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Post by aztecryan on May 19, 2022 12:13:30 GMT -8
Definitely? Allegedly, last season they "secretly" used two different baseballs … which one(s) are still being used? More (*) coming up for this year's statlines… Definitely. All you have to do is scan some box scores.
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Post by aardvark on May 19, 2022 12:49:56 GMT -8
Definitely? Allegedly, last season they "secretly" used two different baseballs … which one(s) are still being used? More (*) coming up for this year's statlines… It wasn't really much of a secret.
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Post by junior on May 20, 2022 21:35:22 GMT -8
Definitely? Allegedly, last season they "secretly" used two different baseballs … which one(s) are still being used? More (*) coming up for this year's statlines… It wasn't really much of a secret. Hence the …
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 1, 2022 13:29:07 GMT -8
.255/.318/.316 in the month of May with four extra base hits.
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 1, 2022 13:39:28 GMT -8
.255/.318/.316 in the month of May with four extra base hits. Not a good May. And, he's certainly not the only one with a bad May, that's for sure. Hopefully, the team as a whole have a great June.
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 1, 2022 14:24:18 GMT -8
.255/.318/.316 in the month of May with four extra base hits. Not a good May. And, he's certainly not the only one with a bad May, that's for sure. Hopefully, the team as a whole have a great June. He was one of three Padres to be in the bottom thirty for qualified hitters. -0.1 fWAR. Problem is that the two guys surrounding him are much younger and could feasibly improve back to career norms.
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 1, 2022 14:43:50 GMT -8
Not a good May. And, he's certainly not the only one with a bad May, that's for sure. Hopefully, the team as a whole have a great June. He was one of three Padres to be in the bottom thirty for qualified hitters. -0.1 fWAR. Problem is that the two guys surrounding him are much younger and could feasibly improve back to career norms. Lot's of problems offensively. Leaving men on base is a big issue for most of our hitters. We clearly are not performing well offensively as a team. Like I said, hopefully we start clicking soon, and have a good June.
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 1, 2022 15:07:46 GMT -8
He was one of three Padres to be in the bottom thirty for qualified hitters. -0.1 fWAR. Problem is that the two guys surrounding him are much younger and could feasibly improve back to career norms. Lot's of problems offensively. Leaving men on base is a big issue for most of our hitters. We clearly are not performing well offensively as a team. Like I said, hopefully we start clicking soon, and have a good June. I know you want to explain this away, but it just doesn't work that way with one of the most important (and expensive) players on the roster who they can't cut, trade or do much of anything with. He was legitimately bad the entire month on both sides of the ball and it's magnified even further with the struggles of additional players. Team has a TON of work to do to get past this offensive lull, but this is just his normal regression, unfortunately. 21 singles, 4 extra base hits, limited hard contact, decreasing walk rates and defensive issues on top of it.
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 1, 2022 15:35:18 GMT -8
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 1, 2022 16:34:18 GMT -8
Lot's of problems offensively. Leaving men on base is a big issue for most of our hitters. We clearly are not performing well offensively as a team. Like I said, hopefully we start clicking soon, and have a good June. I know you want to explain this away, but it just doesn't work that way with one of the most important (and expensive) players on the roster who they can't cut, trade or do much of anything with. He was legitimately bad the entire month on both sides of the ball and it's magnified even further with the struggles of additional players. Team has a TON of work to do to get past this offensive lull, but this is just his normal regression, unfortunately. 21 singles, 4 extra base hits, limited hard contact, decreasing walk rates and defensive issues on top of it. I know you've been frothing at the bit for his demise, and I said he didn't have a good month. In this situation, it's absolutely appropriate to bring up the teams offensive woes as a whole. But, of course you'll have none of it, and will focus only on Hosmer. Your moment of glory to rip Hosmer has finally arrived!!! Good for you Ryan. We were all waiting for it. Geez, you have it real bad for him. Ridiculous. Tell me, why didn't you put up his excellent numbers the other months, and only his numbers during a bad month? Wow, what a stupid question that was!!!
