2019 Spring Training Thread

[Derwood]

This year is totes gonna be different, guys!

 

 

Still rolling his front ankle. I don't know why no one fixes this....seems like rolling your front foot would create all sorts of problems in terms of stability and consistency

[Sammy Sofa]

Probably because that's the way he's done it his whole baseball life/career, and you can't just "fix" things like that.

[Derwood]

Probably because that's the way he's done it his whole baseball life/career, and you can't just "fix" things like that.

 

I'm not going to go dig it up, but last season I made a post showing his swings in Atlanta, St. Louis and Chicago. The rolling ankle was barely a thing in Atlanta, and has gotten worse and worse as he has aged (and as his numbers have plummeted).

[Sammy Sofa]

Then I guess they're just blind idiots who are as bad as the medical staff?

[Cubswin11]

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So he’s dying?

[soccer10k]

This year is totes gonna be different, guys!

 

 

You forgot to include the third tweet where they reported he was actually hitting on a little league field rather than a ML field.

[Brian]

Javy for closer

 

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[David]

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[Sammy Sofa]

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The outfield remains the primary weakness of the team

 

IF ONLY THERE WERE SOME WAY TO ALLEVIATE THIS VEXING CONUNDRUM.

[Cubswin11]

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The outfield remains the primary weakness of the team

 

IF ONLY THERE WERE SOME WAY TO ALLEVIATE THIS VEXING CONUNDRUM.

Play Almora everyday

[UMFan83]

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I know they go pretty deep in the depth charts on these write ups, but I never would have anticipated seeing Chris Coghlan mentioned in this article.

[imb]

im taking the over on that happ/almora/schwarber OF war

[David]

im taking the over on that happ/almora/schwarber OF war

 

yeah, i'd take the over on 2B too...and probably C

[Brian]

Sharma apparently talked to Ross about working with Willy on framing if you have The Athletic

 

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[Backtobanks]

im taking the over on that happ/almora/schwarber OF war

 

Obviously they have the potential to do better, but last year they had 1.5, .9,1.6,and .6 for Schwarber, Almora, Heyward, and Happ according to Baseball Reference.

[Bluescale]

im taking the over on that happ/almora/schwarber OF war

 

Obviously they have the potential to do better, but last year they had 1.5, .9,1.6,and .6 for Schwarber, Almora, Heyward, and Happ according to Baseball Reference.

 

But bWAR has nothing to do with these projections. Unless Schwarber takes a step back (possible, but I'd bet the other direction), they should beat those projections.

[Brian]

Yu Darvish tries to figure out if the guy standing 300 yards away is taking a picture of him.

 

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

bWAR for hitters is created and maintained by Charlie Kelly.

[Cubswin11]

bWAR is for losers

[Brian]

Here's an article about how it's funny that this guy is fat and a baseball player

 

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[Brian]

Sounds like KB was busting out massive dongs today

[Brian]

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

My bold prediction is that at some point Willson clobbers Joe right in the teeth, and it is awesome.