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Can someone please get rid of this guy? Hasn’t he violated some rules or something? Not sure I remember another poster making this board this unenjoyable.
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On 4/21/2024 at 11:33 AM, catseyepub said:
He's one of the best of the Joe Buck clones, if you enjoy that straight laced, paint by numbers broadcasting.
I enjoy my broadcasters who bring something extra to the broadcast, Harry Carey, Jimmy Piersall, Bill White Phil Rizzuto,Gary Thorne.
There’s an element of Joe Buck to him, sure, but I don’t think that’s entirely fair, especially as a negative. He’s a much goofier guy, and in that respect less polished. I’ve never felt like I know who Buck is, but Kevin I’ve got a pretty good idea.
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Just for fun, what if he comes up and hits, who goes down when Hays is ready? What if Holliday has turned it around by then, too?
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1 hour ago, SteveA said:
This is fake news. Before today's game, at the time this was posted, Judge's last 5 games were:
0 for 4
1 for 5
1 for 3
0 for 4
1 for 4That's 3 for 20, not 1 for 20. He did have 12 Ks.
He went 0 for 4 with 2 Ks today. So now 3 for 24, with 14 Ks.
Not that it matters but I have him at 2-21 with 12K’s prior to 4/21 at 11AM when the tweet was tweeted.
Yankees can’t love the knowledge that their 6’7” $360M man has a toe that is going to require constant maintenance and treatment the rest of his career. Sure wish he had been on a different team and I could root for him.
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1 hour ago, glenn__davis said:
Better ABs today. Hit a rocket right to 2nd in his 2nd AB. I expect him to struggle against lefty relievers. Keep sending him up.
Pretty impressive that as much as he has struggled he isn’t really chasing pitches. The balls he put in play were in hittable locations. Watched 3rd strike was a disappointing end to an otherwise good at bat. I figure he’s got another week of this failure to get it right.
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7 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
Actually, no, he did not have better at bats today. He hit one ball hard which would have been a 4-3 if Frazier was playing at regular depth instead of a lineout with the infield drawn in. He rolled over on a fastball he should have drove for a 4-3, struck out on 3-2 middle-middle fastball, and then walked against a AAAA left-handed reliever late in the game.
He did make a very nice play in the field on a liner, but also did not sprint to first base on the bunt and ended up late for a bunt hit.
I suggested waiting for May 1st before making a decision, but he may set a futility record for worse average to start a major league career from a non-pitcher by then.
He needs to go back to AAA and reset. Bring up either Norby or Mayo.
Insane hindsight bias to say he was called up too early. You didn’t think he should make the team out of spring? What did you want to see him do in the minors to prove he was ready?
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3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
Man, just terrible. Tells me he's a guess hitter to watch that on 3-2. Was thinking slider got a center-center fastball that he watched. Sorry, but he's not ready for the big leagues.
I mean he can’t be a guess hitter and succeed as much and as quickly as he did in the minors right? He was certainly guessing there tho, no doubt about it.
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1 hour ago, spleen1015 said:
I’m a little surprised Tony is in the field today, looked dinged up towards the end of the game yesterday getting up slowly from both his slide into second and his diving catch.
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6 minutes ago, spleen1015 said:
See! Now it’s a better story for Kimbrel. Great job, kid!
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I think Tony is getting the day off tomorrow. Got up slowly after the slide too. Great game.
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10 minutes ago, 24fps said:
I'm hoping that KB soon realizes what a resource Ben McDonald is. Not that Kevin doesn't have a clue, but Ben really brings something to the party that helps everybody IMO.
Why do you think he doesn’t realize this already? He frequently brings up players college histories when Ben is on.
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10 minutes ago, EddeeEddee said:
Agreed, but I think the only problem with promoting Norby is that you have a very right-handed infield, with Gunnar the only lefty. I think it will be awhile if they decide to demote Holliday, but maybe Norby is the guy since he can play some outfield too.
