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yet another borderline strike call has moncada down in the count yet again...sigh

amazing, a right handed pitcher got out Martinez from the left hand side, unbelievable!

Bummer at least could be a part off the future....but totally dread 6~7 pitching changes per game with that many lefties in the pen.

impressive, brought his era now down under 8....might as well throw Danish out there, Adams, anyone else.

I would like to know exactly which Latin American players have improved due to Renteria's supposely calming presence?

of course, fishing for a pitch way outside the strike zone

no dp hat trick tilson!

Still a game...need Anderson, Moncada or Yolmer to break out. Abreu, too.

Minaya makes Giolito look good in comparison...there's that.

This is where Jones injury hurts. He's pretty effective unless it's a save situation.

Renteria, Minaya and our defense sucks...

This wasnt predictable...should have left Rondon out there longer. it's not 2011 Victor Martinez anymore.

Can you say gaping hole in the bullpen?

The second strike was considerably outside. This umpiring pattern with Moncada in particular is becoming bizarre.

Mickey? Doc? Austin?

Danks and Floyd broke down, too. The only time we theoretically had too many starters was the beginning of 2006 with Contreras, Buehrle, Garcia, Garland, Javy and McCarthy. That depth lasted 2~3 months. A lot of those guys seemed to be adversely affected by the extra playoff innings in the second half of that season (along with Jenks).

PETA...quite unhappy.☹️

The President is awake but the whole world would be better off it he was lying down (again.)

What I mean is that it should be clear whether that 2020 team is going to be able to AT THE VERY LEAST compete for a playoff spot in the 2nd half of the season. Once upon a time in this rebuild timeline, everyone was saying we should be a playoff team in 2020, but the slow start/injuries seems to have pushed that back to 2021 now? It was also conventional wisdom that we would be adding significant pieces beginning in the offseason following the 2018 season...now that seems to be somewhat up in the air. As it is right now, I’m not sure we even have a single 3+ fWAR player on the roster. Moncada and Anderson...maybe...but still a ton of question marks after Eloy Jimenez.

Lopez? Or Covey, is your second example?

Mid 2020...

I guess the real question is whether or not that's good enough for JR and the fan base, which might be left with only the Padres having a longer playoff drought if the M's can get in this season...

Well, Hostetler is definitely director of amateur scouting. Assistant General Manager Jeremy Haber Senior Director of Baseball Operations Dan Fabian Director of Team Travel Ed Cassin Special Assistant to the Chairman Dennis Gilbert Special Assistant to the Senior VP/General Manager Marco Paddy Special Assistant to the Senior VP/General Manager Bill Scherrer Special Assistant to the Senior VP/General Manager Jim Thome Special Assistant to the Senior VP/General Manager Dave Yoakum Special Assistant to Baseball Operations Jose Contreras Pitching Consultant Dave Duncan Major League Advance Scout/Special Instructor Bryan Little There's not typically a director of "pro scouting" for MLB teams, it's more of a collaborative effort between scouts, KW/Hahn and the three names I've highlighted above. Before, Buddy Bell was in a somewhat similar position (closest you can get to director of pro scouting), IMO Chris Getz's current position description is slightly different (more about minor league development/evaluation) than Bell's more "consulting" position, like Dave Duncan and Jim Thome.

Hostetler shouldn't be considered together with the other two execs. He's done a very good job and is a breath of fresh air, IMO. We added Hansen, essentially another high first rounder, in the second round. Luis Gonzalez looks like a good value pick, and Madrigal was the one I wanted all along. Collins has definitely come around, he had looked like a lost cause. Burger and Burdi you can criticize for various reasons, but the Burdi pick was all about adding another elite bullpen arm to the 2016 team, so I'll give him a pass (and many online publications/scouting services still are pretty high on him.) If you want to talk Hahn, you can talk about the boatload of FA's that have been failures under his tenure or the combined one (reign) with KW as official GM. That list includes pulling the trigger on Shields/Tatis (blame more on JR or KW?), Lucas Giolito, Carson Fulmer, Moncada/Kopech, Welington Castillo (the abysmal catching situation in general), Courtney Hawkins/Barnum/Trey M., etc. Hostetler is (much) more responsible for the amateur drafting aspect, and not the end results of the big trades than KW and Hahn have made.

Unless you really want to plant seeds of doubt in the fanbase...he would absolutely be destroyed. Maybe that's what he needs, a kick in the a--. But we seem to have so many fragile psyches, how would he be able to handle that kind of adversity? Would he simply fall apart?