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ChickenWyngz

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  1. I wondered the same. I’m sure the Nats weren’t upset to see him go.
  2. Tied for 14th in the MLB with 5. He does do the high school airmailed missing the cutoff man throw too often though.
  3. When I saw him he played LB, and he played it crazy well.
  4. You’re usually pretty solid on your takes in this area, so this isn’t being a jerk but just curiosity… why do you think this? I know pops was phenomenal, but his son wasn’t the QB in MS either was he? I just know he wasn’t last year, maybe he has been before.
  5. Agree on all of this. Unfortunately for Bell there will be people complaining about this that we’re unhappy he was pulling starters starters at 90 pitches 2 weeks ago.
  6. I’m not sure where you get your information, but grading Benson as a below average outfielder is comical. You’re really going to compare CES’s couple of weeks of playing 1B sparingly to Steer playing it for massive chunks of the year, including learning it on the fly early on? I wouldn’t expect him to have a 1.000 fielding percentage after that, but it doesn’t make CES better, at all. Most scouts in the MLB project CES as a career DH. That says everything. Benson did have a chance at the plate in the 9th, and he didn’t get the job done. Maybe that works out differently if he hits a batter or two later, but probably not. While they both have perfect fielding percentages in the OF, if you think Steer and Benson are tracking down the same amount of balls on the run, I can’t help you…. add in the fact that your defense at 1B also got better and most managers in baseball make the same move. Also as previously mentioned by others, the move had more to do with base running than anything. If Benson’s speed scores that run, they win.
  7. Kind of a crappy shot at a couple of proud small schools, but with that said, no they wouldn’t.
  8. Exactly. There are fans in every sport that will nitpick every move a coach or manager makes that doesn’t pan out, but it doesn’t make that move wrong at the time. Bell put speed on the base paths to try to get an insurance run while upgrading outfield defense and infield defense by going from Steer to Benson and CES to Steer. I make that change up 2 runs later in a game every single day. If the game ended up being blown by a bad defensive play after a switch wasn’t made or CES couldn’t score on a ball in the gap people would complain about the speed still being on the bench. The manager can only do so much. In the 9th the leadoff hitter got on, there were 2 intentional walks, you had the bases loaded and stole 2 bases (because the manager made the correct move to pinch run then too). If you can’t score in that scenario you don’t deserve to win. Fans are the same way about his decisions on pitching, which I often scratch my head about as well. Same people stating he has to start letting guys later in a game and relievers more than an inning were mad he had a reliever go more than an inning last night. I wouldn’t have had Diaz go more than inning yesterday, but you can’t argue both ways everyday.
  9. No, it’s not. It happens every year to someone. Not terribly long ago an AL manager filled out his lineup card wrong and played an entire game without a DH. Things happen.
  10. I’d be an upset parent, but this could be a product of the times. I know nothing about the specifics of this project, but I do know SEVERAL school projects in the area were delayed this summer due to unavailable product.
  11. Exactly 2 games in the OF. One in right, one in left.
  12. Solid, yet simple, analytical data here.
  13. That’s a massive expense to a lot of school athletic (especially baseball) accounts. Those things run TIGHT.
  14. You have a strong misconception of how many coaches are truly fired, especially for on field performance.
  15. I agree with this 100%. It’s the biggest missing piece. If you look at Young’s stats, he’s actually got inverted splits so he’s better against righties than lefties. Its not going to bring you back an absolutely dominant lefty reliever, but I’d like to see them package Casali and then one or two is Senzel, Newman or Barerro (prefer to keep Senzel in this instance) for a middle grade lefty reliever a team needs off the payroll. Casali is hitting .162 but a team close to contention with awful defense at the catchers position would trade for him. Then I believe the ultimate goal is to end up with Williamson in the bullpen in the place of a Fernando Cruz or equivalent. That puts you to 2-3 lefties in the pen and opens up a spot to add CES to the roster.
  16. Heck, that’s a never ending rabbit hole. I wish they were undefeated in their 7 games against them this year and up by 7 or 8 games.
  17. That’s far from an apples to apple comparison.
  18. I prefer the NFL’s method of division games to close out the year. I know there’s much less chance in those games determining much after 162 games rather than 17, but at least there’s a chance. If you’re going to have a run of 6 games against a common divisional foe, do it then.
  19. Agree! I was talking to family about this the other day. Lots of weird quirks. Travel is well advanced now, but why did they go to Baltimore, fly home for 3 days and then fly back to Washington DC? None of it makes sense.
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