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In Search of a Life
Join Date: Nov 2010
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#167 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Jabip
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#168 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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I hope the BFIB located in St. Louis are paying attention.
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#169 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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So it means that when you're dealing with them, you treat them like your idiot nephew and offer him 3 beads for his Snickers bar because you know there's a chance he might say yes. And because he IS your idiot nephew, he probably will. After he gets that 4th bead out of you and you 'reluctantly' pull the trigger. But ultimately I can't imagine this is anything DeWitt doesn't already know. He has to see that these guys ****ing suck at building a baseball team. He simply doesn't give a shit. |
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#170 |
Diablo Negro
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Getting beat down by Jordan Montgomery today is going to make this even more painful.
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#171 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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It suggests that they realize there truly is no matchup that favors him. He really can't hit anything right now. |
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#172 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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Maybe the STL fans are finally fed up. But, it was a school night game.
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#173 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Jabip
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Start Time: 6:45 p.m. Local Attendance: 32,875 Venue: Busch Stadium III Game Duration: 2:37 Night Game, on grass Announced attendance -32,875 There's no way that's even close. |
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#174 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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The good news, to whatever extent they still care, is that the Cardinals know exactly how many came through the turnstiles. The message is being delivered. It's just a question as to whether or not DeWitt is willing to listen to it at all. |
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#175 | |
Diablo Negro
Join Date: Sep 2003
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WTF would he not be all in on this team? He will be lucky to be alive another 5 years. |
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#176 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Red state
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He still hits too many ground balls, but what's sinking his performance is his dismal 4.8% line drive rate that will eventually normalize. He's only 21 and had a wRC+ of 116 in a meh rookie year. Nobody with any smarts in the industry is writing him off. |
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#177 | |
Consuming CP souls
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: U.S.A.
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#178 |
Consuming CP souls
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: U.S.A.
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But also...why is anyone braving that cesspool downtown with a family to see this team? $60 parking to avoid some of it, but then you're paying 60 to park to see this trash team.
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#179 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Nov 2010
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No one is writing him off, but until he actually listens to some approach advice, he won't amount to shit as a 1B/DH that doesnt hit for power. |
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#180 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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He pulls off everything. So his timing has to be perfect to drive a ball and even then he's not getting his lower half into it so it'll be a struck liner into RC field. He leaves almost his entire pull potential on the table because his mechanics are a damn trainwreck. His top and bottom half couldn't be any more out of whack if he tried. No, that's not something you just wait on regression to fix. He had to be sent down. And they HAVE to take a more direct approach with him. If that means burying his ass in AA until he gives you a 100 PA rolling average with a groundball rate below 35% then so be it. You absolutely cannot bring him back up until he demonstrates fundamental changes in his approach. This isn't tenable long-term. You can't take a guy with truly top 5% raw power, quick hands and a solid batting eye and say "Well...Casey Kotchman wasn't a bad player...." They've already missed a window to trade him and let someone else do the spadework. The possibility of dealing him for someone like Kirby was last spring when he gave you the bird the first time you asked him to do it. Now you have no choice but to pull out the paddle, try some tough love and go full on 'Checkers or Wreckers' with him. You develop him into a star or you end up non-tendering him in 4 seasons. There's no more room for middle ground. |
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