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This will be interesting. Will he suddenly start playing better?
Everyone else has after leaving Torey...
I believe this is a deep organizational failure of which Torey has his role.
Please list everyone that suddenly played better after leaving the Dbacks in the last three years.
Greinke
Ray
Hirano
Bradley
Chafin
Dyson
Pollock
Goldy (after taking a year to recover)
Just to name a few.
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Could he play any worse?
If Mgr. Bob Melvin doesn't whisper in his ear, "Hit the ball in the air. Hit the ball in the air.", Lamb can't help but do better.
The question is, at bat and in the field, Is better than piss poor good enough to be a starter on a Major League team?
Or even a pinch hitter?
Two good HR/RBI seasons and, even then, petering out during the second half of those seasons. His next best HR/RBI
totals were 6/34. During a Major League career of 6+ seasons,
His most recent batting averages of .222, .193 and , so far this season, .116. .222 is bad enough, but .116? With 1 RBI
and 1 extra base hit in 43 official at-bats.
Yes, he should start playing better. But that, in itself, would not be a Major League accomplishment.
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Greinke has a lower ERA under Lovullo than he does in Houston
Hirano has only pitched 8 innings for Seattle and has a 1.5 WHIP
Archie has made 3 appearances for Cincinnati
Chafin hasn’t pitched for Chicago yet (is he on the roster?)
Dyson is hitting .167 this year
Pollock/Goldy are having good years but were terrible by the standards last season
Yes. So NO ONE has had a better season. Goldy is worse than he was here. AJ is having a good month. But he will get hurt again.
more unsupported BS from 1Sun
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Ken Rosenthal
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Major League Baseball and the Players Association reached agreement late last night on a plan for the 2020 postseason, including neutral-site bubbles for the Division Series, League Championship Series and World Series, sources tell The Athletic. Announcement expected today.
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Major League Baseball and the Players Association reached agreement late last night on a plan for the 2020 postseason, including neutral-site bubbles for the Division Series, League Championship Series and World Series, sources tell The Athletic. Announcement expected today.
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Bob Nightengale
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Players on contending teams must leave their homes and stay isolated in hotels for a week beginning Sept. 22 for AL teams and Sept. 23 for NL teams. Teams must submit postseason eligible rosters (28-man active roster and 12 taxi squad players) to #MLB by Sept. 20
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Players on contending teams must leave their homes and stay isolated in hotels for a week beginning Sept. 22 for AL teams and Sept. 23 for NL teams. Teams must submit postseason eligible rosters (28-man active roster and 12 taxi squad players) to #MLB by Sept. 20
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Bob Nightengale
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Teams can grant special exemptions for players to stay at home instead of hotels to players who live by themselves; live with a pregnant spouse/partner or one with medical needs, or have lived with their children most of the season.
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Teams can grant special exemptions for players to stay at home instead of hotels to players who live by themselves; live with a pregnant spouse/partner or one with medical needs, or have lived with their children most of the season.
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The 2020 @MLB Postseason will begin with the AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday, 9/29, while Game One of the 2020 World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas will be played on Tuesday, 10/20. pic.twitter.com/KSzWMSAcBk
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Jon Heyman
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Scout: “Nobody should want to play the Marlins in the first round. With Sixto, who may be the best pitcher in the game right now, and Alcantara, they could beat anybody.”
9/15/20, 11:12 AM
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Jon Heyman
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Jose Abreu looks like the AL MVP to me. Leads in hits, total bases, RBI, WAR for position players (I’m allowed to say since I don’t have this vote; I have NL Cy Young)
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Jose Abreu looks like the AL MVP to me. Leads in hits, total bases, RBI, WAR for position players (I’m allowed to say since I don’t have this vote; I have NL Cy Young)
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Small sample but heading into this afternoon's game, Jake is 3-7 with a HR and he singled in his first AB today.
Certainly no conclusions to be drawn at this point but interesting.
That's already more productive than he was here the entire season before that.
Torey has to go...
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Jon, I have the same opinion as 1Sun that Torey has not shown skillls
to be the figurehead of a MLB baseball team. It is not like the military
time-in-grade. Not every coach has leadership ability.
The D-backs have lost 15 of their last 20 games (which go back to
before the fire sale). Our players have been underperforming versus
their previous histories.
And Torey's obsession with constant lineup and position changes
are driving some fans crazy. Ketel was quoted last season that he
was on the DL due to being shuffled between 2B and CF.
And now that the D-backs have dumped Starling, it immediately
happened again. Ketel was shuffled is back on the DL.
I'd be curious to see your personal responses to the above points.
We are all entitled to our opinions and this is the format to back
them up. Frankly, laughing faces don't fit that description.
Which points do you agree with? Which points do you disagree with?
And why?
Thanks.
to be the figurehead of a MLB baseball team. It is not like the military
time-in-grade. Not every coach has leadership ability.
The D-backs have lost 15 of their last 20 games (which go back to
before the fire sale). Our players have been underperforming versus
their previous histories.
And Torey's obsession with constant lineup and position changes
are driving some fans crazy. Ketel was quoted last season that he
was on the DL due to being shuffled between 2B and CF.
And now that the D-backs have dumped Starling, it immediately
happened again. Ketel was shuffled is back on the DL.
I'd be curious to see your personal responses to the above points.
We are all entitled to our opinions and this is the format to back
them up. Frankly, laughing faces don't fit that description.
Which points do you agree with? Which points do you disagree with?
And why?
Thanks.
Stop with the Ketel DL BS. His wrist injury had nothing to do with playing ONE game in CF.
I have stated my position multiple times. To call Hazen a bad GM is laughable. To say that players immediately get better after leaving the Dbacks is not supported by the facts, which have been presented by several posters.
Is Hazen top 10 GM? Maybe, maybe not. But one of the better the Dbacks have had.
TL makes some weird decisions. Before Covid, this was going to be a prove it year IMO for him. But nothing is going to happen based on this season. Complaining about something that won't change is an exercise in futility.
The players have to take a big degree of responsibilty for their poor performance. They are professionals. They get paid to do this. Baseball is very much an individual game.
I have stated my position multiple times. To call Hazen a bad GM is laughable. To say that players immediately get better after leaving the Dbacks is not supported by the facts, which have been presented by several posters.
Is Hazen top 10 GM? Maybe, maybe not. But one of the better the Dbacks have had.
TL makes some weird decisions. Before Covid, this was going to be a prove it year IMO for him. But nothing is going to happen based on this season. Complaining about something that won't change is an exercise in futility.
The players have to take a big degree of responsibilty for their poor performance. They are professionals. They get paid to do this. Baseball is very much an individual game.
