Moose Milligan

I say this because to me, he just looks unimpressive in practically everything he does. I'm not blown away by what he's done in AAA in 2016, 2017 or 2018. Sure, he's done well this year but I'm not getting my hopes up.

I think we all know what we have in regards to Sisco.

Well, small victories I guess. Sisco just looks like an overmatched little leaguer.

Yeah, just not excited to see Sisco back in the bigs.

If he could get his OBP to .330 on the year that'd be something. Probably means he's gotta hit .280 as his separation is usually .050 points or thereabouts...I dunno if he's a .280 hitter.

Decent writeup. I think what we might be seeing here is a late bloomer. I'm not saying he's going to become the next JD Martinez but I wouldn't be surprised to see him improve a little bit when it comes to walk rate. He does seem to have a bit of a plan at the plate unlike a guy like Hanser who's going to swing away at anything thrown in his general direction. Not a bad pickup at all. Nice to get a guy who's putting it together for us instead of one of our castoffs finding success somewhere else.

I'm not saying you should die on a hill. And I'm not saying Mancini is THE GUY to build around. But you think Mancini is Trumbo at 27, we'll just have to agree to disagree and move on. If you look at what Trumbo did in his age 27 season vs what Mancini is doing this year, you'll see that it's not a valid comp.

lol, it's like we want to trade the one guy that we bitch and whine about never being able to have. Either you keep a guy who's young, good, cheap and cost controlled because they are that way....or you trade them because they're young, cheap, cost controlled. At some point you gotta make a decision to keep em. And if anyone says "OMFG MOUNTCASTLE!!!! WHAT ABOUT MOUNTCASTLE AT FIRST!??!?!?!?!" Please, save it. Just save it. This board has long suffered from backup QB syndrome....the guys we have are never good enough and there's always someone waiting in the wings that COULD BE better.

I don't understand why you'd want to get rid of Trumbo/Davis and then trade the most logical person to take their place.

So you're saying it's all related to roster management, essentially.

I don't think DFAing Davis is as easy as we all think it is. I think we'd like to think that it's that easy. But it hasn't been done yet.

...it's troubling because they're on the team and could play a factor in trading Mancini. Especially Davis. Trumbo, not as much cause his contract is up at the end of the season.

How so? I think he's absolutely correct.

Glad to see you've got superior taste to all of them.

Never was huge into the Simpsons. My dad has had Sports on in his car since 1985 until about two years ago. That, Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" and ZZ Top "Eliminator". Can't pick your family.

Yeah, count me out of being able to pick up on Simpsons references.

Glad you can take a good natured ribbing. Onions? Are you sure? Thought it was garlic.

Baseball didn't count back then. Didn't they have 4 bases before home base and run them clockwise?

Not sure where you're finding your data as yours looks more precise than where I'm searching. But the 1926 St. Louis Browns (yep, Orioles of course) gave up .6 when the AL average was .3 Way different times though, obviously.

I've been looking for a few minutes, haven't been able to find one. Thought some expansion teams like the '77 Blue Jays and the '62 Mets would be in that range but nope. It's an interesting challenge.

I'm cool with taking a chance on a Broxton type but I don't think we should get our hopes up. He certainly does have a ton of talent but he's not been able to refine it. Strikes out way, way too much. If he becomes a 2 WAR player, that'd be quite a steal. Maybe Elias and Sig have identified something in him that makes them believe they can coax more out of him. Maybe Don Long has some insight into his swing.

Season ain't over yet.

Yup, nothing wrong with that at all.

Velo is everything! Ain't that right, @Can_of_corn?

7 ks, no walks last night. Pretty damn awesome.