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Jonathan Villar (S) SS
Trey Mancini (R) DH
Anthony Santander (S) RF
Renato Nunez (R) 1B
Jace Peterson (L) LF
Hanser Alberto (R) 2B
Chance Sisco (L) C
Stevie Wilkerson (S) CF
Rio Ruiz (L) 3B
Rosa can pitch in garbage time. He was decent as a starter for SWB, a K/9 around 8 and a BB/9 just north of 2, and he can pitch mid-90's, but he'll probably take Tarpley's job of eating up middle innings.
through the lineup. Would be great to see him start to correct that.
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Which actually means, he falls in line with most starting
pitchers in the majors these days.
But we don't want him like most. If he can dominate the first two times through he should be able to have enough left in him to finish strong. Like other dominant pitchers. Maybe that's the next step for him.
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But we don't want him like most. If he can dominate the first two times through he should be able to have enough left in him to finish strong. Like other dominant pitchers. Maybe that's the next step for him.
Probably not this year, though, what with the innings limit.
He had 8 hits in 10 AB against the Twins and since he's been batting under 200. But, he's hit in 12 of the last 15 games including today. So, it's a bit of a weird stretch he's in.
As always. Dude should have more than two MVPs already, but the BBWAA sucks.
Not sure that Trout is more valuable to the Angels than DJLM has been to the Yanks..Trout is the best player in baseball, true. But the Yankees are in 1st place and DJLM is the #1 reason I would argue.
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As always. Dude should have more than two MVPs already, but the BBWAA sucks.
Not sure that Trout is more valuable to the Angels than DJLM has been to the Yanks..Trout is the best player in baseball, true. But the Yankees are in 1st place and DJLM is the #1 reason I would argue.
I think the MVP should go to the best player regardless of the team's performance. I see your point though. I just disagree with that line of thinking. I think it becomes too subjective. I wouldn't hold a player's team against them in deciding if they're MVP. Trout is clearly the best player and he's having a career year. He deserves it, imho.
Thought it might be after that long fly following the homer, but he put the next two guys away easily.
Progress.
I really think he can be a solid #2. He has great stuff. Yeah he gives up HRs, but I'm guessing most are of the 1 run variety. Needs to stretch out his starts.
I think the MVP should go to the best player regardless of the team's performance. I see your point though. I just disagree with that line of thinking. I think it becomes too subjective. I wouldn't hold a player's team against them in deciding if they're MVP. Trout is clearly the best player and he's having a career year. He deserves it, imho.
But that is not what the award is - best player. It is Most Valuable Player to his team.
No doubt Trout is best player - but that award would be like NFL Def or Off player of the year. And yes it is quite subjective...and sometimes (but rarely) questionable.
I think the MVP should go to the best player regardless of the team's performance. I see your point though. I just disagree with that line of thinking. I think it becomes too subjective. I wouldn't hold a player's team against them in deciding if they're MVP. Trout is clearly the best player and he's having a career year. He deserves it, imho.
But that is not what the award is - best player. It is Most Valuable Player to his team.
No doubt Trout is best player - but that award would be like NFL Def or Off player of the year. And yes it is quite subjective...and sometimes (but rarely) questionable.
And I would not even think twice if he does win it. Yes, he does deserve recognition for just how truly great he is..
But that is not what the award is - best player. It is Most Valuable Player to his team.
No doubt Trout is best player - but that award would be like NFL Def or Off player of the year. And yes it is quite subjective...and sometimes (but rarely) questionable.
And I would not even think twice if he does win it. Yes, he does deserve recognition for just how truly great he is..
I see your point. I really do. But to me it's like the way the Cy Young used to be skewed towards good teams' players because of the overemphasis on wins. I think WAR is the best stat to encapsulate value and that should be weighed relatively heavily.
That said, I think a good solution would be to have two awards. One for most valuable in a team sense, and another most valuable in an individual sense. One MVP award and one Best Season award. Maybe like a Babe Ruth award for the player with the highest WAR. But, I feel like a guy like Trout deserves all the accolades he can get.
But that is not what the award is - best player. It is Most Valuable Player to his team.
