Dodgers vs Dbacks Series

[82CardsGrad]

Great game! Archie looked extremely polished and our offense more than did the job against the best pitcher in MLB,

 

[TJ]

By Monday, Archie will be traded for a low-end shortstop prospect.

 

[thirty-two]

Love beating the Dodgers! Especially when Kershaw is on the mound! Great job, Archie.

 

[frankeegee1]

Uh, KT is not around.

 

[Dback Jon]

Bradley was impressive!

Goldy was Goldy. Love that they crushed Kershaw. Don't like that dude.

Yup

 

[FArting]

Baxter wearing a Christmas costume in April.. ok then...

They said on the telecast that Baxter changes costumes during every extra inning game.

 

[AZ Native]

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[RON_IN_OC]

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Tuffy now bumped up to 6th? Wow, that bottom of the order must be putrid.

 

[Dback Jon]

Let's get a sweep!

 

[BC867]

As a side note, Kate Longworth is now the backup field reporter.

She graduated UofA and last worked with pro teams in the Bay Area.

She will apparently work the field when Jody Jackson does pre- and post-game.

Jody gets bumped to the field when Todd Walsh isn't working for the Coyotes and takes over pre- and post-game.

I would rather see Todd Walsh not be involved with the D-backs. He has the same egotistical personality that Daron Sutton did, often insulting the color guy working alongside him.

Jody Jackson is good. She deserves to be the lead pre- and post-game announcer.

Then Kate Longworth would be on TV every home game. She, too, is a good announcer and, oh, what a body.

Hey, I'm divorced. 'Nothing wrong with admiring a lady who has it all.

 

[Phrazbit]

Yeah, not a fan of that batting order. Starting Pennington, Tuffy and Ahmed together basically gives the opposing pitcher a free pass every other inning.

I like Collmenter, he seems like a good guy and he is a great reliever, but he does not have the makeup of a starter.

 

[UncleChris]

Yeah, not a fan of that batting order. Starting Pennington, Tuffy and Ahmed together basically gives the opposing pitcher a free pass every other inning.

I like Collmenter, he seems like a good guy and he is a great reliever, but he does not have the makeup of a starter.

 

[BC867]

Yeah, not a fan of that batting order. Starting Pennington, Tuffy and Ahmed together basically gives the opposing pitcher a free pass every other inning.

Yup. That's four weak spots in a row including the Pitcher.

Even Tuffy and Ahmed ahead of the Pitcher is going to kill us.

Despite his successful Spring Training, I predicted at the start of the season that Ahmed will prove to be too weak a hitter to be a starter.

And that we can absorb Tuffy's light hitting because of the outstanding way he handles a pitching staff. And balls in the dirt. And base runners. But not with one or two weak hitters after him before the Pitcher.

Obviously we're not going to trade Aaron Hill. Let's put him back at 2B and Owings back at SS until we can come up with a young, hard hitting 2B to replace Hill.

 

[Iceman]

Yea. Tuffy not known for his hitting, but does an excellent job behind the plate. If he can find way to hit .230-.250, that would a success

 

[overseascardfan]

Yup. That's four weak spots in a row including the Pitcher.

Even Tuffy and Ahmed ahead of the Pitcher is going to kill us.

Despite his successful Spring Training, I predicted at the start of the season that Ahmed will prove to be too weak a hitter to be a starter.

And that we can absorb Tuffy's light hitting because of the outstanding way he handles a pitching staff. And balls in the dirt. And base runners. But not with one or two weak hitters after him before the Pitcher.

Obviously we're not going to trade Aaron Hill. Let's put him back at 2B and Owings back at SS until we can come up with a young, hard hitting 2B to replace Hill.

I believe Drury can play 2B, SS & 3B. He is pretty close if not ready now, ARZ needs to find a spot for him.

 

[AZ Native]

Yeah, not a fan of that batting order. Starting Pennington, Tuffy and Ahmed together basically gives the opposing pitcher a free pass every other inning.

