Just curious. Was it in the dirt and didn't pick it?
It was. It was a play that any first baseman should make (Trea Turner was the batter). He didn't. 3 runs scored after that missed play. That would have been the first out of the inning. The next batter (Muncy) grounded out. It should have been 2 outs with no one on at that point.
RIP Anthony Keith Gwynn. RIP Peter Seidler.
Chuck Schumer in January of 2021, "...senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited an erection against the United States."
Just curious. Was it in the dirt and didn't pick it?
It was. It was a play that any first baseman should make (Trea Turner was the batter). He didn't. 3 runs scored after that missed play. That would have been the first out of the inning. The next batter (Muncy) grounded out. It should have been 2 outs with no one on at that point.
if it's not the third out, I'm always hesitant to say that if someone go that out such and such wouldn't have happened, for a variety of reasons. But, I do agree he should have made that play.
It was. It was a play that any first baseman should make (Trea Turner was the batter). He didn't. 3 runs scored after that missed play. That would have been the first out of the inning. The next batter (Muncy) grounded out. It should have been 2 outs with no one on at that point.
if it's not the third out, I'm always hesitant to say that if someone go that out such and such wouldn't have happened, for a variety of reasons. But, I do agree he should have made that play.
And for another variety of reasons, such and such could have happened. Different pitch selection, different defensive alignment, etc.
RIP Anthony Keith Gwynn. RIP Peter Seidler.
Chuck Schumer in January of 2021, "...senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited an erection against the United States."
if it's not the third out, I'm always hesitant to say that if someone go that out such and such wouldn't have happened, for a variety of reasons. But, I do agree he should have made that play.
And for another variety of reasons, such and such could have happened. Different pitch selection, different defensive alignment, etc.
Kevin Acee is such a Hosmer shill it's ridiculous. He loves talking up Hosmer's batting average over the last few months, ignoring his awful slugging percentage and awful defense.
I'm assuming that if Hosmer goes, Cronenworth would move over to 1B permanently. He's so good defensively there already, I could see him eventually developing into a kind of a Keith Hernandez-Lite kind of guy: great D, 20-25 HRs and 80-100 RBI.
He's looked at as the clubhouse leader and the team folded, in some part, due to his name being shopped at the deadline. He's a very polarizing figure because of his lack of desire to improve and the fact he's basically worthless on the field, as he fails to make another pick at first base...Is he the only problem? Of course not. But a championship level team can't have two negative WAR players playing regularly.
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I'm assuming that if Hosmer goes, Cronenworth would move over to 1B permanently. He's so good defensively there already, I could see him eventually developing into a kind of a Keith Hernandez-Lite kind of guy: great D, 20-25 HRs and 80-100 RBI.
I'd prefer that he only move there until we get a high WAR power hitting first baseman, so that we can have a high WAR at both 1B and 2B.
Frazier is alright but doesn't hit for power. We have him for another year.
Frazier's bat is replaceable with Myers/Pham's... same level ops last year. Frazier can play LF too... if you can't tell my preference is to get a power hitting first basemen over a power hitting corner outfielder.
Or maybe after Fraziers last year we get the high WAR player at first.
We certainly have plenty of help coming from our farm system in right and center field...
Honestly though, we really don't 'need' to sign a big bat this off-season.
Cronenworth, Frazier, Tatis, Machado, Kim backup, Profar backup is a legit infield with no holes.
Myers, Grisham, FA resign (Pham or OGrady), Profar. So Ideally we sign a CF that is better then Marsinik was for us bc Grisham has durability issues and Abrams might not be ready next year. I wouldn't mind giving O'Grady opportunity and more playing time in left
At catcher, it's gotta be time for Campusano to step up to the major league level.
Really we just need our pitching to not fall apart next year. We could make no changes other then Hosmer and resign everyone and win 100 games next year. Our rotation should be that good if its healthy. We do need Grisham and Nola to stay healthy. Catcher and center field are our teams biggest positional weakness when it comes to depth (no I'm not including Hosmer on our teams 1B chart for next season) and it bit us hard this season.
