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1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:
Colby Rasmus, I hope the next carton of milk you buy is a day past the expiration date.
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11 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:
I would bench him for the rest of the series and try to convince him to accept an assignment to AAA.
What a complete and utter waste. He's Brandon Fahey bad.
Kevin Millar - "'You give me nine Faheys and we'll go to war.'"
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On 6/3/2018 at 2:52 PM, weams said:
Guts of the team.
Boras don't get his clients paid the big bucks for no reason.
Davis was striking out on breaking balls 20 feet from the plate last night. Then later in the game, he has a 3-1 count with the bases juiced and manages to take a 88mph fastball right down the middle of the plate, all I could think of was the nonsense about who the real players are and his other quote about guts of the team. He's gutting the offense for sure, and the payroll, the type of gutting that hasn't been seen since Albert Haynesworth.
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Meanwhile, our old friend Diane Firstman pointed this out: Davis had entered his at-bats with 109 runners on base ... and driven in 11 of them. Things haven't turned around over the past two days. He went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts on Wednesday and 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays. He's still at nine runs scored in 55 games and is hitting .152/.232/.232. His OPS is barely better than Mike Trout's on-base percentage.
QuoteAL instituted the DH in 1973.
The only other two qualifiers with fewer than 30 runs scored are Fred Raymer of the 1905 Boston Beaneaters with 26 runs (he hit .211/.232/.247) and Mario Guerrero of the 1978 A's with 27 runs. Guerrero actually hit an almost respectable .275/.302/.345 in 546 PAs. Get this: He started 41 games in the third spot in the lineup and hit .333 ... and still scored just nine runs in those games.
So, to Dan's tweet about worst seasons ever. Here are FanGraphs' five worst position-player seasons (since 1900):
1. Jim Levey, 1933 Browns: -4.0 WAR
2. Jerry Royster, 1977 Braves: -3.8 WAR
3. Tommy Thevenow, 1930 Phillies: -3.6 WAR
4. Jim Levey, 1931 Browns: -3.3 WAR
5. George Wright, 1985 Rangers: -3.2 WAR
QuoteOK, I said this was going to be a rabbit hole, so those lists beg the question: Who was Jim Levey? And how did he manage to have two of the worst seasons ever?
Anyway, Levey may have been fast -- he played three years in the NFL as a running back after his major league career ended -- but had trouble with everything else. In 1931, he hit .209/.264/.285 and made 58 errors. In 1933, he hit .195/.237/.240. The amazing thing about that season is he was moved into the leadoff spot for two weeks in late August and September. The Browns finished last and drew 88,113 fans all season.
QuoteLevey played for a long time in the minors after 1933 while moonlighting in the NFL and apparently played basketball as well in those pre-NBA days. As for the Bronws? The franchise would eventually move to ... Baltimore.
Davis isn't the only former star who has had this happen to him. Adam Dunn just missed the top five with a minus-2.9 season in 2011 when he hit .159 for the White Sox. Willie McGee was the 1985 NL MVP, but had a minus-2.8 season in 1999 at age 40. Ted Simmons, George Scott and George Bell all had minus-2.5 seasons or worse.
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15 minutes ago, atomic said:
And Maybe pigs fly.
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8 hours ago, Aristotelian said:
.480 was not the low. 0 for 4 with 1 K and GIDP. OPS down to .473 for a new low. Is .473 the low?
Unfortunately, unless there is a strike it will continue to go lower.
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On 5/31/2018 at 5:42 PM, weams said:
If I'm your teammate, I talk to you about after baseball plans. And VERY secure investments.
It is wise to be represented by the one who hands the owners the book.
The players are left smiling while the fans are usually left crying and they aren't tears of joy.
Boras Corp. Pitch Book - In case anyone hasn't seen or heard of the book.
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In my humble opinion, Davis has completely lost it. Not only at the plate and but also in his line of thinking.
