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Aaron Kennelly

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Everything posted by Aaron Kennelly

  1. Aaron Kennelly
    Hey, we're only 10.5 out of the wild card.
  2. Aaron Kennelly
    I shouldn't have grouped him with the others. I do love him. I simply only "care" about the others.
  3. Aaron Kennelly
    Really? I've cared about more than that for about three weeks now. Not like I am enamored with Valbuena, Coghlan, Castillo, and Ruggiano, but I certainly want them to do well and think any/all of them can have an impact in the future. I guess I don't see most of them as significant contributors to the future. Maybe Castillo if for no other reason than the lack of options to replace him, and he's fine in a lineup loaded with other good players. Agreed. We might just have different definitions of "care about." It's kind of relative. I mean, guys like Joe Mather and Donnie Murphy, I absolutely did not care about. But, I get upset at Coghlan when he misplays a ball in the outfield or Castillo when he strikes out. With what we rolled out in the past two years, I was just so apathetic.
  4. Aaron Kennelly
    This really made a blah day get a lot more interesting.
  5. Aaron Kennelly
    Really? I've cared about more than that for about three weeks now. Not like I am enamored with Valbuena, Coghlan, Castillo, and Ruggiano, but I certainly want them to do well and think any/all of them can have an impact in the future.
  6. Aaron Kennelly
    That would be cool if it were true. Unfortunately, Jorge Soler is slugging .700, meaning Bryant and Schwarber rank second and third.
  7. Aaron Kennelly
    Soler HR. He's getting really hot before his imminent promotion.
  8. Aaron Kennelly
    Someone tell me why I shouldn't like Jeffrey Baez. I know I shouldn't -- serious contact issues and is still in A-ball. But the power and speed have me excited.
  9. Aaron Kennelly
    http://awesomegifs.com/wp-content/uploads/Ron-Swanson-is-excited.gif
  10. Aaron Kennelly
    My goodness. What a day! Good to see Soler snap out of his funk.
  11. Aaron Kennelly
    Wow! Schwarber is pretty good, huh?
  12. Aaron Kennelly
    Javy is tied for fourth among NL rookies in HR. Oh, and, Mike Olt is first. #-o
  13. Aaron Kennelly
    Please, no Brian McCann.
  14. Aaron Kennelly
    To my knowledge isn't the Bosio magic basically taking guys with high ground-ball rates that had underperformed their decent peripherals and making them perform even better by getting them to throw more sliders and cutters and rely less on the fastball, and, in effect, get more ground balls? In that case, Edwin Jackson doesn't really fit that quota as he has a normal ground-ball rate and relies heavily on his fastball. I know Bosio has also done a great job at getting Arrieta to work with a more consistent and repeatable delivery, but I am not sure exactly he could do for Edwin. I don't think there was much hope for Edwin to get any of that Bosio magic, in the first place.
  15. Aaron Kennelly
    He's not going to. He's been very honest and blunt to the media about his poor performance all season (he actually sounds like a really good guy, FYI). This was tonight: Well, that's good to see. If in the same position, I would probably have a defeatist attitude. It's got to be tough on him to be going through this; it's not like he wants to suck.
  16. Aaron Kennelly
    Tell him tough [expletive]: You have an ERA over 6. Or DFA. It doesn't make sense to DFA him right now, with us not in contention and rosters soon to expand. You would rather not. But, at this point, who cares? It's a sunk cost.
  17. Aaron Kennelly
    Wood: .261/.306/.500 8 R 3 HR 10 RBI .354 wOBA 124 wRC+ Bumgarner: .269/.304/.481 9 R 3 HR 12 RBI .341 wOBA 123 wRC+ Seems like a pretty even match-up.
  18. Aaron Kennelly
    Wow, that's terrible.
  19. Aaron Kennelly
    It would seem likely that we are in the conversation. Two guys in the top 4 or 5 is a great start, plus we still have depth after that. Who would the other contenders be? All of the Twins top guys are hurt, Pirates have a bunch of pitchers but they're pitchers, so they barely count. Twins and Astros. Twins are probably the only one I could see as an argument over the Cubs, even without Baez and Alcantara. But, like you said, there's a lot of injuries to their top guys. I would probably still say Cubs are at the top, but a lot depends on how someone views our lower guys like Almora, McKinney, Schwarber, Tseng, Edwards, and Johnson. Not much to argue about at the top of our pile of prospects.
  20. Aaron Kennelly
    Definitely time for Turner to take his spot. Put him in the 'pen or give him a phantom injury and put him on the DL.
  21. Aaron Kennelly
    It would seem likely that we are in the conversation. Two guys in the top 4 or 5 is a great start, plus we still have depth after that.
  22. Aaron Kennelly
    Ok, he's my favorite now.
  23. Aaron Kennelly
    And the infield is a mess... It might be awhile before this game resumes, if at all. What the hell happened there? How could it possibly take 15 minutes?
  24. Aaron Kennelly
    Wow... Russell has been so good. I am loving the power. He's still only 20, too. :shock:
  25. Aaron Kennelly
    Uh oh... Rizzo is hot again!
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