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 1, 2022 18:48:57 GMT -8
I know you want to explain this away, but it just doesn't work that way with one of the most important (and expensive) players on the roster who they can't cut, trade or do much of anything with. He was legitimately bad the entire month on both sides of the ball and it's magnified even further with the struggles of additional players. Team has a TON of work to do to get past this offensive lull, but this is just his normal regression, unfortunately. 21 singles, 4 extra base hits, limited hard contact, decreasing walk rates and defensive issues on top of it. I know you've been frothing at the bit for his demise, and I said he didn't have a good month. In this situation, it's absolutely appropriate to bring up the teams offensive woes as a whole. But, of course you'll have none of it, and will focus only on Hosmer. Your moment of glory to rip Hosmer has finally arrived!!! Good for you Ryan. We were all waiting for it. Geez, you have it real bad for him. Ridiculous. Tell me, why didn't you put up his excellent numbers the other months, and only his numbers during a bad month? Wow, what a stupid question that was!!! This thread is about Eric Hosmer, no? It even says his name in the title. Yes, similar to every argument you ever have to "both sides" everything and deflect blame, instead of just being real on the subject...I mean, it's just stupid. Call a spade a spade and get a grip on reality. He's not going to friend you on Facebook. You don't have to worry about it. Excellent numbers? What other months? He's never had a good season since he got here, unless you count 38 games in 2020. If you're referring to April, I've touched on that numerous times. Empty batting average with zero power production and poor defensive metrics doesn't equal "a great month." He had four extra base hits in May. Four. One home run. He had an OPS of .634. That's atrocious....and it's because he (in his own words, in that very article) will not make meaningful adjustments. This isn't about "frothing" to criticize anyone. You wanted to wait until the month was over. It is. You need to come to grips with reality and realize that his presence is a major issue when it prevents the club from making upgrades because he is literally untradeable. We need him to be GOOD because Fernando is a month or longer away and three other core guys have fallen off a cliff offensively. The difference there is those guys are all making the league minimum....whereas Hosmer is decidedly not. It would be a non-issue if he performed on either side of the ball, committed to getting better and was at least interested in engaging with new techniques. His swing adjustment lasted a month. The scary thing is that a ton of his hits this month were infield singles, so it could have been a lot worse. You can't have a first baseman in this league slugging .300 on a team that needs power in the worst way imaginable. The Padres hit the fewest home runs in baseball in the month of May and were 28th in slugging.
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Post by junior on Jun 1, 2022 19:39:16 GMT -8
Plenty of suckage on the Padres offense right now. That's something everyone can agree on …
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 1, 2022 19:48:22 GMT -8
Plenty of suckage on the Padres offense right now. That's something everyone can agree on … It's a little hard to blame, say, Machado, for playing through injuries and guttting it out to perform at a borderline MVP level. I'm not going to blame Jose Azocar for being a fifth outfielder as a rookie and not producing. Not every situation is equal in terms of scale, magnitude or importance.
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Post by junior on Jun 1, 2022 19:54:44 GMT -8
Uh huh.
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 1, 2022 20:26:05 GMT -8
I know you've been frothing at the bit for his demise, and I said he didn't have a good month. In this situation, it's absolutely appropriate to bring up the teams offensive woes as a whole. But, of course you'll have none of it, and will focus only on Hosmer. Your moment of glory to rip Hosmer has finally arrived!!! Good for you Ryan. We were all waiting for it. Geez, you have it real bad for him. Ridiculous. Tell me, why didn't you put up his excellent numbers the other months, and only his numbers during a bad month? Wow, what a stupid question that was!!! This thread is about Eric Hosmer, no? It even says his name in the title. Yes, similar to every argument you ever have to "both sides" everything and deflect blame, instead of just being real on the subject...I mean, it's just stupid. Call a spade a spade and get a grip on reality. He's not going to friend you on Facebook. You don't have to worry about it. Excellent numbers? What other months? He's never had a good season since he got here, unless you count 38 games in 2020. If you're referring to April, I've touched on that numerous times. Empty batting average with zero power production and poor defensive metrics doesn't equal "a great month." He had four extra base hits in May. Four. One home run. He had an OPS of .634. That's atrocious....and it's because he (in his own words, in that very article) will not make meaningful adjustments. This isn't about "frothing" to criticize anyone. You wanted to wait until the month was over. It is. You need to come to grips with reality and realize that his presence is a major issue when it prevents the club from making upgrades because he is literally untradeable. We need him to be GOOD because Fernando is a month or longer away and three other core guys have fallen off a cliff offensively. The difference there is those guys are all making the league minimum....whereas Hosmer is decidedly not. It would be a non-issue if he performed on either side of the ball, committed to getting better and was at least interested in engaging with new techniques. His swing adjustment lasted a month. The scary thing is that a ton of his hits this month were infield singles, so it could have been a lot worse. You can't have a first baseman in this league slugging .300 on a team that needs power in the worst way imaginable. The Padres hit the fewest home runs in baseball in the month of May and were 28th in slugging. Man, you've got the Hosmer Hate REAL BAD. Whew!!! The thread title pertains to team runs as well, so there's that. Besides, in all threads there's deviation, even though I didn't deviate from it one bit. You keep bringing up May when I've already stated that he didn't have a good May. Also, you try to place the blame solely on Hosmer for his contract that the team signed him to. What a joke. It's not his fault they made a bad deal. Of course, you'll ALWAYS diminish anything he's been doing well, because that's exactly what the hater syndrome does to someone. You'll never fool most people by saying you don't hate. It's one of the most obvious situations I've ever come across. You don't post his good numbers, and when you do say something very minor about his achievement, it's so incredibly forced. It shouldn't be the way to live a life, hoping for someone to fail, and when they do, you pounce. Live your life, though. All's good.
