rccola42

Bullpen help needed

What's the Dinges catching situation? He's a top 100 prospect if he can catch. More of a mid tier prospect if he can't.

Incredibly unserious ABs from Contreras today. Just ask for the day off if you need it.

This offense is not good enough to win a World Series.

This offense is not good enough to win a World Series.

Jesus MadeLuis PenaCooper PrattLuis LaraJett WilliamsJosh AdamczewskiAndrew FischerBraylon PayneBrady EbelBlake BurkeTyson HardinBishop LetsonJeferson QueroLuke AdamsMarco DingesJaron DeBerryColeman CrowAlexander FriasJosiah RagsdaleHandelfry Encarnacion

Ball 3

Probably the most deserved loss in history

Maybe let's not show bunt for strike 1 with runners in scoring position

Yanking a guy at 68 pitches might be overthinking the game.

My God, we are so bad at ABS

OF would be my priority if we're looking for a big trade. Need a difference maker badly out there, and I don't see one coming up from the minors. Lara may be a slightly improved version of what we currently have, but I still don't buy much pop in that bat. SS and 3B should be dealt with internally given our plentiful options in the minors. Buxton or Duran (although he's struggled) seem to be the potential difference makers that could be available.

That's not remotely close to what they're going to fetch for Skubal. Luis Pena is your starting point.

I have very little concern about our pitching in general. But this series has shined a spotlight on the same offensive issues that killed us in the NLCS last year. Can't expect to manufacture runs 100% of the time. We've scored in 4 out of 22 innings this series. Never going to win anything with those numbers, no matter how big the innings are. Most of it comes down to having 3 abysmal hitters in our lineup every day.

The stuff generally plays, but he essentially has no idea where the ball is going at any given moment. We'll see if the control improves over the course of the year and beyond. He's good enough to be end of rotation right now with some potential to be a bit better.