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  1. keggy
    The fact that within 24 hours Boone has publicly sided against his own player and Donaldson has personally apologized to Anderson suggests to me that Anderson will not grow or mature in any way from this experience.
  2. keggy
    Yeah I mean I don't think Anderson was consciously trying to bring race into it. He's just f***ing stupid and delusional. Charlie Montoyo has to give speeches and answer tough questions in front of the media. He's like a modern day Martin Luther King Jr. Guerrero ate less food to accomplish something he believed in. He's like a modern day Gandhi. Anderson's comments are roughly that stupid.
  3. keggy
    Tim Anderson unironically comparing his struggles to Jackie Robinson's is far more offensive to black people than anything Donaldson has said.
  4. keggy
    Slapia is one of the worst qualified hitters literally in all of baseball. Not giving him ABs 6 games a week will help a lot. Most of the other bats will come around.
  5. keggy
    The key point for me is that historically the acquiring team almost never loses this type of trade. You can always rationalize the value of the prospects being traded, but at one point, guys like Andrew Miller, Cameron Maybin, and Alfonso Soriano all had huge trade value. I'm comfortable putting Soto in the same conversation as guys like Cabrera and A-Rod at a similar age. Basically anyone except Guerrero is worth considering in trade (and Soto is better than Guerrero).
  6. keggy
    If a team is silly enough to trade an inner circle Hall of Famer in his prime, you drain the farm to get him.
  7. keggy
    Did Conforto actually get surgery? In the course of a few weeks, Conforto got rejected by the market, mysteriously injured himself with no specific details, underwent "shoulder surgery" with no details on the procedure, was out for the year, and is now magically available after the draft compensation expires?
  8. keggy
    Hindsight is 20/20 but we have Berrios going tomorrow who's been a gas can this year. We might've needed Stripling for tomorrow.
  9. keggy
    If that estimate is accurate that's insane. That's like Mickey Mantle level s***. The crowd wasn't even happy, they were just clapping with their eyes down like the henchmen watching Bane fight Batman in the Dark Knight.
  10. keggy
    One great pitch, constantly injured, spotty command, old for his level. Basically Julian Merryweather with fewer pitches. This kid has every single hallmark of a future reliever. It could take at least two full years just to build him up to a starter's workload anyways. I would love to hear what the front office has planned for him though.
  11. keggy
    Tapia's only chance is to slap him to death on the ground. Otherwise Gibby stomps him and trades him to the A's.
  12. keggy
    Haven't seen Zulueta but he has short reliever written all over him. Start him in the minors to regulate his innings but I would want him in the pen as soon as he's ready for the big leagues.
  13. keggy
    Tapia ceiling with better luck is replacement level. A playoff team can cut Tapia and Zimmer on the same day and not lose a wink of sleep over it. The team's obsession with getting Tapia 600 PA is insane. I would rather dump him today and sign a replacement level outfielder like Gardner.
  14. keggy
    Doesn't the minors have a pitch clock? He's gonna be 3-0 before he throws his first pitch.
  15. keggy
    I honestly think it has more to do with getting Tapia's bat into the lineup rather than resting Gurriel.
  16. keggy
    Just Rammy being Rammy.
  17. keggy
    Bulk guy is specifically referring to the pitcher who comes in after the opener. This term didn't exist before the Rays invented openers a few years ago. They are starters who aren't very good. Long man is the guy who comes in when the starter gets knocked out early. This is not planned, and they could be expected to cover 4+ innings. They are often also spot starters/swing man/6th starters. However some teams will keep a 6th starter stretched out in AAA. Long man can be a guy who's just not good enough to be a starter, like Paul Spoljaric, or a young starter who needs big league experience like Halladay and Hentgen. Mop up guy is slightly different from a long man, because they're not necessarily there for long outings. They are there to soak up 1 or 2 low leverage innings at a time to rest the better relievers. They'll come in for the 9th inning of a blowout, for example. Mop up guys are almost never top prospects unless they are rule 5 picks. Trent Thornton is kind of filling the mop up role this year.
  18. keggy
    Some years ago Gibby let Neil Wagner throw like 50 pitches in a blowout. It ended his career.
  19. keggy
    Charlie "Gibby" Montoyo
  20. keggy
    Biggio could be a horrible player. He has demonstrated value in the past and at least has the potential to bounce back. Tapia has objectively proven he is a horrible player over a much larger sample size. Grichuk got way to many PAs last year due to injuries. The fact that they are choosing to give PAs to Tapia is weird to me.
  21. keggy
    Agree. I love using the DH slot to get Springer, Guerrero, Bichette, etc. off their feet. I would just save it for days that Kirk is catching. Guys like Tapia are going to get way too many ABs otherwise.
  22. keggy
    Having an emergency catcher on the active roster makes a lot of sense to me. Keeping both Tapia and Zimmer does not. Kirk should be DHing every time that Jansen is catching.
  23. keggy
    Also day game after a night game. Nothing wrong with this move. Montoyo will have plenty of chances to f*** up during the game though.
  24. keggy
    With Springer's health it makes sense to carry a true center fielder. With that said, I hope Biggio gets a lot of the 4th OF ABs. He's a better hitter than Zimmer and Tapia, and lets Espinal soak up some value with his glove.
  25. keggy
    As this shows, organizational culture and keeping your players happy is unbelievably valuable. The potential upside is hundreds of millions of dollars as you point out. Anthopoulos became a master at this. Guys like Ricciardi cost us colossal dollar value and potential HOF lifers simply by being heavy handed.
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