Rizzo

[treebird]

i like rizzo but i will acknowledge his face is not so great

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

your faces are all stupid

[Geech]

That's a dumb, jerky reason to dislike him, though.

[ctcf]

His face is angelic, god damnit

[gscool89]

Rizzo is only hitting at a Joey Votto level right now. Damn our front office for enjoying him and his lovely face.

[mul21]

I don't know; I have a nagging suspicion it's the FO enamored with "their guy" as opposed to him being the cornerstone at 1B we all want (and really kinda need) him to be. I'm a baseball idiot, so there's not much to it beyond how I don't like his offensive splits and I'm not all that convinced that as much of last year can be chalked up to bad luck as some have argued. That said, I always love to be horribly, horribly wrong with these sort of these things.

 

OK. That's fair. I think Rizzo is good and will be a big part of our lineup and a reason why our team is hopefully good in the future. (I know, way to go out on the ledge). Now, I do think it might have to be Baez and Bryant that become the superstars, the guys in the middle of the order who hit 35 homers a year. Because I'm not sure Rizzo is going to be that guy.

 

But damn, a Baez, Bryant, Rizzo 3-4-5 could be awesome.

 

This seems reasonable. He can play the DLee role to Baez and Bryant being Alou and Sosa. Now we just need one of the 3B to be decent along with Castro and they're most of the way there.

 

Oh, and I'd go cherub like on Rizzo's face.

Edited April 20, 2014 by mul21

[Gingerballs Lives]

Rizzo is awesome. He seems so confident at the plate right now, never swinging at bad pitches.

[imb]

He's goofy-looking.

 

As opposed to the angelic Jose abreu you lusted after irrationally based on nothing

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

don't forget cespedes.

[imb]

don't forget cespedes.

 

At least cespedes is good looking. Abreu is just a fat idiot

[Guest]

don't forget cespedes.

 

At least cespedes is good looking. Abreu is just a fat idiot

 

 

hahahaha

[gscool89]

I think Beane regrets signing Cespedes for that money in retrospect. And I'm a big Cespedes fan.

[Sammy Sofa]

He's goofy-looking.

 

As opposed to the angelic Jose abreu you lusted after irrationally based on nothing

 

I lusted after his oafish bat (come on, he was a Cuban hitting god, but it was never meant to be), not his oafish appearance.

 

Soler seems pretty hunky, though he's apparently got mouth-breather syndrome.

[Sammy Sofa]

Rizzo, meanwhile, looks like the bastard son of Robert Z'Dar.

[dcvalpo]

 

This seems reasonable. He can play the DLee role to Baez and Bryant being Alou and Sosa. Now we just need one of the 3B to be decent along with Castro and they're most of the way there.

 

 

No.

[Clem Fandango]

Rizzo, meanwhile, looks like the bastard son of Robert Z'Dar.

 

I lol'd

[Vinestal]

Rizzo, meanwhile, looks like the bastard son of Robert Z'Dar.

 

I lol'd

 

Me to, it's suprising the amount of laughs I get here, it's quotes like this and the animated gifs

[Guest]

I don't know; I have a nagging suspicion it's the FO enamored with "their guy" as opposed to him being the cornerstone at 1B we all want (and really kinda need) him to be. I'm a baseball idiot, so there's not much to it beyond how I don't like his offensive splits and I'm not all that convinced that as much of last year can be chalked up to bad luck as some have argued. That said, I always love to be horribly, horribly wrong with these sort of these things.

 

OK. That's fair. I think Rizzo is good and will be a big part of our lineup and a reason why our team is hopefully good in the future. (I know, way to go out on the ledge). Now, I do think it might have to be Baez and Bryant that become the superstars, the guys in the middle of the order who hit 35 homers a year. Because I'm not sure Rizzo is going to be that guy.

 

But damn, a Baez, Bryant, Rizzo 3-4-5 could be awesome.

 

This seems reasonable. He can play the DLee role to Baez and Bryant being Alou and Sosa. Now we just need one of the 3B to be decent along with Castro and they're most of the way there.

 

Oh, and I'd go cherub like on Rizzo's face.

You mean Aramis and Sosa. Alou kind of sucked or was hurt.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Alou was a badass in '04.

[Sammy Sofa]

Alou was a badass in '04.

 

Yeah, but Alou is a perfect example of how I'm an idiot when it comes to this game; I adored ol' Pee Hands despite not being all that impressive with the Cubs except for '04, and yet I will always resent Rizzo for some reason even if he becomes amazing.

[Guest]

freaking racist smh

[Sammy Sofa]

Those filthy eye-ties ain't a race.

[SouthSideRyan]

I think Beane regrets signing Cespedes for that money in retrospect. And I'm a big Cespedes fan.

 

What? Why?

[XZero771679666304]

I think Beane regrets signing Cespedes for that money in retrospect. And I'm a big Cespedes fan.

 

What? Why?

 

Yeah, while he hasn't been a star by any stretch, he's been worth what they're paying him, for sure. It's not like he's making $20MM a year.

 

Maybe he thinks Beane feels he could have gotten more than 5 WAR out of the 18MM they've paid him so far. He might be right, but it's probably not something that's haunted him thus far.

[Soul]

I think Beane regrets signing Cespedes for that money in retrospect. And I'm a big Cespedes fan.

 

What? Why?

 

Yeah, while he hasn't been a star by any stretch, he's been worth what they're paying him, for sure. It's not like he's making $20MM a year.

 

Maybe he thinks Beane feels he could have gotten more than 5 WAR out of the 18MM they've paid him so far. He might be right, but it's probably not something that's haunted him thus far.

 

Last year was kind of sparse though, wasn't it? Looks like he's off to a good start this year.