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1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

What does this have to do with my statements? Are you excited over his start? It's ok to be disappointed in a player's start and not give up on him at all.

I just will never understand why some of you feel like you need to say "there's nothing to see here" without providing any context or statistical backing. What the hell is up with the snarky lol? That's the kind of BS that pisses me off. 

Basically, you are showing your fanboy status when do stuff like this. This is the Hangout. we make observations and then we back things up with pertinent stats or information. If you wanna be all fanboy and "lol" posts that give facts because the fanboy in you wants to say, "there's nothing to see here," save your typing. That kind of stuff really rubs me wrong especially when I deserve a lot more respect than you loling a factual post. 

If you want to be snarky, don't do it my posts. That's disrespectful and BS.

Tony, I really did not intend that to be disrespectful at all. There were several other posts about Basallo's tough start and I was simply providing an alternate take that maybe it's not too much to worry about since he's so young for the level he's at. I will acknowledge "nothing to see here" and the "lol" does come off snarky, but it really was not intended as a shot in your direction specifically. It was more of a "hey let's pump the brakes". It was just strictly my opinion, and yes, my opinion is often wrong. 

But I do think it's worth mentioning in the context of his rough start that he's super young for his level and coming off injury. Those are big factors. My way of delivering that thought was admittedly clumsy and reads more fanboyish and flippant than I wanted it to, so apologies there. 

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Tony, I really did not intend that to be disrespectful at all. There were several other posts about Basallo's tough start and I was simply providing an alternate take that maybe it's not too much to w

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16 hours ago, interloper said:

Tony, I really did not intend that to be disrespectful at all. There were several other posts about Basallo's tough start and I was simply providing an alternate take that maybe it's not too much to worry about since he's so young for the level he's at. I will acknowledge "nothing to see here" and the "lol" does come off snarky, but it really was not intended as a shot in your direction specifically. It was more of a "hey let's pump the brakes". It was just strictly my opinion, and yes, my opinion is often wrong. 

But I do think it's worth mentioning in the context of his rough start that he's super young for his level and coming off injury. Those are big factors. My way of delivering that thought was admittedly clumsy and reads more fanboyish and flippant than I wanted it to, so apologies there. 

Appreciate the response and apology. 

Again, I'm pointing out that he's off to a bad start and some observations on him being unbalanced at the plate. I don't recall anyone expressing opinions other than those facts. His start is disappointing. It certainly does not mean he's less of a prospect. In fact, I didn't even drop him in the power rankings.

He absolutely young for his level and had an offseason with bone chips in his elbow so he may not have had a full offseason of work. 

Hopefully he will turn it around soon, but even if he repeats AA next year he's still way ahead of the curve. But we're a long way from those concerns.

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21 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Appreciate the response and apology. 

Again, I'm pointing out that he's off to a bad start and some observations on him being unbalanced at the plate. I don't recall anyone expressing opinions other than those facts. His start is disappointing. It certainly does not mean he's less of a prospect. In fact, I didn't even drop him in the power rankings.

He absolutely young for his level and had an offseason with bone chips in his elbow so he may not have had a full offseason of work. 

Hopefully he will turn it around soon, but even if he repeats AA next year he's still way ahead of the curve. But we're a long way from those concerns.

Yea he has looked bad but while it’s fair to point that out, it’s also fair to point that some of this could be attributed to rust, an injury, not having a real ST, not playing in the field as much (I assume since he’s not catching?), etc…I think his timing is likely off and he’s working himself back into things.

He has played 15 games. He has a multi hit game in 1/3 of his game so far.

You point out all the Ks…what’s funny is all the Ks came in 5 games and he hasn’t struck out the last 4.

To me the only thing that bothers me as of right now is the zero walks but it’s not something that would concern me long term.

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38 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Yea he has looked bad but while it’s fair to point that out, it’s also fair to point that some of this could be attributed to rust, an injury, not having a real ST, not playing in the field as much (I assume since he’s not catching?), etc…I think his timing is likely off and he’s working himself back into things.

He has played 15 games. He has a multi hit game in 1/3 of his game so far.

You point out all the Ks…what’s funny is all the Ks came in 5 games and he hasn’t struck out the last 4.

To me the only thing that bothers me as of right now is the zero walks but it’s not something that would concern me long term.

All of that is fair to point out, some of which I did. My only issue with the snarkiness of the original comment like there was an over reaction going on by pointing out he's off to a disappointing start. 

At the end of the day, Basallo is uber talented and he will figure it out. 

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42 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Yea the plan was always for him to start catching around the first of May.

With his struggles hitting the first few weeks of the year, perhaps in hindsight the elbow injury might have caused the hitting issues.  Now that he seems healthier, watch out.

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2 minutes ago, yark14 said:

With his struggles hitting the first few weeks of the year, perhaps in hindsight the elbow injury might have caused the hitting issues.  Now that he seems healthier, watch out.

I think it was more likely he was just rusty and needed at bats. He didn’t have a full spring training.

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