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Yeah of course, I will say I was being somewhat pedantic since he mentioned he whiffed on all the MLB transactions from this offseason. Santander and Scherzer have been clear big negatives, no question about it. Scherzer in particular does seem like he totally scammed us. Gimenez I'm still willing to give a pass on, because he's some batted ball luck correction away from being a very positive contributor on the team. The defense and baserunning has been as advertised, and if his actual wOBA matched his .320 xwOBA figure he would be looking like a core piece.

We calling Yimi and Hoffman dud signings now? Hoffman has elite peripherals across the board, he's just been unlucky with HR/FB luck. Even with his s***** splitter his xERA and xFIP are both extremely good, the K/BB is excellent. Yimi's shoulder could certainly be a concern although at least he had no blowups before he got injured.

Kirk was so locked in he still made the throw despite the K.

Honestly, the fact that it was Kirk running was a positive there. Any runner that isn't in the 90th percentile sprint speed is hosed there, that was an absolute laser to home and right on the money. I think a lot of guys struggle to score on that throw.

Maybe more impressive than the luck going our way for once is Kirk making it to third on that play.

Santander should have walked.

Love that 3-0 swing from Kirk, looking to do damage and while it's not a hit, it's a loud out and gets us a run.

Gausman is going right at them, 23 pitches through 3 IP wow.

Bo's been getting terribly unlucky lately. Two batted balls above 103 mph already and both for outs. xwOBA coming into this game 50 points higher than his actual, he's particularly underperforming his xSLG by almost 100 points.

My prediction/hope that RJ Schreck puts himself onto the radar ala Alan Roden seems to be looking like a reality more and more with each passing game. He's been hitting consistently now since last season, and getting to his power more often. Not playing CF quite as much anymore, but hopefully the defense in the corners is decent.

I didn't realize he was starting games for them (lol) and was confused on if you had typo'd that 41 IP number. This is already the most innings he's pitched at the MLB level in a season since 2019.

Pitching staff all around gave us a chance. Would be nice for the bats to reward that in their last opportunity.

This ump is giving us every chance possible to get back into the game.

Ernie is an absolutely magical defender. Insane hands.

In terms of guys who you can throw out there to die and easily DFA the next day, probably not.

Ending up with only one run from that is brutal.

Anyone else think Fisher looks a lot like James Karinchak? The fastball/sharp breaking ball combo looks excellent, and he tunnels them well.

High BABIPs in the minors for prospects usually indicate hitters that crush the ball at that level. Minor league defenses aren't as good and they're not used to facing MLB calibre exit velos, so top prospects and guys with big power tend to have elevated BABIPs. Look at Jackson Holliday and Roman Anthony as recent examples: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jackson-holliday/31781/stats?position=2B https://www.fangraphs.com/players/roman-anthony/sa3020211/stats?position=OF

It's all in the plate discipline. Walker, Caminero and Adell all have big tools and big time power, but their selectivity, or lack thereof at the plate is a huge problem. Of course all of them also strike out a lot, so it's a hit tool issue to some extent. Hard to be a good hitter with brutal K/BB ratios, even extreme cases like Javy Baez can only keep it up for so long before becoming a pumpkin. Cruz and Schwarber walk a bunch, you need the third aspect of "Three True Outcomes" to still have a chance at success. In Jordan Walker's case he doesn't even get to his power at all. It's like if Vladdy was the same hitter except he also whiffed a bunch and never took a walk; gross. Right now Caminero looks like the safest bet because his strikeouts aren't egregious, he's only 21 with potential 80 grade power. Walker is quite young also, only 23, so there's definitely a chance to fix him. Adell isn't a total write off, but he probably is who he is at this point. Probably puts up a random 3+ WAR season with 30+ HR once or twice and then reverts to being a pumpkin.

It's not how you draw it up, but that's a sweep in the record books.

Excellent ABs from Barger all game.

And now because of our over usage of the BP the only leverage reliever we have available is Little. Not entirely on John Schneider because you expect his best reliever to close it out, but coming back to bite us now.

Well that's a total back breaker.

I think he was bunting for a hit, which is likely emboldened by our bunting culture that we've fostered.

Roden has been rewarding this thinking, he's crushing it at AAA and showcasing the power we all wanted to see from him. Helps to get regular ABs and work on his swing angle.