Tiger337

You growed up.

Nobody is saying it's on the same scale.

7 days, but he is appealing. I acquired him for my fantasy team shortly before he charged the mound.

I was joking. Partially!

That is probably partially true. He didn't say it publicly, but I am confident that he has thought about it!

I knew you were going to say that! 😀 That's what they are though and we knew that coming in. The homers will come with the weather warms and the run totals will increase. I am not worried about the offense any more than I was at the beginning of the season. The pitching was supposed to be top 5 in the league and it's been terrible. We knew the fielding wouldn't be great, but I think it's been worse than expectred.

Why is everybody blaming the offense? They are not hitting home runs, but they are 8th in MLB in OBP and 10th in wRC+ The home runs will come when the weather warms up. The real culprit is run prevention: They are 20th in xFIP 21st in fielding This team is built on run prevention. That is where they need to excel. It's been terrible so far.

Or maybe Hinch was only using him in the 9th when he was throwing well or when there was a good match up. So, maybe he did do slightly better in the 9th, but was it the chicken or the egg?

Why would a pitcher only be able to pitch the 9th? That makes no sense. I could see when he had the closer role, he might let up in a non-save situation. But he's not the closer now, so what is your explanation?

Sanders has often talked about tariffs, so those are his fault too.

I don't think that is Harris's or Hinch's style. They seem to prepare for the long-term and don't make moves to send messages. They will try to put the best baseball team on the field every night for baseball reasons.

He didn't say the misinformation has the same impact as the right. It does exist and I can't believe you have not seen it. I see it all the time and it's frustrating. I frequently have to block accounts on social media.

This has been going on for years and it does not help our cause.

Didn't somebody lose their podcast gig for saying something like that? 😉

I have seen a lot of Valdez the last few years because I often have him on my fantasy team. He is a good pitcher, but when things go wrong, he doesn't react well and has games like this.