Quote“I don’t think anything is necessarily wrong,” he said. “Every night, we try to go out and execute a game plan. The guys we face are good, man. Our lineup, at times, can be very one-dimensional. We have a lot of sluggers and when we are swinging it, it looks pretty good. But when we’re not, it is tough to come by runs. We just have to continue to grind. We are not even close to where we want to be. But that’s when we find out who the real players are here and that’s when we find out really the guts of the team.
Davis, you're hitting .156, your OPS is .483 and you've scored 9 runs on the season. What in the world are you talking about who the real players are and the guts of the team for.
Nothing is wrong and there is a actual game plan? Is it for the entire team to swing at anything that leaves the pitcher's hand and for you to continue to strike out looking on fastballs right down the middle of the plate?
Quote“Absolutely. You have to find ways to encourage guys,” he said. “I heard something earlier today and it hit home with me. Once your at-bat is over with, whether you succeed or fail, your job is to root for your teammate. I think that really had an impact on me. When things aren’t going your way, you have to find some way to impact the team in a positive manner. For me, it has always been encouragement. Trying to pick guys up, trying to encourage them and tell them what I think they are doing well and it’s contagious. That is something that has caught on and I’ve noticed it and hopefully it is something we can build on.
“Playing a game where you have to deal with so much failure, for me, it has always been easier to encourage other guys than it has to sink into myself or kind of feel sorry for myself. I used to wear a shirt and I may have to dig it out and start sporting it again, that says ‘encouragement’ on it. Nobody wants to go home feeling like a loser every day. When you are not winning ballgames you have to do something to be happy about and to find a positive in a lot of negative situations.”
Look, I have nothing wrong with encouraging teammates and trying to be positive etc but if I'm your teammate and you're the highest paid player on the team hitting in the .150's constantly not lifting the bat off your shoulder, I don't think there is much advice I would take from someone performing at a way below replacement player level.
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Asked about giving the responsibility to a player who’s struggling to such a degree, manager Buck Showalter replied, “He’s not the only one.”
This is an unfortunate truth.
“He’s had good success against Hellickson, too, but we’re trying to space out the left-handers,” Showalter added. “They have three left-handers, one of which being (Sean) Doolittle, you’re trying to attack their starting pitcher and their bullpen and if you line up all the left-handers in a row and all the right-handers in a row, it makes it pretty easy.
“We’re hoping that Chris doing some things ... he’s not the only one having struggles, too. So, it’s kind of like, if not him, then who? So, where does it go? It’s tough. But we have a lot of guys who haven’t really swung the bat like they’re going to or capable of.
“It’s very convenient to pick on Chris and Chris would be the first to tell you that the criticism is part of it and certainly sometimes we’re all deserving of it. But I think everybody you could make a case is having some struggles for the most part with some exceptions.”
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18 hours ago, OFFNY said:
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I still can't believe a sock with either mcdonalds or popeyes ketchup landed more than 90k in a auction.
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Interleague visit to Baltimore will give Phillies up-close look at Manny Machado
QuoteDon’t think the Phillies haven’t noticed.
It’s no secret that the Phils covet Machado. They know him well, too. Team president Andy MacPhail was the Orioles’ general manager in 2010 when Baltimore selected Machado in a draft run by amateur scouting director Joe Jordan, who now runs the Phillies’ farm system. General manager Matt Klentak and assistant GM Ned Rice also have Orioles/Machado ties.
QuoteThe Phillies likely will be among the most active bidders. They have money to spend, and with a maturing young core on the cusp on playoff contention, there’s no better time to spend hundreds of millions on a star player in his prime.
With the Orioles already buried in the Red Sox/Yankees-dominated AL East, they could deal Machado before the July 31 trade deadline. But because he is almost certain to test his value on the open market rather than signing an extension now, it’s difficult to imagine that the Phillies would trade prized prospects (19-year-old righthander Sixto Sanchez, for instance) to rent Machado for two months.
