HaroldSouthside

I did not realize that Naylor is a bad defensive first baseman. I thought he might be a good sign for next year but nope.

I am guessing both Smith and Burke only have about 60-70 innings left this year. Someone will be eating innings for them the last 4-6 weeks of the season. Perez would be the best case. It's rather depressing

Clevinger and Vasil to the rotation when Houser and Civale are likely traded?

7 walks tonight. Beautiful.

literally after I hit submit I thought about Charnoneau. If anything on his wikipedia page is real he is even more interesting than I realized. He could drink beer through his nose?!?

Does anyone remember a player falling off the cliff like Robert? I don't recall seeing a guy that has experienced success in the majors turn into this.

Yep, that's what this is all about, justifying Rojas' contract. Which is unjustifiable.

He is interesting, that's for certain. Very impressive stats. It's the relatively low strike out rate that is really nice to see. He is a big guy, maybe he can develop more HR power too. He needs some more time at AA, but 2 more months of this and he may be a legit prospect. Particularly if the Ks stay low. Does he end up in left field? I don't know how good he is on defense.

He looked like he was going to be a legit #3 in Milwaukee a few years ago and then...he wasn't. This is a dumpster dive that could conceivably work out. If his shoulder is healthy and the sinker is working he can get major league hitters out.

since moving to Charlotte he has only come out of the pen. before today 7 IP in 4 outings so they're keeping him stretched out??

It's also not unusual for a defense to implode when the manager makes a tactical and obvious blunder by forcing the defense to make high risk plays unnecessarily. In fact many people could have said before the bad defense even happened that the inexperienced manager was forcing the issue foolishly and without reason. It's called risk analysis. Some are good, some aren't.

Will they hire from within? It would be a very cheap option, so it makes sense. Between the 2 I'd take Santos.

I realize that he has been a major league manager for 40+ game and that is a very small sample. He is friendly, he is likeable and he seems to consistently make lousy in game decisions and it all comes down to risk management. I expected more, his reputation was he is quite bright. He won't be here in 2 years. PS - I don't blame him for the head scratching lineups, I assume a lot of those decisions are not solely his.

Will Venable is not the long term answer. I was already thinking this, this inning proved it. As soon as he pulled in the infield in I told my Cubs fan of a wife she was about to be very happy.

I doubt Smith will be allowed to pitch enough innings to win the ROY. His IP the last 2+ years: 2023 59.2 IP 2024 94.1 IP 2025 43.1 IP Just a guess on my part but I think he will throw @ 140 IP. That will limit his potential WAR. They are not apples and apples, but I was surprised how many innings the Sox let Crotchet throw last year (146). So maybe they let Smith go for it in September and October?