If the allegations in the Atlantic article are true, then this mess (micromanagement, ridding himself of anyone who's not ultimate a "yes" man) ultimately falls on AJP. If Tingler doesn't have the baseballs to stand his ground, then he's just a patsy.
Now, reports are coming out that Tingler's been relieved, but the front office says that such reports are "premature". LOFL
He appears to be in the dugout for the start of today's meaningless game…
2 on, 2 out top of the 9th tie game 2-2. Hosmer pinch hits and strikes out on a pitch outside and in the dirt. He doesn't even make an attempt to run to 1B when the catcher missed it. I really, REALLY hope he's gone next year.
Honestly though, we really don't 'need' to sign a big bat this off-season.
Cronenworth, Frazier, Tatis, Machado, Kim backup, Profar backup is a legit infield with no holes.
Myers, Grisham, FA resign (Pham or OGrady), Profar. So Ideally we sign a CF that is better then Marsinik was for us bc Grisham has durability issues and Abrams might not be ready next year. I wouldn't mind giving O'Grady opportunity and more playing time in left
At catcher, it's gotta be time for Campusano to step up to the major league level.
Really we just need our pitching to not fall apart next year. We could make no changes other then Hosmer and resign everyone and win 100 games next year. Our rotation should be that good if its healthy. We do need Grisham and Nola to stay healthy. Catcher and center field are our teams biggest positional weakness when it comes to depth (no I'm not including Hosmer on our teams 1B chart for next season) and it bit us hard this season.
Absolutely need a big bat. There's no slugging percentage on this team outside of Tatis and Machado.
Honestly though, we really don't 'need' to sign a big bat this off-season.
Cronenworth, Frazier, Tatis, Machado, Kim backup, Profar backup is a legit infield with no holes.
Myers, Grisham, FA resign (Pham or OGrady), Profar. So Ideally we sign a CF that is better then Marsinik was for us bc Grisham has durability issues and Abrams might not be ready next year. I wouldn't mind giving O'Grady opportunity and more playing time in left
At catcher, it's gotta be time for Campusano to step up to the major league level.
Really we just need our pitching to not fall apart next year. We could make no changes other then Hosmer and resign everyone and win 100 games next year. Our rotation should be that good if its healthy. We do need Grisham and Nola to stay healthy. Catcher and center field are our teams biggest positional weakness when it comes to depth (no I'm not including Hosmer on our teams 1B chart for next season) and it bit us hard this season.
Absolutely need a big bat. There's no slugging percentage on this team outside of Tatis and Machado.
Cronenworth has good slugging numbers as well.
My point though is that a lot of position players regressed this year. If we ran it back next year with the exact same group, our slugging numbers would be better.
Myers would be better. Pham would be better. Grisham would be better. Honestly, I think O'Grady would do better as well if he had more regular opportunities. Dude mashed in AAA.
Even with our offense being mediocre this year, we would have made the playoffs if our pitching staff had held up.
IMO this was also the clear negative of the Frazier trade. He didn't provide what the team needed - slugging - and Kim's defense is worth just as much WAR as Frazier's bat.
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Absolutely need a big bat. There's no slugging percentage on this team outside of Tatis and Machado.
Cronenworth has good slugging numbers as well.
My point though is that a lot of position players regressed this year. If we ran it back next year with the exact same group, our slugging numbers would be better.
Myers would be better. Pham would be better. Grisham would be better. Honestly, I think O'Grady would do better as well if he had more regular opportunities. Dude mashed in AAA.
Even with our offense being mediocre this year, we would have made the playoffs if our pitching staff had held up.
IMO this was also the clear negative of the Frazier trade. He didn't provide what the team needed - slugging - and Kim's defense is worth just as much WAR as Frazier's bat.
There's nothing to indicate that slugging would be better next year. All of the underlying metrics are really, really subpar. The offense hit under .200 as a team for more than a full month, in large part because they don't make enough hard contact in the air. Frazier's fine.