Atmpainter said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Fair point on the run differential but no reinforcements coming?

Josh Jung
Jakob Junis
Danny Jansen
Higgy
Jack Leiter

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We're gonna disagree on these for sure. IMO, only Jung will truly help IF he stays healthy and IF he hits at the clip he did prior to the calf injury. This offense was moving then but the dude can't stay on the field and unless I missed it, there still is no timetable.

Junis was good but I don't truly think he changes the bullpen.

Catching just seems like a black hole… Diaz's D is bad. Wynns offense is non existent. Can either higgy or janson make it THAT much better to change games? Last I heard higgy is still on the shelf awhile. Janson rehabbing caught two innings, dh'd then supposed to catch Leiter this weekend (today maybe?) his bat is 100x better than the two we have now but is that saying much?

I have hope leiter is more like 25 than 26 Jack now that the foot/ ankle is healthy but need to see it long term.


I just think there are TOO MANY holes and we don't have enough flex seal to do it.

Nicky Lopez magic has worn off. He was .330 and has dropped 60 points, seager is getting there but he can't run to save his life, zeke is playing great D and hitting really well, burger is burger. He will get hot at times and punish a ball like last night or look like my seven year old and step the third base box and miss a pitch by ten feet.
Wyatt has been off since fouling two balls off his foot and I think it's just in between the ears now. Carter is playing good D still but the bat is just whoaful, Nimmo is hitting and getting on base but he looks old and slow in right. Joc has been a revelation at the plate but is a liability in the field so he HAS to DH.

I don't know what to make of the bullpen. Latz is Latz and ahlstrom has been great since the break. Gray has been solid as well. The problem is starters are going five and length is needed every night because for some reason they won't let starters go over 100 pitches. Now degrom is out, Monty hasn't been good over two appearances, Evo is out, rocker is wildly inconsistent, Bradford is on a pitch count.

All that to say in 23 your reinforcements were Chapman, an over the hill sherzer that was a bulldog and refused to lose, and Austin Hedges (a great cheerleader that seemed to awaken the clubhouse.) I just don't see this clicking. I hope I'm wrong and eat crow but I don't see it.

Saw on twitter yesterday someone say they wished will clark was on this team because he'd lose it and show some emotion. I'm not a drop f bombs and break stuff guy especially when it comes to baseball because it IS such a marathon with ebbs and flows but is there anyone to lead and step up to challenge these guys in the clubhouse? I don't know but it doesn't seem like it.

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Really good summary here, and I agree. Jung is the only one would could make a noticeable impact. We need him back out there. That will allow Duran slide over to 2B and Lopez will go back to the utility role. Lopez did some great things for us back in July and was red hot for a while, but he has since gone back to what he was before, a valuable utility guy but with very little pop in his bat.

Junis is a solid bullpen piece, but until we can figure out how to score some runs it likely won't matter.

I'm concerned about Langford. We saw the star he can be throughout July. He carried this team at times. Why the huge dropoff in August?

WestTexasAg said:

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Atmpainter said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Fair point on the run differential but no reinforcements coming?

Josh Jung
Jakob Junis
Danny Jansen
Higgy
Jack Leiter

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We're gonna disagree on these for sure. IMO, only Jung will truly help IF he stays healthy and IF he hits at the clip he did prior to the calf injury. This offense was moving then but the dude can't stay on the field and unless I missed it, there still is no timetable.

Junis was good but I don't truly think he changes the bullpen.

Catching just seems like a black hole… Diaz's D is bad. Wynns offense is non existent. Can either higgy or janson make it THAT much better to change games? Last I heard higgy is still on the shelf awhile. Janson rehabbing caught two innings, dh'd then supposed to catch Leiter this weekend (today maybe?) his bat is 100x better than the two we have now but is that saying much?

I have hope leiter is more like 25 than 26 Jack now that the foot/ ankle is healthy but need to see it long term.


I just think there are TOO MANY holes and we don't have enough flex seal to do it.

Nicky Lopez magic has worn off. He was .330 and has dropped 60 points, seager is getting there but he can't run to save his life, zeke is playing great D and hitting really well, burger is burger. He will get hot at times and punish a ball like last night or look like my seven year old and step the third base box and miss a pitch by ten feet.
Wyatt has been off since fouling two balls off his foot and I think it's just in between the ears now. Carter is playing good D still but the bat is just whoaful, Nimmo is hitting and getting on base but he looks old and slow in right. Joc has been a revelation at the plate but is a liability in the field so he HAS to DH.

I don't know what to make of the bullpen. Latz is Latz and ahlstrom has been great since the break. Gray has been solid as well. The problem is starters are going five and length is needed every night because for some reason they won't let starters go over 100 pitches. Now degrom is out, Monty hasn't been good over two appearances, Evo is out, rocker is wildly inconsistent, Bradford is on a pitch count.

