April 2, 20232 yr Josh Harrison continued his position player pitching duties very early for the Phils this season.
April 2, 20232 yr 32 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said: Josh Harrison continued his position player pitching duties very early for the Phils this season. Benetti must have shared a lot of Josh Harrison stories from last year doing the broadcast with AJ.
April 2, 20232 yr T.Thompson A.Engel Yolmer Zack Collins Narvaez Madrigal Ed.Escobar Semien Tatis Jr. Alex Call Avi Garcia D.Garneau Dayan Viciedo (JPN) Edited April 2, 20232 yr by caulfield12
April 3, 20232 yr Johnny "I don't understand why Hahn didn't keep" Cueto followed up 11ER in 3.2IP in spring with a 3ER/2IP loss in his WBC start. Then he was briefly sidelined with an arm injury. Now 1+ IP into his first start, he's given up 4 runs on two HR in the relatively pitcher friendly LoanDepot Park and is being pulled from the game. Although he was great last year and is personally very likeable, I thought it was a perfectly rational decision at the time to not count on a repeat of last year from him.
April 4, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said: Johnny "I don't understand why Hahn didn't keep" Cueto followed up 11ER in 3.2IP in spring with a 3ER/2IP loss in his WBC start. Then he was briefly sidelined with an arm injury. Now 1+ IP into his first start, he's given up 4 runs on two HR in the relatively pitcher friendly LoanDepot Park and is being pulled from the game. Although he was great last year and is personally very likeable, I thought it was a perfectly rational decision at the time to not count on a repeat of last year from him. See Andrus, Elvis
April 5, 20232 yr Author On 4/3/2023 at 6:08 PM, Autumn Dreamin said: Johnny "I don't understand why Hahn didn't keep" Cueto followed up 11ER in 3.2IP in spring with a 3ER/2IP loss in his WBC start. Then he was briefly sidelined with an arm injury. Now 1+ IP into his first start, he's given up 4 runs on two HR in the relatively pitcher friendly LoanDepot Park and is being pulled from the game. Although he was great last year and is personally very likeable, I thought it was a perfectly rational decision at the time to not count on a repeat of last year from him. I think the Sox squeezed the last bit of good baseball out of Cueto's career. They bought low on Cueto just like Colome & James McCann and were smart enough to cash out at the right time.
April 5, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, maxjusttyped said: I think the Sox squeezed the last bit of good baseball out of Cueto's career. They bought low on Cueto just like Colome & James McCann and were smart enough to cash out at the right time. Colome cost Narvaez, which eventually forced them to overspend on Grandal.
April 5, 20232 yr Author 1 minute ago, caulfield12 said: Colome cost Narvaez, which eventually forced them to overspend on Grandal. I don't think Grandal was an overpay. The first 2 years he lived up to the contract, obviously last year he did not. 2023 is still tbd.
April 5, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, maxjusttyped said: I don't think Grandal was an overpay. The first 2 years he lived up to the contract, obviously last year he did not. 2023 is still tbd. The number of years for a catcher with that previous amount of wear and tear...well, it was very generous compared to what other teams like MIL who wanted to go year to year were willing to offer. And they really needed a great defensive catcher more than additional offense...but no use crying over spilled milk.
April 14, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said: Vinny Velo with 6IP, 6K, 3H, 0ER against the Cards. We desperately needed a long or swing man in the pen and someone capable of insuring the rotation... Martin is the ONLY realistic option right now.
April 14, 20232 yr Tatis 6 3 5 8 478/1.673 ops 3 homers game still going on vs. ALBQ https://www.milb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-hits-long-home-runs-el-paso-chihuahuas Edited April 14, 20232 yr by caulfield12
April 15, 20232 yr Joe McEwing is currently the acting manager in the game for the Cards, after Marmol was ejected in the 3rd inning.
April 19, 20232 yr Old friend Mark Payton in a packed Tokyo Dome. Wish he got more of a shot last year.
April 20, 20232 yr Seems the Astros are finally making some personnel mistakes. They also had held onto Gurriel one year too long. Ill-advised signing of Brantley with his health record...especially in 30's now. Obviously Altuve getting hurt in the WBC didn't help matters all that much.
April 20, 20232 yr Author 1 hour ago, caulfield12 said: Seems the Astros are finally making some personnel mistakes. They also had held onto Gurriel one year too long. Ill-advised signing of Brantley with his health record...especially in 30's now. Obviously Altuve getting hurt in the WBC didn't help matters all that much. Tons and tons of brain drain in that front office over the last 5 years or so.
April 25, 20232 yr Abreu sucks. At least we can’t point to him sitting on 6 homers and doubles. He’s at 101 plate appearances- 4 walks, no homers.
April 25, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, flavum said: Abreu sucks. At least we can’t point to him sitting on 6 homers and doubles. He’s at 101 plate appearances- 4 walks, no homers. I guess in another (alternative) universe at least $50 million of Benintendi's money went to Abreu instead...but we'd still have the same net result pretty much. Edited April 25, 20232 yr by caulfield12
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