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Post by sdsuball on Mar 5, 2024 23:31:58 GMT -8
Highly unlikely that either Merrill or Marsee breaks camp with the big club. JMO. A lot of our outfielders are playing well in spring training, Locastro, Mercado, Azocar. In that sense, it could make sense to send the younger guys down for more seasoning in AAA.
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Post by sdsuball on Mar 11, 2024 0:10:53 GMT -8
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 7:08:05 GMT -8
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 8:54:23 GMT -8
A bunch of roster cuts this morning: Marsee, Locastro, Batten, McCoy, Plawecki and Mitchell. Jackson Merrill is all but a lock to be the opening day center fielder at this point.
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Post by sdsuball on Mar 11, 2024 9:21:42 GMT -8
A bunch of roster cuts this morning: Marsee, Locastro, Batten, McCoy, Plawecki and Mitchell. Jackson Merrill is all but a lock to be the opening day center fielder at this point. Merrill, Azocar, Marsee all have had a decent spring training at the plate. Merrill is the best fielder of the 3. Azocar will be a 4'th outfielder. Marsee has nothing to hang his head about, as he held his own in spring training. Locastro's looked pretty good hitting. I imagine the team envisions Mercado as their starting left fielder, which is why Locastro will go to AAA so that he can get regular at-bats. Wouldn't be surprised to see Locastro called up at some point. Mercado (can) play center, so if Merrill struggles it would be interesting to see if Locastro, or Marsee would get the call up.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 10:09:03 GMT -8
A bunch of roster cuts this morning: Marsee, Locastro, Batten, McCoy, Plawecki and Mitchell. Jackson Merrill is all but a lock to be the opening day center fielder at this point. Merrill, Azocar, Marsee all have had a decent spring training at the plate. Merrill is the best fielder of the 3. Azocar will be a 4'th outfielder. Marsee has nothing to hang his head about, as he held his own in spring training. Locastro's looked pretty good hitting. I imagine the team envisions Mercado as their starting left fielder, which is why Locastro will go to AAA so that he can get regular at-bats. Wouldn't be surprised to see Locastro called up at some point. Mercado (can) play center, so if Merrill struggles it would be interesting to see if Locastro, or Marsee would get the call up. Plenty more to come, there will be guys opting out of deals along the way, I'm sure.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 13:14:54 GMT -8
Merrill with an absolute nuke of a home run today.
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 11, 2024 13:51:57 GMT -8
Merrill with an absolute nuke of a home run today. So good to see. He may surprise some, and have a really good season for a rookie. I sure hope so.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 13:55:19 GMT -8
Merrill with an absolute nuke of a home run today. So good to see. He may surprise some, and have a really good season for a rookie. I sure hope so. I don't think it would be much of a surprise. He's very good. The added weight he put on and his overall skillset will do him well. I didn't think he would be this good this early with pitch recognition and the daily grind. You'll live with some hiccups in center if he's a solid 2 WAR type.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 14:24:58 GMT -8
Apparently he wasn't done. This was on 0-2 after being frustrated with the 0-1 swing.
Special stuff.
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 11, 2024 15:15:07 GMT -8
Apparently he wasn't done. This was on 0-2 after being frustrated with the 0-1 swing. Special stuff. Looks like the ball jumps off his bat.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 15:34:22 GMT -8
Apparently he wasn't done. This was on 0-2 after being frustrated with the 0-1 swing. Special stuff. Looks like the ball jumps off his bat. I'm going to sound like an old man screaming at clouds, but the fact we don't have Statcast data is criminal.
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Post by aardvark on Mar 11, 2024 15:43:49 GMT -8
Merrill got hits off of a good pitcher (Gilbert), a borderline MLB pitcher (Voth), and a guy who will probably be in minor league camp soon (Stoudt).
Yay?
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 15:48:20 GMT -8
Merrill got hits off of a good pitcher (Gilbert), a borderline MLB pitcher (Voth), and a guy who will probably be in minor league camp soon (Stoudt). Yay? It's more to do with the quality of the at-bats and not the results themselves. How's he carried himself in the clubhouse, how he's acclimating to a difficult outfield spot in a rough place to play the outfield.... Your cynicism is in mid-season form!
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Post by aardvark on Mar 11, 2024 16:50:40 GMT -8
Merrill got hits off of a good pitcher (Gilbert), a borderline MLB pitcher (Voth), and a guy who will probably be in minor league camp soon (Stoudt). Yay? It's more to do with the quality of the at-bats and not the results themselves. How's he carried himself in the clubhouse, how he's acclimating to a difficult outfield spot in a rough place to play the outfield.... Your cynicism is in mid-season form! LOL Don't get me wrong, as I hope he does well. I just don't think he's ready at the big league level.
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 11, 2024 17:00:34 GMT -8
Merrill got hits off of a good pitcher (Gilbert), a borderline MLB pitcher (Voth), and a guy who will probably be in minor league camp soon (Stoudt). Yay? Doing what he should be doing against that quality? Better than 3 strike outs and a couple of them lookin.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 11, 2024 17:38:14 GMT -8
It's more to do with the quality of the at-bats and not the results themselves. How's he carried himself in the clubhouse, how he's acclimating to a difficult outfield spot in a rough place to play the outfield.... Your cynicism is in mid-season form! LOL Don't get me wrong, as I hope he does well. I just don't think he's ready at the big league level. Ready? Who knows. I don't think it's solved by a couple of months in El Paso, though. I think you can stash him lower in the order and he'd hold his own. I wish there was a little more certainty out there, but they can't agree on money with some guys sitting in free agency.
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 11, 2024 18:47:34 GMT -8
Azocar is having a nice Spring. I get it that it's just the Spring, but it's still nice to see. A very good team player.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 12, 2024 12:45:47 GMT -8
Merrill got hits off of a good pitcher (Gilbert), a borderline MLB pitcher (Voth), and a guy who will probably be in minor league camp soon (Stoudt). Yay? How about an opposite field home run off a top five pitcher in baseball last year?
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 12, 2024 12:54:52 GMT -8
Merrill got hits off of a good pitcher (Gilbert), a borderline MLB pitcher (Voth), and a guy who will probably be in minor league camp soon (Stoudt). Yay? How about an opposite field home run off a top five pitcher in baseball last year? Bam!!!
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