Still, these next two days will give the Phillies an up-close look at the player who, for the right price, could be the centerpiece star of their next great team.
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9 minutes ago, weams said:
It's always wise to replace .362.471.500.971 hitters while they're still hitting out of their mind with the bat flipper. That way, Flaherty will cool down and hit in the low two hundreds again when he's occasionally inserted in the line up and Joey Bats will be hitting around .200 as well so all will be well in the baseball universe again.
Seriously though, Flaherty is gone, good for him, even David Newhan once hit .311 with a .814 OPS.
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1 minute ago, weams said:
Trade Manny Tomorrow. Not Saturday. Tomorrow. And trade Jon the moment he has a hot streak when he comes back.
There are always desperate teams; I believe the O's will get more during the season for Machado than they would have during the off-season. Yes, the time to extend Schoop has most likely passed. Let the semi-rebuild start.
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23 minutes ago, OFFNY said:o
(vs. YANKEES, 9/08)
I'm leaving in half an hour.
I'll talk to you either late tonight, or tomorrow.
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Nice, have a great time and go O's!
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The defense did not help today. Sharp grounder hit to Beckham, he could have thrown home to get the out there but decided to get the sure out at 1st. Later on the game, Machado lost focus on a wide throw by Santander. Manny should of had it; it allowed Altuve to get to third and he would score on a bunt by Marin Gonzalez.
Unfortunately, I think we will be bumping this thread a lot this year in terms of poor decisions and bad defense.
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1 minute ago, glenn__davis said:
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Mancini absolutely should've been charged with an error on the Correa HR. He's doing his best to be passable out there but he's average at best.
He definitely should have; it's amazing, as a defender you essentially have to throw a ball in the dugout or in the crowd for it to be called a error these days. This is the major leagues, not single a.
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2 minutes ago, weams said:
If he can throw 95 this spring, I'm not concerned.
I remember Gallardo in his first start as a O' could barely hit 87 and went only 5. I thought to myself, the doctors were right again and we (as fans) and the O's are in big trouble and this guy isn't going to last 2 seasons let alone put together back to back quality starts.
I've always wondered if Gallardo's game against the Jays in the 2015 playoffs carried some extra weight with the O's FO. He gutted it out in the Skydome for 5 innings against the Jays dangerous lineup. He proceeded to gut out our sanity the following season.
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Jake Arrieta 14-9, 3.48 era vs Zach Davies 17-9, 3.89 era tonight at 8:10pm eastern time, I'll definitely be tuning in.
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Once again, either implement a electronic strike zone to help the umps get the calls right or get better umps.
James Hoye should not be allowed to call another game this season. With that being said, he will probably be calling games in the playoffs again.
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14 minutes ago, OFFNY said:
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And add to that, a game-winning RBI-double with 2 outs in the bottom of the 11th inning.
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Real Jekyll and Hyde game for Trumbo, had some awful looking swings at the low and away slider and also hit a home run and had the game winner. He's hitting around .600 in extra innings.
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We actually needed the yanks to win today. Yanks had chances today, they should be contracted for this pathetic display of unclutchness.
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4 hours ago, OFFNY said:
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The Marlins are a respectable 63-63 after 126 games.
Young Jose Urena has done a very nice in job with the unenviable task of replacing the late Jose Fernandez.
Former Marlins staple Tom Koehler pitched 5 innings of 1-run ball this afternoon in a losing effort against the Rays.
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They're trying to move from pretenders to contenders for a NL wild card, may need to watch Stanton launch a few in DC next week. If I go, hope to catch Ichiro in a game as well.
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17 minutes ago, AZRon said:
I resurrected a couple of my earlier posts (see below) to support my belief that MLB baseball would be a fairer game if the calling of balls and strikes were automated
Automation?
3D Strike ZoneGetting around to some of the articles you posted AZRon, thanks for sharing! Wasn't aware of Manfred's thoughts and very interesting read on Eric Byrnes experience as the ump at a independent game.
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