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Post by aztecryan on Mar 31, 2023 21:43:44 GMT -8
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Post by junior on Apr 1, 2023 10:47:12 GMT -8
Roomers of an $80M extension. Good to lock him up (in the right way, of course).
Next up, Snell and Hader - gotta wonder about those two, however. There are plenty of good arms out there to be had. Familiarity is good, though.
Soto's another story. While he blasted onto the scene, his upside seems infinite, etc., etc., is there really enough data to suggest he's worth half a billion dollars to some team? I think the Padres would be wise to wait and see what kind of numbers he puts up over the next season. What I've seen so far - admittedly very tiny sample size theater - doesn't really knock my socks off. Committing to the kind of time and money he may command might well be worth it in the baseball world, though. Time will ultimately be the judge.
Cronenworth is another good, long-term acquisition. The team that stays together, plays together. Once all the "new pieces" get acclimated to each other, we'll start seeing what they're all really capable of achieving at this level.
Dynasty?
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 1, 2023 11:32:29 GMT -8
Roomers of an $80M extension. Good to lock him up (in the right way, of course). Next up, Snell and Hader - gotta wonder about those two, however. There are plenty of good arms out there to be had. Familiarity is good, though. Soto's another story. While he blasted onto the scene, his upside seems infinite, etc., etc., is there really enough data to suggest he's worth half a billion dollars to some team? I think the Padres would be wise to wait and see what kind of numbers he puts up over the next season. What I've seen so far - admittedly very tiny sample size theater - doesn't really knock my socks off. Committing to the kind of time and money he may command might well be worth it in the baseball world, though. Time will ultimately be the judge. Cronenworth is another good, long-term acquisition. The team that stays together, plays together. Once all the "new pieces" get acclimated to each other, we'll start seeing what they're all really capable of achieving at this level. Dynasty? More than enough data. |
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 1, 2023 13:25:40 GMT -8
Stoked. Love Croney.
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Post by The Aztec Panther on Apr 2, 2023 18:50:00 GMT -8
This was a good extension.
Nice to have several key players locked up for a while.
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Post by docmm on May 17, 2023 16:42:45 GMT -8
How's that extension looking now? I love Jake but it's not like he had years and years of production and he only came on later in his career.
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Post by aztecryan on May 17, 2023 17:15:48 GMT -8
How's that extension looking now? I love Jake but it's not like he had years and years of production and he only came on later in his career. Who evaluates an extension after 44 games? |
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Post by bballfan11 on May 17, 2023 18:01:33 GMT -8
How's that extension looking now? I love Jake but it's not like he had years and years of production and he only came on later in his career. Who evaluates an extension after 44 games? The doomers |
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Post by johneaztec on May 17, 2023 18:51:11 GMT -8
How's that extension looking now? I love Jake but it's not like he had years and years of production and he only came on later in his career. Who evaluates an extension after 44 games? Yeah, and who evaluates a team in totality after 44 games? I don't, personally. |
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Post by aztecryan on May 17, 2023 18:56:45 GMT -8
Who evaluates an extension after 44 games? Yeah, and who evaluates a team in totality after 44 games? I don't, personally. Right now, they suck. Not much else to it. |
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Post by johneaztec on May 17, 2023 19:11:07 GMT -8
Yeah, and who evaluates a team in totality after 44 games? I don't, personally. Right now, they suck. Not much else to it. Operative words are, "Right now." That we all can agree on. |
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Post by aztecryan on May 17, 2023 19:22:32 GMT -8
Right now, they suck. Not much else to it. Operative words are, "Right now." That we all can agree on. There's nothing to indicate that they are close to a turnaround. Machado is now hurt, which erodes the infield depth even further than it already is. There's two good players right now and that's simply not enough to carry an offense doomed by bad process and questionable decision-making. |
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Post by johneaztec on May 17, 2023 20:35:46 GMT -8
Operative words are, "Right now." That we all can agree on. There's nothing to indicate that they are close to a turnaround. Machado is now hurt, which erodes the infield depth even further than it already is. There's two good players right now and that's simply not enough to carry an offense doomed by bad process and questionable decision-making. I have more than two players doing well, but obviously not playing to their full potential. Tatis, Soto and Boegarts, as well as Cronenworth is showing some signs of life and seems to more comfortable at the plate. Tatis has been pretty consistent, and Boegarts is doing fine, as well as Soto, forgetting about today. Cruz was red hot and has been atrocious ever since. Grisham is Grisham, and Kim will be Kim. I also think it's more about the unfortunate coincidence of these guys having slumps at the same time, more so than "bad process." I think we see them getting back close to normal in a relatively short amount of time. Machado has been horrendous at the plate. He leads the league in hitting into double plays, for one example, but hopefully he won't be out too long and if we're getting our mojo back at the same time he does come back, hopefully that will rub off on him/motivate him. |
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Post by aztecryan on May 17, 2023 20:57:46 GMT -8
There's nothing to indicate that they are close to a turnaround. Machado is now hurt, which erodes the infield depth even further than it already is. There's two good players right now and that's simply not enough to carry an offense doomed by bad process and questionable decision-making. I have more than two players doing well, Tatis, Soto and Boegarts, as well as Cronenworth is showing some signs of life and seems to more comfortable at the plate. Tatis has been pretty consistent, and Boegarts is doing fine, as well as Soto, forgetting about today. Cruz was red hot and has been atrocious ever since. Grisham is Grisham, and Kim will be Kim. I also think it's more about the unfortunate coincidence of these guys having slumps at the same time, more so than "bad process." I think we see them getting back close to normal in a relatively short amount of time. Machado has been horrendous at the plate. He leads the league in hitting into double plays, for one example, but hopefully he won't be out too long and if we're getting our mojo back at the same time he does come back, hopefully that will rub off on him/motivate him. Bogaerts is hitting .214 with a sub .700 OPS in his last 100 plate appearances. He's still being carried by the hot streak he had to open the season. Cronenworth is hitting .158 the last two weeks, not counting today with his park-aided home run. He looks legitimately lost, trying to tap into power that he probably doesn't have. You're getting nothing from the DH spot, both guys are just imploding. That many guys struggling isn't bad luck, it's bad process. Bad process is attempting to bunt on a 3-0 count with a team that can't. Bad process is taking strike one (because the opposing team knows most of the roster isn't going to swing) and then chasing out of the zone to get down 0-2. From there, it's a wrap because there's no real two strike adjustments to be found anywhere. The situational hitting is abysmal across the board. The baserunning is somewhere just south of that. This team looks genuinely unprepared a lot of the time, with no ability to consistently perform, even against AWFUL teams, like Kansas City. Someone is losing a job soon, we'll see who the scapegoat is. |
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Post by sdsuball on May 17, 2023 22:32:18 GMT -8
Padres have the worst average in the NL right now. They also not coincidentally have an awful average with runners in scoring position. We've het a decent number of extra base hits (not as many as you would expect, but still middle of the NL) - but it doesn't matter because nobody is on base when we get those big hits, so we don't get many runs in off of them. Didn't we have bases loaded strike out to end the inning, followed by a Cronenworth homerun over the short porch in right the next inning? It's frustrating to watch. Guys gotta have a better game plan for their AB's to right the ship here. And yes the baserunning and situational hitting have been simply horrendous.
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