82brewcrew82
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It is possible that DS is committed to seeing what this rotation has to offer before making a trade. There very well may be a trade out there that DS likes that he is just biding his time on. That is a far cry from us dimwitted folk not being able to wrap our heads around things, or maybe we aren't the dimwitted folks. The point is that this rotation did, and still does, need an upgrade. I can speculate on that one way or the other but at the end of the day it isn't my job to make that happen. I don't buy there wasn't a trade to be made. Thy admitted they just about traded Santana twice so apparently there were opportunities to upgrade that DS did like. No, no we do not need to accept anything simply because that is the way it turned out. No one is asking DS to trade surplus talent just to trade it. We are asking him to trade surplus talent in an effective manner so that a weaker part of the team can be improved in a meaningful way.
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I could see CC resting Cain since he went 0-4 tonight. They didn't hesitate to rest Braun after his last HR though. Could pull an upset and sit Thames with Braun at 1B Who's pitching for St. Luis, Martinez? Too lazy to look.
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Jeez, I knew that joke would be coming and I stilled missed it. I think I failed worser than you.
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Good bottle of wine being the rotation I wish we had, six pack of high life lite being my opinion of what we currently have.
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Ah, there it is, the same, tired Ad hominem attacks. What exactly was it that you found so offensive because you are literally agreeing with what I said.
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Top to bottom this has to be one of the softest throwing staffs in the league.
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Who said we couldn’t have improved it? I surely didn’t. Saying that there wasn’t a deal out there for Santana isn’t nearly the same thing as what you’re trying to imply. Plenty of other ways the pitching staff could have been improved on without dealing Santana. Stearns didn’t see the need to do it and so now we will see how right he is. You're attitude on FA signings wasn't any different. You have spent plenty of time telling me how much better this rotation was going to be over what I thought it was going to be. Even so, I highly doubt they couldn't have leveraged Santana as part of a deal to get what they needed.
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This is a great post and really puts the whole thing into perspective. In spring training all we heard was that the pitching was better than some of us thought and they would be good enough. That narrative is already changing to "there weren't better options". You can tell me that DS didn't want to pay the price to upgrade the pitching, but you cannot tell me he couldn't have done it if he wanted to. Can we make a deal mid season, sure we can but it's going to take the same pieces we didn't want to give up pre-season (and probably more). That logic is flawed. It isn't my job to figure out how to make the team competitive, that job goes to DS. If you're going to buy a bunch of steaks on sale even though you have enough steak in your freezer, you had better be able to buy the bottle of wine to go with it or what was the point. Instead we get a six pack of high life lite.
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Wouldn't logic dictate, then, that you, too, are playing armchair GM by assuming there wasn't a palatable trade for a starting pitcher on the table for Santana? For all we know, there could have been a very nice starting pitcher on the table, but Stearns is severely overvaluing Santana. If that's the case, that's on Stearns. Don't be condescending. Just because I have a more critical view of how Stearns has built this team, doesn't mean my opinion is any less valid than yours. It’s not condescending. Sorry if it came off that way but it’s not about my opinion or yours about how Stearns built this team that we are talking about even. You’re (and a lot of others) complaining about not making a trade that none of us even have the slightest clue about. It’s playing make believe by assuming Stearns could’ve just parlayed Santana into prospects of a rotation piece considering there went a single report that this would occur. Just speculation by people. Heck, there was more reporting on how Santana lacked trade value than there was of him being a piece we could move for something. I just think it's funny how the starting pitching narrative has already changed from "it'll be good enough" to "we couldn't have improved it anyway".
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Ooooh, clutchy stuff.
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Testing your two run theory right now.
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I have a feeling we are going to see a lot of posts just like this one as the season goes on.
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Anderson’s velocities from his first start were lower than at any point last season. Below are his monthly velocity averages from last year and those from his lone start this year at the bottom of the chart. Oh goody!
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Man, this rotation just has zero room for error.
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Cheese and crackres
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My only judgement is that they haven't been very good so far. Yeah not disagreeing with that but I want to see these guys make 4-5 starts and then make adjustments accordingly if need be. Not unreasonable. Hopefully that doesn't bury them by then.
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So we hold judgement on our pitchers but make them now for pitchers on other teams?
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Well that guy sucks
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Not happening. It's up to the current roster to make a playoff run. Then I'd refrain from breath holding.
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My only judgement is that they haven't been very good so far.
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Yes I'm sure Stearns plan was to go through the rotation once, then make the necessary trades. That isn't what he said.
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Welp, the starting pitching has done nothing to alleviate my concerns. The offense was able to bail them out against a lesser team but against good teams this isn't going to work. EDIT: And that includes Woodruff.
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Boom goes the dynamite!!!!!!
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So you can question the morals of someone but no one can question yours? Don't judge less you be judged by others. If you hate Braun, just say you hate Braun and be done with it.
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It's not that kind of hate. It's not something that keeps me up at night. In a way, he's just a brand to me. I hate him the way I hate Lee jeans or Kashi products. It's personal preference and it should be really obvious why it's my preference. It's your preference, why should that be obvious to anyone but you? I don't particularly care whether you hate him or not. You have your reasons for not liking him but that doesn't in anyway invalidate or lessen those who have chosen to move on in a more positive manner.