It's a shame Harold is so brutal in the OF. There is a useful bat there. Probably not somebody you want getting 500 AB's, but a useful guy off the bench.Weird.. sees two pitches.. swings at both.. gets another RBI single..
If he had any other tool....It's a shame Harold is so brutal in the OF. There is a useful bat there. Probably not somebody you want getting 500 AB's, but a useful guy off the bench.
He hits a ground ball every time. Tonight he hit three ground balls that found holes. Other times he hits into double plays. All you know for sure is he's hitting it on the ground, he'll never draw a walk, and almost never get an extra base hit.It's a shame Harold is so brutal in the OF. There is a useful bat there. Probably not somebody you want getting 500 AB's, but a useful guy off the bench.
He definitely has an useful bat, it's just not useful in his hands.I'm squinting to find a useful bat in Harold.
Maybe if I get a microscope....
He hits a ground ball every time. Tonight he hit three ground balls that found holes. Other times he hits into double plays. All you know for sure is he's hitting it on the ground, he'll never draw a walk, and almost never get an extra base hit.
He's Yandy Diaz only as an outfielder, or more accurately, an outnonfielder.
When you look at the what Weird contributes.. he and Franmil should trade places.. Let Weird DH.. and Franmil play OF...If he had any other tool....
Where is there a forgiving outfield? He could wind up there.
We've seen flashes of Gose controlling/commanding his breaking ball.. consistently is what he needs most.. There's so little actual samples of his ability to make any determination, but, the tools are there.. We'll just have to wait to see them bloom..Gose will only get better. He hasn't been pitching that long. He still can't get his breaking ball over. Once he can do that - look out.
Don't forget J.C. Mejia. As a reliever this year batters are hitting .176. He only has problems when he's starting.
I don't think Garza will be on the team next year.
Garza will be 28 years old in March. It took him forever to get to the bigs and he's probably the last guy in the bullpen right now. His ERA is 4.71, which is awful for a reliever, and his WHIP is 1.57. I just don't see him making the team next year and I don't even know if he has value as a throw in.We've seen flashes of Gose controlling/commanding his breaking ball.. consistently is what he needs most.. There's so little actual samples of his ability to make any determination, but, the tools are there.. We'll just have to wait to see them bloom..
Mejia as a reliever.. hmm.. sounds like a damn good use of his talent..
Garza won't be on the team?. what?... disagree with this assessment..unless you're intimating a trade.. At best, Garza is a "throw in"...
Thoughts?..
You're going to DFA Garza because he's 28 and isn't Eli Morgan?..Garza will be 28 years old in March. It took him forever to get to the bigs and he's probably the last guy in the bullpen right now. His ERA is 4.71, which is awful for a reliever, and his WHIP is 1.57. I just don't see him making the team next year and I don't even know if he has value as a throw in.
Part of my assessment is that in his last four appearances he's given up five runs in four innings. It just doesn't seem like he's making the adjustments he needs to in order to get outs. Eli Morgan, for example, has been getting better the more innings he gets as he learns what he can and can't get away with.
Eli's monthly ERA's: July 5.40 (3 starts), August 4.45 (6 starts), September 3.27 (4 starts against the Red Sox, Yankees, Brewers, and White Sox!) Not exactly the creampuffs of major league baseball. He put it all together in his last start when he shut out the White Sox on one hit for six innings.
You can see the growth in Morgan, as opposed to Garza who is still floundering after 22 appearances.