haha right, piling on IKF is a bit ridiculous though - he is what he is, an average player at best. Hoffman gets paid specifically to close out games and he couldn't
It's worth noting that all 3 runners were close to the bag, it might have been discussed before game 7
the rojas home run off Hoffman is where we lost this, this would be like Gimenez off Sasaki
I would say based on his secondary lead he was fine - not great.
He's not a good ball player. Above average base runner with below average speed. Poor instincts (no metric for this unfortunately).
regarding Black's post - IKF doesn't have Varsho's spray chart
If it was a shoulder issue (I jjsut don't remember) then I'd be cautious as well and the decline is an issue but I'm not sure you can survive as a starter anymore with a FB in the low 90's - eg. Bieber. So it's why I brought up King
anyone making threats on social media should be held accountable, f***ing ridiculous - threatening to do harm to IKF. Critique him all you want...but threats? smh
Michael King declined his mutual option, I'd rather go for King than extend Bieber, signing King would cost us a compensatory pick after the fourth-round in the 2026 draft assuming the Padres qualify him.
I wonder if Bieber picks up the option?
...what many don't get - and Merrifield explains it - is that IKF is leaning home so even though the lead might not be equal to how far Muncy is from 3b, effectively it is
IKF is just slow
Sprint Speed
IKF 47th percentile
Merrifield 90th percentile