Pendleton

The ABs have been much better since the very start of the year. He was flailing so bad in the first few games.

I was thinking half that many starts at worst (4-5) but either way, moving him after one is quite bizarre. They gave him back end SP money, and he definitely seemed to believe he was signing there to be a starter. https://www.tsn.ca/mlb/mlb/san-francisco-giants-sign-ross-stripling-toronto-blue-jays-1.1892652 Stripling, who went 10-4 for Toronto last season, is now eager to be part of a San Francisco rotation featuring Logan Webb, newcomer Sean Manaea, Alex Cobb and Alex Wood. Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi has told Stripling that's the plan. “I expect to start. I had a good year as a starter. I feel like the couple times I’ve gotten a runway as a starter in the big leagues where I kind of knew my position in the rotation as a starter was safe is when I’ve done the best,” Stripling said in a video call. “I made an All-Star game in 2018 with the Dodgers and then this year with Toronto and I knew they basically didn’t have anyone and they gave me some runway and I was able to do well."

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/14/farhan-zaidi-sean-manaea-has-earned-rotation-spot-stripling-to-bullpen/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=tw-mercnews&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social The Giants are moving Stripling to the pen

Based on his usage in Buffalo early on this year, one would not come to the conclusion that they are angling to have Barger take over at 2B. He's started four games at SS, three at 3B, two as DH and one in RF. Nearly everywhere but the keystone, although it's still early. Edit - actually no playing time at 2B at all last year either. None since his late season promotion to HiA in 2021. If he's going to play there in the bigs, they'd surely want to get him some reps.

It's not a reach or random accusation. He openly brags about shopping for people, in those words.

I wanted us to sign him and thought he was a good bounceback candidate, but yeah - early returns say we should be glad we avoided that one.

The bat to ball skills are encouraging for a kid in A Ball, who won't turn 19 for a couple more months (Beltre). Hopefully can grow into some pop.

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I guess you can't read this then. But for the third time, had no idea anyone involved was dead when I referenced the story that you told here. End of the day, I would feel utterly terrible right now if it was anyone but you. But you're a disgustingly terrible human being and I eagerly await the day you go down for human trafficking. Cry away bitch boy.

You out of the blue say you'd drop a guy and mock his health, and now you're crying looking for sympathy over something that wasn't even said. Sad little man.

You either care or you don't care. The backhanded whining is just pathetic. I made no reference to her and only to the story you told about you being a bitch. Don't make every thread into your little diary if you don't want it discussed.

To be honest I must have remembered your story all wrong, I didn't realize there was a woman involved at all.

I didn't say anything bad about her, seems like she made a smart choice. I saw him on community in somewhat recent years. He's definitely not a big guy at all, his character was ironically a lot like you.

Where was that energy with breakfast club boy?

You seem exactly like that type of guy who would try to fight someone he considers old and crippled, but also allow yourself to get cucked by the scrawny ginger kid from sixteen candles.

Dumb overreaction was dumb, you stay on tonight's pile. It gets used for fertilizer, so you're still technically contributing.

A couple yeah

That's always been my favourite part

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Lange has been s*** so far, tee off here

Dallas is an athletic pitcher, with an up-tempo delivery, and a smooth motion toward the plate despite some effort due to the pace. He delivers the ball from a high three-quarter slot, with a short, fast arm action, a heavy drop and drive operation and a strong leg block, that portends potential velocity gains to be had. Dallas works off of a four pitch mix that features above-average spin. His four-seam fastball has moderate hop, sitting 91-94 mph, touching 96 mph at peak, and is used primarily to set up his trio of secondaries early in counts. His horizontal breaking slider has good velocity sitting in the mid-80s, touching as high as 89 mph, and is his best swing and miss pitch by a wide margin. He shows excellent command of the pitch, and can throw it for strikes or exaggerate the shape to induce chases off the plate glove side. His low-80s curveball is used interchangeably with his slider, featuring 11-5 shape and heavier downward drop than his slider. The pitch is his primary secondary against lefthanded hitters, and is an effective, but not overpowering offering. He throws a low-90s cutter that produced good results in limited 2021 usage. That was BAs report from last year's Jays prospect ranking. Fangraphs grades the slider as a current 60 and future 70 pitch