All that to say in 23 your reinforcements were Chapman, an over the hill sherzer that was a bulldog and refused to lose, and Austin Hedges (a great cheerleader that seemed to awaken the clubhouse.) I just don't see this clicking. I hope I'm wrong and eat crow but I don't see it.

Saw on twitter yesterday someone say they wished will clark was on this team because he'd lose it and show some emotion. I'm not a drop f bombs and break stuff guy especially when it comes to baseball because it IS such a marathon with ebbs and flows but is there anyone to lead and step up to challenge these guys in the clubhouse? I don't know but it doesn't seem like it.

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Really good summary here, and I agree. Jung is the only one would could make a noticeable impact. We need him back out there. That will allow Duran slide over to 2B and Lopez will go back to the utility role. Lopez did some great things for us back in July and was red hot for a while, but he has since gone back to what he was before, a valuable utility guy but with very little pop in his bat.

Junis is a solid bullpen piece, but until we can figure out how to score some runs it likely won't matter.

I'm concerned about Langford. We saw the star he can be throughout July. He carried this team at times. Why the huge dropoff in August?

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I think the huge drop off is his approach at the plate, or at times lack of approach. When he does not try and emulate Seager he's more successful. Seager's approach which is at time frustrating works for him.

When Wyatt is at his best, he is hitting the ball to right for singles, the gaps for doubles and pulling homers. He is just pulling or trying to pull everything right now which leaves him open to the pop up and strike out.

Atmpainter said:

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When Wyatt is at his best, he is hitting the ball to right for singles, the gaps for doubles and pulling homers. He is just pulling or trying to pull everything right now which leaves him open to the pop up and strike out.

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This is what it looks like to me as well. He had one at bat a couple of nights ago where he fouled off like 6 straight pitches, all of them pulled foul outside of third base.

He should be using the whole field. We've seen him do it before. He's just pressing right now and it looks really bad.

Fuzzy Dunlop said:

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He should be using the whole field. We've seen him do it before. He's just pressing right now and it looks really bad.

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Yep. Made a huge difference for Josh Jung when he got back to using the whole field. Now if we could just get him back in the lineup....

Joshua Baez greatest MLB debut ever, wow! Homered in his first THREE at-bats

ryanhnc10 said:

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Joshua Baez greatest MLB debut ever, wow! Homered in his first THREE at-bats

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Incredible. It's only downhill from here now though haha

Junis is back and Marco Gonzalez was Dfa'd.

We are 1 of 4 AL teams tied for the WC3. All 4 teams are currently 3G under .500.

It would be GLORIOUS if a sub .500 AL team won the WS and beat the LADs with a payroll 3-4x the AL team that beat them.

Just saw Wyatt has a 46% ground ball pull rate in august. Highest in mlb. Just like we were saying earlier.

Swing the ****ing bat Carter!

Well there you go. That sums up this miserable season.

I walked out of the room. Did that hit the pole?

Atmpainter said:

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I walked out of the room. Did that hit the pole?

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Apparently. I thought it was beyond the pole and hit something behind it, but maybe not. Nonetheless, typical Gore. Gives up two soft base hits with two outs and then a three run homer. He'll probably hold them down the rest of the night, but can we even score 3?

Same ol Song and dance. At least Houston lost?

I couldn't tell either. It hit something. Was it the foul pole? Difficult to tell.

Burger on 2B, 0 Outs.

I'm as big a fan of small-ball as much as anyone. Grew up watching NL baseball in the '70s with the LAD... great pitching... 1-0, 2-1 games are awesome, IMO.

Modern baseball goes against the bunt, considering it a wasted out. Much of that probably has to do with the PED era where 6+ Runs were required to win.

But, how bad must you suck as a hitter with 1 on, 0 Out down 3-0 that your manager calls on you to bunt the runner over?!

Seriously. I'd get it if you were tacking on runs or down one or tied but down three?!? Also bad luck for Joc there. Hit that ball hard.

W

Nice job Wyatt.

We... we have a lead! We're ahead!

Brush my teeth and now have a lead? Wow!

Really wish he could get through 6. He could take a note out of Bradfords book on getting soft outs with contact.

Latz has the rust.

Looks very rusty. No need for a closer when you can't take a lead to the 9th. Sandler said this is his 4th appearance in August.

HWC

Hello Win Column!

Hello win column. Goodbye late night west coast trip

What a complete performance.

All alone at WC3.

We are never losing again!

Nats bullpen is complete garbage. We will sweep them no matter the deficit late in games. Never been so back!

Tommy John has passed away.

DallasAg 94 said:

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Tommy John has passed away.

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Not to make light of his passing, but do you think he got tired of hearing his name on an almost daily basis?

RIP

Seager sitting out today. We already have a day off tomorrow.

Why the heck is both Diaz and Wynns in the lineup at the same time? Sit Wynns and put Joc as DH. I'd MUCH rather have Joc going lefty/lefty