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14 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I get the feeling that Trout could probably steal bases if he wanted to, he just doesn't want to ding himself up.  

I also get the feeling that MLB and certain publications want the "next face of baseball" to be someone who appeals to a more urban segment of the population.  Tatis, with the dreads, the flash and the fact that he's a minority covers those bases.  I hate to say it, but I believe there's an agenda to be had.  Trout, for all his greatness, is boring.  He doesn't want endorsements, he doesn't draw attention to himself.  Even Manfred a few years ago was frustrated that Trout didn't do anything to promote himself and the game.

Few things here:

1). Any way you can push a certain narrative is going to be pushed nowadays, so I agree.

2) Trout is boring and Tatis (amongst others) is not.

So yes, I think you are right.  The problem I have with you being right is that MLB should be plastering Trout everywhere.

To me, Trout is a blank check player.  I am not sure if I can say that about anyone else in sports.  Zion is perhaps becoming that because of how personable he is.  He is just a good kid.  How many other big name superstars are like that?  Maybe Brady but he is at the end.  
 

But Trout is everything you would want out of your “employee”.  He doesn’t complain in public, he keeps his mouth shut about social issues and politics, he is already a HOFer and one of the greatest ever, he shows up everyday, hustles, etc...you can’t say anything bad about the guy, at least to our knowledge publicly.

His contract will probably look bad in 4 or 5 years but it’s a “so what” situation.  Just the rare athlete nowadays that is as close to perfect as you can be.  
 

If you can’t market that, you have no idea what you are doing.

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2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

I get the feeling that Trout could probably steal bases if he wanted to, he just doesn't want to ding himself up.  

I also get the feeling that MLB and certain publications want the "next face of baseball" to be someone who appeals to a more urban segment of the population.  Tatis, with the dreads, the flash and the fact that he's a minority covers those bases.  I hate to say it, but I believe there's an agenda to be had.  Trout, for all his greatness, is boring.  He doesn't want endorsements, he doesn't draw attention to himself.  Even Manfred a few years ago was frustrated that Trout didn't do anything to promote himself and the game.

Yea, there's an agenda: to try to appeal to people who didn't serve in the Korean war.

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3 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

I get the feeling that Trout could probably steal bases if he wanted to, he just doesn't want to ding himself up.  

I also get the feeling that MLB and certain publications want the "next face of baseball" to be someone who appeals to a more urban segment of the population.  Tatis, with the dreads, the flash and the fact that he's a minority covers those bases.  I hate to say it, but I believe there's an agenda to be had.  Trout, for all his greatness, is boring.  He doesn't want endorsements, he doesn't draw attention to himself.  Even Manfred a few years ago was frustrated that Trout didn't do anything to promote himself and the game.

Playing on a playoff team would help promote Trout. Its looks like Tatis is going to surpass Trout as the face of MLB, if he stays healthy anyway. Nothing against Trout, who may or may not want to be marketed. Baseball should want to appeal to inner city youth, so im fine with Tatis being the face of the game. 

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6 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

I know Trout doesn’t really steal bases anymore and his defense has dropped some but it’s insane that people want to replace him as the best player.  It’s not close.

 

It’s not?   From 2016-20, Mookie Betts has 37.5 rWAR to Trout’s 36.8.    Trout has the edge in fWAR,  37.1 to 33.6.    Either way, I’d call that close.   

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Tatis just left the game in the first inning with some sort of a injury.  Weird play. Trying to take 3rd on am error he slid into 3rd, legs first, somewhat awkwardly, and somehow managed to hurt his arm/wrist.  Walked off the field with trainer supporting his arm.

Hard to explain the play, still don't quite understand how he got hurt, go looking for the hightlght ..

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56 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Tatis just left the game in the first inning with some sort of a injury.  Weird play. Trying to take 3rd on am error he slid into 3rd, legs first, somewhat awkwardly, and somehow managed to hurt his arm/wrist.  Walked off the field with trainer supporting his arm.

Hard to explain the play, still don't quite understand how he got hurt, go looking for the hightlght ..

It's his left shoulder that got injured earlier this year and many were speculating at that time Tatis would eventually need surgery to fix it.

Hoping it doesn't come to that, but between the trade deadline and this it's shaping up to be an ugly week for the Padres. 

 

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16 hours ago, Il BuonO said:

For the life of me, I can’t figure out why the Padres are playing him in RF. He’s not good there. 

He played a catchable ball into a double....went back, turned around looking for a carom and it hit the base off the wall scoring a run.

Padres might be thinking it will keep him from re-injuring his left shoulder playing the outfield. 

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2021/8/13/22621935/san-diego-padres-the-logistics-of-moving-fernando-tatis-jr-to-the-outfield

 

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