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Miami Marlins: Jake Burger’s perseverance paying off | Miami Herald “Hey, just tone it back a little bit,” he told himself. “Don’t trying to take huge hacks every single time you step into the box. Just slow it down.” “That’s something they don’t really prepare you for,” Burger said later on. “You know you’re coming in and you know what you need to do, but it’s tough chasing results. It’s just kind of staying within yourself.” So far, Burger has managed to do that. Entering Monday’s series opener against the Houston Astros, Burger is hitting .317 (13 for 41) with an .879 on-base-plus-slugging mark, four doubles, one home run, six RBI and four runs scored. His RBI single in the ninth inning Sunday capped Miami’s wild, 8-7 walk-off win over the New York Yankees in which the Marlins scored five runs in the final frame. He has safely reached base in 10 of his first 11 games with the Marlins and has four multi-hit games. And Burger isn’t sacrificing power to bump up his batting average. Of Burgers 33 balls play through his first 11 games with Miami, 12 have an exit velocity of at least 100 mph — he’s one of only 18 players to have that many since Aug. 2. “I feel like I’m settling in,” Burger said. Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article278218297.html#storylink=cpy “It’s always fun just to kind of take that step away and just see how happy he (nine month old son Brooks) is,” Burger said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re on an 0-for-30 streak or 30-for-30 streak. He’s still gonna love me the same. That’s just kind of the perspective I try and give myself every single night.” “Multiple times I’ve thought about quitting and being done with it,” Burger said. “There was a breaking point where I actually told my parents that I was thinking about it too. They both just said don’t live with regrets and that I’m gonna regret it if you quit. I’ve stuck to it and ultimately turned out the right decision for me.” Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article278218297.html#storylink=cpy

103.7 EV 20 degree launch angle (wow!) 836 ops as of this moment

So is Trump, lol. What a combo. In all seriousness, Sanders has been coaching in the Dallas area for quite some time...so it's not like he just jumped straight into the Colorado job. He also possessed all the ties from that massive recruiting hotbed, as well as the national name recognition (all those promotional ads like the one with Nick Saban for Aflac). Let's see if he can sustain the momentum against a NEB program that keeps finding new and more creative ways to lose every year. So how did he get lured away from the blue blood program? “About a week before the announcement that he was coming to Colorado, they called me and said, 'We're making a switch, we want you to come with us,'” Dylan Edwards shared (on his flip from ND to Coach Prime).

DeGrom. Bogaerts. Story from the year before. Baez. Judge. It has been a minefield. Our biggest FA moves like Dunn, Grandal and now Benintendi the next level down all busts.

Didn’t he also have a hernia?

Even with that frame and extension... no Spider Tack and hitters becoming so used to 95-103 stuff routinely out of bullpens has made his fastball easier to pick on when not located well. And of course the MPH differential between the FB and CH has naturally narrowed as well over the last two years. The more specific info about his change lacking the break and action/spin rate is obviously important as well. Would have to look at Baseball Savant and his BAA all of his pitches this season.

The Logo and Hip Hop lol? Playing for the White Sox has been “amazing,” according to Nishida. It was the team he wanted coming from Oregon but not necessarily for baseball reasons. “I know the White Sox logo. That’s the thing for me,” said Nishida, who has five stolen bases, eight walks and six strikeouts over 14 Minor League games. “I like the cap. I know the hat. I have a couple of White Sox hats. So, that was good.”

And Urias is obviously off the market. That makes Nola and Snell the only two reputation-wise close to aces or TOR guys available.

The biggest defense is Eder became the #5 prospect because the system was bottom of the barrel at the time of the trade. Other organizations he wouldn't even be Top Ten with a future reliever profile tag more likely than not attached. Ofc Merkin was much closer to Hahn pwrsonally so it's coming off as sour grapes that KW dumped him and Hahn didn't have the power or persuasiveness to prevent it.

Oklahoma Joes's, to be more precise.

So much for Julio Urias this season and his impending FA...he gone. https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-pitcher-julio-urias-arrested-charged-with-felony-domestic-violence-180650634.html

