David Peralta is the real deal

[BC867]

Tonight against the Rockies, Peralta had another one of his multi-hit games.

A double and walk, then a triple so far.

Then, on the Catcher's throw-back to the Pitcher . . . he stole home.

A left-handed line-drive middle of the lineup hitter with power in RF.

I still feel that, next season, Goldy should be moved to cleanup behind Peralta.

And, yes, Trumbo has to go. He's had his chance and he blew it.

 

[Azlen]

Tonight against the Rockies, Peralta had another one of his multi-hit games.

A double and walk, then a triple so far.

Then, on the Catcher's throw-back to the Pitcher . . . he stole home.

A left-handed line-drive middle of the lineup hitter with power in RF.

I still feel that, next season, Goldy should be moved to cleanup behind Peralta.

And, yes, Trumbo has to go. He's had his chance and he blew it.

In the promo commercial for tomorrow's game they actually said Perelta and the Diamondbacks face Blackmon and the Rockies. That was very cool for him but kinda sad in a way too.

Trumbo can follow Towers out of town. What an idiotic trade.

 

[Phrazbit]

You bat your best hitter 3rd. Goldy should be hitting in that slot.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Yet another multiple hit game from Peralta tonight. Rookie of the Year candidate??

 

[Lefty]

Yet another multiple hit game from Peralta tonight. Rookie of the Year candidate??

I would think Chase Anderson would have a better shot. Btw, do the people on this board who liked the Trumbo trade still think the Diamondbacks won that trade?

 

[AZCrazy]

Peralta has to be part of any long term plans the team has.
If we can keep Goldschmidt at 1st, Hill at 2nd, and Peralta in RF, the right side of the team is highly competitive.

With Prado, Parra, and soon Trumbo to be gone, the rest of the outfield is made up of promising young guys but some question marks.


I would love to see Owings/Gregorius platoon at shortstop, as a R/L option, with Enciarte/Pollack the same way in CF.

We would go into next season needing the team to make a move simply for three players: a solid left fielder, an everyday third baseman, and a starting pitcher.

The starting rotation once guys are back could feature
1: Corbin
2: Hudson
3: Anderson
4: Miley
5: Arroyo? new kid on the block?

If everyone stayed healthy, that could be a productive and competitive lineup. Need a solid defender with some power at third, and a left fielder with an arm and a high on base percentage.

 

[unseenaz]

Peralta has to be part of any long term plans the team has.
If we can keep Goldschmidt at 1st, Hill at 2nd, and Peralta in RF, the right side of the team is highly competitive.

With Prado, Parra, and soon Trumbo to be gone, the rest of the outfield is made up of promising young guys but some question marks.


I would love to see Owings/Gregorius platoon at shortstop, as a R/L option, with Enciarte/Pollack the same way in CF.

We would go into next season needing the team to make a move simply for three players: a solid left fielder, an everyday third baseman, and a starting pitcher.

The starting rotation once guys are back could feature
1: Corbin
2: Hudson
3: Anderson
4: Miley
5: Arroyo? new kid on the block?

If everyone stayed healthy, that could be a productive and competitive lineup. Need a solid defender with some power at third, and a left fielder with an arm and a high on base percentage.

I didn't care for Inciarte much when he first came up, but his game has evolved so much. But if Pollock plays the way he was playing this year before his injury there will be no platoon in CF.

And Hudson will be coming out of the bullpen next year.

No chance Arroyo is ready for opening day.

So well basically need 2 more starting pitchers

 

[BC867]

Peralta has to be part of any long term plans the team has.

If we can keep Goldschmidt at 1st, Hill at 2nd, and Peralta in RF, the right side of the team is highly competitive.

I would love to see Owings/Gregorius platoon at shortstop, as a R/L option, with Enciarte/Pollack the same way in CF.

There is no way that Didi is going to be our primary SS over Owings.

And no way that Enciarte is going to be our primary CF over Pollock.

Nor should they be.

With Miggy, Peralta and Lamb (if he can fulfill his potential at 3B), we'll have three lefties in the starting lineup.

Four if we can come up with a LF who bats lefty (which is what I wanted to see before we got Trumbo). Scene I-Take II.

As hot and cold as Hill has been at 2B, and with his contract, he will probably be moved during the off-season. Didi has been coming around. If he were to be our starting 2B next season, that would be 4 lefty hitters in the starting lineup. A nice balanced batting order.

My reason for wanting Peralta and Goldy batting 3-4 next season instead of 2-3 would be our 1-2 get-on-base guys ahead of them rather than 8-9-1.

And with Miggy hitting behind Peralta and Goldy, batting 5th instead of cleanup would motivate him to not try to do too much and just drive in his 85+ runs. To me, that fulfills more needs than the concept of "our best hitter has to hit 3rd" (instead of cleanup).

 

[don7031]

For Tommy John surgery, the pitch again in the majors rate is 75.9%. Additionally, the majority of players who have surgery after June don't make it back for the next season. So Corbin should be in uniform sometime next year, but we've most likely seen Arroyo's last pitch in a D'backs uniform.

Trevor Cahill is sitting there with a big contract. I'm hoping that he continues to pitch well in the second half and some g.m. decides that his team can have Cahill pitching effectively starting in May rather than July.

 

[gimpy]

No one has mentioned Bradley in a while. How is he coming along?

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[BC867]

D-Backs and Rockies Series Thread

I guess with the D'backs having the 3rd worst record in the NL (a half game ahead of the Cubs) and the Rockies with the worst record . . . they don't deserve a Series thread.

T E A M.....WON-LOST.....PCT
D-Backs.......50-66.........431
Cubs............49-66.........426
Rockies........45-70.........391

So, here goes . . .