No doubt Trout is best player - but that award would be like NFL Def or Off player of the year. And yes it is quite subjective...and sometimes (but rarely) questionable.
And I would not even think twice if he does win it. Yes, he does deserve recognition for just how truly great he is..
I see your point. I really do. But to me it's like the way the Cy Young used to be skewed towards good teams' players because of the overemphasis on wins. I think WAR is the best stat to encapsulate value and that should be weighed relatively heavily.
That said, I think a good solution would be to have two awards. One for most valuable in a team sense, and another most valuable in an individual sense. One MVP award and one Best Season award. Maybe like a Babe Ruth award for the player with the highest WAR. But, I feel like a guy like Trout deserves all the accolades he can get.
Not a bad idea and it has been floated before. But I'm sure BBWAA would feel it diminishes the MVP.
As for WAR - talk about subjective. Maybe a WAR leader(Babe Ruth - AL / Willie Mays or Hank Aaron - NL) award would be ok.
What I did like is what Ruiz did to block the bag with his foot so there would be no swimmies to avoid the bag. I think fielder need to do it to keep these weird slides from being successful.
but isn't it the 4th and 5th innings that German has the most problems? Now maybe it has more to do with the 3rd time through the order as pointed out earlier, but seems to me he makes his mistakes in those two innings.
...guys, regardless of how this turns out, this has been a hell of a ride. Unexpected, inexplicable, unbelievable, incomprehensible...who ARE these guys?
This will long be a favorite year for me no matter how it ends. What a fucking team.
...guys, regardless of how this turns out, this has been a hell of a ride. Unexpected, inexplicable, unbelievable, incomprehensible...who ARE these guys?
This will long be a favorite year for me no matter how it ends. What a fucking team.
+1
But let’s win the whole fucking thing while we are at it.
I don't remember many games where they beat themselves with bone head plays. Or clear manager mistakes. Or games lost because the 3rd base coach made mistakes waving people in that were dead ducks at the plate.
There are so few mistakes that we can remember Torres on the bases or the kinda dull dumb choices of the back up infielder.
Makes the season much more fun to watch.
Physical losses or slumps out of fatigue I put in the "that's baseball Suzn" category.
Being ready to play and playing hard everyday makes for an easy team to root for
Just saying. I'll take 1 R and 2 IP from the guy. But that's not a great strike rate.
CC 64% - I don't believe it. He's behind every batter! [j/k]
Yeah 53% isn't good, but he was effective.
LOL. Tbh, I was surprised CC's was that good considering he can't make it past 5 innings anymore, but yeah...
Lots of foul balls after going 3-2....Too me, CC would almost be perfect for the Nestor Cortes role in the playoffs. Start Green for two, then to CC....
I don't remember many games where they beat themselves with bone head plays. Or clear manager mistakes. Or games lost because the 3rd base coach made mistakes waving people in that were dead ducks at the plate.
There are so few mistakes that we can remember Torres on the bases or the kinda dull dumb choices of the back up infielder.
Makes the season much more fun to watch.
Physical losses or slumps out of fatigue I put in the "that's baseball Suzn" category.
Being ready to play and playing hard everyday makes for an easy team to root for
Yep. They rarely beat themselves and when it happens "you" are shocked. They aren't perfect in the field, but pretty damn reliable.
Lots of foul balls after going 3-2....Too me, CC would almost be perfect for the Nestor Cortes role in the playoffs. Start Green for two, then to CC....
I like that idea. Getting 3-4 innings out of CC in that spot, it's a win. Our BP is such a luxury.
Yanks are beating the teams they should be consistently. Of course we still won 100 last year, but there were a lot of frustrating no-shows against the likes of the Jays and Orioles sprinkled in.
Admittedly, this Os team is even worse than last year, and one of the worst baseball teams of recent memory, but still
The sweep would be nice considering the Yankees have a tough stretch of games up ahead (the following ten are against teams above .500) while the Devil Rays have nothing but cake for the next ten games.
RE: Good job holding the fort down on the home front boys Â
I'm not gonna lie - I have no idea who Adonis Rosa is.
I live to serve.
Onwards and let the next homer be a Torres homer!
