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Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:58 pm
by D-train
Big_Maple wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:44 pm
Look, I am not a batting expert. I have never played in the majors. I have never came in second in a home run derby, nor won a ROY award.
So take this shit for what it's worth - armchair managing from someone who has no damned right to manage a little league game.
But from where I sit, Julio's swing is awful and his plate discipline is nonexistent. He swings so hard at every pitch that he literally falls over home plate. It's like he's swinging for the fences on every pitch. We don't need a homerun, every AB - just get on base or drive the leadoff guy in. It looks to me like it's homerun, or nothing for him.
We've played 20 games, and he's had 30 hits and
37 strikeouts! It seems like he's up there hacking at everything. Slow it down. Make the pitcher work. Get a feel for his pitches. Get on base and steal second - that's what he should be doing. IMHO.
JRod is too good a player to be batting .265 with 37 strikeouts by the 1st of May. I hope he dials it in soon - we need him to be better than he is right now.
That said - Boo-ya to beating the Braves last night. What a game. Go, M's!
The irony is he only has 1 more HR than I do. It is a pathetic lose/lose deal.
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:00 pm
by Big_Maple
D-train wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:58 pm
The irony is he only has 1 more HR than I do. It is a pathetic lose/lose deal.
Me, too! And I have 37 fewer strikeouts.
It goes JRod, you, then me!
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:03 pm
by Donn Beach
D-train wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:43 pm
Donn Beach wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:05 pm
So it's Haggerty up and Clase down
News travels slowly to the PI?
I didn't see it commented on here
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:57 pm
by D-train
Big_Maple wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:00 pm
D-train wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:58 pm
The irony is he only has 1 more HR than I do. It is a pathetic lose/lose deal.
Me, too!
And I have 37 fewer strikeouts.
It goes JRod, you, then me!
I am sure Arraez is very proud of his #1 fan!
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:20 pm
by Big_Maple
D-train wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:57 pm
I am sure Arraez is very proud of his #1 fan!
LOL! I may not be #1. But I am likely in the top 10.
Dude is batting .303 with
11 strikeouts!
Jerry: "we need to control the zone"
Me: "trade for Arraez."
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:17 pm
by D-train
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:18 pm
by Big_Maple
D-train wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:17 pm
DANG it!!! I just saw this and started a thread.
Sorry, DT!
You scooped me, for the record!
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:44 pm
by Millikin
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:50 pm
by desbcoach
Wel we are due for a 8 run game sometime soon.
Re: Can LaPiedra be brave 4-30 gamethread
Posted: Wed May 01, 2024 12:01 am
by Coeurd’Alene J
Big_Maple wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:00 pm
D-train wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:58 pm
The irony is he only has 1 more HR than I do. It is a pathetic lose/lose deal.
Me, too! And I have 37 fewer strikeouts.
It goes JRod, you, then me!
Take courage as your both even with your hero Jared
