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Boy, that looks like a young Bill Schroeder next to him but then it couldn't be '79. After cheating, I see it's Buck Martinez.
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Yep. This is a gray-area decision, and I already said I'd have let Durbin hit. Both have a propensity to reach w/o the aid of a hit, maybe Durbin a little less so recently. Seigler took a couple very close ones on the final two pitches. Could've gotten both calls but often umpires seem to split the difference on back-to-back pitches like that. Obviously would've liked to see Contreras come to the plate.
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I dunno. From what I see Jansen makes more than IKF this year & they acquired him. And you would think Pittsburgh would eat some of the salary already factored into their books in exchange for a prospect or two, esp since he's going to be a FA. It's just very strange to me.
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I've watched him since he's been here, and IMO they are. That doesn't mean he's been successful (he mostly hasn't) or that they couldn't have done better than him at the deadline (we suspect so but unless we're sitting in the war room on 8/1 we don't know enough to be certain).
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😫 STOP BEING REASONABLE!!!!!😫
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When, exactly, were we eliminated in the playoffs?
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On the surface Megill threw too many FBs. But Chapman showed absolutely no proclivity to get on top of anything hard yesterday or today, and hits a FB for a double. And with Ramos on deck (0-4) I could see Lee being---not pitched around, but certainly stay away from anything he can barrel. Then with the bases loaded, of course Ramos hits one hard in a R vs R matchup. Don't even get me started on Matos. Two HRs & almost a 3rd this weekend. Got him to hit one on the ground? No worries, son, that'll find a hole too. It was his world all weekend.
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IF Frelick was trying to pick up a SB there, you get a little bit of an edge w/a LHH at the plate. But I don't think he was ever going.
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Yes, but two hits today. It's not the slam dunk call many probably think, but I'd have stayed with Durbin.
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Mona is fine when you look around at utility guys on other rosters. But I'd really love to have a serious sit down with someone in the FO about Kiner-Falefa & if they inquired about him. He's in his last year, Pittsburgh is going nowhere, and it isn't like we were outbid for him because he's still with the Pirates. And it makes little sense to think they'd want to keep him for the last two months. Plus he can play 3B & SS. Unless he's some kind of clubhouse pariah I don't get it. At this point in his career he isn't a world-beater but was the closest thing to a Hairston JR or Ray Durham-type pickup. These FO guys don't miss a trick; they do this for a living. Had to be a reason. I'd just like to know what it was.
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I can just imagine what some of the posts look like on here. I'll just bring up something from my college hoops fandom. There have been times when my team is playing a tough game on the road, has a lead, and the home team is making a run. Honestly, my reaction is often along the lines of 'good, it's a character builder. Let's see how they respond.' Different age group, different sport, but there are similarities. The worst thing about today is you used your 8th & ninth inning guys, they were both extended--largely through no fault of their own AFA command is concerned--and lost the game. Outside of the way he worked Adames, who suddenly seems to have some plate discipline, Patrick was pretty good. I didn't like Jansens' AB with the runner on 2nd & no one out, and while Lockridge is very capable in CF Perkins is elite. You could ask why he wasn't out there late. May or may not have made a difference.
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Yeah, in the world of sports fandom there are some real case studies, that's for sure. But it takes all kinds.
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That's up to each individual. I mean, I read an earlier post that claims we need this & that team to beat Chicago to 'save our season'. And that's with a six (or seven, whatever) game lead. Save. Our. Season. Isn't that something you hear from a fan base whose team is DOWN X number of games? I'm concerned about the teams' health, like we all should be. And they need more length from their starters. Beyond that, the team has gone 3-5 after a hot streak unlike any this franchise has ever seen. Predicting a cooling off period after the way they've played would rank right up there with predicting the sun to rise in the east; it was going to happen. If the lead were to shrink to a few games, the only thing that matters is how they respond to it. That, and health, is much more important than scoreboard watching.
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And I don't disagree with that. I'm just saying that had nothing to do with why he was pulled today. His pitch count was around where it usually is when lifted. In his last six starts before today, four of them actually had LOWER pitch counts than tonite. If they wanted to limit him above & beyond the norm he would've been pulled after 4, when he was IIRC slightly above 80. Or maybe even before that. Agree 100% re Misiorowski. I don't totally buy the recent laments that he shouldn't be up here. He's had two starts w/o a rehab beforehand, and both times had one bad 3-4 hitter stretch. Just needs to find the confidence & maturity to keep things from snowballing.
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Yes. You can go into a game like this & hope to put numbers on the board, but more than likely you have to bring your A game defensively & that's what the game turned on. Plus, I guess this wasn't Andersons' night to be pitching out of the stretch for whatever reason.
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Peralta was at 96 pitches, with 3-4-5 due up in the 6th, third time around. This coulda been the middle of May & I still don't see them bringing him back out.
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He came out swinging the bat really well when they added him, but now that looks like it was fools' gold. He just hasn't played a lot of baseball this year; I'm sure that's a part of it.
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What you'd like to do is put a guy like Webb on his heels early & we missed out. Right after Frelicks' leadoff single, Collins gets to 3-1, then on 3-2 takes one right down the middle with the runner going, meaning the INF was moving around. Just a bad AB from someone who you don't expect that from. Then a few innings later Bauers actually puts up a real tough AB, 8 or 9 pitches but Ks. Followed (of course) by a HBP & a base hit. Of course job 1 vs a pitcher like him is to be airtight & we were far from that in the 6th. Nice comedy relief from Schroeder & Anderson talking about saving & limiting innings at this stage of the year. One of them mentioned Peralta tonight as an example. Ummmm, no fellas, he went five tonight because once again he was at 90-some pitches before getting out of the 5th. He shut them down through five so it's not fair to get overly critical, but he was back to the uncompetitive-pitch thing again today. At least Rodriguez swallowed up three innings before going back to N'Ville.
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Yeah, if they're even thinking about this then Pratt should be advanced to Nashville now. The question is can he hold up defensively in the face of being rushed up here. It's almost certain he wouldn't hit with any kind of consistency but that would be a secondary issue. Right now Monasterio is a much better option. It's the lack of depth & bench options that exacerbates things.
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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.