It works against run of the mill slackers, but not sure what it does against the Astro and Indians. It did work with the Sawx and Twins, though.
Brilliant..
I don't know a thing about Rosas.
Which actually means, he falls in line with most starting
pitchers in the majors these days.
Michael Kay (vocal chords) will be activated from the IL soon and is expected to forego a rehab assignment and rejoin the team in the coming days.
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through the lineup. Would be great to see him start to correct that.
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Which actually means, he falls in line with most starting
pitchers in the majors these days.
But we don't want him like most. If he can dominate the first two times through he should be able to have enough left in him to finish strong. Like other dominant pitchers. Maybe that's the next step for him.
But we don't want him like most. If he can dominate the first two times through he should be able to have enough left in him to finish strong. Like other dominant pitchers. Maybe that's the next step for him.
Probably not this year, though, what with the innings limit.
Not sure that Trout is more valuable to the Angels than DJLM has been to the Yanks..Trout is the best player in baseball, true. But the Yankees are in 1st place and DJLM is the #1 reason I would argue.
Thought it might be after that long fly following the homer, but he put the next two guys away easily.
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As always. Dude should have more than two MVPs already, but the BBWAA sucks.
Not sure that Trout is more valuable to the Angels than DJLM has been to the Yanks..Trout is the best player in baseball, true. But the Yankees are in 1st place and DJLM is the #1 reason I would argue.
I think the MVP should go to the best player regardless of the team's performance. I see your point though. I just disagree with that line of thinking. I think it becomes too subjective. I wouldn't hold a player's team against them in deciding if they're MVP. Trout is clearly the best player and he's having a career year. He deserves it, imho.
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lose focus inning?
Thought it might be after that long fly following the homer, but he put the next two guys away easily.
Progress.
I really think he can be a solid #2. He has great stuff. Yeah he gives up HRs, but I'm guessing most are of the 1 run variety. Needs to stretch out his starts.
I think the MVP should go to the best player regardless of the team's performance. I see your point though. I just disagree with that line of thinking. I think it becomes too subjective. I wouldn't hold a player's team against them in deciding if they're MVP. Trout is clearly the best player and he's having a career year. He deserves it, imho.
But that is not what the award is - best player. It is Most Valuable Player to his team.
No doubt Trout is best player - but that award would be like NFL Def or Off player of the year. And yes it is quite subjective...and sometimes (but rarely) questionable.
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I think the MVP should go to the best player regardless of the team's performance. I see your point though. I just disagree with that line of thinking. I think it becomes too subjective. I wouldn't hold a player's team against them in deciding if they're MVP. Trout is clearly the best player and he's having a career year. He deserves it, imho.
But that is not what the award is - best player. It is Most Valuable Player to his team.
No doubt Trout is best player - but that award would be like NFL Def or Off player of the year. And yes it is quite subjective...and sometimes (but rarely) questionable.
And I would not even think twice if he does win it. Yes, he does deserve recognition for just how truly great he is..
But that is not what the award is - best player. It is Most Valuable Player to his team.
No doubt Trout is best player - but that award would be like NFL Def or Off player of the year. And yes it is quite subjective...and sometimes (but rarely) questionable.
And I would not even think twice if he does win it. Yes, he does deserve recognition for just how truly great he is..
I see your point. I really do. But to me it's like the way the Cy Young used to be skewed towards good teams' players because of the overemphasis on wins. I think WAR is the best stat to encapsulate value and that should be weighed relatively heavily.
That said, I think a good solution would be to have two awards. One for most valuable in a team sense, and another most valuable in an individual sense. One MVP award and one Best Season award. Maybe like a Babe Ruth award for the player with the highest WAR. But, I feel like a guy like Trout deserves all the accolades he can get.
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But that is not what the award is - best player. It is Most Valuable Player to his team.
No doubt Trout is best player - but that award would be like NFL Def or Off player of the year. And yes it is quite subjective...and sometimes (but rarely) questionable.
And I would not even think twice if he does win it. Yes, he does deserve recognition for just how truly great he is..
I see your point. I really do. But to me it's like the way the Cy Young used to be skewed towards good teams' players because of the overemphasis on wins. I think WAR is the best stat to encapsulate value and that should be weighed relatively heavily.
