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In the marathon of a baseball season, games like this remind you why you're a fan. Just a perfect finish to the game, the series, and a wonderful segue into a day off. Today Quintana reminded me a lot of the guy I loved to hate when he faced us all those other times. Ashby was disappointing today though. Two tough hitters back-to-back, but in the Hernandez & Ohtani ABs it almost looked to me like he needed to be reminded that he's been pitching well & has really good stuff. He just looked reluctant to me, I guess is the best way to put it. Of course the second of those two can do that to a pitcher. Megill was so much fun to watch the last two outings. Attitude, a sharp breaking ball & a click or two over 100 MPH is a difficult combination. I'm a Turang fan. But there are times I wish, to borrow a basketball term, he'd make himself a little tougher to guard. Ugly AB vs the lefty in the 9th. Would've been a wonderful time to take a bunt with him towards the 2B with the pitcher falling off towards 3B. I'm hoping Perkins makes it back to provide OF depth behind Chourio, Frelick............and Isaac Collins. Who would've predicted that? At the plate, is anyone else seeing a touch of Charlie Moore in Durbin? Lastly, I think a study should be conducted to explain the tendency for heavier, journeyman-type 1B to come here, get off to nice starts & endear themselves to fans.
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No. If Quero had never gotten hurt & was our heir apparent behind the plate..........ummmm, still no.
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IMO Areinamo isn't an under-the-radar guy. I suspect his name often comes out of the mouths of other GMs whenever trades are discussed, or will be. I love the versatility he, Murray & Di Turi show. This organization has intriguing INF prospects coming out of their ears, both middle & corner guys. Like @biedergbsaid, ya can't keep 'em all, so right now you just hope for continued development & value. Garcia is still young enough that someone might want him included in a deal, which I would be OK with. Agree re Hernandez. I want to see him add weight, strength & moxie, and I want to see him do it here.
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Two walks & an INF hit---from the 7-8-9 hitters---the difference between a scoreless inning & a five-runner in his last outing. I guess that was a quick reminder that the mechanics & command won't always be there at this stage of his career. It's been more than good enough in 3 out of his first 4 starts; that's a ratio we should all be pretty happy with. Looking forward to seeing how he bounces back.
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It's good for the soul to admit when you're wrong, esp on an internet message board. There is no way I would've started Vaughn over Bauers today. The guy even starts a 3-6-3 in the opening inning & scores from second base on a base hit to the left side. Heckuva debut. LA scattered the BP innings out pretty well, but we have an opportunity to hamstring them a little the next two days. Kershaw is averaging a little under 80 pitches over his last four starts, and you wouldn't think Glasnow will go real deep on Wednesday. Problem is Kershaw is a real tough guy to run a pitch count up on. Last time we've had a double-digit win pitcher before the break was..........? Must've been a while, I would think.
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Ding, ding, ding. Not to start a whole sidebar issue, but I've always felt that whenever there's a labor dispute the media seems to lean towards the players & management has been extremely sensitive to any resulting criticism. Of course that goes back many, many years. It's not like today, where the game is being run by Ohtani & Judge😛.
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I like the idea of moving Durbin to #2 & seeing how that works. But In that case I'd rather leave Yelich at #3 & then Chourio. They seem to like alternating L & R hitters. And with relievers having to face at least three batters, that makes sense in the part of the order that you don't usually PH for.
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How often we see Vaughn in the lineup may depend on how many LH starters we face in the next month; I expect Bauers to get the lions' share of time & I'd be fine with that. It seems Bauers is at his best when he can get at least semi-regular ABs. And w/o having much knowledge of Vaughns' prowess around the bag, I suspect Bauers is superior there. Nice writeup @Matthew Trueblood, but I don't think we'd be 'more prone to rally-killing double plays' with Hoskins out.
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I hope he does too, But I don't see a scenario where Hoskins, Bauers & Vaughn are all on the active roster. Maybe, if they're good with Yelich playing some LF--he looked OK out there on Sunday--but even then you're still scary thin in CF & RF. Blake Perkins really needs to get his arse healthy & back up here.
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Really pulling for Woodruff. Not just because of all he's had to endure, but he really strikes me as someone with a genuine soft spot for his teammates & for wanting to do well for this organization & fan base.
