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I would trade him for a bunch of interesting low minors pitching prospects

I dont blame Hosmer, imagine going from a contender in beautiful SD to a bottom dweller like WSH in the cold northeast. Even then hes so rich it probably doesnt matter

Except the 2021 Giants veteran players all had career years with completely altered swings. They improved on LA and hitting the ball on the barrel of the bat more than any other team in the league. https://theathletic.com/2791974/2021/08/26/the-2021-giants-are-lucky-how-to-refute-the-friend-or-co-worker-who-keeps-telling-you-that/ You are standing by "you cant teach an old dog new tricks" which isnt the case anymore. Maybe 10+ years ago, but not now. It has only been 69 PA so hard to say if Yermin altered his approach, but check this out: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/yermin-mercedes-606213?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb lowered his GB%, hitting the ball more on the sweet spot (drastic increase).

If Hosmer declines he wont be allowed to play in SD ever again, the fans wont allow it

Imagine being a Padres fan, living in beautiful San Diego, my goodness. Id be so elated

that is completely wrong and outdated. MLB players change their approach all the time. Here is an article on Crawford's unbelievable 2021, and how the MULTIPLE hitting coaches for the SF Giants worked with numerous hitters to have career offensive years. The 2021 Giants squad had a major offensive approach change. https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/how-adjustments-turned-giants-brandon-crawford-all-star The Twins also have multiple hitting coaches and have been making trades for players that compliment their organizational philosophy. They develop CURRENT MLB hitters to improve their swing plane: https://theathletic.com/2874847/2021/10/07/twins-reassign-their-hitting-coach-with-designs-on-updating-their-organizational-philosophy/ Also worth noting how the Twins are loading up on hitting coaches to fill their MILB teams. People underrate the role of the modern day hitting coach. Times have changed and analytics are being utilized more than ever in improving production at the plate. The Twins will always have lineups full of "who?" that will produce. We will always see the same teams near the top like the Astros who lose their stars but are easily replaced with depth from their WELL COACHED minor leagues.

The teams that make the playoffs every single season spend a lot of money on hitting coaches, what does that tell you?

only score 1 run. The story of the Menechino era. The pattern has been obvious since the embarrassing 2021 ALDS where we became the laughingstock of the MLB. Why are they doubling down on this philosophy? ENOUGH!!!!!!!!

PLEASE dont buy at the deadline

SO BAD SO BAD SO BAD

OMG ITS A SINGLE!!!! REJOICE!

WIN IT HERE YOU LOSERS

Lambert looks great

So glad im missing this game

Lord of the Rings

reminds me of the scene in LOTR when Frodo is at Mordor with the ring. We are Sam, telling him to cast the ring into the fiery pit, TLR is Frodo, and the ring is Leury. TLR just can't let go. He never will.

He owned us last time, went 6IP with 0 runs allowed

This is the biggest eye roller ive ever seen with this club, what a joke

Menechino is licking his chops at how hes going to turn Gallo into a "good atbat" hitter by slap hitting against the shift. Think of the potential

Would be hilarious if the Twins picked him up

Leading the league in pitching is not good enough.

not giving him the QO will go down as one of Hahn's dumbest moves, and there are a lot of them

But... i was told his arm was going to fall off?

100% more to this. What is really going on

This is so weird