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Luis Urías
May 11, 2019 20:42:57 GMT -8
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Post by AztecBill on May 11, 2019 20:42:57 GMT -8
1.126 OPS since returning to AAA. Hopefully he returns to the Padres soon.
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Post by aztecryan on May 12, 2019 15:52:10 GMT -8
Still has some work to do with the approach. The power numbers are nice, but won't sustain in the big leagues.
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Luis Urías
May 13, 2019 17:19:37 GMT -8
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Post by AztecBill on May 13, 2019 17:19:37 GMT -8
After Tatis is back for a couple of games, it would be a good time to bring up Urias and send down Ty France. Let France work at 1st and 2nd base in the minors.
Urias OPS up to 1.251.
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Post by aztecryan on May 14, 2019 10:25:34 GMT -8
After Tatis is back for a couple of games, it would be a good time to bring up Urias and send down Ty France. Let France work at 1st and 2nd base in the minors. Urias OPS up to 1.251. First step is DFA'ing Kinsler.
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Post by aztecmusician on May 17, 2019 18:00:38 GMT -8
After Tatis is back for a couple of games, it would be a good time to bring up Urias and send down Ty France. Let France work at 1st and 2nd base in the minors. Urias OPS up to 1.251. First step is DFA'ing Kinsler. Not yet. If the Padres are contending for a Wild Card or Div spot, they are going to need vets like Kinsler down the stretch. If they are well below .500 at the All Star Break, then get rid of him.
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Post by aztecryan on May 18, 2019 9:09:39 GMT -8
First step is DFA'ing Kinsler. Not yet. If the Padres are contending for a Wild Card or Div spot, they are going to need vets like Kinsler down the stretch. If they are well below .500 at the All Star Break, then get rid of him. In a word, no. Veterans? We have Machado and Hosmer, much better players and better clubhouse guys. Kinsler is literally the third worst player in baseball, sorted by WAR at a wonderful -0.7. The only reason he is still on the team right now is because the front office is waiting to try and not offload him for nothing to not eat the rest of his salary. They made a mistake, they just aren't ready to admit it yet. Andy loves Kinsler, too, so I'm sure that is a part of the equation as well. For the direction of this team going forward, you have to give Urias 500 AB's or you risk destroying his development. Same thing with Mejia. The Austin Hedges experiment needs to end.
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Luis Urías
May 18, 2019 15:58:48 GMT -8
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Post by azteca on May 18, 2019 15:58:48 GMT -8
Ryan, weren’t you the one who said the team should off load Franmil to the AL because of his defensive liabilities, or was it someone else? Sure glad that didn’t happen😲😲Don’t Find a 23 year old with his kind of power very often and his defense has been a lot better than anticipated.
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Post by aardvark on May 18, 2019 17:00:14 GMT -8
Ryan, weren’t you the one who said the team should off load Franmil to the AL because of his defensive liabilities, or was it someone else? Sure glad that didn’t happen😲😲Don’t Find a 23 year old with his kind of power very often and his defense has been a lot better than anticipated. It very well could have been me. But..if he continues to hit like this, the defensive liabilities can be overlooked. And should the NL adopt the DL in the near future--let's just say (even though I am against it, I feel it is inevitable) the Padres have their DH.
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Post by aztecmusician on May 18, 2019 23:30:21 GMT -8
Not yet. If the Padres are contending for a Wild Card or Div spot, they are going to need vets like Kinsler down the stretch. If they are well below .500 at the All Star Break, then get rid of him. In a word, no. Veterans? We have Machado and Hosmer, much better players and better clubhouse guys. Kinsler is literally the third worst player in baseball, sorted by WAR at a wonderful -0.7. The only reason he is still on the team right now is because the front office is waiting to try and not offload him for nothing to not eat the rest of his salary. They made a mistake, they just aren't ready to admit it yet. Andy loves Kinsler, too, so I'm sure that is a part of the equation as well. For the direction of this team going forward, you have to give Urias 500 AB's or you risk destroying his development. Same thing with Mejia. The Austin Hedges experiment needs to end. Right on with Hedges, his all or nothing approach at the plate usually yields nada, Ive seen enough. As for Kinsler, before moving to the hitters graveyard he got on base a ton and was a run scoring machine, leading all of MLB in runs scored this decade. I have to think he will regain some of that eventually this year. Come August, when playoff spots are being decided, I want Kinsler as the bottom of the order RBI guy. Kinsler been clutch his entire career, Urias not so much. Who would you rather have at bat in late inning pressure situations with the playoffs on the line?
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Post by aztecryan on May 19, 2019 10:00:55 GMT -8
In a word, no. Veterans? We have Machado and Hosmer, much better players and better clubhouse guys. Kinsler is literally the third worst player in baseball, sorted by WAR at a wonderful -0.7. The only reason he is still on the team right now is because the front office is waiting to try and not offload him for nothing to not eat the rest of his salary. They made a mistake, they just aren't ready to admit it yet. Andy loves Kinsler, too, so I'm sure that is a part of the equation as well. For the direction of this team going forward, you have to give Urias 500 AB's or you risk destroying his development. Same thing with Mejia. The Austin Hedges experiment needs to end. Right on with Hedges, his all or nothing approach at the plate usually yields nada, Ive seen enough. As for Kinsler, before moving to the hitters graveyard he got on base a ton and was a run scoring machine, leading all of MLB in runs scored this decade. I have to think he will regain some of that eventually this year. Come August, when playoff spots are being decided, I want Kinsler as the bottom of the order RBI guy. Kinsler been clutch his entire career, Urias not so much. Who would you rather have at bat in late inning pressure situations with the playoffs on the line? The better player. Luis Urias. Kinsler is 37 years old. I don't expect him to last the season.
