Jose Abreu

Also, Leury was placed on the IL before the 15th. The 15th is just when he was transferred to the 45-day version

Right. I wonder if Ricky has been more hesitant to use Engel as a defensive replacement since the Garcia injury

To be fair, Eloy is an above-average runner and Abreu is around average, contrary to popular belief. But I agree that Mendick's speed is not good for a MI

Where do people get the idea that Madrigal is a fast runner? I'm not saying he's slow, but he's certainly not close to Robert, Engel, and Anderson

Hoping it's this. It has always been weird that the only bench player capable of playing OF is Engel. If you use him as a pinch-runner or you start him, you lose a lot of flexibility. Renteria said the other day that Goins is the next outfielder if needed, but I really hope it doesn't come to that. If it wasn't for him, Lopez's CG one-hitter in Cleveland last year is a no-hitter.

He sounds like a terrible politician (in general, not referring to anyone in particular). “If we had a 10 game winning streak, I bet there would be a lot of smiles”? I mean yeah, of course, but we don’t have a winning streak. I bet there would be even more smiles if we win the World Series, but none of these analogies matter, you just got swept by a team that hadn’t played in weeks

Yeah, certain reporters misquoted him and then ran with it out of context. Ricky’s quotes from tonight, on the other hand, are embarrassing

The call was made, the runners didn't know because they were running, this is pretty cut and dry complaining just to complain

He caught a foul ball off the net, making it a dead ball, and people are mad that he didn't immediately throw the ball in (again, it was a dead play)

Nomar Mazara has a .400 OBP

He knew that because the umpire signaled a dead ball. Look, I don't think Eloy is some great defender but of all plays to criticize him on, I don't get why you are choosing one that had literally no effect on the game

They weren't hit hard but they each had hit probabilities around 90%

But it did, so he didn't.

Moncada's groundout was hit at 109 apparently

Imagine seeing this post at any point from 2014-2019

I mean he clearly knew or else he would've thrown it in. You can't possibly think he's *that* bad of a fielder that he would just decide to not ever throw the ball in

It was a dead ball guys

Or he'll be under-voted because he has played in like 90 games and many other players on the list routinely turn in 5+ win seasons

Betts

I'm really curious to see how this game goes. Giolito against a lineup that has hardly even practiced (at least theoretically) for over 2 weeks. He could make them look terrible if he uses more than 2 pitches

Anderson

Abreu

We're either going to sweep them for this reason, or they're gonna be super motivated and sweep us. I don't see a very competitive series either way