Aaron_Kennelly

Time to break out of the funk. It begins tonight. We will crush this washed-up scrub. And Lackey will make them weep about the remnants of their starting rotation, as he dominates them again. Dong early and often, and for three straight days. The past two weeks have been unacceptable.

Oh come on!

Someone dong, for the love of god.

Send the ump back to Iowa with Russell.

Send Russell back to Iowa.

Hell of a catch.

And pimp it and piss this redneck douchebag off.

Soler dong to tie it.

Nevermind, Jorge is a Gold Glover again.

Yeah, come in and walk guys, Travis.

Nope. Sure don't.

Nope. This team sucks. They are going to suck forever.

That ball was pissed on No doubt. And I'm not blaming him. But it didn't stop him from looking silly.

There's that Jorge defense we all remember.

Ring him up on that.

Yep. That's all on him being old and slow. He turned the wrong way off the bat also. Yeah, that was more of a problem. The slow part just made it impossible once he did that.

Yep. That's all on him being old and slow.

Yeesh.

Come on, guys.

Just give Jorge the Gold Glove already.

Let's do 25 for posterity's sake. Maybe allow multiple votes and just take the top three in order or something. Or not, we could stop here.

Great play by Bryant.

I'd leave him down there for awhile. His plate discipline still needs some work. And he's just 19. Let him get used to being a beast as the in-game power continues to manifest. Hope he starts being more selective. I'd be more inclined to move a guy like him up at a swifter rate when he gets older. I wouldn't mind leaving him there a long time, I was wondering more about what will happen than what I would prefer. Like if he has flipped a switch, and pitchers really do start pitching around him and he's able to control the zone and draw some walks. All while holding down the strike outs. After a 28% K rate in April, and a similar 27% K rate for 5/1-5/12, he's cut it to 18% for 5/13-5/21. Obviously, real small sample size but he's been seriously beasting over that short time that he's cut down on his Ks. And he's drawn 2 walks over that time frame for a walk rate to 5%. If he were to keep up a K rate around 18% and walk at ~6-7% while also continuing to beast with the power and hit .300+ for another month they might just decide they want to challenge him. Or don't. I really don't care a bit about how quick Eloy moves, just excited about this run and wondering how they'll handle him. Regarding Dewees, that's awesome. Would really be great if he could start hitting some HRs. Thanks to the 8 triples and 19 total XBHs, he's got a .184 Iso. But more HRs would definitely be a lot cooler. He hit 18 in 251 ABs his last year of college, so you'd think that some more are there. He did only have 6 HRs in 260 ABs between freshman and sophomore, and only hit his 7th today in 476 PAs with the Cubs. So maybe the 18 was some kind of fluke, but I'm hoping not. This year he's played 30 of 37 games in center and last year it was 42 of 59 games. And they're pushing EJM to a corner, so you figure they like Dewees's chances there. With a pop gun arm, the ability to play center is a game changer. He's also been walking more, which is nice for a guy without much power. 8.2% BB vs 12.3% K and a .184 ISO this year is a nice improvement from 4.6% BB / 17.8% K / .110 ISO last year. Also quite jacked about Candelario's day yesterday. Now up to a .163 ISO to go with his 14.9% BB% / 18.3% K%. Leads the Southern league with 15 doubles. He's also seemingly playing pretty good defense, with only 4 errors and improvements in both Fld% and RF from last year. Yeah, I don't care too much about when they call him up. What the hell do I know about him and his development anyway? I'll be excited when they do call him, though. But, yeah, if he keeps at it like this for a significant period, then there is no point in keeping him down there. I just prefer for a raw prospect like him to dominate for a little while longer before we make a hasty decision. It's very encouraging, though. And it is hard for me to temper my expectations for him. I just really want another super-beast, dong-masher after we graduated all the other ones.

Dewees hit a homer, too.

I'd leave him down there for awhile. His plate discipline still needs some work. And he's just 19. Let him get used to being a beast as the in-game power continues to manifest. Hope he starts being more selective. I'd be more inclined to move a guy like him up at a swifter rate when he gets older.