore before they can admit to themselves that he's an asshole?

Kelly has looked like a diff dude his last 2 outings, the last one before he want on paternity he was throwing gas too. Unfortunately probably too little too late.

Was having this same thought watching the game yesterday. He was certainly calling his own pitches against Houston that night. Reviewing his Statcast year over year numbers and nothing really jumps out other than he's getting blistered now. Velo and spin down across the board but barely, my sense is he's just not locating the slider the same as last year and not inducing enough chases with it. That being said, color me concerned.

My old man texted me this same sentiment over the weekend, my gut reaction was to tell him he's crazy, but maybe he's on to something...

I mean he's 36 years old with a career ERA of 3.96, I'm not worried about it.

I just read the OP again and caught "future all star Nick Madrigal" Is that still a thing?

Brian Goodwin is another name that comes to mind.

I'm an old dude that still plays video games and currently playing a ton of MLB The Show. Saw this thread this morning and thought it was pretty cool. For the uninitiated, The Show will temporarily "supercharge" players in the game to 99 overalls based on recent performances in real life, a group of players from around the country is advocating for Liam to get the supercharge boost upon his return for beating cancer, always neat to see national Sox love. https://www.reddit.com/r/MLBTheShow/comments/138pjc5/motion_to_supercharge_liam_hendriks_upon_him/?sort=top

Didn't realize he said that, now I feel even better about leaving a shitty Yelp review on his highly overrated brewpub in Los Gatos, CA.

What a bummer, ball was flying off his bat in the Houston series like I haven't seen since 2019 Yoan.

They were claiming it flared up during the long WBC flights he was on, which seems pretty accurate based on my past experience with flared/bulging discs.

I'll defer to PTATC for his expert opinion, but anecdotally I've had a disk slip a few times in my life, numb leg(s) and all. Resolved itself with increased walking and abdominal strength building exercises and not sleeping on my stomach, has not flared up in probably 8 years now. I'm sure it depends how bad it is, but not necessarily a season ender for folks with a normal pain tolerance, Yoan might be a diff story however .

Is he? I watch almost exclusively on opposing broadcasts to avoid Benetti and Bacon. Eloy’s act is long worn out, hopefully the first guy out the door.

Need to listen to that interview, but I've always suspected this. Katz has done zero for me to give him the benefit of any doubts, so I question if his coaching technique, especially with his pet project Giolito, was simply to increase lateral movement and FB ride with the aid of spider tack, and he's been scrambling ever since the ban to reinvent himself, which has in turn resulted in a complete loss of control for most of our staff. Pure speculation, but he certainly seems to be a fraud.

10th slowest sprint speed of qualified batters according to baseballsavant btw all this stuff is free on baseballsavant, pretty excellent website

I think there's probably some flaw to this stat where it's based on Home Plate to 1B speed and guys aren't always running 100% effort where Jake probably is. Like is Jake Burger legitimately faster than Ronald Acuna Jr? Seems difficult to believe.

yeah I didn't realize that either, I've thought to myself "he moves well for a big guy" but never would have guessed a tick behind Robert speed. Here's compared to the league