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Jerry has a history of wasting money on these kind of signings.... Individually not huge $ but collectively could combine to let us go get someone with a greater impact. DT has been making this point for years.......

Mitch Garver Lite but probably cheaper..... clearly in Dipoto's sweet spot!!

Andrew Knizner - 2025 BA .221 OBP .299 SLG .299 OPS .598 OPS+ 73

Mitch Garver - 2025 BA .209 OBP .297 SLG .343 OPS .639 OPS+ 86

Like a lot of trades, we won't really know whether this was a good trade or not for at least a few years. I'm thinking the M's saw something in Ford that suggested limited upside. They certainly didn't use him as a pinch hitter during most of the playoffs which seemed strange to me given his high OB...

Just a thought, but it seems like everyone is evaluating players based on their playoff performance only and not looking at the full year body of work. I tend to agree we have plenty of power and need more OBP as home runs with no one on base is limiting. If we can get clear upgrades, great, but I d...

Millikin wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:52 am

I wish we had someone good for pinch hitting here

Exactly.... commentators said maybe canzone which is not an improvement..... maybe use ford and double switch?

That's game...

That leadoff walk was a killer.....

Woo!!!

Millikin wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:53 am

I need 3 more runs at least

Well, we do if we want to be able to breathe!!

Crawford made that harder then it needed to be.....