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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 11:53:30 GMT -8
Merrill has said on the record many times he couldn't give a flying F about the ROY, it's WS or bust...in case we needed another reason to love the kid. The ultimate, great team player. His teammates seem to love him. Incredible upgrade from Grisham, to say the least. He's been the s**ts for the Yankees. Love the person, but he's only a very good outfielder. So glad we traded him. Petty.
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Post by aardvark on Aug 7, 2024 12:04:43 GMT -8
No help from Cleveland, as Arizona wins game 1 of the DH.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 12:08:33 GMT -8
No help from Cleveland, as Arizona wins game 1 of the DH. Arizona will fade as August and September go on, but man it's way too early for scoreboard watching.
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Post by johneaztec on Aug 7, 2024 12:16:41 GMT -8
The ultimate, great team player. His teammates seem to love him. Incredible upgrade from Grisham, to say the least. He's been the s**ts for the Yankees. Love the person, but he's only a very good outfielder. So glad we traded him. Petty. Truth.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 12:25:13 GMT -8
Grisham is playing behind Aaron Judge. He's barely had the opportunity to log consistent plate appearances since a poor start buried him. I'd much rather have him here on the bench than a Bryce Johnson type, certainly. It may be "truth" but "truth" doesn't require you to degrade someone that's no longer here. Using hindsight is lame. Practice some of what you preach.
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Post by azson on Aug 7, 2024 12:29:24 GMT -8
HSK still out/Wade at SS again behind King tonight, Solano at 1B, Jake gets the night off:
L. Arraez DH J. Profar LF X. Bogaerts 2B M. Machado 3B D. Solano 1B J. Merrill CF K. Higashioka C B. Johnson RF T. Wade SS
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Post by aardvark on Aug 7, 2024 12:35:40 GMT -8
No help from Cleveland, as Arizona wins game 1 of the DH. Arizona will fade as August and September go on, but man it's way too early for scoreboard watching.
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Post by johneaztec on Aug 7, 2024 12:37:02 GMT -8
Grisham is playing behind Aaron Judge. He's barely had the opportunity to log consistent plate appearances since a poor start buried him. I'd much rather have him here on the bench than a Bryce Johnson type, certainly. It may be "truth" but "truth" doesn't require you to degrade someone that's no longer here. Using hindsight is lame. Practice some of what you preach. Well, maybe he's been that bad, and that's why he's not playing centerfielder A LOT, like you said he would. Merrill's been that good, and that's why I'm bringing up the scenario. I'm very happy we traded Grisham in order to give Merrill a chance. It's worked out very well, to say the least. I'm not attacking/degrading the person. I'm talking about his offensive production in baseball, which has been offensive, so to speak. I'm certainly not using hindsight. I said all along that it won't be a problem to surpass Grishams horrible numbers here, even if it came from a rookie, they were that bad, but I certainly didn't know Merrill would destroy them. He's been amazing for a rookie, and he's just been amazing, period, for any player veteran or rookie. We're very lucky to have him. I would have been ok with Grisham on the bench here, but I think things have worked out splendidly since he's been traded.
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Post by johneaztec on Aug 7, 2024 12:40:05 GMT -8
No help from Cleveland, as Arizona wins game 1 of the DH. Arizona will fade as August and September go on, but man it's way too early for scoreboard watching. Bah Hum Bug, Scrooge. Sheesh. No it's not. Every game matters at this point in time. Besides, it's fun to do this time of year.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 12:41:24 GMT -8
Arizona will fade as August and September go on, but man it's way too early for scoreboard watching. I'll admit it's fun, but there's almost 50 games left. The Padres will make the playoffs.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 12:43:01 GMT -8
Grisham is playing behind Aaron Judge. He's barely had the opportunity to log consistent plate appearances since a poor start buried him. I'd much rather have him here on the bench than a Bryce Johnson type, certainly. It may be "truth" but "truth" doesn't require you to degrade someone that's no longer here. Using hindsight is lame. Practice some of what you preach. Well, maybe he's been that bad, and that's why he's not playing centerfielder A LOT, like you said he would. Merrill's been that good, and that's why I'm bringing up the scenario. I'm very happy we traded Grisham in order to give Merrill a chance. It's worked out very well, to say the least. I'm not attacking/degrading the person. I'm talking about his offensive production in baseball, which has been offensive, so to speak. I'm certainly not using hindsight. I said all along that it won't be a problem to surpass Grishams horrible numbers here, even if it came from a rookie, they were that bad, but I certainly didn't know Merrill would destroy them. He's been amazing for a rookie, and he's just been amazing, period, for any player veteran or rookie. We're very lucky to have him. I would have been ok with Grisham on the bench here, but I think things have worked out splendidly since he's been traded. 91 wRC+, same as he was in 2023, despite a .210 BABIP that's suppressing his overall production. Merrill has been very good, but the Padres really lucked out that he ended up being a plus center fielder.
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Post by johneaztec on Aug 7, 2024 12:44:44 GMT -8
I'll admit it's fun, but there's almost 50 games left. The Padres will make the playoffs. Far cry from when you said to get used it, they are a 500 team at best.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 12:49:06 GMT -8
I'll admit it's fun, but there's almost 50 games left. The Padres will make the playoffs. Far cry from when you said to get used it, they are a 500 team at best. Not what was said.
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Post by johneaztec on Aug 7, 2024 12:49:35 GMT -8
Far cry from when you said to get used it, they are a 500 team at best. Not what was said. The quotes there, Ryan.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 12:53:57 GMT -8
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Post by johneaztec on Aug 7, 2024 12:56:06 GMT -8
Ok. I'll find it for ya. Sheesh.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 12:59:53 GMT -8
Ok. I'll find it for ya. Sheesh. Or you could get a life and actually understand what I'm saying. Fun fact: When I said we have a multi-year sample size to draw from that this is a .500 team, their record over the last three seasons was exactly .500. Now, since August 7th, 2021, exactly three years ago, they are 249-239, which means prior to this winning streak, they were...exactly .500. Things change, optimism evolves, pessimistic views happen during frustrating stretches of play. I called 85-77 in February. We'll see.
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Post by aztecryan on Aug 7, 2024 13:05:12 GMT -8
Musgrove pushed back to Monday against his former team back at home. Cease will start Sunday, it appears, after the shenanigans of yesterday.
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Post by johneaztec on Aug 7, 2024 13:13:25 GMT -8
It does if they could play the way that they were playing a month ago. All around horrible performance today from most of the team. Waldron was right to be fuming in the dugout during the Indians 6 run inning. How were they playing a month ago? Why do we continually get caught up in arbitrary, random sample sizes when they've shown for multiple years they are just a .500 team? Here's just one of your quotes saying they're just a 500 team. Lol.
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Post by johneaztec on Aug 7, 2024 13:15:34 GMT -8
Ok. I'll find it for ya. Sheesh. Or you could get a life and actually understand what I'm saying. Fun fact: When I said we have a multi-year sample size to draw from that this is a .500 team, their record over the last three seasons was exactly .500. Now, since August 7th, 2021, exactly three years ago, they are 249-239, which means prior to this winning streak, they were...exactly .500. Things change, optimism evolves, pessimistic views happen during frustrating stretches of play. I called 85-77 in February. We'll see. Ha!!! The out you use for yourself is always the ol' "Things can change" backtrack line. Too funny. Why can't you e er just own things. It's actually hilarious. Sheesh. In other words, you're saying simply all over the place and throwing stuff out there just in case one of your predictions doesn't pan out. Ok. Got it. Lol.
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