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Post by johneaztec on Jul 24, 2024 18:28:32 GMT -8
Playoff odds at 52.3% tonight. Might be the strangest deadline we'll see from a Padre perspective for a while, given the variables and the various scenarios they'll have to plan for. Still hopeful they'll explore shedding some payroll to get more balance. Hopefully they can add an arm, at least and make at it. That's my hope.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 24, 2024 18:58:07 GMT -8
Ahhh, I was waiting for this contradictory statement from you. Over and over you said that Grishams strike outs weren't a big deal, and defended them. Lol. So predictable for you to be hypocritical and to try and strengthen your point this way. It's expected. It's not hypocritical. It's basic math. It's not contradictory, either. As I explained before, if you're walking a ton and getting on base, relative to your average, strikeouts are balanced out with a positive walk rate. It's really not that complicated. Merrill's OBP prior to tonight was .310, if memory serves. Pretty simple stuff. Absolutely hypocritical. Anytime people mentioned the golden sombrero for Grisham, coupled with his hat trick strike outs games, you'd defend it all season. You rarely, if ever spoke badly of his tremendous amount of strike outs. You were the only one defending it, and it got really ridiculous. You can't tell me that Grisham didn't have a lot of strike outs during a stretch and also didn't get on base much. And that was the entire season for Grisham. Be consistent, if you can. You can't pick and choose who, and when, you want to change your criteria for. It's a bad look. So, what you do is, you go to stats to try and defend something when that's not all there is. And oh boy, did you pull some stats out of your rear end when it came to Grisham. Thing is, he still hasn't changed. The same guy you said would haunt us for trading him, and a guy who we couldn't easily replace his horrible stats for, like I said we could. And, the guy you said that would be playing the majority outfield for the Yankees this year. None of it true. You laughed when I said he was just going to be a fill in guy. Uh huh. Ok. Another one you got wrong.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 24, 2024 19:04:12 GMT -8
Playoff odds at 52.3% tonight. Might be the strangest deadline we'll see from a Padre perspective for a while, given the variables and the various scenarios they'll have to plan for. Still hopeful they'll explore shedding some payroll to get more balance. Hopefully they can add an arm, at least and make at it. That's my hope. The prices right now are ludicrous. If they trade De Vries, it's going to hurt. 100% against that.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 24, 2024 19:07:05 GMT -8
It's not hypocritical. It's basic math. It's not contradictory, either. As I explained before, if you're walking a ton and getting on base, relative to your average, strikeouts are balanced out with a positive walk rate. It's really not that complicated. Merrill's OBP prior to tonight was .310, if memory serves. Pretty simple stuff. Absolutely hypocritical. Anytime people mentioned the golden sombrero for Grisham, coupled with his hat trick strike outs games, you'd defend it all season. You rarely, if ever spoke badly of his tremendous amount of strike outs. You were the only one defending it, and it got really ridiculous. You can't tell me that Grisham didn't have a lot of strike outs during a stretch and also didn't get on base much. And that was the entire season for Grisham. Be consistent, if you can. You can't pick and choose who, and when, you want to change your criteria for. It's a bad look. So, what you do is, you go to stats to try and defend something when that's not all there is. And oh boy, did you pull some stats out of your rear end when it came to Grisham. Thing is, he still hasn't changed. The same guy you said would haunt us for trading him, and a guy who we couldn't easily replace his horrible stats for, like I said we could. And, the guy you said that would be playing the majority outfield for the Yankees this year. None of it true. You laughed when I said he was just going to be a fill in guy. Uh huh. Ok. Another one you got wrong. Most of this is hyperbole or misplaced, but if you had x-ray vision, good for you. Sometimes you get the goose, sometimes you don't.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 24, 2024 20:00:39 GMT -8
Absolutely hypocritical. Anytime people mentioned the golden sombrero for Grisham, coupled with his hat trick strike outs games, you'd defend it all season. You rarely, if ever spoke badly of his tremendous amount of strike outs. You were the only one defending it, and it got really ridiculous. You can't tell me that Grisham didn't have a lot of strike outs during a stretch and also didn't get on base much. And that was the entire season for Grisham. Be consistent, if you can. You can't pick and choose who, and when, you want to change your criteria for. It's a bad look. So, what you do is, you go to stats to try and defend something when that's not all there is. And oh boy, did you pull some stats out of your rear end when it came to Grisham. Thing is, he still hasn't changed. The same guy you said would haunt us for trading him, and a guy who we couldn't easily replace his horrible stats for, like I said we could. And, the guy you said that would be playing the majority outfield for the Yankees this year. None of it true. You laughed when I said he was just going to be a fill in guy. Uh huh. Ok. Another one you got wrong. Most of this is hyperbole or misplaced, but if you had x-ray vision, good for you. Sometimes you get the goose, sometimes you don't. No, for me, it's all about how atrocious Grishams offensive numbers were, and his body language, confidence and approach and they still are. I didn't think it would be difficult, and many others felt the same way, since it wasn't a difficult task to achieve. Now, if we're going to talk about the defensive end of it, I was only hoping for a serviceable center fielder, but it looks like we got more than that from Merrill. Big time bonus.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 24, 2024 20:03:58 GMT -8
