Carlos Danger

Ok, so what about the fact that no one knew which Kikuchi we were going to get this year. The odds were based on last year he would not be good. Yet, that was a known variable. So that is really starting the year with 4 reliable SPs, not even talking about depth for a 5 man rotation yet. Then there is a the high probabliity of regression, one of the top 4 not performing up to expectations... I talked about this and depth pre-season with the same the pitching is rosy group. Well, we have had regression.. Regression to the damn A ball complex.. Some poster here said Kickuchi will be an All-star this year. I agreed with the poster, he could, but then I think he will suck real bad 2nd half, a la Seattle. Kickuchi has not shown he can be a sustainable full season option yet.... Get ready for 2nd half Kikuchi... Good news is Thompson although he sucked in May, has had two decent starts in June. He also has been a viable SP at the MLB level. The pitching depth, lack of also has a direct corelation on the pen as we all know. The reason we are in second to last place in the divison and we were in last is not due to some offensive slumps...

Going into the year, Stone was a topped ranked SP spec, as was Miller and Pepiot was thought of highly... Just because Stone sucked in some starts doesn't mean that wasn't a viable depth plan. It would be same as Tideman except they had/have three... Tiedeman was/is our depth plan... White sucked last year... Francis was nowhere near as regarded as the three Dodgers pitchers I mentioned. So, haveing what you think is viable depth vs perfomance is two different things. The Dodgers and the Yankees both had much more viable depth than us on paper prior to injuries and performance. Haveing that depth allows for a margin of error. Stone sucks, ok. Miller comes in and pitches 6 innings of 1 hit ball against the Yankees or whatever the pitching line was. Domingo German goes into the rotation and gives a bunch of solid starts.... I think the OP saying no problem is a an overstatement.. However, the viable depth on all those teams was and is much better than the Jays. It was obvious pre-season as it was the season prior...

This is not accurate.. Domingo German was not going to be in the 5 man if not for injuries.. You forgot Miller and Pepiot for the Dodgers.. Cristian Javier was in the pen last year for the Astros and you left out Hunter Brown.. I can go on and on... This is NOT an accurate assement so how can we take it for any value?

Put him in coach!!!

Give Zack Thompson a start or an opener. I bet he could do better than this…

This. It was obvious after the last start he needed to go down. In what world do you try to have a guy struggling build confidence against the Astros…. Well, one where you have zero depth and zero injuries to your SPs…

Should we take a flyer on Plesac who was just DFAd…

You were kidding right?

No Sir AJ Smith-Shawver - P- Braves

So basically from where you are sitting at your computer, you can reach over to your son's computer and press, "accept".

Well, I got me some ASS... I mean, who doesn't love ASS..?

First thing that crossed my mind also... We might need to have a trade approval committee in the league eventually...

I have an offer of ASS for Cobb or a 1st from the 2nd place team in an 18 team league... Doing a rebuild.. Same league as my previous post. Get some ASS and ask for a 3rd in addition? What say y'all?

In Budweiser's current position and market share. No fnnn way they pick that fight or withdraw from a major sponsorship like that.. I get what you are saying though..

Good f***ing post Jonn!

Cringe has got to be the word that I hate more than any other.. Especially the way people are using it these days.. See above example.. Is there some quota for Millenials I don't know about, or the new younger than Millennials generation, whatever they are called. Do they have to use it X amount of times per week or they don't get to keep their creds?

My bad, 18 Team...

Looking to do a full rebuild in an off board league.. 17 team H2H Dynasty. A guy offered me: Moreno, A Smith Shawner, Y Cappe, a 1st a 2nd (Both from one of the best teams, so late picks in each round.) For: C. Seager. A. Cobb, E. Phillips... Seems like a little bit of a light return, what say you?

Your right!! Doesn't matter if the pitchers were giving up 6, 8, 10 runs a game... Varsho f*** you!!! We should be playing .780% ball, suck it Varsho... Barfo more like it!!

Kinda baffles my mind they need to do some things to that stadium that I don't believe they have done at Rogers Center, nor have really talked about yet. Their stadium is over 12 years younger than the Rogers Center....

So a few things Brewer related... When did they change the name from Miller Park..? Why do they need and are being asked by MLB to complete $450 USD worth of repairs.. I was there in 2007/2008 time frame and it was an fnnnn great stadium, place to watch a ballgame etc.. One of the best baseball tailgating experiences I have seen also..

You would have to incentives me biggly…. That’s not a sexual reference, so don’t get all excited.

Jesus Jim. You know the girl has told you no, time and time again.. and yet you consistently say just the tip, just the tip....

We got booted in two games in 2020, didn’t make it in 2021, and got booted in two games in 2022. That was all with Teo and LGR. So we needed to do something to change the status quo, it was not working. In addition, with all this chest puffing about the AL East and crappy AL central, the Indians beat us 5-2 in series play last year. No assumptions we would have won the division prior to balanced schedules even if we were in the central. Maybe this is like the s***** start in Moneyball prior to the A’s running off 22 in a row. If we trade for Rincon at the deadline you know it to be true…