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formermav43

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  1. They should rename it the Maldonado line.
  2. Meh. Despite hitting .300, Dubon is still easily the worst of the 3 options in CF, even without getting into advanced stats. He has the lowest OBP and zero power.
  3. Diaz caught Brown until his last start, when Dusty said he wanted to be sure Maldonado had experience working with him too. Mysteriously, that same logic doesn't seem to apply to Diaz catching Valdez or Javier.
  4. If you want to split hairs like that, he didn't say he was the best player. He said most important. And, for what it's worth, depending on what measure you use, it's a lot closer than you make it out to be. For instance, last year, Alvarez led the team in fWAR at 6.7, good for 7th in MLB. Right behind him, at 8th in MLB, was Altuve at 6.6. He was 4th in MLB in wRC+(Alvarez was 2nd). But then factor in that sort of production coming from 2B rather than a DH/LF. He's at worst the 2nd best player on the team, and the best 2B in baseball, as recently as last year.
  5. I doubt this is true, actually. You should have made a poll. I share the general sentiment of the thread. I don't watch any of them.
  6. I’ve seen several with this sentiment, and I just don’t follow it. Is it really unreasonable to expect a guy to honor his commitment once he’s already signed? It’s not like he didn’t have ample opportunity to rethink his decision before. For that matter, you don’t actually have to sign one at all. And it’s not like he wouldn’t have other options if he really didn’t want to come here-go play overseas or in the G league or sit for a year. I don’t know. I just don’t see how it’s “recruiting suicide” to suffer the consequences of your own actions.
  7. With the off day on Thursday, they really wouldn’t have to use a different starter until next Tuesday, if they chose to go that route. Or not, should have finished typing sooner.
  8. Yeah, that's the thing about the question asked earlier about a platoon with Meyers. Obviously, McCormick *has* to play vs. lefties. But even against righties, for all his supposed struggles, he's basically league average for his career, still significantly better than Meyers.
  9. It would make for a very different game. For starters, they'd be playing basketball on a field.
  10. I don't think that's correct: "Is an NLI binding if the coach of my sport leaves the institution? Yes. The NLI you signed with an institution remains binding if the coach who recruited you leaves the institution with which you signed. When you sign an NLI, you sign with an institution and not with a coach or a specific team." NLI Binding Agreement FAQs (nationalletter.org)
  11. I agree with this. He's already signed. That should have consequences.
  12. I agree with pretty much everything here. Which is why it’s gonna be frustrating to watch Dubon start 3 times a week in CF once Altuve gets back.
  13. I don’t think Twice is for taxing churches in general like you, but for removing the exemption for those who violate its terms, like this one.
  14. To be fair, you’d miss a spectacular Helobiousing if you skipped this one. That’s a possibility on literally any thread at all, of course, but you never know which one.
  15. That’s fair. I conflated your response with the post I initially responded to.
  16. I don’t think that’s weird. 1) I don’t think garbage time against ULM with a bunch of backups is indicative of anything at all; 2) I didn’t include Alabama because it makes a real difference preparing all week to start vs being thrown in unexpectedly. But sure, we can include that one for the sake of argument. I still don’t see this plethora of bad sacks you mentioned. But rehashing last season doesn’t really matter at this point I guess.
  17. Those fancy stats don’t mean anything when your gut says he should be leading off. It’s the best way to build his confidence.
  18. Speaking of eye tests, Card was sacked 3 total times in the 3 games he started.
  19. Ideally, he has good speed and can lead off.
  20. His leash should have actually been shorter than it was last year last year, so I wouldn’t hold my breath.
  21. It does if it’s a symptom of chronic arsenic poisoning. Dusty has been playing the long game for the last 3 seasons.
  22. Between the Astros cautious approach to injuries in general and Dusty’s aversion to playing McCormick even without any excuse, I’d look for him to be back after the All-Star break.
  23. To be fair, Meyers’ putrid wRC+ of 77 right now is somehow higher than what he managed last season, so I wouldn’t be *that* confident. He is consistently terrible, though, so sustainable in that sense, you’re right.
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