adambr2
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I have to think if Shaw doesn't do something today, this is it for him this year. I'd rather see David Freitas up if he can play any sort of 1B, really.
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When you have Arcia, Shaw, and Houser coming up, it's no harm, no foul.
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Shaw missed that slider by about a foot. He needs to just spend the rest of the year in San Antonio and just forget about him no matter what he does. Horrendous.
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I've been beating this drum with Houser for awhile, but, When the rotation suffered multiple injuries, I was hoping they'd give Supak a shot, who just pitched a gem for the AAA Missions. Further back, they could have given Drew Smyly a look, who has pitched exceptionally well for the Phillies. Instead, as I feared they went back to Houser starting, who has been exceptional out of the pen but terrible as a starter. So not only did they go back to a bad starting option with other options available, in the process they severely weakened the pen -- giving those innings that normally would have gone to Houser instead to a tired and ineffective Junior Guerra, who has helped blow several games since then. Stearns and Counsell continue to press one wrong button after another this year, especially as it relates to our pitching staff.
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So of course we do that.
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Great piece of hitting. Attaway kid.
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Same old same old hasn't been working. Seems like as good of time as any to try something new. If he falls on his face, so be it. It's not like we've been getting any production out of the leadoff spot with the status quo.
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If Grisham isn't in the lineup today....
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So nearly 5 WAR a year for the last 5 years for 25M a year = hamstrung, just over 2 WAR a year for 20M a year= not hamstrung. Sounds totally subjective and makes no sense. Yes, the Reds were dumb to pay Votto out til he's 40, but to act like Votto is just a total unproductive slug now and Braun is still great and totally worth it is just being biased. Votto has been much, much better than Braun the last 5 years. We just happened to be through most of Braun's "bad" years. (Bad meaning value relative to his price tag).Maybe Votto will be hamstringing the Reds in 3 years Chris Davis style, but holding him to the Braun standard, he isn't right now.
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Joey Votto is hamstringing an organization. Braun is not only more productive than any of those players, he's also being paid less, and can be off the books after next season if needed. The Brewers can always structure a contract to backload it to after Braun is off the books. Wait wait what? Votto? WAR by year: 2015 - Votto 7.7, Braun 3.8 2016 - Votto 4.0, Braun 4.4 2017 - Votto 7.4, Braun 1.2 2018 - Votto 3.5, Braun 1.1 2019 - Votto 1.0, Braun 0.9 To somehow say Braun is *not* hamstringing an organization and Votto IS based on recent historical production is completely false and pure unashamed homerism.
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Is there any chance a team would claim Cain if he were waived? Letting him walk for nothing in August might not be a bad idea if a contender wanted to make that claim now.
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They weren't last weekend. And don't be sorry. I just have a hard time criticizing Stearns for this year, and I don't know what deals or moves he COULD have made but DIDN'T make. If the Aguilar and Dubon deals are any indication, we were neither going to get great value by selling our expiring contracts OR by buying a true upgrade. Things are still looking better THIS year AND for future years than they have for 25 out of the past 30 years. That's more of a sorry statement about our franchise history than anything positive right now. I don't totally disagree with your 4th sentence, but the Dubon trade was just silly and made no sense either for now or the future. At the end of the day it just looks like Stearns fell in love with Ray Black's arm and couldn't help himself. I find it almost naive that he thinks they can make something out of Ray Black when he's been in the organization probably best in baseball at developing pitchers for 6 seasons and they haven't been able to harness him into anything useful whatsoever. Every organization thinks they have a Ray Black. We thought Jacob Barnes was the next great reliever at one time. We thought Taylor Williams was, too. Probably 5% of these guys end up amounting to anything resembling a useful MLB reliever. The Cubs have at least of good of a lineup if not better, probably a slightly better pen and a far, far better rotation. I mean it's really not that complicated. How they stacked against up against us in one particular regular season series is irrelevant, the Orioles could be better than the Yankees in one series.
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Sorry Oxy, the Cubs are better than us. A lot better than us.
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A gutted farm system and a mediocre MLB team. We are back to 2012-15 just as fast as we got out of it. What was the point of ushering Melvin out when the approach hasn't changed at all?
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Nobody trades a fair value for catchers at the deadline and nobody needed a decent third basemen. Tampa, maybe, but we already probably overpaid for Faria so I doubt we get anything better by adding Moose. Buying a real SP upgrade would have cost Turang, Grisham, or young pitching. So we got some pieces for Dubon. That's something. I'm not happy with the team's performance this year, but I think Stearns has done a fine job (other than maybe giving DJ a big raise to keep him (if that would have indeed actually kept him). Dubon WAS the piece. We got basically nothing for Dubon.
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Honestly at this point, just DFA Chacin, stretch out Burnes and leave him in the rotation, put Faria in the rotation, and just ride out the season.
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Should have sold. Am I right? You said this a page ago....Would have been a good spot for a guy like Houser had an arm been acquired at the deadline. But you do you, Stearns. No, he should NOT have sold, what he should have done is exactly what you said above...acquired an arm...or two or three. Thank god packer season is here. We have scored one run today. Are the three arms you're acquiring Shohei Ohtani and his two clones?
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Should have sold. This team has too many problems to be fixed by going out and adding Bumgarner or whatever.
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3 game division lead or whatever is may as well be 30. This team isn't sniffing the playoffs.
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This...seems like a big reach. It's likely the same lineup minus Grandal and Moose next year. How that will translate to better late inning offense I'm not really sure.
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The fact that this team won 96 games last year seems like a total mirage. It's a really bad pitching staff with a lineup that does nothing if Yelich isn't carrying everyone.
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Sounds like Seth McClung all over again.
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Who has literally suggested sitting Yelich for Grisham, beyond Yelich getting a routine day off? And yes, concrete suggestions that you're looking for have been made. Call up Black for Smith, try Supak in the rotation and keep Houser in the pen where he's so good, give Braun some starts at 1B again so you can work in Grisham in LF and CF, etc.
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Losing someone like Taylor? Taylor is worthless. He would likely clear waivers and be outrighted. There's at least 5 guys at the bottom of this 40 that are total DFA/waiver fodder. And Black is 29. He is a journeyman project. It's not like he's a 21 year old who just isn't ready. If he can't get a call over Wilkerson, he's most likely never going to amount to much.