Why does it matter where the distribution of lefties comes from? With two switch hitters, two/three full time left handed batters and a platoon lefty I think we’re fine there.
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29 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
If you had a team full of "OK" 3 wins guys you'd do really well.
The O's had two position players last season that had 3 fWAR.
I was surprised it was that low. Mullins might have exceeded it without the injuries.
More critical than the good might have been the only 5 guys totally 93 plate appearances in negative WAR.
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2 minutes ago, Going Underground said:
Hopefully he can fix some little things also. Paper towels in the men's room after the fifth inning if they have over 25,000 fans ,they run out for years. The bathroom faucet in the bathroom I go to has been broke since at least the second gane. I guess they have to wait for the $500 million in stadium improvements to fix it.
I sent my obligatory annual email complaining about concessions after the game Friday night. Two stands had run out of Italian sausages and one of brats by the 4th inning, but neither let you know until you got to the front after waiting for 5 min in line.
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1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:
Yes. That appeared to be his contention. That Buxton could have caught it if the fan hadn’t reached over.
I guess I was confused by the fact that it was clearly over the front wall, the player doesn’t have the “right” to the ball at that point, correct?
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What was that review all about? At the game so didn’t have benefit of all the replays, was there a thought that the fan was out over the field wall? Looked like Buxton was upset with the fan.
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His 2nd and 3rd at bats tonight were good. Good contact on the line out. I’d like him to attack more, but it’s pretty remarkable looking at the pitch locations he’s seeing, it seems like they are all on the black. The couple that have been fully over the plate he has fouled off or made contact on.
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6 hours ago, Roy Firestone said:
It's only somewhat relevant to this post, but that game saving catch in Seattle, and the subsequent game winning home run is quite possibly the most impressive thing I ever saw within one inning of each other.Cedric Mullins did that. I watched Willie Mays for most of my life...I simply dont think he ever did that...certainly not in extra innings and so close those moments were together.
And I’m pretty sure he was on the bench most of that game. Came on in the 7th or 8th as I recall.
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1 hour ago, Frobby said:
Melanie said Statcast had that at 65% catch probability (3-star catch).
Does Statcast account for positioning at the time the ball was hit? Sounds like he was shaded towards RCF a bit.
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58 minutes ago, Malike said:
Grayson is a bit different for me. He needed to work on his mechanics and came back with a completely different delivery. Holliday needs to see ML pitching, I don't think his swing is broken, he's just being pitched to and he'll have to adjust and I think he will.
For the record, I don’t think his swing is broken, and he’s very much in the adjustment window. There is also enough information by now to get a rough idea on how he is being pitched that he can look for pitches and spots.
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16 minutes ago, Malike said:
AAA pitching isn't going to help him hit MLB pitching. He needs to learn up here.
No doubt, but at some point you get out of wack, your swing and confidence are gone and you need to get it back.
Grayson didn’t really have anything to prove against AAA competition last year. Same with Cowser to a lesser extent. They just needed to get right.
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I’d think if Holliday gets to somewhere between 30-50 at bats and is hitting under .100, they’d have to think about giving him that reset.
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25 minutes ago, Frobby said:
I was driving in my car this weekend and heard our new announcer Ben Wagner do a couple of innings of play-by-play, and also participate in an in-game interview of Mike Elias. SSS, but he struck me as a solid pro. You can kind of tell he’s new, as he sounded more like a guy doing a national broadcast than a guy doing a home team broadcast. Which is fine.
Anyone else have any initial impressions of Wagner? He used to do Blue Jays games.
I thought the same about the national broadcast bit. Hopefully that grows over time.
I like the radio guys to have an interesting voice or delivery, something both Hollander and Arnold have. Wagner is a bit of a straight man, though he seems good at his job.
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35 minutes ago, btdart20 said:
I was there too. Bleacher seats with the family. The natives were getting restless after his first 2 ABs... Glad he got #1 out of the way! Because I'm confident the boo birds were coming.
Nobody is going to boo the number one prospect after his first 4 games. They wouldn’t even do that in Philly.
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