BigCecil

ISO is 0.77 and wRC+ is 62. He just hasn't gotten anything going all season.

Silverbach ties the game. Soft singles he and Bo back to back.

Very nice. I think Vlad thought it hit Mullins foot which it did so dead play, so he froze. But called swing.

Varsho is just such a great f***ing OF'er. Saved another home run. Made it look a lot easier than it was.

Our offence personified: Varsho soft GB out to right side. Vlad 114.5 MPH base hit worm burner through left side. wooooooo...that EV. So Sexy. Bo flare soft base hit to right field. Silverbach soft GB out. Kirk strikes out on breaking ball. Ump Show gives him life saying he fouled it which he didn't. Strikes out again. 3 out. Leave 2 RISP.

I think you meant suave, but regardless he is not. He is Ned f***ing Flanders.

LOL. Thats actually pretty funny and more accurate than I had thought of before.

It’s the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of WAR. I think Ohtani will be in with this season and another elite performance one way or both ways. If it was the Hall of WAR we would be talking more about Russel Martin being in over Sal Perez.

Carlos Santanna, Cal Raleigh and Ryan Mountcastle, please just f*** right off now.

I'm sorry I got myself into this shitpile of brain worms inferences discussion. Bottom line is drafting and development has been our biggest challenge leading where we are as a team. The rest of it is mostly noise at this point. Agree with that.

One day the FO shift in focus for the team in '23 was a mistake and the next it was a no brainer. LOL. Teo also could have been extended. Macko is a lottery ticket. AB kid. KK overperformed in '23 have an immaculate resurrection nobody could have predicted. Trade Moreno but dont extend Jano. Makes perfect sense right?

In general trading a 130 middle of the order bat/OF for a volatile RP coming off one good season isn't something I like. Splitter is a tough pitch to consistently command. I get the deal analysis for 2023 - Teo was worth twice the fWAR of Swanson in '23 in a down year, but the Teo money savings allowed the KK signing he put up 2.8 WAR plus extra Swanson control. One year window that makes total sense. The FO made a move to punt Teo and went to a D and pitching pen focus. "Break up the barrio". They also punted LGJ + Moreno same off season. Moreno has + 2 years of control over Varsho and 4 years younger. Moreno won a gold glove(I know I know...GG) for DRS and Varsho is elite on D. LGJ alone and Varsho worth the same WAR in 2023. Dealing Moreno will be felt hard in '25 if we have to overpay to keep Jano, or he walks. When they moved Moreno Jano needed to be extended. I don't think you can look at one move in isolation. Thus far, the FO strategic elite pitching and D directional change hasn't been that successful. Less W's in '23 and 1 run in 18 innings in the wildcard. A lack of power overall thats been worse in '24 thus far as our team wRC+ has dropped. There is an alternative path that could have been taken where we extended Teo 2/3 years + option in '22. He was coming off a 3 WAR season, spotty D, and hitting a couple HRs in Game 2 vs SEA in the wildcard. But his stock wasn't soaring so it could have been a reasonable deal. We'll never know. Hindsight is 20/20.

The elite D and pen model letting us down. f***.

Don’t worry. We got this. Manoah is the opener and to follow him Aaron Sanchez will handle the next 3 IP. Secret weapon.

Nope. Just some mother f***ers! Happy Mothers Day!

Yes. Yandy is on a 3/24.

I love the EVs and contact, but if Vlad has to rely too much on BABIP and bashing worm burners through holes he is capped for $20m. Maybe how well he is seeing the ball starts to translate into more extra bases.

I have to admit I thought Davis Schneider might be a flash in the pan who came up like Lawrie to rake and then died. He did rake and the league adjusted. Then he adjusted and he is beating the league again. It’s been really cool to watch 4th liner grinder elevate his play to the top line on our team. (Bad hockey analogy but maybe fits).

Great comeback birds. Win the series!

It’s gonna happen.

Vlad getting it done.

Jays getting to SWR. Good to see. Keep chipping away.

Varsho 1752 PAs and 97 career wRC+ bat. Thats what he is. About league average. With his D thats valuable, especially when in CF. Unless he establishes a large sample size of something lesser or greater thats what we should expect from him.

100%. I think a majority of posters would agree that drafting and development have been the primary area Shatkins have struggled to deliver. Thats our Achilles heel. Its obvious. Our 2nd biggest issue is our core offensive players aren't what we thought they were and/or are under performing. Vlad has been in slow decline production wise since 2021. For '24 the FO made a strategic decision to invest in pitching and D in IFK/KK/Green. For offense JT & Vogelbach. FO spent $43M ARO on this ^ combination of talent. Its fair to speculate closing deal(s) for more offensive power might have been a better strategic bet. I'm not as forgiving as some when it comes to business for "being in on" guys or trying. You close a deal or you don't. If you didn't close because you felt it didn't make sense financially thats totally fine, but be accountable for the choices and the outcome consequences good or bad. (This thinking usually prompts posts replies about slow wRC+ starts for some of our reported targets to support weak "see, they wouldnt have helped us anyway arguments" - Soler etc - and if they are off to good starts we had 100% had no chance at them - Teo, Tyler O'Neil etc etc). These are arguments of convenience in the moment. JT, IFK and KK when healthy have been pretty effective. IKF more than thought he would be so far. His D has been excellent. Its a long season. JT started hot and is trending down. No surprise. With a larger sample size on this season it will all be easier to evaluate. In any case, big decisions coming this deadline or before.

They have about the same impact as a really good caddy for a pro golfer. We spend a lot of time talking about hitting coaches that aren't really that necessary or impactful. If fans and the FO want to fire Mattingly and the rest, so be it. Don't really care much about them. I dont disagree with Kyrlian. We used to make fun of some of the past coaches "pull dat ball" hitting philosophy, and now we are praying someone could impart a "pull and loft dat ball" philosophy on Vlad. That would turn this 113 MPH worm burners into extra bases more of dem ribees.