Riggo#44 Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 I think Herz is ultimately a reliever too, but I like what I’ve seen from him so far. Sykora I am really excited about. I’m waiting for Lile and Lara to push their way into Top 100 lists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 20 minutes ago, Riggo#44 said: I think Herz is ultimately a reliever too, but I like what I’ve seen from him so far. Sykora I am really excited about. I’m waiting for Lile and Lara to push their way into Top 100 lists Herz reminds me of Andrew Miller from the Red Sox, Orioles, Indians, and Yankees. You give him every opportunity to earn a rotation spot, but could be an absolute weapon in the bullpen. As difficult and expensive as it is to find starting pitching. I’m all for giving these guys as much rope as possible. The industry thought Irvin was destined to be a BP arm, but he’s proven to be quite the find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 Very true. Both Parker and Irvin are getting more soft contact. Irvin was in the single digits for both EV and HH%. Both have improved in those areas. Herz delivery is what worries me, and his control. He is a LH version of Tyler Clippard to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Always A Commander Never A Captain Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 6 minutes ago, ixcuincle said: Huh ok...are we going to re-experiment with Lipscomb at 1B, or shift other guys around? His most recent AAA stint had only two 1B starts with the rest split between 2B/3B. I think I'd like to continue that experiment and see if we can't get more chaos on the base paths with a 1B that can actually steal bags. Gallo/Meneses have only stolen 3 bags combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 11 minutes ago, Always A Commander Never A Captain said: Huh ok...are we going to re-experiment with Lipscomb at 1B, or shift other guys around? His most recent AAA stint had only two 1B starts with the rest split between 2B/3B. I think I'd like to continue that experiment and see if we can't get more chaos on the base paths with a 1B that can actually steal bags. Gallo/Meneses have only stolen 3 bags combined. it was going to be him or Adams. I would have been ok with either. Actually was curious to see Adams try 1B. But whatever, welcome back Trey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 nats up 5-1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always A Commander Never A Captain Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 1 hour ago, ixcuincle said: nats up 5-1 And our AA farm guys are rolling. Brad Lord, 7 innings, 2 hits, 0 walks, 10 strikeouts Dylan Crews, 2 for 4 with a double Brady House, 1 for 4 with a HR 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Good to see CJ drive the ball with some authority tonight. Hope he locks back into his march-april productivity again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 5 straight is the longest win streak since 2021. With trash Marlins coming to town could be higher. And even if it isn't it seems they've righted the ship overall. Now just take Corbin out of the rotation and this team should be fine especially with easy opponents coming up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 9 hours ago, Always A Commander Never A Captain said: And our AA farm guys are rolling. Brad Lord, 7 innings, 2 hits, 0 walks, 10 strikeouts Dylan Crews, 2 for 4 with a double Brady House, 1 for 4 with a HR Good Lord! 9 hours ago, CRobi21 said: Good to see CJ drive the ball with some authority tonight. Hope he locks back into his march-april productivity again. He needs to stop chasing. If he would even work a league average walk rate, he’d be an MVP candidate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ball Security Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 3 hours ago, ixcuincle said: 5 straight is the longest win streak since 2021. With trash Marlins coming to town could be higher. And even if it isn't it seems they've righted the ship overall. Now just take Corbin out of the rotation and this team should be fine especially with easy opponents coming up Corbin will come out of the rotation soon. But they are not going to rush Gray and Cavalli. Now they may send Herz back first, but when the other two are ready (which may be the All-Star break), Corbin will be out of the rotation. Going into the season, I thought they should go big in FA for a starter. But with the emergence of Parker and Irvin and success of others in the minors such as Alvarez and Lord, I’d be hesitant to spend big there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always A Commander Never A Captain Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 2 hours ago, Riggo#44 said: Good Lord! Since the beginning of May (8 starts), he's got a 0.9 for both ERA and WHIP. They just promoted Andrew Alvarez from