Riggo#44

13 hours ago, Ball Security said:

I read where Ruiz has lost 18-20 lbs with the flu. After not going after Hoskins, I was hoping they’d carry a third catcher and have Ruiz DH and Adams play 1B some. Keep them from getting run ragged behind the plate.

Early metrics too show Ruiz has improved considerably, defensively (SSS caveat attached).

30 minutes ago, Ball Security said:

Following him in the minors, he tended to give up lots of walks. Through two outings, he has zero which puts him on pace for…let me carry the one…yep, zero walks.

Hang on...

Yep...math checks out.

He also faced two very good lineups. Big Pitch Mitch has been very impressive!

22 hours ago, KDawg said:

My Commanders really were interested in Vince Lombardi. But they came up short. Because he’s not alive. We’ll try again next year. ~Magic

1 hour ago, Dan T. said:

Not a fluke. Meneses hit everywhere he played in his career. His slump to start this year is the fluke. 

He was bad last year too though. He’s hitting a ton of soft, ground balls. His metrics are not good. I hope this sparks him

3 hours ago, ixcuincle said:

the ws alumni handed out the rings personally which was a good touch. I 

I saw this on Twitter--this is a great call. Well done.

15 hours ago, CRobi21 said:

Meneses just hasn't been able to replicate his big first year here...

 Very definition of a fluke. I’m hoping Morales can push his way up by the end of the year

Gore has a lot of red in his ledger.

2 hours ago, ixcuincle said:

lerners have been ridiculously cheap so hopefully they can extend some of those return players they got. Ruiz being extended was so shocking because lerners usually let talent walk or deal them 🤣

It’s only shocking to those who just parrot annoying tropes that are demonstrably untrue.

1 hour ago, TheDoyler23 said:

The 2019 first round draft went crazy with shortstops. Abrams, Witt Jr, Volpe, Stott and then Henderson leading off the second. 

Witt has been incredible. Stott is a second baseman and plays for the Phillies, therefore he sucks and is a degenerate scum bag.

Look what the Yankees gave up to get Soto for just this year:

Michael King: 28, swingman, currently leading the majors in walks (5.0 BB/9), good ERA, 5.19 FIP

Jhony Brito: 26, 7.00 ERA, 1.778 WHIP. Career 4.72 FIP

Randy Vásquez: 25, another good ERA, 4.98 FIP, lots of walks, few strikeouts

Drew Thorpe: 23, currently at AA, BA's 58th rated prospect. Older than Abrams, Wood, Hassell.

Kyle Higashioka: A big nothing.

Compare that to the start Abrams (younger than all of them), Gore (younger than everyone other than Thorpe), Wood (two years younger than Thorpe, vaporizing baseballs at AAA) are having--let alone anything we get from Hassell and Susana. The Padres got a middling return (even though Kiley McDaniel at ESPN was saying the Padres got more than they gave up to us.) That for, what? A year and a half/two years more of Soto? Also, if we have Soto, are we picking 2 and getting Crews or even Langford? What if we're picking 10 last year?

18 hours ago, ixcuincle said:

fine he doesn't want to sign whatever keep him around till the last year and then deal him.

What does that accomplish other than diminish his value and minimizes our return?

Nice win today to get the series win in LA! Harvey and Finnegan looked really good. Irvin was outstanding. And Abrams continues to crush the ball!

2 hours ago, Ball Security said:

Can we give Luis Garcia some love? This is a guy who was massively disappointing last season. Many people wanted to move on from him, but he is mashing early this season: 8 XBH, 143 OPS+.  He made two wonderful plays in the field last night. A very encouraging start to the season.

He was on my **** list, with Menses, Robles, and Williams. Garcia and Williams are really having a great start. I would LOVE for Garcia to keep this up and lock down second. He has really cut down on the boneheaded plays (still has one here and there, but so do all players).

I caught some of Grant and Danny yesterday--they actually said Trevor Williams is a guy who can give you some length and he's been doing well and should be given the ball longer. There is nothing accurate about that statement. He's been doing well because he is not seeing the lineup a third time.

2 hours ago, @DCGoldPants said:

he was getting on base and moving around the bases well. Because he was playing solid defense and at least getting himself into a position to score more than a few guys above him, I would have like to see him bumped up a few spots to try benefiting from it. 

Not really. He was walking at a 5.5% rate, which is 19th percentile. He's good defensively, but he's an automatic out right now (60 OPS+, 58 WRC+). He's in the bottom 20% of most offensive categories per Statcast: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/trey-lipscomb-702358?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb

9 hours ago, @DCGoldPants said:

Lipscomb being sent down is ridiculous. If anything he should have moved up a few spots in the batting order. 

Why? What did he demonstrate to deserve being moved up? He was tapping soft ground balls (85 avg EV, almost 70% ground ball rate). He’s solid defensively but he needs more time in the minors.

7 hours ago, Ball Security said:

What a night for Mitchell Parker.

Big Pitch Mitch!! First pitcher to win his debut since Strasburg, I think. Our Nationals nightmare is over!

Man, smart hires that address incoming problems, not putting out fires. How refreshing. It's been 9-ish months and it's still feels so good.

16 minutes ago, Skinsinparadise said:

 

 

So we'll be aware of overtime rules and when we can be eliminated?

On 4/12/2024 at 10:27 AM, Going Commando said:

Here is how the next part of the story goes: he lost his mentor, who was willing to design his entire defense around getting him favorable match ups and playmaking looks, and he takes a big step back with Mike Zimmer, who tries to make him play in a structured OLB role.  He hates it, becomes a malcontent, falls afoul of Jerry, then walks in free agency.

Takes his playbook to a division rival, to which many are unconcerned, since he doesn't really know what's in it.

Amidst yesterday’s awful loss, Dylan Crews had a day: 3-5, Grand Slam, 2 R, SB.

I think Maye is the better pick, but the smoke is all around Daniels right now. I am probably falling victim to Silly Season Silliness.

18 minutes ago, Ball Security said:

Small things. SF’s pitcher was absolutely dealing. 8 up, 8 down with six strikeouts. Young gets a single up the middle. Basically gets picked off first, but beats the through down to second for a steal. Steals third standing with two outs. Now, because of speed, the pitcher can’t put the ball in the dirt to get Abrams to chase with two strikes. Puts it over the plate, and boom, two run homerun.

 Calling that just a home run is underselling it. Abrams vaporized that ball. 106.6 off the bat, 423 ft.

4 hours ago, Renegade7 said:

Damn @Riggo#44 , you were right...feels like only way to get past the politics of our favorite players is to act like you don't know and focus on the sport itself much as you can...

Or just not care about politics at all.

28 minutes ago, EmirOfShmo said:

 

EGreene with 6Ks in 10AB 2H .200

Epic bust--he will never even see AA.