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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    My calibration on ground balls is completely shot, I thought both of those ground balls were 50/50 to be infield hits and it wasn't close.
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    Yeah, it's detrimental to his development and his slim potential to turn into an every day guy who mashes against everybody. But in an non-DH game against a lefty, you can put Bryant in left (Bote and Zobrist at 3B and 2B), and in a few weeks you're going to have Russell and Baez in the middle infield, so you're going to need to move KB or Zobrist to the outfield to create room for Zobrist or Bote. I get the logic, though it all falls apart if it turns out they consider Almora an every day player. They needed Happ to be able to hit LHP to cover Heyward/Schwarber, and he couldn't, so here's create a player from AAA instead, and Descalso or Bote essentially becomes Almora's handcuff. I think what this helps me with is understanding the true value in having Schwarber be able to hit LHP well. If he can that's great and as a fan I feel happier that he's a more complete player I can rely on seeing every day. From a value perspective, a lefty mashing corner OF is not difficult to find nor is it a huge opportunity cost on the roster(to your point, if that wasn't Zagunis, it'd be some combo of Happ, Bote, Zobrist instead), so maybe it's not as big a loss for a corner OF position? Different if Schwarber was higher on the defensive spectrum. This isn't a fully formed thought so there might be some holes but today I can't immediately think of big flaws in the logic.
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    I would like to see Schwarber get more chances against LHP, but even if he's better/fixed against them I have a hard time seeing the expectations being very different than what I'd expect from Zagunis, especially now that Zagunis is healthy.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    If you ranked the SP of the NL Central on stuff, how far down would you have to go before you hit a Brewer? Maybe 10?
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    I knew the Orioles were gonna be bad, but I hadn't sat down and looked at the lineup. That is....dark.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    just need to trade for daxter fowler now
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    That's not me exactly saying that -- I actually took that from a scout. He said he has elite bat speed (possibly the best in MLB) and has "bat speed to spare". Keith Law or Kiley McDaniel said that his pronounced bat wrap earlier in his career actually helped him somewhat because his bat was so violent and quick. Normally, a bat wrap is a bad thing and Baez has toned that down. I disagree with you here. His swing isn't compact, but he has great hands and can adjust and reach pitches that some hitters on this team can't get to or do anything with. Scouts and experts consistently say his batspeed is among the best so it's hard to figure out what "losing a tick" means for someone like him. It's hard to predict how he'll do once his bat slows down, but I'm not worried about Baez. I'd be way more concerned about other hitters on this team. It's not extra hard to figure out how Baez's high level physical gifts will age, it's guesswork for experts and idiots like us alike. The point is he doesn't get extra credit in the aging department because of them when he needs to use those physical gifts dialed up to 11 to even be a passable major leaguer. He has one season with a wOBA above .326 and a wRC+ above 100. His career batting line's closest Cubs peer is Almora.
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    Baez having more bat speed than anyone is not the same as having bat speed to spare. His swing is not particularly compact and losing a tick to merely be 'elite' bat speed could have significant consequences. Players who lean that hard on their physical gifts to be really good don't have extra room for error against decline.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Hendricks had an ERA+ around 110 the first half of 2017, so if that's the downside the downside is that he's basically an average starter.
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    well he sure can't rely on FedEx to get his passport to him
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    You say that like other pictures exist knew it was coming as I typed it
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    picking a photo where he's hitting a ground ball is just mean, imo
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    I think the idea is that the gap between Leon and alternative backup C's offense is only a handful of runs over the 200-250 PA they would expect him to get. If you think there's a similar profile(Rivera could definitely be that) I don't know too many Leon Or Bust enthusiasts, but he seems to have the defense/experience that might actually prompt Maddon to play him and make sure Contreras doesn't wear down again, and he's definitely available.
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    by far the richest team in the division won the division twice in ten years. If you’re gonna be intellectually dishonest, at least it’s good to be really obvious about it?
  17. Transmogrified Tiger
    They’ve been incredibly successful for a multi-year time horizon. I know cynic/nihilist is the default state for many, but it’s not out of place to point out when hand-wringing the choice of 4th outfielder.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    [tweet] [/tweet] I know that we’re pretty spoiled, but Theos roster decisions are increasingly inexplicable.
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    If tomorrow started a playoff series he should be on the playoff roster, although not by a huge margin. YMMV on how much some regular ABs at Iowa will help him improve from that point.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    Happ has 1 year and 142 days of service time, he’d have to basically spend the whole year in Iowa to get an extra year out of him.
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    That’d be 13, Caratini/Bote/Descalso are the 3 locks before making that call. This distinction snuck up on me, I guess we spent so long with a position player on the DL I forgot Bote and La Stella were competing for a roster spot at full strength. LaStella? Yes, talking about last year’s roster. This year he’s embodied by Descalso
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    That’s what I was thinking too, but wasn’t there room for Happ and Adames with Russell being suspended? Or would that be 13 position player guys? That’d be 13, Caratini/Bote/Descalso are the 3 locks before making that call. This distinction snuck up on me, I guess we spent so long with a position player on the DL I forgot Bote and La Stella were competing for a roster spot at full strength.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    Adames makes the roster as a 2nd SS and Descalso/Bote get Happ’s PAs via Zobrist flexing to RF?
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    Eh, 31. He was already under control for his age 31 season.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    extending a 32 year old first baseman what could go wrong
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