I like Collmenter, he seems like a good guy and he is a great reliever, but he does not have the makeup of a starter.

He was our best starter last year. You guys sound like me. Every time I watch him pitch I say "I could hit that guy". But his stats were the best on our team, thus the ace this year.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2014.shtml

Hopefully our pitching staff will improve so much that he will be back as long reliever, don't hate on his year last year.

 

[AZ Native]

The good news is we are 3-3 against 2 teams with a combined salary of 450 mil while we have about 80 mil in salary. Somebody is doing something right.

 

[Dback Jon]

Also positive was Bradley's debut

All in all a good series against the Doyers

 

[PDXChris]

I like Collmenter, he seems like a good guy and he is a great reliever, but he does not have the makeup of a starter.

You would hope that when Corbin comes back healthy in June and if De La Rose/Hellickson can be average the Collmenter get moved back to the BP.

Bradley
Corbin
De La Rosa
Hellickson
Anderson

And if either of De La Rosa or Hellickson flounder, Shipley and Robbie Ray should be given a chance too.

 

[82CardsGrad]

You would hope that when Corbin comes back healthy in June and if De La Rose/Hellickson can be average the Collmenter get moved back to the BP.

Bradley
Corbin
De La Rosa
Hellickson
Anderson

And if either of De La Rosa or Hellickson flounder, Shipley and Robbie Ray should be given a chance too.

There is no way Bradley would/should be elevated to the #1 slot... He still has a ton to learn and prove.
But yea, I too hope that as soon as Corbin is ready, Collmenter gets pushed back to the pen...

 

[Phrazbit]

After opening day the "#1" spot is just a number. It bears no real meaning unless your team makes the playoffs.

 

[PDXChris]

There is no way Bradley would/should be elevated to the #1 slot... He still has a ton to learn and prove.
But yea, I too hope that as soon as Corbin is ready, Collmenter gets pushed back to the pen...

That was no particular order. I just listed them out.

 

[BC867]

Obviously we're not going to trade Aaron Hill. Let's put him back at 2B and Owings back at SS until we can come up with a young, hard hitting 2B to replace Hill.

Last evening, I posted this about Aaron Hill taking at-bats away from Jake Lamb at 3B.

My feeling was (a) let Lamb learn how to hit lefties by not being benched at 3B and (b) let Lamb play every day and find someone else (namely the weak hitting Ahmed at SS) to give Hill at-bats, by shifting Owings to SS.

I just read in today's Republic . . .

Hale has changed his plans for the middle infield. Rather than give SS Nick Ahmed and 2B Chris Owings the majority of the starts and use veteran Aaron Hill in spots, he said he'll rotate the three infielders (Hill, Owings and Ahmed), each likely getting two starts in three days.

And "likely" leaves the door open to easing Ahmed back to a backup position.

When this D-backs board came back to life, I was very outspoken in my support of Chip Hale as our new Manager.

Thanks Chip, for sizing up the situation (Hill untradeable so far and Ahmed with a weak bat) and not procrastinating. What an improvement over his predecessor, who would mumble to the Press for weeks before finally making an obvious move.

 

[Phrazbit]

Really? It feels, as far as the positions players are concerned, Hale is doing the exact same stuff as Gibby did last year. Have we seen the same batting order twice?

 

[BC867]

Really? It feels, as far as the positions players are concerned, Hale is doing the exact same stuff as Gibby did last year. Have we seen the same batting order twice?

Just starting our seventh game of the season and you're comparing Chip's approach to Gibby's seasons-long approach of telling the Press one thing and doing something completely different with the players the next day?

He is seeing the potential of Lamb vs. Ahmed in the batting order and made a strong decision to move the veteran without a home (Aaron Hill) from the 3rd base platoon into the 2B-SS mix. Thus increasing Lamb's playing time and reducing Ahmed's.

That is a good move. And a lot more specific and accurate than "doing the exact same stuff as Gibby last year".