Bob Brenly cracks me up. Tonight he referred to the Rockies as horrible.

What does that make us?

Rockies - horrible
Cubs - not so horrible
D-backs - not quite so horrible

Way to go, BB.

 

[Dback Jon]

Peralta with a granny

 

[unseenaz]

3-5, 5 RBIs and a grand slam tonight

 

[BC867]

Back to Peralta. 3 hits tonight -- a single, double and grand-slam HR.

He's holding down the #3 spot in the order pretty well.

And Trumbo with his first HR since, I think, June. A 3-run shot.

The first four hitters in the lineup were fantastic.

Yes, it was against the worst team in the NL, but it's nice to see our D'backs put it together.

Edit: 'Sorry, the last two posts about Peralta posted while I was writing mine.

 

[devilalum]

Back to Peralta. 3 hits tonight -- a single, double and grand-slam HR.

He's holding down the #3 spot in the order pretty well.

And Trumbo with his first HR since, I think, June. A 3-run shot.

The first four hitters in the lineup were fantastic.

Yes, it was against the worst team in the NL, but it's nice to see our D'backs put it together.

Edit: 'Sorry, the last two posts about Peralta posted while I was writing mine.

With their best pitcher.

 

[don7031]

No one has mentioned Bradley in a while. How is he coming along?

Strained elbow coming out of spring training. Struggled a bit in Triple A prior to the diagnosis. The D'backs shut him down for six weeks and now is back on the mound, albeit in the more pitcher friendly Southern League (Double A). Expect a September call up.

 

[Brian]

Back to Peralta. 3 hits tonight -- a single, double and grand-slam HR.

He's holding down the #3 spot in the order pretty well.

And Trumbo with his first HR since, I think, June. A 3-run shot.

The first four hitters in the lineup were fantastic.

Yes, it was against the worst team in the NL, but it's nice to see our D'backs put it together.

Edit: 'Sorry, the last two posts about Peralta posted while I was writing mine.

Sigh. Sadly, the first since April. I understand that he was shutdown all of May and June, it just shows how ridiculous the injuries have mounted up for this team. I can't remember another two seasons back to back with this amount of injuries.

 

[BC867]

Sigh. Sadly, the first since April. I understand that he was shutdown all of May and June, it just shows how ridiculous the injuries have mounted up for this team. I can't remember another two seasons back to back with this amount of injuries.

The positive things that came out of the injuries (and trades) were the opportunity for Peralta to show what he could do, the same for Inciarte (although I don't see him supplanting Pollock next season), the opportunity for Lamb to see if he is ready for 3B, a second chance for Didi (at 2B if Hill is traded next season) and a place for Trumbo to play every day and get back his power for the rest of the season (as he is just now doing).

It is a damn shame that this is what it took to compensate for Gibson's lack of ability to make a decision and give it a chance for more than a day or two. That flaw has to be replaced by next season.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I know Trumbo is the board bitch right now but he is hitting over .300 in his last 10 games. Which is why you don't run around like chicken little over a small sample size.

Let's see where he is at the end of the season before we rush to sell low again.

 

[DWKB]

I know Trumbo is the board bitch right now but he is hitting over .300 in his last 10 games. Which is why you don't run around like chicken little over a small sample size.

Let's see where he is at the end of the season before we rush to sell low again.

This is a really odd argument. The use of the last 38 ABs to counter a current season of 170 ABs as being a small sample size not withstanding, wouldn't his current avg of .342 over the past 10 games be a perfect time to sell high? I mean considering he's hitting .228 in his previous 1030 ABs going back to June of 2012 it would seem like the current .342 is about as high as his value is going to get. Unless you think that 38 ABs is rather meaningless in predicting the future production of the player, but if that were so, why use it to argue against a larger sample size, even at only 170 ABs?

 

[devilalum]

This is a really odd argument. The use of the last 38 ABs to counter a current season of 170 ABs as being a small sample size not withstanding, wouldn't his current avg of .342 over the past 10 games be a perfect time to sell high? I mean considering he's hitting .228 in his previous 1030 ABs going back to June of 2012 it would seem like the current .342 is about as high as his value is going to get. Unless you think that 38 ABs is rather meaningless in predicting the future production of the player, but if that were so, why use it to argue against a larger sample size, even at only 170 ABs?

Low? High? Does it really make any difference with Towers pulling the trigger?

 

[DWKB]

Low? High? Does it really make any difference with Towers pulling the trigger?

We will never get the value back equivalent to what we gave up regarding Trumbo, but that is water under the bridge at this point.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

We will never get the value back equivalent to what we gave up regarding Trumbo, but that is water under the bridge at this point.

You mean a middling pitcher with over a 4.30 ERA that just had Tommy John's surgery? How could we replace that value.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

This is a really odd argument. The use of the last 38 ABs to counter a current season of 170 ABs as being a small sample size not withstanding, wouldn't his current avg of .342 over the past 10 games be a perfect time to sell high? I mean considering he's hitting .228 in his previous 1030 ABs going back to June of 2012 it would seem like the current .342 is about as high as his value is going to get. Unless you think that 38 ABs is rather meaningless in predicting the future production of the player, but if that were so, why use it to argue against a larger sample size, even at only 170 ABs?

I would say both are small sample sizes. The truth is going to be somewhere in the middle. Likely more in line with his career average of around .250

 

[DWKB]

You mean a middling pitcher with over a 4.30 ERA that just had Tommy John's surgery? How could we replace that value.

Yes, I do mean the 23 yr old SP who has been worth about 2 more wins this season than the guy he was traded for, but also the CF who is worth another 2 wins this year both costing around $4M less total. We will not turn Trumbo into 4+ wins at $4M less a year in any trade we can get for him.