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Good for us - seems like a lot of excitement for kids that should be juniors in high school. At what level are these young phonemes currently playing at?
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Why does this make so much sense for me? Pretty much the way it is . Contracts being offered aren't likely to get smaller.
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i could be wrong I guess because traditionally putting your best hitter (although he might not be - depends on the criteria used) in the 3 hole assumes that you other good hitters on your team. Take it back Betts should be hitting number 3.
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So statistical data says that it is great if you have your best rbi guy hitting either 1st or 4th but you should not have him hitting 3rd? what goes around comes around - i'm sticking with what I believe to be true no matter how outdated or traditional or whatever it might seem. Your best rbi guy hits third.
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It is a board that is just filled with opinions. Personally I'm no armchair wizard. I think that it is a good thing to not all share the same opinions. My opinion, which I know no one agrees with (just a joke) is that it is ridiculous to bat your primary run producers in positions where they cannot produce runs. lol
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i think that it is "much more urgent" then what some show the stats say. it would be one thing if we had some solid contact hitters sitting at the back of our lineup. we don't. i think that it is very important to have have your potential run producers in places where they might actually knock a few guys in.
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when I saw Gabon play, I absolutely loved the guy. I think that you are right about watching Chad De La Guerra too.
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With on most occasions, nothing coming up in front of him, wouldn't you love to see him have the opportunity to just knock a couple in. I would have in that 3rd spot for sure.
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Not so much for everybody. Just ask Stephen Curry. Only in America!
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I think that you have said this all before.
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I'm pretty sure that I agree with you here as well. Although I would say that if I traded for a third baseman, my thinking would be that he would be the guy doing the job for us for awhile. I'm not sure that that person is out there. i still think that as long as we are winning, that upgrade is going to come from within if it comes at all. i would still bat betts third! lol
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Devers stock probably is currently quite high in the eyes of many GMs, so are you suggesting in a way that trading him for a Moustakis right now would actually be better than bringing him up because he might fail. I don't think that you are advocating for that to happen but I think that you can see what I mean. Personally I would see Moustakis as an upgrade right now but I'm not sure that he is the big answer going forward. i would like to see Devers/Chavis get their shots. I don't worry too much about them being permanently scarred by the experience if things don't go so well.
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Question - once again - why would anyone give up anyone for a rental third baseman for a team that is currently leading their division? Doubt very much that this happens. if a trade is made, it won't be for a rental (I hope). What I really don't understand is how anyone who has been critical of DD's wheelings and dealings could even be thinking about trading any minor leaguers at all for someone to hold a job simply for the rest of this year. Giving up anyone like an Ockimey or a Larkins for a rest of the year rental would be akin to giving up many of the players DD gave has given up already - the big difference being that most were signed to multi-year contracts. I'm sorry but advocating for that sounds very hypocritical to me.
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I would not trade anyone for Lowrie or frazier. Look, I really think that if we were not in the position we are in , Devers would already have been moved to the big club. I don't think the organization is as enamored with the concept of patient development as we think they are. It is a luxury if you can get away with it. Regardless as to what we might see as need, as long as this team wins, third base doesn't present the problem that we see it as being. If you lead your division, and are continuing to win, why would you feel particularly pressured to do anything. I think that the message is pretty clear as well as to what might happen to Sandoval if he doesn't heal considering craig being let go. Even though I would still like to see one more bat helping us out, if we continue to win, it kind of looks as though we might be ok without it.
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i just went over the list of trades made since 2015 and why again do I not see any can't miss prospects on the list? Outside of organizational depth pieces, outside of Moncada and Kopech I think that most of the guys gone have already been replaced. I understand people not liking specific trades - thinking that maybe we gave up too much for a relief pitcher, or the thinking that maybe we could have gotten someone else instead of so and so but the whining about gutting the farm I just don't see. you can only have have so much mediocre duplication. Something our team has been notorious for I might add. With all that being said, I do kind of miss Shaw, but I am thinking that ultimately he was not going to be the guy holding down third for long either.
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I'm with you
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I agree with you again - how about that. I'm not sure they can disallow him from social media but the bigger issue here is that he is unique. Like him or not, he is sensitive which I am ok with. It does sound like he is not just a good teammate but a great one. If he takes that ball and gets the job done on his day, I could really care less what all forms of the media think of him. Media in general although necessary does tend to make a circus out of life in an effort to sell stories. You think maybe people should just leave the guy alone?
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No disagreement from me there for sure.
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When Manny Ramirez was at his best, I am not sure whether I have ever seen a better hitter. I am very sure that I never saw a better right handed hitter.
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If Mookie is actually hitting, we would score more with him hitting third. I have no stats to back this statement up.
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I get what you are saying but I will continue to wonder who was traded that represented such a great future. No one I would hope would be upset with the trade for Sale. As for all of the other transactions, who were the bona fide blue chippers that we lost? Who were the active minor leaguers who are trending toward becoming stars of the future? I like our future a lot more right now then I did when we had more mediocrity that we traded away. i was a big Shaw fan, but still just mediocrity. if this leads us back to the trade for Espinoza, I'm sorry I'm not with the gang on that one. I agree though that he looked good for a 17 year old kid before he actually started to pitch for real in the minors and before he go hurt.
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it would be one thing if the back end of our lineup looked like they could maybe get on base just a little more in the event of Mookie coming up after them. I believe that he should be in the third position in our batting order.
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Oh - don't forget - And which knee was it again that is hurting Manny? He swung the bat very well particularly when he wanted to. that's it.
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I wouldn't sign any of these guys for just this year if it took anything more than money. Why would anyone do that? It would simply smack of desperation and would make no sense at all for a team leading their division - None! A trade comes with a contract. If it is Moustakis, he is your third baseman going forward.
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he would be the only one and I'm not all that sure that he would be that much of a difference maker. It would stabilize things for awhile for sure but would it get us a ticket to the "big show"?