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I credit their hitters. For sure he's had some games where he's labored, but today the single, the walk, everything they had that inning I thought was very well-earned. Fortunately he hadn't worked in awhile & never seemed to be running out of gas. Of course we probably won't see him the rest of the weekend.
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Apologies. No more funny Priester posts from me. That was a horrible performance from him, reminiscent of his early outings when he didn't look long for the rotation. He needs to flush that ugliness right quick. The cynical side of me thinks Miami is going to face the Cubs down the road, be trailing in the 9th by one run, have the same hitters coming up, and they'll go down in order on something like seven pitches. Those were some incredibly good ABs vs Megill & he deserves all the credit in the world for getting through it. Uribe was much better tonight, and Ashby was particularly nasty. How can you not love Caleb Durbin?
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Come all without; come all within. They'll just hit grounders off the Mighty Quinn. (Gimmie a break, I only do this like once a year. Happy Fourth to all!!)
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With Pratt & Areinamo Doing well at their levels and Pena, Made & Adamczewski coming up behind them, you'd THINK at some point someone is part of a substantial trade. I just don't see it happening right now. Exploring Ramirez is a nice idea but I get the feeling we'll be riding with the guys we have at 3B. Very small sample but Seigler looked like he belongs here, at the plate anyway. I love the SP depth we've built, and don't really want to fork over what it would take to get Skenes.
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That's the thing--bottom of the order. If these guys (Ortiz included) continue to even come close to what they've done in recent weeks, then it's on Chourio to figure out consistency & Yelich to stay productive. They'll have done their job IMO, power or not. Can't let this go w/o bringing up that my username was a backup catcher for the Washington Senators who stood about 5'6". A friend of mine once asked an old Senators' ballplayer how tall Jim French was, and he replied "I don't know, but he used to run around the clubhouse going 'BOSS!! DE PLANE!!! DE PLANE!!'" *** ***Won't be funny unless you're familiar with late 70s television.
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Cameron is already gone. Seigler replaced him.
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Yes. And 20 for position players, hence my assumption that Perkins' return is imminent, unless they just let him go which, like @markedman5 said I find hard to believe. Out of curiosity I looked up Seiglers' history of playing OF. He's been out there something like 2-3 times, nothing recently.
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That's why they need Perkins back here. Yeah, Frelick can play CF but you're weakening yourself at one spot defensively, and arguably two. Perhaps Seigler stays & Monasterio goes, but then if they PH like they did tonite Turang goes to SS & I don't think they want to do that. I think Ollie Dunn just climbed over .200 at Nashville.😁
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His rehab actually started on June 14th with the ACL club so if I understand it correctly, he comes back on July 4th. The 30-day rehab max is for pitchers.
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Agreed. Perkins is THIS close (I assume) to coming back & then you can give any of your OFs a day off without having to put Yelich out there. He's healthy & all that, I just don't want to press it.
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I'm assuming Perkins is very close to getting the call to Milwaukee as the Cameron DFA leaves them thin on the bench in the OF. I would guess they aren't crazy about putting Yelich out there & Bauers can do it, but........
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Levering unpacks that one before every game. It's in his briefcase right under "Didn't have to be".
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Maybe. If Miz & maybe Ashby get you through 7 innings you're into the late inning people who are all well rested, but if there's a spread I'd actually like to see him matched up with a Marte or Alonso. I think he could even confound Soto if he gets ahead & locates.
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Game one can be dubbed the Joey Ortiz Bases-Loaded Redemption Tour. After 2-3 walks in a row, I can actually get on board with ambushing--you might get something awfully fat on the 1st pitch. But rolling over on a ground ball like he did screams over-anxiousness. Next time up, he got something to pull due to the plate discipline EARNING it. I was a little surprised after the previous AB that Ortiz didn't heavily think oppo & go after one of the pitches off the plate outside. Just really well done. Only one real ugly moment for Peralta, following the bases-loaded DP by going out & throwing four straight balls to Soto, then ignoring him on the SB. Overall though it's great to see the brain cramp moments for him become less & less. 25-pitch 1st inning, things could've unraveled for the next 51 outs we needed to get today but he got through six which was key. If I'm the opponent, Turang, Frelick, Durbin & now Collins are becoming the type of guys you just hate. I love having guys like that.
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I missed Adamczewski, big time. I hope he's back with Carolina soon, w/o having to make a stopover at Primitive Skills Camp.
