mtutiger

So if 2021 is prologue with this team, they basically snapped out of their offensive funk on a trip they made to a play a difficult team (Boston) where, while they dropped 2 of 3, they put of 7, 6, and 9 runs in succession. And that series happened to fall in proximity to 2021 NFL Draft Weekend. Does that moment happen this weekend? Color me skeptical lol

Should be noted, for all the Harold talk, that Kreidler is on the IL... hopefully nothing too serious

Didn't realize this was the political forum?

Wenceel Perez starting to get hot at WMI... maybe following Meadows soon?

Yep. I'm more positive than most around here, and I know that Hasty draws paychecks from the org. But it's a fine line between keeping things positive / upbeat and showing contempt and gaslighting the fanbase who clearly sees poor results / poor play after 18 games. And he is straddling it.

Agree with this. We're carrying part catcher/part utility outfielder who isn't great behind the plate and untested in left field, another catcher, and two utility infielders (with the same last name) who hit singles but can't play defense. They could change this situation today and improve the defensive options off the bench (and possibly the offense, given how things have gone so far) with a couple of roster moves, but they are too stubborn for that. Particularly with the Castros...

Not even sure what to say other than "lol"

I'm not to the point where I'm revising expectations downward (yet), but it's increasingly looking like they're going to have hit my number by doing something similar to what they did last year. And that's pretty disheartening. It's hard to keep a glass half full with this team when they keep starting with stretches like this. As flawed as they are, particularly with their depth on the infield, I do think they are better than what they are showing. And the pitching, IMO, is probably better than last year's team, will keep them in games and will give them chances to win whenever the offense does start to pick up. But it's hard to stay positive when the product looks as bad as it has the past couple of days. It's unacceptable really. And if keeps up, they will need to make some changes... baseball is a results game, and if you aren't getting results, you shouldn't be comfortable.

I said this in the other thread, but if Harold Castro can't field any of the infield positions competently, time to bring up Kreidler. He may not be fully ready and maybe needs more regular playing time, but bring him up and rotate him around the infield as needed, or platoon him with Schoop/Candy for now until they get out of it.

I live around a 6-12 baseball team down here, but at least they occasionally hit homers and have good ABs 😆

To the extent that the system has any depth, its with pitching, particularly RHP. I really think Brieske, Olson, Faedo, etc. have promising futures. I buy that. But that doesn't help you when you are trotting the Castros out there every night. This is a league where guys like Alex Dickerson get DFA'd. I dont understand what the gamble is in trying to sneak Harold thru, or to option Willi to see what Kreidler and Clemens can do at this point. Might as well try something different. Would anyone even claim Harold if they DFA'd him?

Boy, I've about had it with Harold Castro

In terms of development, they are really imbalanced between pitching and position players as well. Like, I love that Alex Faedo threw 5 scoreless striking out 8 last night.... but at this point, I'd rather have another promising position player prospect.

As bad as they have played, they are also just snakebit on luck. Good Lord, that's like getting kicked in the balls over and over again.

Really painful listening to Johnny Kane pop in to talk about Miguel's dreams of winning a championship. Probably preplanned for the broadcast, but it's so poorly timed with the on-field product

I am beginning to really hate this team....

F This.

Just incredible....

Honestly, you could say that about the opposing teams as well... they just score a little bit more. Tigers games, at least so far this year, are boring. Even for the winners.

Tork nearly tied it.... damn

Hill!

Robbie is playing well, but he needs to put some launch angle on some of these

Seems pretty optimistic to assume they will tie this game... lol

And that's why the Twins have more wins than losses.... there's some luck involved.

Unbelievable