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...is apparently going to have one less competitor for ROY. Konner Griffin re-assigned by Pittsburgh.
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1 hour ago, SoCalTiger said:
Ok so the argument against McGonigle making the team is he needs AB’s against off speed pitches but will he actually even see any good pitchers in AAA that can command those pitches??
It will be interesting to see how easy it will be for pitchers to get a guy out with a lot of breaking stuff who won't swing out of the strike zone. Even in the majors there aren't that many guys who can throw breaking stuff consistently in the zone.
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8 minutes ago, antrat said:
This is one of my bigger pet peeves with these Trumpers. They refuse to see their own hypocrisy. They flip flop to follow Trump's flip flops. They have no inherent philosophy except to own the libs and praise Diaper Don.
Trump has this animal brilliance at hypnotizing his supporters into simply accepting a retcon of everything that has ever happened in the past each time he speaks. Think about the monumental contradiction in the claims that we and the Israeli's bombed Iran's nuclear capability to smithereens in June, but then we must turn around in March and fight another war because they are "2 weeks away" from 'the bomb'. This is not some trivial difference of opinion on a debating point nicety. It's life and death reality for thousands and chaos for millions.
You can't have a mind that functions at anything like post Neanderthal level and still believe anything Trump vomits into his social media sewer, yet here we are.
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there is always a tweet.
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18 minutes ago, Hongbit said:
I will agree with you on Keith if the numbers are the same in two years.
Right now he’s still a maturing player and the expectation is there’s more production to develop. Hes not someone that any sane organization would give up on at this stage of his career arc.
I think it's quite likely that Keith is going to get better as a hitter, maybe a lot better. I also think he is evolving into a DH. If his power improves I suppose he would be a candidate 1B, but watching him even there, I think his movement has yet to become fluid or natural.
So I suppose it depends on how the team sees its offense/defense balance. Will they make room for him on the diamond regardless, give him a lot of AB at DH, or move him and his very attractive contract which could bring back pretty good value?
And of course it's always a matter of what the alternatives are. If Tork flames out, 1b is gonna be Keith's. No brainer there.
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25 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:
Here I am a woke ****lib with my solar and EV not needing gasoline.
That's one of the ironies. Trumps idiocy is going to do more than speed the adoption of non-hydrocarbon fuels both here and around the world than any monkey wrench he has thrown in attempting to prevent it.
Whatever fever dreams Trump and Hegseth had been imagining, in reality, what they have accomplished so far would be the following:
- brought a leadership into power in Iran that is more radicalized than ever
- Left the Iranian people with a worse government and worse economic prospects than they had before. And poorer people do not make better revolutions.
- increased the risk to US citizens around the world to terrorism
- vastly weakened the US ability to deter China from attacking Taiwan
- Slammed his base in the Red US agricultural states again with dramatic increases in the price of fuel and fertilizer.
- Vastly increased Russia's oil income and thus its potential for mischief.
- Destroyed whatever semblance remained of a Western security alliance.
- Guaranteed that every rogue (and for that matter) non-rogue regime redoubles efforts to get into the nuclear club before Trump decides to start another war - this should do wonders for the Pakistani and possibly N. Korean balance of trade as customers line their pockets for nuclear tech.
What do we learn, Palmer?
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42 minutes ago, chasfh said:
I don't believe that Parker by necessity should make the team, but I do believe that the Parker decision should be disassociated from the Kevin decision, and I think it will be.
I agree that the decision on whether McGonigle make the team is independent of the decision on Meadow, but I was referring to the linkage being in the outcome about where he plays in the field the most being dependent on whether Parker is on the team. I think he will get more time at 3B if Parker is the regular CF. I may not have been sufficiently clear there, but I will stand by that as more precisely rendered.
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2 hours ago, Tigermojo said:
Do we really need Javy is my question. He could quickly become the weakest link on the team. Obviously they will let him play but if he does decline, will they cut him this year?
If he declines, but he happens to be having a decent Spring, he may or may not turn out to be more productive than any combination of Meadows, Perez, Jones. At any rate, they aren't going to eat his salary if he's playing decently. Of course he could fall apart, anyone on the roster can, or be injured, but I think you cross that bridge when you come to it.
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1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:
American History repeats itself like a bad record. I'm old enough to remember when it "we have to destroy the village to save it."
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16 minutes ago, chasfh said:
Supposing this is the case, the question would be, is it better to have McGonigle start every day at third, McKinstry/Javy platoon at short, and Colt float around DH/3B/even 1B; or Colt still at third, McGonigle/Javy at short, Javy also at CF in case of/in place of Parker, and McKinstry super-sub especially since Wenceel is probably gone?
Hinges mostly on a decision on Parker.
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5 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:
Of course, just to clarify, in Donald Trump's world, there is only one innocent person to begin with, namely him. So the statement is unchanged on the substitution "He can no longer hurt me."
Now that that is clear, carry on.
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47 minutes ago, TigerNation said:
Skubal doesn't go beyond 5 much?
2025 numbers: 31 starts, 195 IP. That's a 6 1/3 per start average.
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43 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:
well he might as well add war crimes to his list of dubious accomplishments. Where are the Generals that will tell him they aren't sending their guys to do that?
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58 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:
A nice summary. Pretty much the same could have been provided - and maybe was - to Trump before he started this escapade - if he had bothered to actually talk to anyone who knew what they were talking about.
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4 hours ago, IdahoBert said:
Javy doubles and Matty hits a ground rule double to make it 3-1 in the 7th.
always a little worried each spring about guys on the wrong side of 30 but Javy looks OK so far.
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11 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:
In the country's entire history, has there ever been a smaller, more venal man in public life? And for 70 million people that alone wasn't enough disqualification? We have a gotten to where we have a seriously retrograde social culture to fix in this country.
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is already a better 3B than any one even hopes Colt can be.
(and I'm a fan of Keith's)
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2 hours ago, Tiger337 said:
They still have 43 players in camp?
40 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:Austin Slater exercises his option. He will look elsewhere.
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(which just happens to be THE answer)
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19 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:
They still have 43 players in camp. There can't be 17 players on the bubble! Perhaps, they want some players to play in Arizona, so their regulars can be rested prior to opening day.
"Load Management' comes to MLB!
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14 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:
If you read lips, it was "WTF!"
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Kevin McGonigle is:
Slumping and down to 50/50 to make the team (as per Petzold today).
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Lequerica's some work to do.
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13 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:
The announcers are gushing about how well Max Clark handles the media. The Pirates minor league guys have allowed four runs with bad pitching and bad fielding contributing to it all. Still only one out in the top of the second the bases loaded. DP ends the inning.
then Max flattens the poor Pirates’ 1b, who decided to wander across the baseline without bothering to look.
Kevin McGonigle is...
in Detroit Tigers
Posted · Edited by gehringer_2
D'OH!
good point!
I suppose Pittsburgh being Pittsburgh they won't burn the year even if they think he could be a candidate.
Sure they lose the year anyway if he won anyway, but a team can always delay a call-up long enough the player doesn't get enough AB to be likely to win, and if your team is not likely challenging for a playoff.....