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One thing in our favor, assuming getting Leiter or Rocker is in our favor, is that the teams picking before us may be taking a longer look and have no issues taking a HS player over a college player that may bring help sooner rather than later. I'm not sure anyone drafts with that in mind, though.

I disagreed with resting 2 stars in the same game right before having 2 days off in 4 days, too. but I trust Cora knows what he's doing, and maybe the extra rest will give us an edge later in the season. On Duran, I know I've sounded very cautious, and I have mentioned maybe his defense needing work, but I also think his offense has only been eye-popping for a very short time, and since they knew he was going to the Olympics, I can see why they held him back. There were no minor league games in April, as well. If it was up to asking minor leaguers, if they are ready, my guess is many unready players would say, "yes." I really trust Bloom will know when Duran is ready. Maybe he already thinks he is, but held him back because of the Olympics and the team control aspect of making a move to bring him up earlier. I have been very critical of Cordero, but he needed a few weeks to show what he has. It was only after 3-4 weeks that I started wondering about a change, platoon or whatever, so it's not like we overplayed him for 7 weeks. it's more like 2-4 weeks, and BTW, he's actually hitting the ball harder and bringing his OPS up, slowly. I have also been saying a platoon might be needed for Dalbec, but again, he deserves a long enough sample size vs righties, before we decide to platoon him. Maybe we disagree on how long a sample size is needed, and I'm fine with that. I've always been one to think larger sample sizes are needed to know much about anything, and even then, players can change on a dime.

Nobody can ever convince me that playing Cal Ripken every game helped the team or him be better.

Great example.

It does need to be pointed out that he only pitched 101 pitches that night. He had 103 a few games earlier and 101 a couple starts earlier. Maybe he should have been limited to 80-85 pitches for a couple months. Hard to know.

Shocking!

Exactly, that's much worse than watching a player hit into an out due to perfect shift positioning. (BTW, we get outs from our opps that way, too.) Start teaching bunting and hitting the other way in the minors, and the shift will be reduced greatly.

I have to agree, but if Bloom & Co. pick a HS shortstop or Henry Davis, I'm going to trust they know what they are doing. As most here know, I'm a huge Cora/Bloom fan, but I have to point out that Bloom did not always have a great drafting history with the Rays. It's not really what he is "known for."

That's what so many people don't get. Yes, good pitching beats good hitting more often than not, but it is no where near a cinch, and the greatest pitchers on earth have off nights, and some of the worst have good nights. Good hitting teams also have team slumps or off nights, and bad hitting teams sometimes click on a given night. Maybe as a result of the opposing pitcher having a bad night, but maybe not. When good hitting teams, not in a funk, meet good pitching or vice versa, we might not even notice, and vice versa.

Begs the question on overextending to reach milestones.

I kinda get the feeling had we got 2-3 more key hits in the first and second inning the flood gates might have opened, and nobody is talking about how well our opposing pitcher is always pitching.

I meant to say 2019.

It’s bigger, too, but they run into the same issue. Even Houston has too many transplants to feel like the whole city is behind the Astros.

Let’s draw little circles in the OF, too, and make them stay in the circles before every pitch.

Miami is about the same.

Morton has not been good since 2018. We were beaten by a meh pitcher. That happens, too, sometimes. I’ll take Richards over Morton next game and the next and the ...

I guess all we need is good pitching.

Kike wasn’t signed to hit .850. He’s actually done okay since his slow start and has his OBP up to .315. He’s at .960 over his last 8 games.

Sad loss.

Yanks lose 6-2. Come back time!

Whitlock 28 strikes 8 balls

Get over Duran. He’s off to the Olympics and will not be available. I’m kinda glad. Maybe it will end the beating drums.

How many times do we see missed golden opportunities early- never to see them again?

That pitch was right down the pike.