Sat. 7/1 - Hopefully Kicking Off July in Style

[Joseph Zarr]

9 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

That play is a lot harder than you are making it out to be. He was full speed charging on a pitch where the runners are running on the pitch. He has to keep his head up to gauge the distance between the runner and 2B and had a fraction of a second to actually tag the base if he did corral the ball.

Sure. While I agree with you it wasn't a run of the mill play, It's still a play he has to make. He has a throw to 1B there where he has the runner by several steps or he still beats the tag on the bag at 2B. Running or not on contact. He took his eye off the ball. He rushed it.

As you know, I love EBJ. He's an incredible talent. He botched a similarly weakly hit ball under his glove just a week ago. He's played better defense than advertised - I'm on record stating gold glove caliber in moments. Today, however, those are plays I expect my first round blue chip SS to make. In an extremely small sample size of errors this past week I would say: he needs to work on scooping balls running to his left in game action. AND, that's why we have the minors. 

At this moment, who cares about the play. He needs to stay healthy and keep competing. That's all I care about in the moment whether we agree or disagree on what transpired. Another injury in this moment would just be ridiculous misfortune.

[Joseph Zarr]

To conclude my remarks on the play itself, to me when I watched that Live I felt the play was to 1B - there is a play there at 2B but it's precariously close. Vaz has some wheels (19 SB to 1 CS in 2023) so it's a fast play, but Vaz isn't even half way up the line by the time the ball is to his glove. If the play is executed, in my book, this is one of those plays good SS's (and I consider EBJ a very good SS) make to end games all the time at the MLB level. It's simply a play he needs to work on. And, I agree with you it certainly isn't a 'simple' play and I am not trying to come across that way.

I just hope EBJ stays healthy to receive several more opportunities to make these out in the future. Just unreal bad luck run over the past couple of months. 

[SomewhereInTime]

11 hours ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Oh hey, the DSL Brewers Uno y Dos were swept by the DSL Dodgers. Because, well, why not? The question I have is:

Will an ACL/DSL Brewers team actually beat a Dodgers club this summer? At this juncture, they are in serious jeopardy of being season swept which is...well, it's not a thing I like. 🥲

DSL is closer to the local little leaguers who wear big league caps and uniforms than they are the major leagues.

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Joseph Zarr]

6 hours ago, Mass Haas said:

 

That sliders at 47 seconds and 1:21 is what I've been talking about throughout early 2023. Filthy is the word. That is an extremely difficult pitch to assess as a left-handed batter let alone make contact. It's a fabulous pitch. It has that sneaky initial and then sudden late movement.