AA (2 games, 1 awful outing, 1 good one) so I get maybe not wanting to promote another so fast but come on...the AAA starting pitching looks pretty replaceable. Herz is (probably) temporarily up in the majors. But what's Thad Ward going to do for us in his Age 27 season and pitching numbers like that? What's holding Brad Lord back from moving up given he's clearly better than his level of competition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 1 hour ago, Always A Commander Never A Captain said: Since the beginning of May (8 starts), he's got a 0.9 for both ERA and WHIP. They just promoted Andrew Alvarez from AA (2 games, 1 awful outing, 1 good one) so I get maybe not wanting to promote another so fast but come on...the AAA starting pitching looks pretty replaceable. Herz is (probably) temporarily up in the majors. But what's Thad Ward going to do for us in his Age 27 season and pitching numbers like that? What's holding Brad Lord back from moving up given he's clearly better than his level of competition. It’ll happen. Lord has only made 11 AA starts. Alvarez made 14 before his promotion. They just signed a guy named Solesky from independent ball and Seth Shuman is progressing in his rehab. There’ll be some upward pressure to create spots in Harrisburg. Guys at AAA have really been struggling: Rutledge, Ward, and Adon. They have 38 rosters spots filled with Ferrer and Cavalli on the 60 day. I’d have to think Ward is number 37 or 38 in terms of safety. He’s probably not very comfortable right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 (edited) 2 hours ago, Always A Commander Never A Captain said: The thing that jumps out to me most about this chart is DJ Herz. He's only 23 at AAA, has only a 3.75 ERA despite a 1.417 WHIP. Where's that from? His goddawful 7.3 BB/9. MLB league average is 2.9. "Awful" per Fangraphs starts at 4.0 BB/9. If he could improve his walk rate to "only" awful, he'd have a 2.625 SO/W rate and his WHIP would probably be probably around 1.000 (I could do the math but I'm too lazy). It's a fairly small sample size with only 36 IP here, but I wonder if we have something to work with. editing to add- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=herz--000dav his stats across several minor league teams the previous few years kind of back this up. He's wild but has a ridiculous K rate. As @Riggo#44 mentioned this probably profiles for the bullpen, but he's still got some real developing left to do. I'd keep him in the rotation as long as possible. Edited June 13 by TheGoodBits 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always A Commander Never A Captain Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Crews and House with back to back good games. No strikeouts for either (but no walks) House - 3 for 3 with a HR and SB Crews - 2 for 4 with a SB Travis Sykora had his most innings pitched yet with 5. Did that with 2 hits, 0 walks, and 3 K's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted Saturday at 01:24 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:24 AM What a night for MacKenzie Gore. 7 innings. 10 strikeouts. 1 run. 1 dugout dust up. Three hits and a walk for Abrams. Another game with an XBH. On the farm, Susana had 2 runs in 5 innings with 7K. Josiah Gray made a rehab start with Harrisburg. 1 run in 4.1IP. I’d imagine that he makes another rehab start or two before returning. Chase Solesky, a guy they signed from the Independent League relieved Gray with 5 shut out innings. Impressive. Yesterday, they added Eduardo Salazar, a pitcher to the 40 man roster. He’ll pitch for Rochester. Still an open slot there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted Saturday at 03:03 AM Share Posted Saturday at 03:03 AM Jumping on the Christian Moore hype train. Guy can flat out hit. Hit for the cycle in tonight comeback walk off win against FSU. 🔥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted Saturday at 06:37 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:37 PM at a session with mike Rizzo and Charlie slowes just said that Soto deal was a huge steal. tbd. nats were previously critiqued for poor player development so seeing some return on that deal is promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EmirOfShmo Posted Saturday at 09:20 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:20 PM DJ ****ing dealing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted Saturday at 09:20 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:20 PM Herz struck out 13 today so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted Saturday at 09:22 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:22 PM Just now, ixcuincle said: Herz struck out 13 today so far 1 short of Stras debut June 8, 2010..watched that game at a bar near LAX... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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