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By Brooks The Great · Posted
Except Hyde has done EXACTLY just that - he plays waiver wire nobodies like Rivera and Maton over Coby Mayo. And a trash trade acquisition in Jimenez (who should be on waivers) over Mayo at the DH spot as well. And Hyde played a former waiver wire pickup in O'Hearn over Kjerstad. As if O'Hearn is some sort of established star. O'Hearn has a .658 OPS over the past 30 days, and a .729 OPS in the 2nd half this season after a .756 in the 2nd half in 2023 - so he's had two straight seasons of significant 2nd half declines. O'Hearn doesn't deserve to be treated as some sort of established commodity, but Hyde does so to the team's detriment. Not playing and developing a top 10 hitting prospect in all of baseball in Mayo is irresponsible and egregiously terrible roster management by Elias and Hyde. Especially considering awful players like Rivera and Jimenez are getting playing time over him. -
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Again, it couldn’t have been said better. Gunnar is in his second year and will more than likely get better at everything he does as a baseball player. Which is something to look forward to. -
By EddeeEddee · Posted
One good Bud Norris year out of Rogers would be nice. Two would be amazing. -
By Moose Milligan · Posted
Except he really isn't hurting the team at SS. Again, he's an 8+ WAR player this year. I don't know why anyone would want to argue for moving him off a position where he's performing at an MVP level. This season is already as valuable as Ripken's '83 MVP season and more valuable than any other season Ripken had except 1984 and his monster 1991 campaign. I saw Cal play at shortstop, too. And I think when we all think of Cal at shortstop, we think of the refined version....the guy that made 3 errors in a season (and somehow lost the Gold Glove to Ozzie f'ing Guillen) and the guy that had a whole chapter dedicated to him in George Will's "Men at Work." You neglected to respond to the idea that Gunnar can get better at the position. There's a lot to like with him defensively already, but he's not a fully finished product and I don't think anyone here is arguing that he is. I suspect that if you took Cal in his second season and matched that up with Gunnar, you'd see some similarities. I also suspect that Gunnar isn't the defender that he'll be in 5 or 6 years from now, just like Ripken wasn't the best defender at SS in his early seasons. Gunnar is a 5 tool player. There's nothing that he can't do on a baseball field and I'm sure if you put him in a "traditional power position" like a corner outfield spot, he'd be just fine. But I find it funny that you want to be called old fashioned, yet here we are discussing Cal Ripken, the guy that broke the mold for what a shortstop can be and turned it into a power position. Ripken was ultimate anti-traditionalist of the position and responsible for the slew of power hitting shortstops that came in after him. And quite frankly, I don't know why we're talking about power when we're debating defense. -
By EddeeEddee · Posted
Yeah, I agree something like this might happen some day, but only if the union comes around to believing MLB is on shaky financial footing -- if and when that ever happens. I don't like the idea of voiding a players' contract then and there, but perhaps performing below a certain level would trigger some contract years in the future to automatically become option years. Something along those lines. It's hard to imagine deals like this today, except possibly here and there for players who are known to be very inconsistent. As long as baseball is considered financially healthy I'm sure the union would push back strongly against deals like this, especially in large numbers. -
Thank you. I knew there was something bogus about that post. I saw Cal play SS. And Gunnar is no Cal at SS. Not even close. And this is coming from a big fan of Gunnar. I would like to see him play a traditional power position. Call me old fashioned. He’s hurting the team at SS. -
By EddeeEddee · Posted
Interesting. We live in a data obsessed world now but it's not the answer to everything. There should be a mix.
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