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Post by sdsuball on Jun 1, 2022 21:49:50 GMT -8
Plenty of suckage on the Padres offense right now. That's something everyone can agree on … It's a little hard to blame, say, Machado, for playing through injuries and guttting it out to perform at a borderline MVP level. I'm not going to blame Jose Azocar for being a fifth outfielder as a rookie and not producing. Not every situation is equal in terms of scale, magnitude or importance. Not borderline - Machado is the MVP if the season ended today. His play this season is reminiscent of Bagwell's magnificent 94' campaign where he hit .368/.451/.700/1.201 with 39 jacks.
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2022 7:51:28 GMT -8
It's a little hard to blame, say, Machado, for playing through injuries and guttting it out to perform at a borderline MVP level. I'm not going to blame Jose Azocar for being a fifth outfielder as a rookie and not producing. Not every situation is equal in terms of scale, magnitude or importance. Not borderline - Machado is the MVP if the season ended today. His play this season is reminiscent of Bagwell's magnificent 94' campaign where he hit .368/.451/.700/1.201 with 39 jacks. I'm sure Betts would win it if the award was given today.
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2022 8:00:20 GMT -8
This thread is about Eric Hosmer, no? It even says his name in the title. Yes, similar to every argument you ever have to "both sides" everything and deflect blame, instead of just being real on the subject...I mean, it's just stupid. Call a spade a spade and get a grip on reality. He's not going to friend you on Facebook. You don't have to worry about it. Excellent numbers? What other months? He's never had a good season since he got here, unless you count 38 games in 2020. If you're referring to April, I've touched on that numerous times. Empty batting average with zero power production and poor defensive metrics doesn't equal "a great month." He had four extra base hits in May. Four. One home run. He had an OPS of .634. That's atrocious....and it's because he (in his own words, in that very article) will not make meaningful adjustments. This isn't about "frothing" to criticize anyone. You wanted to wait until the month was over. It is. You need to come to grips with reality and realize that his presence is a major issue when it prevents the club from making upgrades because he is literally untradeable. We need him to be GOOD because Fernando is a month or longer away and three other core guys have fallen off a cliff offensively. The difference there is those guys are all making the league minimum....whereas Hosmer is decidedly not. It would be a non-issue if he performed on either side of the ball, committed to getting better and was at least interested in engaging with new techniques. His swing adjustment lasted a month. The scary thing is that a ton of his hits this month were infield singles, so it could have been a lot worse. You can't have a first baseman in this league slugging .300 on a team that needs power in the worst way imaginable. The Padres hit the fewest home runs in baseball in the month of May and were 28th in slugging. Man, you've got the Hosmer Hate REAL BAD. Whew!!! The thread title pertains to team runs as well, so there's that. Besides, in all threads there's deviation, even though I didn't deviate from it one bit. You keep bringing up May when I've already stated that he didn't have a good May. Also, you try to place the blame solely on Hosmer for his contract that the team signed him to. What a joke. It's not his fault they made a bad deal. Of course, you'll ALWAYS diminish anything he's been doing well, because that's exactly what the hater syndrome does to someone. You'll never fool most people by saying you don't hate. It's one of the most obvious situations I've ever come across. You don't post his good numbers, and when you do say something very minor about his achievement, it's so incredibly forced. It shouldn't be the way to live a life, hoping for someone to fail, and when they do, you pounce. Live your life, though. All's good. It's not his fault, it's never his fault, just curious where that line gets drawn? I don't post his good numbers because there aren't any to post. He's basically a 1 WAR player on average for his entire career. Like I've heard of stupid defenses, but this is next level idiocy on your part. I back up every single argument I have with stats. They aren't filled with emotion, they are neutral. And they paint a picture that has no preconceived bias towards anything. I didn't go nuts in April because I knew what he was doing was a fluke - It was EASY and OBVIOUS to anyone who scrolled through the numbers to obtain that same conclusion. Your ignorance towards basic statistical understanding does you no favors - And it's laughably stupid that you think someone who understands that somehow impacts their life negatively? Like I've said countless times, my criticism revolves around his underperformance and his ego, both negatively detrimental to this team. I can back up everything I say, every single time, regardless of your tired, unoriginal diatribe that you have to resort to because you know you're wrong.