Elvis Andrus is actually 3rd, lol. Grandal, Sosa, Sheets, Anderson and Colas (-1.0) all firmly in negative territory. Seby was actually at 0.0. 10 Yasmani Grandal CHW 110 379 8 31 32 0 9.0% 22.2% .109 .289 .236 .311 .345 .291 .274 82 -5.2 -13.5 0.0 -0.1 11 Carlos Pérez CHW 18 30 0 3 2 0 3.3% 30.0% .103 .350 .241 .267 .345 .265 .224 64 -0.3 -1.6 -0.1 -0.1 12 Adam Haseley CHW 28 39 0 6 2 1 7.7% 20.5% .056 .286 .222 .282 .278 .253 .289 55 0.0 -2.1 -0.8 -0.2 13 Romy Gonzalez CHW 44 97 3 11 14 7 2.1% 37.1% .183 .273 .194 .208 .376 .244 .281 49 3.1 -2.8 -2.2 -0.2 14 Trayce Thompson CHW 17 42 1 4 2 1 7.1% 47.6% .103 .333 .179 .238 .282 .232 41 -0.2 -3.1 -0.9 -0.3 15 Hanser Alberto CHW 30 90 3 11 16 0 4.4% 14.4% .171 .224 .220 .261 .390 .279 .270 73 -0.7 -3.6 -2.2 -0.3 16 Clint Frazier CHW 33 76 0 10 3 4 13.2% 30.3% .045 .302 .197 .303 .242 .256 .258 58 -0.2 -4.1 -2.0 -0.4 17 Lenyn Sosa CHW 37 122 5 8 12 0 0.8% 23.0% .153 .200 .186 .193 .339 .225 .296 36 -0.1 -9.5 0.7 -0.5 18 Gavin Sheets CHW 94 268 9 20 31 0 8.6% 19.0% .140 .228 .211 .280 .351 .274 .277 70 0.2 -9.5 -4.9 -0.5 19 Tim Anderson CHW 103 446 1 46 24 12 5.2% 23.1% .057 .316 .242 .285 .299 .260 .286 60 -1.7 -23.1 2.6 -0.5 20 Oscar Colás CHW 70 245 4 29 18 4 4.9% 26.9% .088 .281 .215 .255 .303 .244 .265 49 1.0 -14.1 -4.6 -1.0

Half century at this pace...

So that pick would then be outside the Top Ten in 2025 (and not 2024), as we can all pretty easily assume they're going to be bottom 6 in the majors again next season. Which is crazy with where the Padres' payroll is going to be next year compared to the White Sox. Might be close to 2.5X larger than the Sox budget.

I thought that was the second year after they had a top 6 pick...that they couldn't get high first round picks for two consecutive years? If that's the case, then the A's Royals Sox and Rockies are really DOOMED. Of course, somehow the Cardinals and Padres will end up benefiting the most...

Honeywell? Where did he end up? Charlotte? I think Deivi Garcia over from the Yankees gets a shot at some starts down the stretch as well. Might as well throw darts against the wall like we should have done from 2016-19.

No, it was all about the luxury tax threshold. They couldn't find a taker for Grichuk, so they're now stuck with a pick in the 120 range versus 60 if Ohtani signs elsewhere....2nd round falling down to 4th for compensation.

At this rate, no way they can fall to 6. It's either 3 or 4. Depending on how far the Rockies bottom out down the stretch.

"We have no issue/problem with accountability around here..." Who said that, KW or Hahn? Both? Sounds like Grifol didn't also receive that accountability message. He's actually doubling down on being under Mafia-like protection in terms of his job security. It started with his quip about directing line-up issues to the owner's box (bypassing Hahn and KW) earlier in the season.

Which is why trading Burger made zero sense if we were simply going to turn around and dump Moncada. Sure, you can throw someone like Ramos or Romy Gonzalez or Remillard to the wolves for one season at third base, but YUCK...

One could even argue that it is being away from Katz that might have affected him...

Giolito looking more like the 2022 version with Katz. Went from temporary glory at home in SoCal with Ohtani to now doing a reverse Cesar Hernandez...remember that vid of him watching the Ramirez/Anderson fight with his Angels' mates? 4.74 ERA and climbing.

Basically another form of rookie hazing like Ozzie did with Beckham, Fields and Viciedo.

Because somehow...the Rockies will get a future HoF at 1-3 and we'll get another Royals/Sox pick at #4. At this point...might as well root for the Royals again to get better than the Sox in 2024 to make this whole situation look even more embarrassing. Only then can they get attendance all the way down to the 1.2-1.3 million mark. Once upon a time...there was a IL state subsidy if those numbers ever went below 800,000. They might be challenging it at this rate over the next 2-3 seasons. Especially if they capitulate and trade Robert. Not being able to sell ads for their own sports network might also do the trick. 10,646 poor souls at Burning Man/Dante's Inferno at KC. At least they have Ragans and Witt to crow about now.

Only the White Sox could somehow manage to instill less hope in fans with the Grifol/Getz combo. Not even sure Theo Epstein would be able to fix this mess because he wouldn't have FA's to eventually turn to. Whatever is required...it's far beyond the capabilities of Chris Getz.