Most of this is hyperbole or misplaced, but if you had x-ray vision, good for you. Sometimes you get the goose, sometimes you don't. No, for me, it's all about how atrocious Grishams offensive numbers were, and his body language, confidence and approach and they still are. I didn't think it would be difficult, and many others felt the same way, since it wasn't a difficult task to achieve. Now, if we're going to talk about the defensive end of it, I was only hoping for a serviceable center fielder, but it looks like we got more than that from Merrill. Big time bonus. Which was dumb luck and good fortune, for the most part. But that's what happens sometimes. It's not just about replacing Grisham, either. Look who is getting at-bats daily in right field right now. It all plays a part. They got fortunate with Merrill and Profar, if we're being real.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 24, 2024 20:16:46 GMT -8
No, for me, it's all about how atrocious Grishams offensive numbers were, and his body language, confidence and approach and they still are. I didn't think it would be difficult, and many others felt the same way, since it wasn't a difficult task to achieve. Now, if we're going to talk about the defensive end of it, I was only hoping for a serviceable center fielder, but it looks like we got more than that from Merrill. Big time bonus. Which was dumb luck and good fortune, for the most part. But that's what happens sometimes. It's not just about replacing Grisham, either. Look who is getting at-bats daily in right field right now. It all plays a part. They got fortunate with Merrill and Profar, if we're being real. Tatis is out. He'll obviously be helping a lot when he gets back. It hasn't always been Johnson. Mainly Peralta, who's been fine. He doesn't strike out a lot, at least not lately, and he's been putting the bat on the ball.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 24, 2024 20:28:21 GMT -8
Which was dumb luck and good fortune, for the most part. But that's what happens sometimes. It's not just about replacing Grisham, either. Look who is getting at-bats daily in right field right now. It all plays a part. They got fortunate with Merrill and Profar, if we're being real. Tatis is out. He'll obviously be helping a lot when he gets back. It hasn't always been Johnson. Mainly Peralta, who's been fine. He doesn't strike out a lot, at least not lately, and he's been putting the bat on the ball. Yes, one guy being out leads to Bryce Johnson getting way too many at-bats for a playoff caliber team. Peralta doesn't play against lefties, he's a strict platoon guy, so you're stuck now with a guy who is...a bunter? That's really all he does. And we're not close to Fernando returning, so it'll continue to be that way.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 24, 2024 21:07:56 GMT -8
Tatis is out. He'll obviously be helping a lot when he gets back. It hasn't always been Johnson. Mainly Peralta, who's been fine. He doesn't strike out a lot, at least not lately, and he's been putting the bat on the ball. Yes, one guy being out leads to Bryce Johnson getting way too many at-bats for a playoff caliber team. Peralta doesn't play against lefties, he's a strict platoon guy, so you're stuck now with a guy who is...a bunter? That's really all he does. And we're not close to Fernando returning, so it'll continue to be that way. I understand all of that, but we were at around 41-41 when Fernando went out. We're 4 games over 500 at the moment, so others have been picking it up. With the way Profar and Merrill have been playing, and it doesn't seem like they're going to fall off much, we've weathered the storm, so far. We'll have a really good bench/spot starters with Solano and Peralta once Tatis comes back. Higgy or Campy, as well. This playoff caliber team, hopefully, won't have to platoon the whole season. They just have to keep grinding and pick each other up. I'm optimistic.
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Post by sdsuball on Jul 24, 2024 21:37:41 GMT -8
FTJ now updated to 8/2 est. return date. Still unrealistic? Maybe 8/2 as a DH, unrealistic playing RF on 8/2.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 24, 2024 22:19:02 GMT -8
FTJ now updated to 8/2 est. return date. Still unrealistic? Maybe 8/2 as a DH, unrealistic playing RF on 8/2. Unless they are planning on rushing him back, that's likely ambitious.
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 24, 2024 23:17:05 GMT -8
FTJ now updated to 8/2 est. return date. Still unrealistic? Maybe 8/2 as a DH, unrealistic playing RF on 8/2. Yes, this is the likely scenario.
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Post by junior on Jul 25, 2024 8:25:31 GMT -8
Well, that was quick - Padres load the bases and … rain delay. Nats pitcher, Corbin, was not happy about not getting to finish the inning - probably because he won't be back and he left 3 runners on base. I guess today's pitchers will now depend on duration of the delay. Cease was likely hot and loaded. Now he also has to cool his jets.
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Post by aztecryan on Jul 25, 2024 8:26:32 GMT -8
Well, that was quick - Padres load the bases and … rain delay. Nats pitcher, Corbin, was not happy about not getting to finish the inning - probably because he won't be back and he left 3 runners on base. I guess today's pitchers will now depend on duration of the delay. Cease was likely hot and loaded. Now he also has to cool his jets. Hopefully the delay is short enough to keep Corbin in.
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Post by junior on Jul 25, 2024 9:35:41 GMT -8
Hour and a half, and Kim just cleared the bases. 3–0
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Post by junior on Jul 25, 2024 10:50:22 GMT -8
Today's dealer, Dylan Cease … pronounced Cee-Shhhhhhhh! 78 on the PC. He's got it going today. Corbin still in there, too. OK, here we go - bottom of the ninth … Bear Down!
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Post by junior on Jul 25, 2024 11:28:20 GMT -8
And He Does It!!!!!
Dylan Cease with a NO HITTER!!!!
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Post by johneaztec on Jul 25, 2024 11:40:03 GMT -8
Yeah babyyy!!! Great pitching performance by Cease!!! And, another big win with the sweep, and now 4 in a row. There's no doubt they're going for it this year. It's going to be exciting!!!
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Post by aztec619 on Jul 25, 2024 11:43:49 GMT -8
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Post by aztecmusician on Jul 25, 2024 11:49:36 GMT -8
And He Does It!!!!!
Dylan Cease with a NO HITTER!!!! Awesome!!
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