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Oh yeah, once Dinges is able to get back behind the plate with some regularity I would think he starts to move.
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Why did the DSL schedule a game at Las Vegas Ballpark?
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Is it possible that Matt Wood could someday inch ahead of Quero in the organizational pecking order? He has interesting offensive numbers to say the least, what with the HR pop & the absurd BB/K ratio. I know he has issues throwing out baserunners but the rest of his defensive game is considered decent, right?
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The obvious issues; still 15 dingers in just over 50 games. Following this system, both the raw & the more polished, is a lot of fun!!
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Class of '27 Jack Thelen (Maple Grove, MN) was just offered. He's 7'1" & a HS teammate of Baboucarr Ann. I've never seen him play, but he sounds like the type that would be a project for a high-major. Offers from Montana, Murray State & Miami (O).
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Yeah, terrific breakdown Matt. His swing-and-miss has always bothered me because he still runs well enough to beat out weak contact if he can touch the ball. Over 28%, that's an issue. Perhaps it's part of the reason why he's leading off as opposed to being in more of a runners-on spot in the order?
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Yeah, there's really no one blocking him in AA. Garcia can move around & Boeve has played quite a bit in LF. You sometimes see a 'domino' effect where people at a position all get promoted at the same time so it's uniform, but that's not really necessary with Fischer.
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I haven't seen him as much as I'd like to, but I know his problems in the past centered on the normal stuff for a teenager----breaking pitches & chasing. The low BA has him a bit off the radar for some, but my guess is he'll repeat low-A in '27 & see a big improvement in the OBP & BA and folks will really start to notice.
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Tough 3 hitter stretch for Patrick & that's it. This whole series felt to me like it was professional wrestling & we were the ones scheduled to take the fall. I got a huge kick out of Soderstrom on the ball hit off the wall by Frelick. Plays it in a manner in which he gives himself no chance, then the damn thing bounds right to him & he holds it to a 1st & 2nd situation. Then later, Contreras hits a little dribbler that can't possibly be a DP---unless it's right to a MINF all but standing on the bag, which is exactly what happened. Then for the Grand Finale, the guy with the ERA over 6 puts on his Lee Smith costume two days in a row. I'm assuming Murphy really wanted to stay away from Ashby tonite, but was left with no choice after the Patrick failure. This would've been a wonderful night to have the fully-loaded pen from the left side before Hall & Fitzpatrick went down & Drohan was moved to the rotation. Didn't get the 'next hit', our HRs were solos, and they had one w/a man on. And of course the 1st in the bigs for Alkali Williams or whatever his name is. Big pic, you take 4-2 in this 6-game sitcom & move on.
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I would hope one series wouldn't do that. And I mostly liked their approach vs Springs. I DO think their approach went south somewhat when the A's went to the BP. When I'm talking about approach I'm not talking so much about swinging for the fences as much as just ball-strike recognition & some over-anxiousness. IMO that fueled striking out 7 times in the last 3 innings w/no walks. That's why I used the 'getting out of their element' line. Like you said, they are usually really good, disciplined hitters. Maybe Alvarado & Barnett should get credit more than anything else.
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He did, sandwiched around two Ks. Immediately after the base hit by Yelich in the 6th when the A's went to the pen, 8 of our last 10 outs were via the strikeout. I thought Alvarado & Barnett both performed well, but there was too much chasing. I assume there was some unfamiliarity but the quality of ABs you see from this team when they put together rallies was mostly vacant. So considering what they need to accomplish to give themselves a better chance yeah, I think they came up short of that. EDIT: I was distracted during part of the 9th inning & was reminded that Chourio also lined out to SS to end the game. I'll stand by my contention that the overall approach wasn't good the last three innings but singling out Chourio wasn't fair.
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My biggest peeve re last night. Chourio homers in the 1st and as amazing as this sounds I think you could say that screwed him up for the rest of the night. You could add a few others to that list, minus the HR. Guys come out of their element in a particular setting, when staying the same gives you a much better chance of success. Baseball can be a real ass sometimes.
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Exactly. Sproat doesn't evoke much confidence & with good reason. But there's plenty of 'woe is me' to go around both fan bases looking at this matchup. Perkins threw as many as 75 pitches once this year (his last time out, and he wasn't effective), and when they need to go to their 'pen you'd think it would be lacking the two we saw last night who were actually pretty effective. Flip a coin, roll the dice, turn over the hold card, or whatever it is they do out there. And I can't even imagine the over/under this weekend when Colorado comes in.
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Any info on Koenigs' velo #s?
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In environments like this I'm sure it's real easy to get swing-happy & lose your plate discipline. Overall Oak-Sac-LV didn't fall into that trap too much, but I thought we did & that helped make the difference. Too many chases. I can't believe Kurtz---to be that young, that powerful & have that great a feel for what's a strike and what's not is pretty amazing. Other than that, eh. There's no way Gasser gives up six runs except for the fact he was pitching in a little kids' bouncy house. I thought his poise was pretty good considering. Kuhnel made a way-to-good 0-2 pitch for the HR. And Crow gave 'em a chance to get back in. We survived. You could argue that once Frelick struck out in the 8th, you leave Rengifo in to hit. Then Vaughn hits for Hamilton, either with a man on or leading off the 9th.
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Hardin finishes the 5th with his 8th & 9th Ks. No walks. The times I've seen him he always seems to be one step ahead of the hitter with his multi-pitch mix. Impressive.
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Kuhnel has worked back-to-back days 3-4 times this season, but always after a low pitch count the first day. He threw 20 last night so who knows? I would guess Uribe is fine. I have no idea re Rom's workload history but 25 pitches is a lot to come back from. If he can't go you're naked from the left side of the pen vs Kurtz & Soderstrom. Fun times. When the A's come to Milwaukee next year I think we should move the games to Wick Field.
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Piggyback with Priester. It sounded like Woodruff didn't really want to do this, citing the 'wasting bullets' analogy. Glad he was persuaded.
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I agree with you re Lara & CF. I've seen some of the plays he's turned in. But right now I think Lara in RF & Mitchell in CF is better than the reverse, if they were both in the lineup. My deal is more about apprehension re Mitchell in RF than anything else. Just a gut feeling. I could be wrong, but even if I'm right yeah, Lara still winds up in CF long term.
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This would be one hell of a (bad) time to deal Frelick if it comes to that; not exactly selling high. Yet if Lara makes it up here relatively soon, you also have Lockridge returning who was versatile & perfectly fine as an extra OF. So yeah, a pretty good chance the phones are heating up.
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If Lara was here & I had both of them in the lineup on a given day, I'd have Lara in RF. There's a certain amount of recklessness often associated with playing RF & I don't see Mitchell shining in that aspect. He's played there (40-some games as a pro), But Lara can play both spots well & IMO would be a better RF than Mitchell.
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Doesn't seem very long ago that I had visions of Contreras at 1B & Quero behind the plate, before he would've even NEEDED to move.
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Loss of poise for the first time that I've seen from him. Don't really blame him.
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Yeah, after my post I was curious & looked it up. Pretty much sounds like what you anticipate.
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It's going to be climate-controlled which I take to mean a dome, not retractable? either way it'll be much more enclosed than what we witnessed tonight.