That said, I think a good solution would be to have two awards. One for most valuable in a team sense, and another most valuable in an individual sense. One MVP award and one Best Season award. Maybe like a Babe Ruth award for the player with the highest WAR. But, I feel like a guy like Trout deserves all the accolades he can get.
Not a bad idea and it has been floated before. But I'm sure BBWAA would feel it diminishes the MVP.
As for WAR - talk about subjective. Maybe a WAR leader(Babe Ruth - AL / Willie Mays or Hank Aaron - NL) award would be ok.
Now thrown out at 3rd, but don't care.
What I did like is what Ruiz did to block the bag with his foot so there would be no swimmies to avoid the bag. I think fielder need to do it to keep these weird slides from being successful.
German with another great start.
I can't imagine how a thread about a supernaturally talented child would have merited the axe, but who knows.
Good defensive positioning.....but they have smoked some balls tonight.
This will long be a favorite year for me no matter how it ends. What a fucking team.
This will long be a favorite year for me no matter how it ends. What a fucking team.
+1
But let’s win the whole fucking thing while we are at it.
Maybe he grew up a big John Washington fan 😂
And five of those pitches were balls. That's some efficiency.
Keep building on that.
Scrub.
For a quick second I thought he got it lol
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fails to get #14!
For a quick second I thought he got it lol
Me too! I was ready to laugh, but alas...there was heartbreak.
It was low, but it was supposed to be chest high...
You mean like CC?
He's likely only here for tonight and a bench player comes up. (or maybe until after tomorrow.)
The race for HFA is a barn burner
Just saying. I'll take 1 R and 2 IP from the guy. But that's not a great strike rate.
The race for HFA is a barn burner
Yep, but at least the Yanks have caught them with half of SWB on the team.
Just saying. I'll take 1 R and 2 IP from the guy. But that's not a great strike rate.
CC 64% - I don't believe it. He's behind every batter! [j/k]
Yeah 53% isn't good, but he was effective.
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64% from CC this year
Just saying. I'll take 1 R and 2 IP from the guy. But that's not a great strike rate.
CC 64% - I don't believe it. He's behind every batter! [j/k]
Yeah 53% isn't good, but he was effective.
LOL. Tbh, I was surprised CC's was that good considering he can't make it past 5 innings anymore, but yeah...
There are so few mistakes that we can remember Torres on the bases or the kinda dull dumb choices of the back up infielder.
Makes the season much more fun to watch.
Physical losses or slumps out of fatigue I put in the "that's baseball Suzn" category.
Being ready to play and playing hard everyday makes for an easy team to root for
Indians are hot....but the Yanks are 46-18 at home
Are those numbers right? 8 runs a game?
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64% from CC this year
Just saying. I'll take 1 R and 2 IP from the guy. But that's not a great strike rate.
CC 64% - I don't believe it. He's behind every batter! [j/k]
Yeah 53% isn't good, but he was effective.
LOL. Tbh, I was surprised CC's was that good considering he can't make it past 5 innings anymore, but yeah...
Lots of foul balls after going 3-2....Too me, CC would almost be perfect for the Nestor Cortes role in the playoffs. Start Green for two, then to CC....
There are so few mistakes that we can remember Torres on the bases or the kinda dull dumb choices of the back up infielder.
Makes the season much more fun to watch.
Physical losses or slumps out of fatigue I put in the "that's baseball Suzn" category.
Being ready to play and playing hard everyday makes for an easy team to root for
Yep. They rarely beat themselves and when it happens "you" are shocked. They aren't perfect in the field, but pretty damn reliable.
Lots of foul balls after going 3-2....Too me, CC would almost be perfect for the Nestor Cortes role in the playoffs. Start Green for two, then to CC....
I like that idea. Getting 3-4 innings out of CC in that spot, it's a win. Our BP is such a luxury.
We better get healthy and that includes Betances, Sevy, Judge and Stanton.
Admittedly, this Os team is even worse than last year, and one of the worst baseball teams of recent memory, but still
Nice! I heard that Petco was an awesome park.