RandyMarsh

Jameson Williams is going to wear Staff's old number 9, he supposedly called Stafford ahead and Matt gave him his approval. Its going to be a little weird seeing somebody else wearing that number, especially a WR.

Of course the gritty James McCann would pick a song about working.

I hope they keep going for it on 4th down as Im a huge propopnent of going for it and feel that teams just don't do it enough. My philosophy is you get 4 downs so use them. If you playcall each drive with that mindset it opens up so many things for you do. On 3rd and 8 instead of having to throw to the sticks you can dump it off or even run a draw with the mindset of just picking up 4 or 5 yards and setting you up for a managable 4th down. There are of course exceptions and scenarios where you don't but I think in the long run it is beneficial to teams to be aggressive and use all 4 downs. There's a reason why teams seem to score so much more easily late in halfs or games and its not just because of the prevent defense, it's because they go into the drive knowing they are using all 4 downs.

"Make the pitcher work and see as many pitches as you can so make sure you take the first pitch cookie to put you down in the count so you can play catch up the rest of the at bat."

Congratulations to your 2022 Eastern League Champions the Erie Seawolves!

Without looking at the details of every K I would have to think the loss of bat speed has to be a big reason why. If he spent the previous 5 years swinging 5mph faster than he is now surly his timing is going to be off and he's going to be late on pitches he used to square up. He either needs to ideally get that speed back or at worst recalibrate himself at his current speed going forward.

I'm in the same boat, I think some time away from the game could be beneficial along with hitting the weight room hard cause it seems like he has lost a lot of that power and bat speed from when he was drafted. I can't remember if it was Covid or some other illness but I remember hearing how he was pretty sick over the winter early spring this past year so maybe that sapped some of his power and with some hard work in the gym this offseason he can regain it back. Idk Im trying to think of any explanation I can think of for his struggles outside of him just magically losing all power and batting skills 2 years after being declared one of the best college hitting prospects this century.

That sucks about Pacheco, Im assuming he will need stitches and if he does that will keep him out for atleast a couple weeks I would think. Wasn't it Tork last spring training that needed stitches cause he cut himself with a kitchen knife and it ended up basically screwing up his whole spring training?

Patricia is the type of coach that would make you run laps till you're dead all the while barking orders while riding in the back of a golf cart and chugging on a big gulp.

If my boss wonders why I'm more productive today than usual Ill credit watching Campbell this morning. Dude can make even the laziest person run through a wall.

I think if you just transplanted them from then to now that they would definitely struggle particularly at first but I think if you could transplant them from when they hit puberty and let them grow up using today's nutrition, 24/7/365 type coaching with top technology, top fitness gurus etc. and had them facing today's velo and tougher pitching all throughout like today's young players do/did then they'd be just fine in today's environment especially the elite ones like Williams Dimaggio and Musial.

Hopefully his strong play will continue up in the majors but at the very least it's nice to see the organization reward a guy that has had a monster year.

And pitchers that can stay healthy.

I can't remember what the exact injury was but things seem to change after he got that injury in May or June of 2019. Like he was dominant in High A so got fast tracked to Erie then proceeded to throw a no hitter in his first start there in early May of 2019 then a few weeks after that he went down with an injury that took him out for like 6 weeks iirc and his command and splitter just hasn't been the same since.

Although Kiley Mcdaniel og ESPNranked is 24th there was one positive in his right up, since it's behind a paywall I'll have to paraphrase but it was something to the extent of "I liked there first two picks of Jung and Graham, and Colt Keith has rocketed his way into the top 100..." it was then followed by negative talk but the main point I was bringing up is that it sounds like Keith is in his top 100 so along with Jung, Jobe, Flores and Dingler(101 on FG ) that makes 5 different guys make atleast 1 of the national's top 101.

Feels like a lifetime ago.

Yep, I couldn't care less how many AAAA guys make the big club cause of how bad our roster is, all that matters is how they produce up here and if they help you win games and so far we've had very few guys you can say have done that.

Our farm system is probably in better shape than it was in during its darkest times but that doesn't mean it's in good shape either, atleast relative to the rest of the league. Yeah we may have 10 -12 "lottery ticket" type guys with high upside but so does the vast majority of other teams as well.

We joke at my work about how you can do just about anything and they won't fire you but we're nowhere near as leniant as working for the Tigers

I wouldn't be against it but I think Id rather get a fresh face from outside the organization, particularly one like the Cardinals or Dodgers.

I doubt Brieske ever develops into an All Star or anything like that but I have some faith that he can be a solid back of the rotation innings eater(well by today's standards anyway) which wouldn't be an all bad result for him or the team.

Off a 96mph FB as well.

Yeah there's some pop in that bat!

I know it's dangerous to do "box score scouting" when it comes to minor leaguers cause they don't necessarily paint the picture on how they will handle big league pitching but it's hard not to get excited about Carpenter's numbers this year and how he seemingly keeps getting better as the year goes on particularly his K/BB numbers.

Tork 2-4 with a double, HR and a walk.