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By interloper · Posted
In the next month or so, I would like to see DR come out and outline some of his plans. I know he spoke generally about ballpark improvements and the ground lease, and I expect he is focused mainly on that, while greenlighting whatever Elias wants to do baseball-wise. But it would be cool to get updates here and there, or some press interviews, etc. Not a requirement, though, because believe me I am also fine with a very quiet owner. -
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Worst case scenario, what is the number of at bats that would force them to make a decision on sending him back down? Hopefully it doesn't come to that, but what would it truly take? 3 for 100 or something nuts like that? The reality is, we've seen multiple examples just recently of a touted debut (though not as touted as Holliday), flailing around, then back to AAA for a reset, and then success in the majors. Bradish, Rodriguez, Cowser are the clear examples of this, and Rutschman/Henderson had the struggle but didn't need the send-down. It might require that for Holliday though. Hopefully not, and still too soon to make that call for sure, but you can't just bat .050 for very long without getting the wrong kind of attention, even as a 20 year old rookie. You don't have to do great, but you have to do better than that. I do think he's looked better in some recent AB's, including the long fly ball yesterday where he just missed his first homer, but even w/ that, the K's haven't slowed down. In reality, we are really just 1 or 2 batted balls away from this becoming a non-issue. If that ball yesterday goes a few more feet onto the flag porch, this discussion is instantly different. -
By Sports Guy · Posted
That’s interesting. My expectation was a 3.5-4 WAR type season. I still think he gets close to that. -
By interloper · Posted
I hate that we can't get any information from minor league rehab stuff. I would love to hear what Means has to say about it, or the coaching staff, or Hyde/Elias. It's tough to have nothing to go on.
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