Jim French Stepstool
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For those who don't like Bauers & are looking for another option, the White Sox just DFA'd INF Josh Rojas. He had a WAR of -1.5. The only White Sox position player with a lower one was---you guessed it---the -1.7 turned in by Andrew Vaughn. 😛More work for the pixie dust.😛
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He's getting there, and has been swinging the bat in AAA, But we're talking about a guy who's missed a full year plus w/a shoulder injury & who is a catcher. Being really cautious, which is frustrating cuz I really like the kid but understandable.
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😄Yeah, the pitchforks are already being sharpened. Actually though, has Vaughn sat since coming here other than a team day? For all we know he could use a day next week. I just don't want it to simply be a case of "Jake needs to play".
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We're all entitled to our opinion, and I think Haase was a good soldier with a great attitude who definitely contributed. But I'm pretty sure that if a team was making a multi-player trade with someone who wanted a catcher in return & was given a choice of Haase or Jansen, most if not all would choose Jansen.
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Or by that time there will be 28 men on the roster & the fact that Hoskins, Bauers & Vaughn are all 1B will be sort of moot & all three might be kept. But Hoskins certainly could have value as a PH/possible DH vs LHP (at times) so if it comes down to either/or, I agree Bauers will most likely go.
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Yeah. I think a large part of it is looking at it like this: it gives you a LHB off the bench not named Anthony Seigler, along with a switch-hitter (If Perkins is on the bench) & usually at least one RHH. The downside is now Turang is the backup SS, which I don't like. But part of me thinks Monasterio might actually be less apt to be PH for than Ortiz was. Zamora or even Murray instead of Bauers is a decent argument though. We'll see how this works.
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As to the baseball........... Collins & Perkins both had forgettable PAs in Chicago. Doing no baseball stuff for 3-4 days can do that to you. That's why I was thrilled it was Collins who came up with the huge hit yesterday. Hope he's settling back in. Perkins has always had a little too much swing-and-miss in his game for my taste but looks particularly 'off' right now. Agree with the previous post that Lockridge should get the call tonight. Getting 2 of 5 games in a road series vs a quality team while having four of the five starters pitch poorly--let's just say it could've been much worse. Let's curb the walk-itis. And please keep Wilmer Flores from the Ted Williams impersonation he pulled on us earlier this year.
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That's where I am re stuff like this. If it's Adames, or Hoskins going back to Philly, a little "yeah, I remember. Thanks for the memories" applause in his 1st AB. Then, the guys' wearing someone elses' jersey. I'm not there this weekend but if I was I certainly wouldn't cheer for him throughout.
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I don't begrudge Adames for leaving. But if I was him & really wanted to stay in Milwaukee, for whatever reason, not for one nanosecond would I let the players' union affect my decision.
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To be honest, if the NFL had the same financial structure as MLB the Packers would've years ago become the Salt Lake City Saltshakers, or whatever.
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Bad angle, thought the ball was caught. Then after thinking it was caught went on his backside while putting on the brakes. Then wanted to make absolutely sure the ump saw him touch 2B, since by that time he wasn't able to make it past third anyway. Could've used a 2B coach, I guess. It looked ridiculous, but I understand his thought process.
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Yes, he's starting a rehab on Friday. I should've said 'when Chourio returns'.
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There's been some wailing, railing & flailing about the offense the last couple days. But when the smoke clears, we've run out four starters this week. One was excellent while the other three were mediocre to downright poor. The results reflected that. Job one is for Priester to get ahead & throw ground balls. Facing a LHP can be dicey but to me the ABs have been better than the overall results over the last two games. The bottom two spots in the order HAVE been a recent problem. When those guys can reach, that's when your chances for a 3-4 inning increase. Chourios' return bumps everyone back a spot which should help in that regard.
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Gee, and all this time I thought it was simply a viable alternative when I've already seen the 'Gunsmoke' rerun😛.
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Yeah, when the amount of money bet by ordinary Joes flowing to one side or the other is used to project the winner of a baseball game, it's time to say goodnight.
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Definitely. To me he just hasn't yet reached the point of no longer getting a turn. Bringing him straight here w/o a rehab start(s) is looking like a mistake, although at that time the options weren't what they were earlier
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IMO it's a case of going through something you've never gone through before & learning to deal with it. Back in the 1960s there was a guy in the Baltimore organization named Steve Dalkowski. People who saw him pitch claim he threw harder than anyone. Ever. He walked a ton of batters & never threw a pitch in MLB. There was another pitcher, a little younger, who was reputed to throw almost as hard. He also walked a ton, but made it up to the show, added a wrinkle or two, and grew up to be Nolan Ryan. Thing about Miz, he already has the wrinkle, actually two or three of them, at a very young age. I believe it's just a matter of time for him.
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I also don't think the BP is a good role for him, but I wouldn't pull the plug on him as a starter just yet either. He's going to have borderline calls go against him (I think you have a point on the Caissie AB), but letting it get to you, and wilting just a little when people make noise, isn't conducive to coming out of the pen. Maybe he'll get past that in a week or two. Maybe next season. But it has to happen. Like I mentioned earlier, before & after the 4 AB s***show in the third inning he was perfectly fine. Maturity.
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In his inning he walked two hitters back-to-back, neither of which he wanted to lose with Contreras looming. And one of those hitters hasn't looked good at the plate after sitting all weekend. He reined it back in to get to 0-2 on Contreras. But yes, he was getting wild.
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Counsell used to talk about the 'next hit'. That's been missing, sometimes due to bad ABs, sometimes just not finding a hole. Contreras put a decent swing on an 0-2 pitch from a guy you don't want to fall behind on. Allllmost.
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The law of averages usually doesn't leave someone thirty-some games over .500 three-fourths of the way through a season. Winning fifteen out of sixteen guarantees nothing the next day. Neither does dropping three in a row.
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After Mondays' game we had beaten them four out of five, and had won 15 out of 16 games. Why would anyone think we could lose the next three? Baseball.
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They're up six games right now. If they win they'll be up seven. Unless you're saying it's impossible they can win tomorrow?
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When I first saw stats people years ago keeping track of run differential, I thought it was a joke.
