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Kershaw's career 4.19 ERA in the post season clearly proves he is a stiff and LA is stupid for paying him all that money.
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I never said Frankie was a stiff.
I was responding to the claim that Lindor finally has the stage he's clamored for to shine.
My point was that in both playoff series against the league"s team with the biggest stage he didn't perform at an elite level.
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Frankie getting a cover and nice puff piece to respond to his dumb comments from earlier in Spring Training is just one of the many benefits of playing in a sport where most national media are relegated to New York City and to a lesser extent, LA.
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Did I:
Pick one of the best players in the game?
Pick that same player playing in a large market?
Pick that same player not doing all so well in the post season, when the lights are brightest?
You also seriously cherry picked some post season stats. His career OPS is .790, which isn't so bad. You completely omitted the 2016 post season
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Kind of random... But this is Matt Antonelli's YouTube channel.. If you ever wondered what the food was like, or the biggest difference between this and that and what do you do if your sponsor's gear sucks, etc.
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This is where I respectfully disagree with those of you who wish to hold up Lindor as some paragon of baseball accomplishment.
Clayton Kershaw never had a regular season that was as unclutch as Lindor had in 2019-2020, two years at his physical peak, heading toward free agency, he started swinging for the fences and his offensive skills started to dim. We needed him to be special, and he simply wasn't, especially in big moments. I've said this once, I've said it a hundred times, it is impossible to put together even a two-minute highlight reel of impactful AB's from his last two years as a hitter. They just aren't there, and that, along with his self-entitlement and continued insistence that he's worth a third of billion dollars and the Tribe franchise would be somehow better off if we just paid him, well, let's just say, the excitement I had upon his arrival was matched by the disenchantment I felt watching him play down the stretch during his tenure here. I'm sorry, when we needed him the most the last two years, he came up small. And that's just the truth.
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I was never very worried that this team would commit $300MM+ for Lindor's age 28-37 seasons, but now I feel very relieved that we'll never be saddled with the millstone of the back-end of his career.
All in all he's been a darned productive player of course, and will likely continue. I fully expect him to shed the labels and questions that have quietly dogged him these past few years, but he's going to be a middling corner infielder for at least half of that contract.
It never fails to please me when wealthy, arrogant franchises weigh themselves down with aged, expensive veterans and subsequently despair of their misfortunes.
All in all he's been a darned productive player of course, and will likely continue. I fully expect him to shed the labels and questions that have quietly dogged him these past few years, but he's going to be a middling corner infielder for at least half of that contract.
It never fails to please me when wealthy, arrogant franchises weigh themselves down with aged, expensive veterans and subsequently despair of their misfortunes.
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Couldn't agree more. When the big clubs stop doing that is the day we're in real trouble. I absolutely guffaw when the Phillies commit $700 million over the last three years and have zero playoff appearances to show for it in that time frame. Or how the Astros could barely squeeze in Jake Odorizzi in under the payroll tax because someone is stupidly paying Zack Greinke $35m this year (and the last five years, good lord!)
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Yes.. watched Ohtani's AB's yesterday.. he was ON the ball.. great bat to ball contact.. It's arizona.. so going out of the yard was a plus.. He should be an interesting story to follow..provided his arm doesn't fall off, again..
Interesting happenings in our Ohio neighbor.. Reds are contemplating moving Eugenio Suarez to SS while moving Moustakas back to 3B and installing Jonathan India at 2B.. Yeah.. sounds like musical chairs.. If this is their plan.. the on field management should be fired immediately.. three moves to cover on spot is extra stupid..
Anyway.. Suarez is one of the guys who came to camp in the best shape of his life.. lost 15 pounds.. blah blah blah.. He was (past tense) a below average 3B over the last two years.. It's doubtful he can do "better" as a SS.. The Reds may be more willing to meet trade demands of any one of three clubs.. one of them being the Indians..
We'll see..
Yes.. watched Ohtani's AB's yesterday.. he was ON the ball.. great bat to ball contact.. It's arizona.. so going out of the yard was a plus.. He should be an interesting story to follow..provided his arm doesn't fall off, again..
Interesting happenings in our Ohio neighbor.. Reds are contemplating moving Eugenio Suarez to SS while moving Moustakas back to 3B and installing Jonathan India at 2B.. Yeah.. sounds like musical chairs.. If this is their plan.. the on field management should be fired immediately.. three moves to cover on spot is extra stupid..
Anyway.. Suarez is one of the guys who came to camp in the best shape of his life.. lost 15 pounds.. blah blah blah.. He was (past tense) a below average 3B over the last two years.. It's doubtful he can do "better" as a SS.. The Reds may be more willing to meet trade demands of any one of three clubs.. one of them being the Indians..
We'll see..
i'd prefer to be in their division "situation wise"
amused that suarez comes to camp in the best shape of his life is "blah, blah, blah -- bradley comes to camp in the best shape of his life and it's a revelation
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ESPN has a column where they interview several writers on what is jumping out this spring. Here are a couple of comments.
Gonzalez: I'm not saying you're going to see seven to nine pitchers a game, but given the jump from a 60- to a 162-game schedule, and the innings gap that must be made up in the process, we're going to see teams be extra careful with their pitchers this season, and thus we're going to see a lot of pitching changes. The 2021 season probably will set the record.
Opening Day is fast-approaching, and teams still don't know how they'll tackle this issue. Some will try six-man rotations and others might even use a method of starters piggybacking one another; all of them will undoubtedly carry at least one reliever who can consistently absorb multiple innings. But this is still a great unknown. And the pace of spring training games might, unfortunately, carry over.
If this is correct I can see both Plutko and Logan Allen making the team either as starters or guys who can come in a couple times a week and pitch 3-4 innings.
Doolittle: The Royals have assembled the greatest collection of power hitters in the history of baseball. The spring stats prove it. They have six more homers than any other team, lead the majors in runs, slugging and run differential. They've also struck out as often as anyone. This is the most un-Royals-like showing we've seen. Just to pick on stat: Through Sunday, Kansas City has an .896 team OPS. Of course, most of these numbers will be carried away by the gusts of Surprise, Arizona, with little hope of finding their way to Kauffman Stadium. But I remain excited about the prospects for this year's Royals.
Not what I wanted to hear about a division rival.
Gonzalez: I'm not saying you're going to see seven to nine pitchers a game, but given the jump from a 60- to a 162-game schedule, and the innings gap that must be made up in the process, we're going to see teams be extra careful with their pitchers this season, and thus we're going to see a lot of pitching changes. The 2021 season probably will set the record.
Opening Day is fast-approaching, and teams still don't know how they'll tackle this issue. Some will try six-man rotations and others might even use a method of starters piggybacking one another; all of them will undoubtedly carry at least one reliever who can consistently absorb multiple innings. But this is still a great unknown. And the pace of spring training games might, unfortunately, carry over.
If this is correct I can see both Plutko and Logan Allen making the team either as starters or guys who can come in a couple times a week and pitch 3-4 innings.
Doolittle: The Royals have assembled the greatest collection of power hitters in the history of baseball. The spring stats prove it. They have six more homers than any other team, lead the majors in runs, slugging and run differential. They've also struck out as often as anyone. This is the most un-Royals-like showing we've seen. Just to pick on stat: Through Sunday, Kansas City has an .896 team OPS. Of course, most of these numbers will be carried away by the gusts of Surprise, Arizona, with little hope of finding their way to Kauffman Stadium. But I remain excited about the prospects for this year's Royals.
Not what I wanted to hear about a division rival.
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