Yea no more Beckham, Carroll and Dunn please.

Ya no kidding. Gona be a breath of fresh air to have them gone and if we could land Victor and a starter I'll be happy. Pen needs some real work also. The pen is the key in the offseason. Have to get it fixed.

I'll be glad to never hear that infernal walk-up music followed by a weak popout.

LOL at Hawk and Stone perpetuating the myth that Beckham has good range.

This game is far from over, but you all knew that. Carroll is less than impressive.

This game is far from over, but you all knew that. Carroll is less than impressive.

Especially with Nieto catching. That guy is jinxed this year with his record behind the plate.

This game is far from over, but you all knew that. Carroll is less than impressive.

Carroll is who he is man. Journey man spot starter.

Carroll wants to give runs back.

Especially with Nieto catching. That guy is jinxed this year with his record behind the plate.

 

August 8 was the only time Nieto caught for Q and he has never caught Sale. He hasn't been jinxed, he's just been catching crappy pitchers

August 8 was the only time Nieto caught for Q and he has never caught Sale. He hasn't been jinxed, he's just been catching crappy pitchers

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So strange how Abreu can't elevate the ball now

How long has it been since he homered? Like July 15th or something?

I think it was July 21st, which is about when Cooper left the team. Would have to double check.

 

Stanton hit his 32nd today.

 

 

Jackie Robinson LL getting smacked around. Must have already used their best pitcher. LV had a pretty impressive (and big) kid there out on the mound.

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It's a combination of fatigue, pitchers making adjustments, and regression to the mean. He leads the league in just enough and "lucky" homeruns, only 3 of his long balls were "no doubt". He was bound to slow down at some point.

 

While we all want him to hit 50 home runs and shatter records, it just wasn't very realistic in his first year. The encouraging sign is he's still making contact

It's a combination of fatigue, pitchers making adjustments, and regression to the mean. He leads the league in just enough and "lucky" homeruns, only 3 of his long balls were "no doubt". He was bound to slow down at some point.

 

While we all want him to hit 50 home runs and shatter records, it just wasn't very realistic in his first year. The encouraging sign is he's still making contact

 

The "lucky" home run thing is stupid. The only "luck" he has is being strong and skilled enough to turn deep flyballs into outs.

How long has it been since he homered? Like July 15th or something?

Frank Thomas took 25 games to hit his first HR.

The "lucky" home run thing is stupid. The only "luck" he has is being strong and skilled enough to turn deep flyballs into outs.

I also think 18 of his HR have gone over 400 feet.

Webb has not been good lately. Conor more crappy D.

Frank Thomas took 25 games to hit his first HR.

 

It's all about getting on base and driving in runs. That's what Big Hurt was great at before the steroid era made everything about the HR.

 

How hard is it to get one out. They should have let the starter stay.

Webb is awful at pitching up in the zone with his fastball when he has two strikes.

RV is so stupid. Webb needs to be closing.

How hard is it to get one out. They should have let the starter stay.

 

If not for double plays the last two innings, it would have been even uglier for him

RV is so stupid. Webb needs to be closing.

 

I still think it's worth a shot in September to see if he gains a few mph on the heater

RV is so stupid. Webb needs to be closing.

 

 

I think that was the off-season mantra.

 

 

It's all about getting on base and driving in runs. That's what Big Hurt was great at before the steroid era made everything about the HR.

The point being there is no need to panic about Abreu. He will start finding the seats again on a frequent basis before long.