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Post by aztecryan on Jun 2, 2022 8:08:28 GMT -8
Man, you've got the Hosmer Hate REAL BAD. Whew!!! The thread title pertains to team runs as well, so there's that. Besides, in all threads there's deviation, even though I didn't deviate from it one bit. You keep bringing up May when I've already stated that he didn't have a good May. Also, you try to place the blame solely on Hosmer for his contract that the team signed him to. What a joke. It's not his fault they made a bad deal. Of course, you'll ALWAYS diminish anything he's been doing well, because that's exactly what the hater syndrome does to someone. You'll never fool most people by saying you don't hate. It's one of the most obvious situations I've ever come across. You don't post his good numbers, and when you do say something very minor about his achievement, it's so incredibly forced. It shouldn't be the way to live a life, hoping for someone to fail, and when they do, you pounce. Live your life, though. All's good. It's not his fault, it's never his fault, just curious where that line gets drawn? I don't post his good numbers because there aren't any to post. He's basically a 1 WAR player on average for his entire career. Like I've heard of stupid defenses, but this is next level idiocy on your part. I back up every single argument I have with stats. They aren't filled with emotion, they are neutral. And they paint a picture that has no preconceived bias towards anything. I didn't go nuts in April because I knew what he was doing was a fluke - It was EASY and OBVIOUS to anyone who scrolled through the numbers to obtain that same conclusion. Your ignorance towards basic statistical understanding does you no favors - And it's laughably stupid that you think someone who understands that somehow impacts their life negatively? Like I've said countless times, my criticism revolves around his underperformance and his ego, both negatively detrimental to this team. I can back up everything I say, every single time, regardless of your tired, unoriginal diatribe that you have to resort to because you know you're wrong. Just for the sake of transparency: Hosmer hit .389 in April. Spectacular. Except if you just scan the stat line for 15 seconds, he had three home runs. Of his 28 hits in April, 19 were singles. He had 14 RBI. He had a .439 BABIP, which is 140 points above league average. There's no secret here: If you don't LIFT the baseball, you're not going to provide ANY power. And he said (again, in his own words) that lifting the baseball doesn't "work for him." I'm sorry, but what? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard, not to mention incredibly selfish when his team has one power threat in the lineup right now and they can't....score. The easiest way to score is, oh, um...yeah, hitting it over the wall. Three more years of this nonsense.
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Post by johneaztec on Jun 2, 2022 15:57:44 GMT -8
Man, you've got the Hosmer Hate REAL BAD. Whew!!! The thread title pertains to team runs as well, so there's that. Besides, in all threads there's deviation, even though I didn't deviate from it one bit. You keep bringing up May when I've already stated that he didn't have a good May. Also, you try to place the blame solely on Hosmer for his contract that the team signed him to. What a joke. It's not his fault they made a bad deal. Of course, you'll ALWAYS diminish anything he's been doing well, because that's exactly what the hater syndrome does to someone. You'll never fool most people by saying you don't hate. It's one of the most obvious situations I've ever come across. You don't post his good numbers, and when you do say something very minor about his achievement, it's so incredibly forced. It shouldn't be the way to live a life, hoping for someone to fail, and when they do, you pounce. Live your life, though. All's good. It's not his fault, it's never his fault, just curious where that line gets drawn? I don't post his good numbers because there aren't any to post. He's basically a 1 WAR player on average for his entire career. Like I've heard of stupid defenses, but this is next level idiocy on your part. I back up every single argument I have with stats. They aren't filled with emotion, they are neutral. And they paint a picture that has no preconceived bias towards anything. I didn't go nuts in April because I knew what he was doing was a fluke - It was EASY and OBVIOUS to anyone who scrolled through the numbers to obtain that same conclusion. Your ignorance towards basic statistical understanding does you no favors - And it's laughably stupid that you think someone who understands that somehow impacts their life negatively? Like I've said countless times, my criticism revolves around his underperformance and his ego, both negatively detrimental to this team. I can back up everything I say, every single time, regardless of your tired, unoriginal diatribe that you have to resort to because you know you're wrong. I know that I'm wrong? Ha!!! What an ego you have. I happen to go along with how's he's doing in the moment, and cheer when it's something good. You choose to sit there, and count down the days until he fails, and then pounce. You're the only one I know that would bash somebody for cheering on a player on their favorite team, when he does something good. You see Hosmer get a hit, and I'm sure you say to yourself, whatever, he's going to fail soon enough. How pitiful. This is going in circles and you can fan however you want, whether it's half ass, or full on. You be you.
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