Magical season?
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He's basically a slow pitch softball type of personality from what I've seen. Chug some beers, talk some shit, don't over exert until it's absolutely necessary.Fishpo31 said:They have a Haggerty-Kelenic platoon (the playoff plan before Hag got hurt), and ship Winker somewhere for a bag of BP balls...He has ability, but I can remember early on thinking that he looked different than a typical big leaguer, as in under-developed physically. Red flag, I should have trusted my gut.
Edit: I just realized something: I literally had no idea who Eugenio Suarez was before this year...We are Salary-Dump Champions!
My thoughts too but I'm not sure about Philly. I haven't watched them at all and don't know shit about their pitching staff.Fishpo31 said:
I think the Friars (ILTCTTF, IWILTD) may be the only club that could give the Astros a run for the money…YellowSnow said:#MyPadres looking strong.
The Padres have the arms and some menacing hitters. They can give Houston a run for it. -
I didn't see the article summarizing the Divish comments until last night. The Ms really have a good group of local writers and commenter imo. Makes me jealous as a Husky fan. They're moogs, I suppose, but they know their shit and aren't afraid to call out players and management where appropriate.Fishpo31 said:They have a Haggerty-Kelenic platoon (the playoff plan before Hag got hurt), and ship Winker somewhere for a bag of BP balls...He has ability, but I can remember early on thinking that he looked different than a typical big leaguer, as in under-developed physically. Red flag, I should have trusted my gut.
Edit: I just realized something: I literally had no idea who Eugenio Suarez was before this year...We are Salary-Dump Champions!
I'm disappointed because Winker 2021 was exactly the kind of hitter I wanted...a high BA, high OBP guy with some power. Ty France on better juice, basically.
I can only handle so many guys averaging 2/10 with a homer, a walk or two, and 7 KS. Someone has to get on base and someone needs to consistently hit the ball hard when others are on base.
Anyways, winker seems to be on his way out so I really hope they can find a bat like his wa supposed to be. -
I called the sweep after game 1. You don't chase out the likely 2022 Cy Young winner only to lose, and expect to bounce back from that.
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Same. That was the opening and I really believed the Ms would go on to sweep or win in 4 at worst if they hadn't blown that one.greenblood said:I called the sweep after game 1. You don't chase out the likely 2022 Cy Young winner only to lose, and expect to bounce back from that.
As it happened, even carrying a lead into the 6th in game 2, with a dominant starter still on the mound and going strong, there was a sense of inevitability. The same feeling was present through the entirety of game 3. -
Maybe the situation with Winker isn't what we thought? Knee and neck surgery.
ESPN: Julio Rodriguez broke finger, among M's facing offseason recovery.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34834762/julio-rodriguez-broke-finger-m-facing-offseason-recovery -
I caught some of R.R Aussie-Hyphen on the radio. What he said made sense, if it actually happened that way. Said Winker is the class-clown, and when it's going well, everyone laughs. When it isn't, they get pissed. Also talked about the dark side of being injured, not being able to perform at a high level, contribute, and dealing with individual stuff in a team setting.
My guess is that he was banged up early (eye test), slow start, injures lingered/got worse, surgery ends the season for him, the club was playing well without his contribution and presence, and he got a little pissy...it happens.
Disclosure: I was around Winker a little bit when he was 17, at USA Baseball trials, and he's a different cat, to be sure... -
Touches on the same stuff Divish hinted at and what I assumed. He doesn't fit in. Playing poorly or sitting out while constantly calling attention to yourself never helps in that regard.Fishpo31 said:I caught some of R.R Aussie-Hyphen on the radio. What he said made sense, if it actually happened that way. Said Winker is the class-clown, and when it's going well, everyone laughs. When it isn't, they get pissed. Also talked about the dark side of being injured, not being able to perform at a high level, contribute, and dealing with individual stuff in a team setting.
My guess is that he was banged up early (eye test), slow start, injures lingered/got worse, surgery ends the season for him, the club was playing well without his contribution and presence, and he got a little pissy...it happens.
Disclosure: I was around Winker a little bit when he was 17, at USA Baseball trials, and he's a different cat, to be sure... -
Yes. When you play well, nobody cares if you are "a little quirky", or even a dick. When you don't play well, it becomes magnified.
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Fishpo31 said:
Yes. When you play well, nobody cares if you are "a little quirky", or even a dick. When you don't play well, it becomes magnified.
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Will BA's naturally just go up because of the new shift rules going in? Seems like they would, and a real opportunity for the nerds to find out which guys were most impacted negatively by the shift and go try to snatch up those cheap contracts.
The counter to that I guess is will batters be negatively impacted by seeing the shortstop sprinting towards right field once the pitch is in the air? Seems like that is possible.
