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09-19-2024, 07:54 AM | #452 | |
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Pirates have been going for the humungous 1B look in free agency the past few years (Daniel Vogelbach, Rowdy Tellez - these guys could be 80's WWF stars) but without the power, unfortunately. |
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09-19-2024, 08:30 AM | #453 |
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Strong talk of Reynolds to 1b next year. Hopefully he can hit a bit better with less defensive effort
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09-19-2024, 07:02 PM | #454 |
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Man, I know the 3rd HR came off of a position player pitching, but damn. I did not think I'd see a 50/50 batter.
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09-19-2024, 08:46 PM | #455 |
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Did you ever think you'd see a 50/50 pitcher? Because we also got that
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09-19-2024, 08:48 PM | #456 |
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6-6 with 3 HR, 2 SB, and 10 RBI is a pretty good day.
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09-21-2024, 12:51 PM | #457 |
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I actually heard about this CJ Abrams gambling thing a few weeks ago. Dropped some WAGS off when the Nats were in town and the guy who was with them(probably brother of Crews) was talking about how crazy CJ was with baccarat.
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Sources - Nats demote All-Star CJ Abrams after all-nighter - ESPN I think it is stupid they demoted him. Old school players would be rolling in their graves. |
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09-21-2024, 07:05 PM | #459 |
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It seems like an appropriate transaction to me. I’m sure he can just go through an arbitration process and get the days of service back, but in the meantime, he doesn’t get the rest of the season.
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09-22-2024, 08:07 AM | #460 |
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He doesn't lose any days of service, from what I read. I don't recall the specifics, but that's not an issue.
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09-22-2024, 09:52 PM | #461 |
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I had it more accurately figured out a few days ago, but the White Sox would have to win somewhere in the neighborhood of 128 straight games to equal the current winning percentage of the first place guardians.
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09-22-2024, 10:04 PM | #462 |
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How about them Tigers? They've made up 10 games in 6 weeks and passed the Twins for the last WC and are tied with KC now. They finish with 3 vs TB and 3 vs the White Sox who will have already passed the 62 Mets for worst record ever.
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The pitching has been amazing, especially the bullpen in their normal roll as well as a ridiculous stretch of bullpen days. The coming-out party of Parker Meadows has been very fun to watch, especially after a demotion earlier this year (IIRC? Or maybe it was an injury?). I'm very confident in Greene and I still wish Tork would take a huge step and move from borderline to dominant, but all the other young guns are exciting to see. And the guy it's nice to NOT see is Javy, sadly. |
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Mets continue to roll taking 3/4 from the Phils including a 2-1 gem over Wheeler last night with Diaz getting the 6 out save and it possibly being Alonsos last home game as a Met.. Acuna has injected major energy into the team.
2 up on Atlanta and they start a series tomorrow when Mets have to face Sale. Finish with 3 against the Brewers who hopefully rest guys to set their pitching. |
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Skenes numbers have been so crazy this year. He has 22 starts this year and, in his three worst starts, he gave up 4 runs once and 3 earned runs twice. He's given up 1 or 0 earned runs 13 times. ERA is sitting at 1.99 (FIP is 2.48). If the Pirates had any kind of competent offense and bullpen, he should have some kind of stupid record like 17-1 or 2.
I think he deserves the RoY, but there is some talk that Jackson Merrill from SD is the favorite. Seems like Skenes is having a historic season (6.0 WAR in 22 starts) vs Merrill having a solid one (4.3 WAR - .292/.326/.503 with 24 homers and 16 steals and average to moderately positive defensive value in CF), but the everyday player stuff can be tough to overcome versus a pitcher, I guess. Last edited by Swaggs : Yesterday at 10:36 AM. |
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I’m going on Weds. I had some hope they may bring up Chandler for 1 start but that’s wishful thinking and a bad 40 man move. This team needs at least 2 more competent hitters going into next year. I wouldn’t be opposed to flipping Ortiz for something.
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Finally cutting Michael A Taylor and Rowdy after a season of suck.
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There is no scenario where anyone should vote for anyone but Skenes. He's been one of the best pitchers in all of baseball as a rookie. |
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Here's a crazy number for ya ...
Taylor had a slash line of 193/253/290. His WAR of 0.9 was 6th best on the team amongst all Pirate hitters. I knew they were bad at the plate but good LORD.
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I just saw that Tellez thing about the plate appearances. Can Bob Nutting please do something inappropriate with a minority or woman for fucks sake?
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Today, 05:04 PM | #473 |
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The bad thing is that Rowdy has been fairly decent, by Pirates’ standards, the 2nd half of the season and they are doing this to bring up 29-year old Josh Palacios, who clearly doesn’t fit into the future plans and didn’t have some kind of amazing minor league year to reward. Taylor is an elite defensive CF and base runner, so it’s a shame he didn’t latch on to someone before the deadline.
Just shitty transactions by a shitty FO. The time to cut these guys was mid-season. Now, I’m sure it is just going to piss off agencies and make whatever is left of their reputation worse for signing FAs and draftees. |
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They still like to run Connor Joe out there. I think they should fire everybody, but that’s not the Bob nutting way
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Yeah, Tellez has had a bad year but he was bad in Milwaukee last year too. And he has been much better of late. I think the bigger issue for the Pirates is you're not going to have players and agents take you seriously in regards to incentives. Just makes it harder to sign any free agents, even bargain ones. And all over $200k. |
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