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Yeah I was about to say there's no way it's real but then I remembered Tony is a gaffe machine.

Yep. Scapegoating Leury doesn't meaningfully change a ton. The main issues that people have bitched about all offseason haven't been addressed and surprise surprise they are biting us. A lack of true LH savagery. A lack of meaningful SP addition. Penny pinching at 2B. Garbage depth. A dinosaur managing who has no meaningful connection to these players compounding the problem by openly giving the finger to modern baseball analytics and concepts and instead managing like it's 1990. Poor allocation of resources with overinvestment in the BP which is high risk given the great degree of variance year to year and surprise....guys that were good now suck.

TLR isn't going anywhere. JR saving face > preserving any semblance of the "window" Sucks but true If this team even gets to a single ALCS in the next few years it will be a minor miracle given all the dysfunction and issues that refuse to get addressed. So much for "multiple championships"

Yeah I want to see how they are going to waste two great pitching performances in a single series against a bad team. Lulz

This is actually a pretty decent rule of thumb.

I love how during the middle of the "championship window" im fixated on the daily minor league thread because there's so much that depresses me about the MLB club.

Can't rely on him at all. Literally everything bad that can happen to thus team is happening.

LMAO get this geriatric clown out of my face.

He needs to go up to AAA for a couple weeks and then take over for Harrison. Yolbert already has a good glove and at the least his OBP should be good enough even if the power isn't there at a MLB level.

Leury at 3 and Vaughn not in the lineup is absolutely inexplicable.

Harold needs to tell us what happened between JR and Hahn. He alluded to it in the past but never went beyond very vague mentions.

Yeah we need to find a way to steal this game and get to 7-4.

They didn't want to guarantee the 2nd year. Also, they hate savages. It's like they get a sick kind of enjoyment out of struggling against even halfway decent RHP.

4.5

Savage!

Dude should be promoted to AA soon. I doubt they will invest in a big time 2B with Ramos and Yogurt rising fast.

Colas adds a double! Finishes 2/5 on the day. OPS .860

Damn this guy is an OBP monster.

Unfortunately you are 100% right.

Moncada is a 4 WAR 3B who is most effective from the left side. There's no reason to move him now. If Montgomery and/or Kath continue to look like stone cold killer savages when they get to the higher levels we can start to think about it, esp if Moncada is not performing but it's way too early to think about this. I know the flavor of the month is naturally popular but there is a huge downgrade from Moncada to Burger. We would get even worse vs RHP and Burger is likely a butcher defensively. Even without his power, Yoan is an OBP machine. Jake is useful as a backup since Moncada always has lingering hammy issues and if u can sell Burger high that's fine but I wouldn't replace one with the other unless the haul for Moncada is absolutely obscene AND a young LH savage is absolutely ready to come in and be a 3 WAR+ player.

Please pitch Graveman in the 8th

Let Graveman pitch the 8th. Get some insurance runs now

So they can't do shit against quality RHP? It's almost as if they need a savage or something. Who knew?

Hall of Fame Baseball Person!

He's gotten a bit unlucky in that a few doubles should have been HRs but in any event, I expect his OPS (currently 749) to get into the 800s or higher fairly soon. He prolly will stay in High A for at least a few weeks because they don't like giving someone three levels in one year and they also need an excuse to keep him in AAA a bit next year for service time. I would say he'd be in High A through the end of May and if he's killing it, he could be sent to Birmingham in June. That will be a big jump.