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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 23, 2018 12:00:40 GMT -5
Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this Bautista thing? Me? I've said it many times!
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 23, 2018 12:04:35 GMT -5
I think that’s part of the negotiation to be honest. Why would he take less money? I wouldn’t take less just because I’m friends with the GM. I’d take less because he promised me a chance to play ASAP. I personally like the move. He slides in perfectly as a clean up hitter if he has even a little juice left in the tank. Acuna will need to hang around Swanson at the bottom of the lineup for a bit but that makes us pretty balanced from top to bottom, with the bottom oozing with potential. AA is trying to make the playoffs believe it or not. Likely his best possible scenario is the young pitchers crush it in AAA and he can move Julio and still make a run. Worst case he has some tradable assets at the deadline and a slew of kids come up trying to prove themselves. He had a .674 OPS last season, a wRC+ of 80 and a -0.5 WAR. He has aged, regressed, and is going to hurt us defensively.
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Post by akod on Apr 23, 2018 12:08:08 GMT -5
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 23, 2018 12:12:17 GMT -5
If that was directed at me, that might be just a tad bit more than the things I said.
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Post by akod on Apr 23, 2018 16:39:55 GMT -5
I’m just playing baw. Just think this team has a small ceiling this year and if Bautista gets hot he could contribute. Cheaters would be so jacked to have someone protect Freeman.
Btw Cheaters argument to keep Kemp and cut him after the season despite the P&L implications becomes moot. We get the financial freedom for next year and get an old ass has been to “protect” our MVP candidate.
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Post by mauibravefan on Apr 23, 2018 18:09:20 GMT -5
You have to wonder what overall effect it might have to bench Flaherty and all that he has provided in favor of a "new" 3rd baseman.Flaherty has been terrific and to relegate to a platoon such efforts seems kinda questionable. The current lineup is doing well
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Apr 23, 2018 18:15:11 GMT -5
Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this Bautista thing? The team is playing well. Pretty soon we'll have Acuna up. Just seems unnecessary to me. I would much rather have Camargo's glove and athleticism, not to mention there is the potential of Bautista being bad for the clubhouse. IDK, seems like they are rushing this a bit. Last year, when they tried the same thing with Ryan Howard, they gave it enough time to figure out that he wasn't really going to help the big league club. I'm not sure a small handful of minor league games is enough to determine that Bautista is going to make an immediate impact at this stage in his career. I've heard they signed Howard knowing it was an extremely long shot, but with Bautista they thought it was a pretty good shot. My issue will be making him the starter at 3rd. If he becomes primary RH pinch hitter, then I'm okay with that.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Apr 23, 2018 18:17:32 GMT -5
You have to wonder what overall effect it might have to bench Flaherty and all that he has provided in favor of a "new" 3rd baseman.Flaherty has been terrific and to relegate to a platoon such efforts seems kinda questionable. The current lineup is doing well Agreed
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 23, 2018 19:35:01 GMT -5
You have to wonder what overall effect it might have to bench Flaherty and all that he has provided in favor of a "new" 3rd baseman.Flaherty has been terrific and to relegate to a platoon such efforts seems kinda questionable. The current lineup is doing well Agreed The thing there for me is we know Flaherty is going to regress. He is a career .219 hitter before this year. He has been in the big leagues for 6 years, and his BA by year has been .216, .224, .221, .202, .217 and .211. That's pretty damned consistent. I do agree you can't just sit him on the bench right now, but when he does go 0-20 soon then I think it's fair to say it's all catching up to him. My beef as I've made plenty clear is costing Camargo playing time.
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Post by mauibravefan on Apr 23, 2018 19:46:53 GMT -5
Flaherty may digress but he may be like Bautista who had 6 ho hum years before he really put it together
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Apr 23, 2018 19:53:27 GMT -5
The thing there for me is we know Flaherty is going to regress. He is a career .219 hitter before this year. He has been in the big leagues for 6 years, and his BA by year has been .216, .224, .221, .202, .217 and .211. That's pretty damned consistent. I do agree you can't just sit him on the bench right now, but when he does go 0-20 soon then I think it's fair to say it's all catching up to him. My beef as I've made plenty clear is costing Camargo playing time. Well that's the thing... it's not just Flaherty.. he is going to cause the benching of him and Camargo... I don't like it at all
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 23, 2018 19:57:41 GMT -5
Flaherty may digress but he may be like Bautista who had 6 ho hum years before he really put it together Bautista had an OPS of .755 his first year in baseball, .753 his second, .718 his third, .757 his fourth season then went nuts after that. Flaherty has a career OPS of .656. It's fun to root for a guy like that to turn around and he's been a blast to watch, but I'd be willing to bet jah's left nut he regresses big time this year. I hope not and I'm rooting for him, but I have to look at it realistically about what to really expect.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 23, 2018 20:01:14 GMT -5
The thing there for me is we know Flaherty is going to regress. He is a career .219 hitter before this year. He has been in the big leagues for 6 years, and his BA by year has been .216, .224, .221, .202, .217 and .211. That's pretty damned consistent. I do agree you can't just sit him on the bench right now, but when he does go 0-20 soon then I think it's fair to say it's all catching up to him. My beef as I've made plenty clear is costing Camargo playing time. Well that's the thing... it's not just Flaherty.. he is going to cause the benching of him and Camargo... I don't like it at all It may be insane to be thinking about Riley at this point, but what if he's still hitting like this as this season goes on? He probably won't go into AAA and keep doing this, but what if he does? Are we looking at holding back Acuna, Camargo and Riley for Tucker, Flaherty and Bautista? Who among those players are our real future? Riley probably wont' stay this hot, but what if he does!
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Post by mauibravefan on Apr 23, 2018 20:03:55 GMT -5
me either though I must admit I don't like Bautista ,appears a bit too cocky ,pompous and self important for me and how will that fit in the present clubhouse
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Apr 24, 2018 20:52:33 GMT -5
I am superstitious with baseball.
I'm pretty sure Flaherty hasn't gotten a hit since we announced it was our intent to call Bautista up as soon as possible and hand him the starting job. Flaherty was leading the league in BA at the time.
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