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  1. chasfh
    I didn’t tell you quite that. What I said was that he had showed improvement with the Mets and that maybe it was just luck and meant nothing, or or maybe Mets coaches found something in his swing and that Coolbaugh could build on that. I was hoping it was the latter, since he was ours now and so It cost nothing to be optimistic about it—well, until it tries to boomerang on you like this. 😏
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    FWIW, even though I have not called for the firing of Avila lately, I feel my position on the question is so well-known that I don’t have to constantly reiterate it. He is clearly out of his depth as a GM and has not improved enough with Hinch on board that I would want to see him kept in the job any longer. That said, two things: 1) Al Avila ain’t getting fired as long as the Ilitches own the team. Ilitches value great loyalty above great competence, and Al is nothing if not greatly loyal, so there’s no reason, including any on-field performance reason, that Baby Doc would boot him. Best case scenario is Al gets kicked upstairs, AJ takes over the GM duties, and George Lombard takes over the dugout. That’s not happening. 2) Even if shit-canning Avila were in play, it’s totally a careful-what-you-wish-for situation, since I assume he would merely be replaced by another Ilitch loyalist already somewhere in the organization, probably someone like David Chadd or Scott Bream.
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    Nope.
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    Also, don't forget Willy Adames, Eugenio Suarez, Robbie Ray, Corey Knebel, Jose Alvarez, Chad Green, and Luis Cessa. Well, we didn't get exactly nothing for Green and Cessa. We did get Justin Wilson in return, who unlocked Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes, the latter of which also unlocked Austin Meadows. But it sure did take a long while to finally get a positive return for them.
  5. chasfh
    Anyone who can, try to pair Dan Dickerson from MLB audio with the Orioles video on MLB.tv. MASN has the cleanest picture of all RSNs, just a scorebox in the upper left corner, no RSN logo even. It looks great.
  6. chasfh
    I do like the Baez signing. He is doing just what anyone who's paid attention to him would have expected him to do: streaky hitter with great moments and plus defender who has occasional mental lapses, but overall we'd love having him on the team and watching him play. I told you all of this in November. I didn't like Barnhart on the team from before the beginning mainly because of his stick, but he was always a done deal because of his defense. Who knew he was going to flip that around? 🤷‍♂️ But he is also WAR positive, so I wouldn't throw him overboard just yet. Rodriguez got off to a slow start and has picked it up lately. His FIP is outperforming his ERA mainly because of historically-low LOB rates. Not ready to write him off just yet. Baddoo was a freebie pick who just based on his performance last year has given us more than 95% of all other Rule 5 picks have ever given their teams. He was a 2-win player last year (and under Hinch). How soon they forget. Surprised you didn't highlight Grossman, who was reported to have been signed specifically at Hinch's behest. Although he was also a 2+ win player last year.
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    I think the drafting, international free agent, trading and development philosophy for years has been to draft the best athletes and then hone their baseball skills to major league quality. I think we might be finding that it’s hard to take someone with just average baseball skills, or guys with significant holes in their game, and teach them all the way up.
  8. chasfh
    Sure helps to be given really good players!
  9. chasfh
    Got it. Agree that’s the case and agree it’s a good thing. I’m reasonably confident that Avila is here for the long haul and that he received assurances about being involved in personnel before agreeing to come here. Which is why I say that if he bugs out after this year, that indicates to me that promises to him were broken which led him to go.
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    Names?
  11. chasfh
    Not clear what you mean by the bold-faced?
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    Yeah I’d be really surprised to see Hinch opt out after this year, and even more surprised to see him fired. Tell you this much: if Hinch does opt out I will despair for this franchise. Because that would mean something has gone so terribly, terribly in the front office wrong that he believes can’t be fixed.
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    Which players did we pick up after November 2020 that you can blame Hinch on?
  14. chasfh
    Hard to find opportunities for the back of your bullpen when you’re losing every game.
  15. chasfh
    Nothing like below-average hitter Craig Monroe diagnosing Spencer Torkelson hitting problems. That’s quality baseball TV right there.
  16. chasfh
    I think Hinch has had input into player acquisition since November 2020.
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    Could be this, or it could be Hinch trying to maximize his pitching advantage because his team is in danger of being shut out every other night. The need to manage his staff throughout an entire season notwithstanding, were at the point now where we have to get a win right away, so he might be managing each game in that must-win-today, more, including matchups.
  18. chasfh
    Generalized criticism of congress notwithstanding, Tuberville still deserves to be filleted for this.
  19. chasfh
    Thank god he has got a very good team.
  20. chasfh
    So much for "you can never have too much pitching".
  21. chasfh
    Oh, wow, is it March 16 already?
  22. chasfh
    Scott Coolbaugh, your flight is boarding …
  23. chasfh
    I’m in Atlanta and just saw Travis Demerritte jack a bomb for the reigning world champion Atlanta Braves. So … how are we doing?
  24. chasfh
    It used to be interesting and rare enough that you might never see one in a thousand games you attend. Now it’s just way too common and I support batters who make fun and take the piss out of that very unserious moment.
  25. chasfh
    Good for Rendon. Position players pitching just sucks.
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