Lukakke Appling

On the bright side, the guy behind home plate wearing the BIG DADDY #69 blackhawks jersey can make us all feel better about our life decisions.

Am I missing something about people yelling “wooo!” all the time in the background? It’s crazy annoying and it’s seemingly everywhere.

Not if they don’t trust his catching skills.

We don’t see about 80% of what a manager does, so who the hell really knows.

When he said they would come down to earth, I don’t think one inning will change his opinion. Nor should it.

Is Vaughn really that safe though? If he doesn’t rake, he’s essentially useless. I’d actually consider him a riskier pick.

Eloy looked to be grimacing rounding the bases. Seems ok though.

Shields had a good move.

2 k’s in the first for Lambert, but also 2 hits. Story of his season. Good strikeouts, too many baserunners.

I’m guessing the grade hadn’t been updated and was based on what he had done up to and including 2015. Even then, doesn’t reflect well on them.

I feel the same way.

I swear I had a Steve Stone moment with that one.

He didn’t miss because he’s too far off the plate. Come on. He missed because he got fooled and didn’t stay closed. And sure they change. Anderson made adjustments. So did Moncada. Other guys have too, but they just aren’t that good so it doesn’t really matter. You can’t tweak your stance and become more talented.

I should have put my post in green.

He had to move Yonder down and I just don’t see any other viable alternatives.

I would guess they have him pegged as a reliever in any long term plans they may have for him and are just trying to get him some innings to work on stuff.

I want to pretend this is stupid and I’m not interested, but this is fantastic and has greatly enriched my day.

Yeah, it looks like a lot of moving parts. Too much, really. But some guys make it work, and obviously he has been one of them up until now.

I like Abrams third best of the players in this year’s draft as it is, so if he’s third off the board and we get some saving to boot, I think that’s a good start.

Hard to believe. According to my math, Jansen will never have an OPS over .550.

It’s .886 right now. So, yeah, If say it’s in the realm of possibilities.

That would be my guess

George Springer just left the game with an injury. I hope it isn’t serious, but if he wants to miss a few games, I’d be ok with it.

Struck out the side for the 6th. Might be done for the day, but what a day it was. Good for him.

It was a joke.