General 2018 MLB Thread
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Richard Pryor. Brewsters Millions, its been on MLB Network every night for 2 weeks
If Price hits Hamilton at leadoff in the regular season I'd fire Price, unless Hamilton is on a hot streak. Winker needs to be in there every day, imo. I guess I'll wait & see & not base everything on the lineup for the first spring season game
Yeah that's a good one too.
Although Pryor's throwing motion is atrocious in that film.
And you don't see many catchers with John Candy's physique. Guys that fat usually play 3rd base for the Red Sox.
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Winker looks promising, but it's still a pretty small sample size. Duvall and Schebler each hit 30 bombs last year. Neither hit a good avg, but I doubt they get benched. Winker can't play CF.
I think to start the season, you'll see him in a PH role and just giving guys rest.
If Duvall continues to struggle against righties, there might be a platoon possibility. Winker didn't look good against lefties. At all. So a platoon might make sense. Winker doesn't have Duvall's power though.
I agree about Billy H. You can't have your leadoff guy with a sub-300 OBP. He has to get better.
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in 47 games Winker gave them .5 wins above replacement level in his age 22 season, Duvall gave them 1.8 WAR in 157 games in his age 28 season, Schebler was worth 1.2 WAR over 141 games. Winker's OBP would be worth more to the team coming up before Votto/Suarez (& Senzel maybe before the end of the year) than Duvall or Schebler's 30 homers, & it's also about getting him at bats & letting him work through his shortcomings now b/c Winker will be starting when the Reds are good again.
I don't have very high hopes for Price though, reminds me of Dusty in a lot of ways. He did shock me when he began using Lorenzen/Iglesias in high leverage situations last year though, so I could be wrong
Oh don't get me started on closers that only pitch the end of games. Drives me crazy. Managers have a hammer they save for the 9th, but they let some mid-relief guy pitch in the 7th with bases juiced and nobody out. It's stupid.
I'd burn my "closer" in the 3rd if the situation called for it. Runs are runs. Who gives a shit what inning they are scored?
the one quote that summed up Dusty for me was when he was asked why he didn't pitch Chapman in a playoff elimination game (think it was the Pirates, may have been the Giants though) & he said "it wasn't a save situation"
Dusty was (is) a special kind of stupid.
It was a joy listening to Marty - who is never afraid to call it as it is - question his in game decisions.
I forgot about Clint Frazier and his amazing bat speed.
Who is he?
the reigning NL MVP
Boston's entire outfield of Benintendi, Bradley and Betts hit a total of 61 HRs last year.
This guy hit 59 by himself.
the real question is whether the Yanks will have cool post game celebration dances like those idiots did
Subscribers to Penthouse Magazine did. Circa 1988.did anyone ever get his secret?
DeSciafani looked good according to what I read today too, I'm interested in how they'll look if they don't have the worst luck with pitchers' health in all of baseball
His secret was to go to the Yankees so that he could get a World Series ring.did anyone ever get his secret?
Yankees have an interesting decision developing in Spring Training.
During the off-season they signed Brandon Drury from Arizona to play 3rd. He's OK. Decent hitter, decent glove. Reliable.
But they have a young stud in Miguel Andujar who is absolutely clobbering the ball. In the minors last year he had a slash of .315/.352/.498 - and in 6 spring games this year he already has 4 HRs and a SLG of 1.235
The problem? His defense is a liability.
Given that the Yankees already have a stacked offensive lineup, it will be interesting to see what they do with Andujar.
During the off-season they signed Brandon Drury from Arizona to play 3rd. He's OK. Decent hitter, decent glove. Reliable.
But they have a young stud in Miguel Andujar who is absolutely clobbering the ball. In the minors last year he had a slash of .315/.352/.498 - and in 6 spring games this year he already has 4 HRs and a SLG of 1.235
The problem? His defense is a liability.
Given that the Yankees already have a stacked offensive lineup, it will be interesting to see what they do with Andujar.