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Aaron Kennelly

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  1. Aaron Kennelly
    Javier Baez: Walk machine.
  2. Aaron Kennelly
    Nothing to fear; Mike Olt is 0-3 with 3 K's tonight.
  3. Aaron Kennelly
    Didn't get to see the game. It looks like Hendricks had some good BABIP luck. And I read he didn't have his best command -- also noticed a lack of the usual amount of ground balls. Were the Mets squaring up balls on him, or still a lot of weak contact?
  4. Aaron Kennelly
    I certainly think having a strong "baseball intellect" can help. But, it's not something special about Hendricks. Max Scherzer also has a good baseball intellect and knows how to pitch to guys, but you never hear about that because he is good at everything that relates to pitching. It's like the dreaded game manager label for QBs. The fact is: Without knowing how to sequence pitches, where to locate pitches, etc., Hendricks never would have made it this far. But, that can be said about most pitchers. So, yes, it helps. But, who gives a [expletive]?
  5. Aaron Kennelly
    He's going to lead the league in walks next year!
  6. Aaron Kennelly
    Nice play there by Mendy.
  7. Aaron Kennelly
    Good thing we used our 6-hitter to bunt with no outs to get those two base runners over for that all-important run in the second inning.
  8. Aaron Kennelly
    Why were we bunting there, Rick?!
  9. Aaron Kennelly
    Agreed. I will say that Keith Law has a much tougher time in admitting when he was wrong than others, though. He still thought that Paul Goldschmidt was a platoon bat in, like, May of last year. He usually sticks to his original thoughts on players until the evidence is overwhelmingly against those thoughts. But, it's not like he is saying flat-out, "This player won't make it." He is just listing their flaws and what might be their undoing.
  10. Aaron Kennelly
    Yeah, he was way higher on Soler than anyone else at mid-season, too. I think it's probably just his general tone. Every team's fans think Keith Law hates their prospects.
  11. Aaron Kennelly
    Really rough day for Javy. But, then again, it was for everyone else, too.
  12. Aaron Kennelly
    Come on, Javy...
  13. Aaron Kennelly
    Keep those weak ground outs coming, Turner!
  14. Aaron Kennelly
    Yep. That money is a sunk cost. Give me Turner in his spot.
  15. Aaron Kennelly
    The problem with Bryant is certainly his contact issues. But, that doesn't mean he isn't safe. That power will play at any level. Guys just don't have that kind of power. He is a safe bet to hit a lot of homers and take a fair amount of walks. There is plenty of value in doing just that, even if his contact issues remain a huge problem. Russell is safe in the idea that he is a decent bet to end up near a facsimile of what we think he is. Bryant is a poor bet to reach his ceiling because of his contact issues, but his ceiling is like, multi-year MVP. There is a much larger range of what Bryant could be, but that doesn't mean that he isn't safe. His floor is still pretty high, I think.
  16. Aaron Kennelly
    I can't wait until the day he is no longer on our roster.
  17. Aaron Kennelly
    what is full value? what is full value in a need situation? it's incredibly fluid. Well, you have advocated trading him for a guy that is at best equal to guys we could just sign as free agents. Guys whose contracts would last two years longer or so, and would cost about $45-50 million more for those extra two years. So I would say selling him off for $50 million in cash and only cash is definitely undervaluing him, if the only reason you are trading him is because of prospects.
  18. Aaron Kennelly
    The problem is: It doesn't matter what anyone's floor is or what prospects are coming up. You just don't trade a guy on a very reasonable contract for something that is less than his full value because of... reasons.
  19. Aaron Kennelly
    I don't get what the average-to-good eye versus extremely aggressive approach dichotomy is? He swings at pretty much everything, but he has a fairly normal balance between the times he swings at strikes and the times he swings at balls. Basically, he swings at both balls and strikes at an extremely high rate. so how does that equate to a good eye? If he swings at balls at an extremely high rate he does not have a good eye. Basically, he can differentiate between a ball and a strike. But, his approach is so poor that he just swings at everything, anyway.
  20. Aaron Kennelly
    I don't get what the average-to-good eye versus extremely aggressive approach dichotomy is? He swings at pretty much everything, but he has a fairly normal balance between the times he swings at strikes and the times he swings at balls. Basically, he swings at both balls and strikes at an extremely high rate.
  21. Aaron Kennelly
    I was going to say even before the homer that Javy doesn't look as anxious up there tonight.
  22. Aaron Kennelly
    Oh yeah! Time to run roughshod over the NL.
  23. Aaron Kennelly
    Javy!
  24. Aaron Kennelly
    Let's get those bats going!
  25. Aaron Kennelly
    Haha... what the hell, Javy?
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