While I might have agreed with you prior to the end of last year, he seemed to call them out in September and they 'reacted' somewhat. The fact that Stanton, Judge, Hicks, Sanchez, Torres, etc need Voit to motivate them is more scary. A lot of overpaid and overhyped players underacheiving.
While I might have agreed with you prior to the end of last year, he seemed to call them out in September and they 'reacted' somewhat. The fact that Stanton, Judge, Hicks, Sanchez, Torres, etc need Voit to motivate them is more scary. A lot of overpaid and overhyped players underacheiving.
or worse, they're not under achieving and this is what they are.
see if we can approach this week with a different attitude. Ford was next man up. Just gotta hope for the best until Voit returns. Would rather see more of DJ at 1st than Ford errday.
Just about anybody would be better than Bruce at the plate.
Savior is not correct, but the guy can hit and get on base, so a shot in the arm is appropriate. He was improving at 1B defensively although he will never make anyone forget Mattingly or Martinez.
Voit as actually been pretty steady since they traded for him and played his ass off with a bad wheel last year.
Savior is not correct, but the guy can hit and get on base, so a shot in the arm is appropriate. He was improving at 1B defensively although he will never make anyone forget Mattingly or Martinez.
Voit as actually been pretty steady since they traded for him and played his ass off with a bad wheel last year.
Yeah, I want to like him more than I do for the reasons you stated, BUT, he's another guy who is always hurt, Ks alot and is not very athletic or versatile. BUt he does bring fire and effort.
RE: RE: RE: Luke Voit as savior is a scary thought
Savior is not correct, but the guy can hit and get on base, so a shot in the arm is appropriate. He was improving at 1B defensively although he will never make anyone forget Mattingly or Martinez.
Voit as actually been pretty steady since they traded for him and played his ass off with a bad wheel last year.
Yeah, I want to like him more than I do for the reasons you stated, BUT, he's another guy who is always hurt, Ks alot and is not very athletic or versatile. BUt he does bring fire and effort.
Yeah, he does K(power hitter), but also has a fairly high OBP, although last year it dropped as I suspect the foot injury hurt that.
Sometimes you do not need versatility and 1b are rarely versatile...just a guy that gets a hit with RISP.
While I might have agreed with you prior to the end of last year, he seemed to call them out in September and they 'reacted' somewhat. The fact that Stanton, Judge, Hicks, Sanchez, Torres, etc need Voit to motivate them is more scary. A lot of overpaid and overhyped players underacheiving.
Really loved this group a few years ago. Stanton was as big of a mistake as the 2nd ARod contract not that we didn't expect him to fall off but he's another untradable guy who never performs close to what he should. The rest other than a Voit don't even play to their potential never mind excel. Hicks is hurt as often as the others if not more. Never mind his spotty play
Sad to say but not a leader in the bunch IMO either.
I wouldnt count on it
While I might have agreed with you prior to the end of last year, he seemed to call them out in September and they 'reacted' somewhat. The fact that Stanton, Judge, Hicks, Sanchez, Torres, etc need Voit to motivate them is more scary. A lot of overpaid and overhyped players underacheiving.
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While I might have agreed with you prior to the end of last year, he seemed to call them out in September and they 'reacted' somewhat. The fact that Stanton, Judge, Hicks, Sanchez, Torres, etc need Voit to motivate them is more scary. A lot of overpaid and overhyped players underacheiving.
or worse, they're not under achieving and this is what they are.
I dunno, at this point a tackling dummy may be better than Bruce at the plate
Savior is not correct, but the guy can hit and get on base, so a shot in the arm is appropriate. He was improving at 1B defensively although he will never make anyone forget Mattingly or Martinez.
Voit as actually been pretty steady since they traded for him and played his ass off with a bad wheel last year.
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Savior is not correct, but the guy can hit and get on base, so a shot in the arm is appropriate. He was improving at 1B defensively although he will never make anyone forget Mattingly or Martinez.
Voit as actually been pretty steady since they traded for him and played his ass off with a bad wheel last year.
Yeah, I want to like him more than I do for the reasons you stated, BUT, he's another guy who is always hurt, Ks alot and is not very athletic or versatile. BUt he does bring fire and effort.
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Savior is not correct, but the guy can hit and get on base, so a shot in the arm is appropriate. He was improving at 1B defensively although he will never make anyone forget Mattingly or Martinez.
Voit as actually been pretty steady since they traded for him and played his ass off with a bad wheel last year.
Yeah, I want to like him more than I do for the reasons you stated, BUT, he's another guy who is always hurt, Ks alot and is not very athletic or versatile. BUt he does bring fire and effort.
Yeah, he does K(power hitter), but also has a fairly high OBP, although last year it dropped as I suspect the foot injury hurt that.
Sometimes you do not need versatility and 1b are rarely versatile...just a guy that gets a hit with RISP.
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While I might have agreed with you prior to the end of last year, he seemed to call them out in September and they 'reacted' somewhat. The fact that Stanton, Judge, Hicks, Sanchez, Torres, etc need Voit to motivate them is more scary. A lot of overpaid and overhyped players underacheiving.
Really loved this group a few years ago. Stanton was as big of a mistake as the 2nd ARod contract not that we didn't expect him to fall off but he's another untradable guy who never performs close to what he should. The rest other than a Voit don't even play to their potential never mind excel. Hicks is hurt as often as the others if not more. Never mind his spotty play
Sad to say but not a leader in the bunch IMO either.