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Post by aztecmusician on May 20, 2019 0:20:50 GMT -8
Right on with Hedges, his all or nothing approach at the plate usually yields nada, Ive seen enough. As for Kinsler, before moving to the hitters graveyard he got on base a ton and was a run scoring machine, leading all of MLB in runs scored this decade. I have to think he will regain some of that eventually this year. Come August, when playoff spots are being decided, I want Kinsler as the bottom of the order RBI guy. Kinsler been clutch his entire career, Urias not so much. Who would you rather have at bat in late inning pressure situations with the playoffs on the line? The better player. Luis Urias. Kinsler is 37 years old. I don't expect him to last the season. I guess we shall see. If the team keeps losing, we will see Urias very soon.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 12:28:12 GMT -8
In a word, no. Veterans? We have Machado and Hosmer, much better players and better clubhouse guys. Kinsler is literally the third worst player in baseball, sorted by WAR at a wonderful -0.7. The only reason he is still on the team right now is because the front office is waiting to try and not offload him for nothing to not eat the rest of his salary. They made a mistake, they just aren't ready to admit it yet. Andy loves Kinsler, too, so I'm sure that is a part of the equation as well. For the direction of this team going forward, you have to give Urias 500 AB's or you risk destroying his development. Same thing with Mejia. The Austin Hedges experiment needs to end. Right on with Hedges, his all or nothing approach at the plate usually yields nada, Ive seen enough. As for Kinsler, before moving to the hitters graveyard he got on base a ton and was a run scoring machine, leading all of MLB in runs scored this decade. I have to think he will regain some of that eventually this year. Come August, when playoff spots are being decided, I want Kinsler as the bottom of the order RBI guy. Kinsler been clutch his entire career, Urias not so much. Who would you rather have at bat in late inning pressure situations with the playoffs on the line? I don't have any reason to think he will "regain" some of that this year, because he is aging and declining. He's had a very fine career, but he is in decline. He was pretty mediocre in LA last year and downright abysmal in Boston after they acquired him from LAA. He actually never really got on base "a ton". He has a respectable but far from gaudy career OBP of just under .340. That's far below even a Quilvio Veras, who was at .372 for his career. Anything above .350 is pretty damned good, .400 or more is elite. I would argue .337 is just "above average". www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinslia01.shtmlUnlike Q Veras, he never even had a .400 year.
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Luis Urías
May 23, 2019 17:47:37 GMT -8
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Post by AztecBill on May 23, 2019 17:47:37 GMT -8
Kinsler has a May OPS OF .761. So he has improved over the putrid start he had. If he can maintain. 761 ongoing, that would be sufficient.
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Post by aardvark on May 23, 2019 20:45:31 GMT -8
Kinsler has a May OPS OF .761. So he has improved over the putrid start he had. If he can maintain. 761 ongoing, that would be sufficient. If the Padres keep Kinsler, that would make Greg Garcia expendable.
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Post by AztecBill on May 23, 2019 21:34:47 GMT -8
Kinsler has a May OPS OF .761. So he has improved over the putrid start he had. If he can maintain. 761 ongoing, that would be sufficient. If the Padres keep Kinsler, that would make Greg Garcia expendable. Greg Garcia has an .805 OPS against RHP. He is one of the few lefties we can play against tough right handed pitchers. I would Platoon Kinsler and Garcia giving Kinsler a few more starts against RHP to even their playing time some. I would lead off Garcia but not Kinsler. Kinsler has been terrible in the leadoff spot and has a bad OBP while Garcia has one of the best versus RHP - .388.
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Post by aardvark on May 23, 2019 22:44:08 GMT -8
If the Padres keep Kinsler, that would make Greg Garcia expendable. Greg Garcia has an .805 OPS against RHP. He is one of the few lefties we can play against tough right handed pitchers. I would Platoon Kinsler and Garcia giving Kinsler a few more starts against RHP to even their playing time some. I would lead off Garcia but not Kinsler. Kinsler has been terrible in the leadoff spot and has a bad OBP while Garcia has one of the best versus RHP - .388. I don't see both of them here at the end of the season. JMO
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Post by AztecBill on May 23, 2019 22:55:23 GMT -8
Greg Garcia has an .805 OPS against RHP. He is one of the few lefties we can play against tough right handed pitchers. I would Platoon Kinsler and Garcia giving Kinsler a few more starts against RHP to even their playing time some. I would lead off Garcia but not Kinsler. Kinsler has been terrible in the leadoff spot and has a bad OBP while Garcia has one of the best versus RHP - .388. I don't see both of them here at the end of the season. JMO I think you are right but in the meantime they should share 2B duties. With Kinsler getting all starts against LHP. Naylor will replace Dickerson. When Jr comes back France should be sent down to play 2B and 1B. He would be a nice UI OPTION, if he can handle it.
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Post by aardvark on May 24, 2019 11:17:28 GMT -8
Aaron Loup moved to the 60 day IL to make room for Naylor on the roster.
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Post by aardvark on Jul 16, 2019 23:11:34 GMT -8
Luis Urias missed his 4th straight game in El Paso with a shoulder injury. He hurt it while swinging at a pitch on 7/12.
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Post by aardvark on Jul 17, 2019 21:43:35 GMT -8
Missed another game tonight.
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