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Post by aztecryan on Feb 23, 2023 8:33:48 GMT -8
***Corner guys aren't that valuable when they are league average hitters. Fixed That's right. Just because Voit is pronounced an average hitter under that one metric, doesn't mean one needs to boast about him. I'll remember him more for striking out A LOT at the most inopportune times, than I will for some kind of a so called pace he was on. That's for sure. That's not a surprise, unfortunately. There's no real need to even denigrate a guy who helped us facilitate the Soto trade, which is what I'll choose to remember. Nobody is boasting about anything, just correcting your flawed opinion of "dead weight"....A career OPS of .818 is the opposite of that. Criticize the batting average, the strikeouts, whatever else...it's all baked into that single metric. League average hitters on cheap salaries are very valuable assets when you have a top heavy roster and not enough prospects to supplement them. Now, expectations get raised and there's nowhere to hide with the added depth of Cruz, Carpenter, etc.
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Post by johneaztec on Feb 23, 2023 22:07:14 GMT -8
That's right. Just because Voit is pronounced an average hitter under that one metric, doesn't mean one needs to boast about him. I'll remember him more for striking out A LOT at the most inopportune times, than I will for some kind of a so called pace he was on. That's for sure. That's not a surprise, unfortunately. There's no real need to even denigrate a guy who helped us facilitate the Soto trade, which is what I'll choose to remember. Nobody is boasting about anything, just correcting your flawed opinion of "dead weight"....A career OPS of .818 is the opposite of that. Criticize the batting average, the strikeouts, whatever else...it's all baked into that single metric. League average hitters on cheap salaries are very valuable assets when you have a top heavy roster and not enough prospects to supplement them. Now, expectations get raised and there's nowhere to hide with the added depth of Cruz, Carpenter, etc. We improved the bench and got rid of the dead weight. He struck waaay too many times, at waaay too many important moments. That's dead weight. Sayonara. I wish him the best, and thankfully it's with another team under a Minor League deal.
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Post by sdsuball on Feb 23, 2023 22:47:52 GMT -8
That's right. Just because Voit is pronounced an average hitter under that one metric, doesn't mean one needs to boast about him. I'll remember him more for striking out A LOT at the most inopportune times, than I will for some kind of a so called pace he was on. That's for sure. That's not a surprise, unfortunately. There's no real need to even denigrate a guy who helped us facilitate the Soto trade, which is what I'll choose to remember. Nobody is boasting about anything, just correcting your flawed opinion of "dead weight"....A career OPS of .818 is the opposite of that. Criticize the batting average, the strikeouts, whatever else...it's all baked into that single metric. League average hitters on cheap salaries are very valuable assets when you have a top heavy roster and not enough prospects to supplement them. Now, expectations get raised and there's nowhere to hide with the added depth of Cruz, Carpenter, etc. They are important assets to have on a top heavy team - they just aren't inherently that valuable because there are a lot of guys like that in the league. They are important to have if you have no depth and get exposed by injuries in particular. Here's to hoping that Carpenter and/or Cruz are above average for us this year.
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Feb 23, 2023 23:05:12 GMT -8
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Post by johneaztec on Feb 23, 2023 23:05:12 GMT -8
That's not a surprise, unfortunately. There's no real need to even denigrate a guy who helped us facilitate the Soto trade, which is what I'll choose to remember. Nobody is boasting about anything, just correcting your flawed opinion of "dead weight"....A career OPS of .818 is the opposite of that. Criticize the batting average, the strikeouts, whatever else...it's all baked into that single metric. League average hitters on cheap salaries are very valuable assets when you have a top heavy roster and not enough prospects to supplement them. Now, expectations get raised and there's nowhere to hide with the added depth of Cruz, Carpenter, etc. They are important assets to have on a top heavy team - they just aren't inherently that valuable because there are a lot of guys like that in the league. They are important to have if you have no depth and get exposed by injuries in particular. Here's to hoping that Carpenter and/or Cruz are above average for us this year. This is correct, and thank goodness we have upgraded in this department, most likely.
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Feb 24, 2023 9:25:10 GMT -8
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Post by aztecryan on Feb 24, 2023 9:25:10 GMT -8
That's not a surprise, unfortunately. There's no real need to even denigrate a guy who helped us facilitate the Soto trade, which is what I'll choose to remember. Nobody is boasting about anything, just correcting your flawed opinion of "dead weight"....A career OPS of .818 is the opposite of that. Criticize the batting average, the strikeouts, whatever else...it's all baked into that single metric. League average hitters on cheap salaries are very valuable assets when you have a top heavy roster and not enough prospects to supplement them. Now, expectations get raised and there's nowhere to hide with the added depth of Cruz, Carpenter, etc. They are important assets to have on a top heavy team - they just aren't inherently that valuable because there are a lot of guys like that in the league. They are important to have if you have no depth and get exposed by injuries in particular. Here's to hoping that Carpenter and/or Cruz are above average for us this year. They aren't inherently valuable but they are important to have? Seems contradictory. There were 98 qualified hitters last year that were above league average. That's it. Take away your superstars at the top of the list and you cut it down by at least a third right off the top. I would say they are pretty valuable to have just off that sentiment.
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Post by sdsuball on Feb 24, 2023 23:03:25 GMT -8
They are important assets to have on a top heavy team - they just aren't inherently that valuable because there are a lot of guys like that in the league. They are important to have if you have no depth and get exposed by injuries in particular. Here's to hoping that Carpenter and/or Cruz are above average for us this year. They aren't inherently valuable but they are important to have? Seems contradictory. No, not really. Water isn't that valuable (because it's abundant) but it's incredibly important to have (even though it's worth far less then precious metals for example).
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Post by junior on Apr 15, 2023 6:33:36 GMT -8
Voit is having a field day with Padres pitching … and doing so at Petco Park, to boot.
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Post by aardvark on Apr 15, 2023 8:48:47 GMT -8
Voit is having a field day with Padres pitching … and doing so at Petco Park, to boot. To be fair, it wasn't just Voit.
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Post by junior on Jul 1, 2023 20:54:08 GMT -8
DFA'd by the Brewers, picked up by the Mets … dumped in Syracuse. Poor guy, feels like the next stop will probably involve having random middle aged women and grannies stuffing dollar bills into his jockstrap…
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Jul 1, 2023 21:15:24 GMT -8
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 1, 2023 21:15:24 GMT -8
DFA'd by the Brewers, picked up by the Mets … dumped in Syracuse. Poor guy, feels like the next stop will probably involve having random middle aged women and grannies stuffing dollar bills into his jockstrap… Ha!!! Another bust.
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Post by aztecmusician on Jul 2, 2023 16:20:38 GMT -8
No need to dance on the grave of a man’s departure from the majors. He played Major League Baseball. I doubt any of you detractors have accomplished anything like that in your own careers.
Just saying.
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Post by junior on Jul 3, 2023 7:21:13 GMT -8
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 3, 2023 7:45:43 GMT -8
Francis.
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Post by aztecmusician on Jul 3, 2023 15:07:14 GMT -8
Voit actually led the AL in HR’s during the pandemic season, who knows if he will be relevant again. He hit .225 with sporadic power for the Pads….he would fit right in with this year’s bunch.
That’s the fact Jack!🙂
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Jul 3, 2023 17:23:38 GMT -8
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 3, 2023 17:23:38 GMT -8
Voit actually led the AL in HR’s during the pandemic season, who knows if he will be relevant again. He hit .225 with sporadic power for the Pads….he would fit right in with this year’s bunch. That’s the fact Jack!🙂 Stranger things have happened, but I can almost guarantee you that Voits relevancy factor, has sailed.
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