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  1. He's making this decision hard. I'd have Stowers and Cowser up. Kjerstad down.
  2. What's with all the talk about the best place to see Oriolea?
  3. My thinking exactly.
  4. Played wiffle ball in the streets pretty often, when we didn't feel like slogging all the way down to the park. And we tied an onion to our belts, which was the style at the time. Either the pitcher or the catcher had the responsibility of yelling CAR! when it was time to let the occasional car pass. And as a precocious kid.. I had a habit when batting, of stepping back in behind the passing car and pretending I'd just launched an upper-deck home run by swinging behind the bumper as the cars passed. It was great fun... until... some guy in a pretty sporty Pontiac LeMans brake checked me mid-swing.. and I made pretty good contact. He slammed on the brakes and got out in a rage. And I did what any 11 year old would do.. I ran 15 ft. to the nearest parked car, and crawled under it. And this bundle of rage chased me... grabbed my foot.. and tried to drag me out from under the car. All the commotion brought my dad out of the house. My dad was a good head taller than this guy... and seeing another guy drag me by the leg... had my dad grabbing HIM by the scruff of the neck. 3 minutes later.. he was on his way... after confirming no harm, no foul. That's my Get Off My Lawn story.
  5. Depth piece. Like many Elias acquisitions, has shown flashes of pretty good ball. Backup CF with an outside chance of catching lightning in a bottle. Hard to argue with the success Elias has had in this regard. I like it better when he does this with young players rather than with vets.
  6. I like this idea. There's a lot of nuance to this stuff. What to do, and what not to do. How to add lateral snap without raising a blister. How to time the release in a changeup, to keep the appearance of arm speed. How to work delivery from side to top and keep control There's a lot of value in conveyed experience.
  7. We definitely needed another Mateo, in case Mateo isn't Mateo enough
  8. I'd like to see them win it all for 3 years in a row, with the lowest payroll in baseball. (yeah I know... I'm a weirdo)
  9. Hays is one of those players that has never really put it all together for a couple consecutive seasons. And I have the feeling he will. But somewhere else. I think the real player is the .800 OPS player we see from time to time, and not the .700 I can't help but think he throws himself around enough on defense, that he occasionally pulls some ribs or some other nagging thing that screws his swing, but not enough to pull him cuz he plays through it. So he's good for a couple month long slumps per otherwise pretty great season. Gotta think he'll put together the complete season or two at some point. And if so, would probably be the team's best outfielder, rookies on the brink included... And as I said, I think it will happen. But probably not here.
  10. I think the acquisition of Burnes significantly increases the likelihood of the promotion of Mayo and Holliday. The fact that Burnes is only under team control for 2024 means that they have chose to spend significant personnel and draft capital for a one year window. (not that they won't further supplement that window, but whether they do or don't... Burnes' contribution only last a year) As such, I think it likely that the front office will have to think carefully as to what gives them the better odds of success this year. Is it more likely that Mateo/Urias will outperform career norms? As opposed to say, Holliday/Mayo having extended adjustment periods if they break camp with the big club... Which tandem are likely to put up a higher WAR next season... Career norm Mateo/Urias? Or Rookie Holliday/Mayo. And should they opt for 2B-SS-3B-Util combo of Holliday/Henderson/Mayo/Westburg.. (recognizing that Mayo would likely do a lot of DHing and OF spotting) an injury to any of Holliday/Henderson/Westburg becomes a little more significant. I'd wager that they are going to stay with their historical tendency of conservative decision making and defensive emphasis, and hold onto Mateo as Util... But the 1 year Burnes pressure may trigger something a little more bold. Should be interesting to see.
  11. I'm guessing it's going to be saving a lot of money on my car insurance.
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