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If Hinch asked for a player do we think Al would have refused? Whatever they should have seen, neither saw it.

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Paredes got 72 AB's in 2020 and 100 AB's in 2021 and Tampa gave him 331 in 2022 and he improved immensely and then 492 in 2023 and he was an All Star. So maybe it was Avila and not Hinch who totally misjudged his talent. But I don't see any position player getting better playing for Hinch. To be fair it's mostly talent but work the zone and play all the positions might be a contributing factor to at least consider. Tampa saw talent in Parades - chose a position and gave him consistent AB's. And they sit atop the eastern division this morning. I am not saying dump Hinch but we have had serious slumps three years running and position player development has not been the greatest.

Not that I don't think they are miles better, I doubt how many PA we will get before some number of them are back on the IL. Jansen has blown 4 saves out of 13 save opportunities. His walk rate and HR rate are the highest of his career, his GB the lowest. He strikes me as showing signs of being on borrowed time. OTOH, his velo seems be holding - which is in his favor.

So he'll do well vs Boston.

You guys keep denying reality but the reality is that his market has risen with the All Star and All NBA selections and there's just no way he's getting the $30m or less that you all are hoping for. The strong regular season was a blessing and a curse.

I like his persona on the mound. Just seems like a guy who is always up for the challenge and doesn’t get rattled. The results will be what they are, but he’s got moxie

And I agree with you as regards Colt Keith. I just want you and me to be aware that the thing you are suggesting—continuing to play certain guys regularly even when they struggle—is the exact thing so many posters here criticize when players go through a slump as Colt is.

The winky wink indicates that I was making a kidding. The joke is, people are always clamoring for this guy or that guy to come up from the minors and/or get regular trigger time, but when this guy and that guy flop around some, as all players inevitably do at times, those same people start demanding the head of the PBO for calling this guy and that guy up in the first place, and/or the head of the manager for giving this guy and that guy regular trigger time.

When you have a Pope who can quote Tolkien, there just may be a smidgen of hope for humanity .

And I am pretty sure they were lower than 20% in 2024 with a similar but worse roster.

I feel like they rid themselves of Kenta at the right time. I think they have dug themselves too big of a hole to save this season, but they also aren’t gonna lose 100 games. Not that it really matters. Losing 80 or losing 100 still leaves us watching more football than we would like.

I think the positive part is that the team we root for was the clear probabilistic favorite a month ago so things can obviously change quickly. But I also wouldn’t ignore the possibility of a playoff appearance coming via the wildcard. It’s a substantial part of that 1 in 5 chance. The rest of the AL has been pretty poor relatively speaking. All that said, 1 in 5 is not what anyone would call a good chance, and it sucks to be here already on Memorial Day. Not what anyone signed up for. Release Zack Short.

You seriously don't think Javy, Gleyber, and Carpenter can add any more to the offense than Zack Short, Wenceel Perez, and Hao-Yu Lee? If that's true, then man, that really is fatalist woe-is-me thinking. I also don't think any team would ****-can Jansen for one bad outing after six straight practically flawless appearances. As for Flaherty, that's your most defensible move, although that would leave us having to backfill his innings with more bullpen days and pitching chaos. If that's what you'd prefer, I won't try to argue you out of that one.

Especially since there have been reports of victims naming him

He only had one game like that last year. Other than that, he was very consistent. You may be remembering that game because it was in playoffs in relief.

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But that's the thing - Colt has potential to be better, Short and McK don't. You have have to take some lumps to bring your talent along - if you sacrifice the long term for the short term all the time, you are not going to have an environment where your young players have a chance unless they happen to just be 'plug and play' like McGonigle (assuming he doesn't eventually run into hard times also). But those guys are one in a million. The way he is being handled right now they have a better chance of recovering their investment in Keith if they sent him back to Toledo to play every inning. I have to wonder if Dingler would ever have gotten the consistent ABs he blossomed under if Jake had been left handed ( or hadn't gotten hurt). There is a ball player alive that won't tell you that the less you play, the harder the game is.

The positive part is that there is only one team in the division playing particularly well. The bad part is that it's not like Cleveland is playing so well they are bound to fall back and be easier to catch. I wouldn't count on a WC coming out of this division either.

I still have concerns I don't see the way out of. On the offensive side, my confidence level that Javy, Gleyber or Carpenter are going to add that much is low.. All three are fast joining the ranks of those those whose name has to be prefaced with 'the oft-injured.' Will any of them be able to stay on the field once back? Not to mention Javy isn't that big an offensive add under any circumstance. And Parker is already only about half a mis-step away from being a 'might have been' The pitching talent is going to be there, but you still have the problem of how you get Jansen and Flaherty off the field. It's not going to do any good to have better young arms able to pitch if the team keeps sending those two guys out there anyway. This management has been pretty bad about cutting bait on its mistakes in a timely fashion (Kenta?). How many games are they going to let those two lose?